New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-31
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington. October 80
NAVAL VESSELS OFF COLOR--It has been
discovered that the torpedo boats off color
When it came to organizing fiota the other
day at Norfolk the boats selected for the command
presented most unattractive array OF the color
scheme. The huls were of a variety OF the snaue
of green and when the ships assembled In
fotla formation the effect was jarring The
Navy Department believes that a certain shade
of green such will promote the invsibity of the
small boats. the best to use in the color OF the
various navy yards among them New-York, and
get sample slabs which will show the shade Of
green adopted as the standard at each place. Evil
IDENTIFY the original standard Of color has been
widely departed from At Least mere IS lacS OF
return to the proper shade
BOARD To REPORT ON BLANKETs.-A board
of officers consisting of Majors Jacob G. Gabraith.
inspector general: Edwin St. J. Greble. artillery
corps and John E, Baxter quartermaster, has been
ordered meet at the earliest date practicable at
Schuylkl Arsenal, Philadelphia, to examine and
report on blankets delivered that arsenal under
the contract of Henry T. Kent. The board is au-
thorized to employ stenographer and an expert
sand blankets is involved in the above order. OH
GERS Of the Quartermaster's Department have &C;
others, This board will pass again on the blankets
cling of the letters ~. s." in the blankets and
afterward steaming them.
ORDERS Iss- ED.-The following army and navy
orders shave 10. issued
ARMY
Captain PERRY E. Triple 18th Cavalry. before board
Mo at E4r5 ogleth9TP9 for sSamnatSn for promotion
a's Surgeon FRNcis 4 VAL LIN dstae3 m aea ex
MGg 2 h0T caSa Rd co0ne
RAJ. s8 ss'i from 5Sf 10
First Lieutenant BLEUrHERos Fl COOKE 10th In
fsntry. before board at Vancouver Barracks for
su9aans E fS pEon4'G WoonFENDEN LIST Infantry
Michigan National Guard. to garrison school at Fort
RbHs an i psis5s En-
gineers engineers school! Washington Barracks.
First Lieutenant EDWARD M, MARKHAM to ID Bat
First AI Iuaah RcARp C MORE from 3D. Bat
talon Engineers to engineer school. Washington Bar
First lieutenant ANDREW c; WRIGHT 18th Infantry.
Majors MILAN u COFFIN eHd GRANGER ,T ADAMS
aisiiisry Fort Kiey
Philippnss san Francisco
NAVY
Il 6 hS aetaes s r Sds party No
5; establish Ise1 r rendezvous Cincinnati
Ensign gs W CASTLE detached the Chicago to tn.
Surgeon E. O. HUNTINGTON, detached Navy Depart
Acting Assistant Surgeon R. A. CAMPBELL, detached
recruiting party No 5; to recruiting rendezvous. Gin
Paymaater H l. ROBINS detached naval station Guam
Assistant Paynaster E. II TEBEAU detached Navy De-
partneat; to naval station GUANTANAMO ,.
Assistant Naval Constructor II. WILLIAMS, detached
navy yard. New-York; to Newport News.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS.-The fol-
lowing movements of vessels have been reported
the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
October 2S-The Dolphin, Lynn Haven Bay: the Por
Nicholson. the Dupont and the Rodgers. at
Yorktown: the Chckasaw. Newport; the Newport,
at Monte Christi The West Virginia, at Sand Key
Light: the Brutus. Lynn Haven Bay; the Nina,
Boston; the Wisconsin. Nagesaki.
October 29-The Mayfower, at Hampton Roads the
Maryland off Cape Henry the Hannibal. at Newport
News
SAILED
October 2s-The Lawrence and the Truxun from Boston
for the Osceola, from Key West Tor
Beaufort: the Porter, the NICHOLSON the Dupont and
the Rodgers Sewan Point for Yorktown: the
Wahneta Norfolk for Annapolis: the Columbia.
Hampton Roads for Colon; the west virginia
the Colorado and the Pennsylvania from Sand Key
Light for Lynn Haven Bay; the Brutus. from Lam
bert Point for Lynn Haven Bay: the Nina. from
Provincetown for Boston. r,.
October 29-The Mayfower from Norfolk for Hampton
Roads: Paducah. from New LONDON for York
town; Minneapolis, from Genoa for Naples
PLACED OUT OF COMMISSION
October 2s-The Cesar, navy yard, Norfolk.