New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-15
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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Washington, May IA
TO EQUIP NETWORK HARBOF-The signA
Corps officers who have TO do with the installation
Of cables and other means Of communication at the
coast Notifications are making plans for equipping
the forts in New-Yorlk Earbor, and this important
work will be undertaken in few weeks. as soon as
the forts at Boston are furnished with q fre con-
troll system. This system is the one wnlch was
tested very thoroughly at Pensacola Fla. and has
been adopted at the three artillery districts where
this years joint army ana navy exercises WI 20
elq ~ for{s from central station and ac
cording 10 ranges which are obtained at q DISTANCE
system is an elaborate, intricate and costly one
and Wn Pe az real warfare at Hampton Roads
next month. Enough is already known OF me eya i
tenn to, justify its installation at NeW-4orA ana
other places along the coast
CONTEST AT FORT NIAGARA-The oornpeti-
tons OF small arms firing IN the Atlantic division
will be held this year at Fort Niagara, N. Y, ana
will be under the personal supervision Of the com
manding officer of that post who viii make requi-
stion for the ordnance stores, target material
score cards and other supplies needed for the event
officers will be detailed shortly by General Wade
for duty at Fort Niagara as statistical officers
range officers, etc The pistol competition Will take
place during the week commencing July II and the
as soon as practicable after the completion Of the
pistol II hf 70 ao% the teams
to reach places designated for the army som ON
including the DISTINGUISHED n2TSsmea m ana S PlsT0t
fesrn viii assemble at Fort Niagara July la
NAVY WANTS INLAND MEN.-Naval recruit
,np narties in the field are meeting with much
success and a fifth party will be established early
in July The itinerary of the party covers period
through December The party will spend week
work In Utica, Rochester and Elnira, N, H. ana
then proceed westward, visiting towns IN OHIO,
indiana and Michigan, and closing its tour In
Wheeling w. Va. Especial efforts are being MADE
by those in charge of naval Fecrlttns to interest
IN the service people who live in inland towns, es-
pec3ally those in New-York where the recruiting
parties Will not visit
A NAVAL POOH-BAEL-The Navy Department
will shortly take up the question of putting the
torpedo boats in a condition for service, The
cent insDection Of those craft at Norfolk a
revelation to the officials, who found them in
much neglected state, due largely to the fact that
one officer q lieutenant, has charge OF some TWEEN
~ boats and the enlisted men board. He Is
commanding officer. navigator, engineer, payInas-
ter and medical officer ell IN one, and this
bnation of duty is made the subject of point
ed criticism by the board OF inspection 1t is also
said that the word reserve does not describe the
real condition in which the boats kept, since
state of preparedness to go TO sea. The two sub
marines at the same place are in similarly de-
fective state and are not likely TO be any better
@ until is possible to get q place TO keep them
and devise some system by which they will be
kept in running order. In one case the deteriora-
ton is so rapid that new parts viii have to be pro-
vtded before the boat can proceed to sea- In time
Of war the boats would be useless. 1t is proposed
TO establish q torpedo boat rendezvous at Newport
and another at Norfolk and to detail several off,
GERS to take charge OF the boats