New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-29
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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| question of bayonet for the new rife which VIII
be issued to the service. At the instance OF cen
| eral Crozier. chief of ordnance the Design Oh d
| bayonet and a sabre was presented to the General
Staff as a subject which should be settled without
| further delay There Information from the
| officers who are observing the movements OF the
/ troops In Manchuria that the bayonet was
| destined to be useful weapon. and that the roo
| bayonet Professionally adopted some time ago. was
| not entirely suited to the demands upon II Inc
double question referred to a COMMITTEES Oh
| the staff and the experts now agree that the Atas
| bayonet should be retained, the only change be-
| ing that it should be increased in length by four
| inches This will make It a servceable i'm
| plement. No action has yet been taken on tne
Should be settled Without delay the decision was
4s e aad sao w probably
liar in shape and size to the present aTu1le, pu. II
sha a condition and carried in scahbard.
which will keep it from becoming dull There ns us Is
sabre in modern operation some 0c ono aa
agreed that it does not possess the moral erect
of bayonet, especially in the charge Oh an enemy
or in repeling such charge
REORGANIZATION sCHEME.-Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans left here to-day for Pensacola
where he will assume command OF the North At
lantic fleet on the Slst inst which day Rear
Admiral Barker lowers his flag and retres from
active service. Captain Pillsoury. who has been on
duty in Washington assistant chief OF the
Bureau of Navigation and who is TO be chief or
The Navy Department to-day announced the
scheme for the reorganization of the North Atlantic
feet which will go into effect with the assumption
of command by Admiral Evans. There will BE- three
squadrons. be known First Second and Third
of eight ships EACH and each squadron will consist
of two divisions. There will be the coast squadron
a fotila of torpedo boat destroyers' and one of
auxiliaries. The now borne by the squad
rons such as battleshp. cruiser. Caribbean etc.
will be replaced by those stated.
The composition of the subdivisions and the
names of their commanders are as followsi
First squadron. first division17Matne (fagship of
commander in chief. MISSOURI hentucKy anu Rear
Second division-Commander Rear Admiral Davis;
Alabama (fagShip), Illinois, Iowa ana Massachu-
Second squadron-Commander. Rear Admiral Slgs-
bee; third division. Brooklyn (fasshp). Chatta-
nooga, Galveston and Tacoma; ..,,
Brownson; Colorado, MARYLAND. Pennsylvania and
VEST fhrd igsh Rear ADMIRAL Brad
ford; fifth division. Olympia Nagship), Cleveland,
sixth division@Topeka Detroit. Newport and Cas-
Coast souadron-Commander. Rear Admiral Dick
ems; Texas hagship). Arkansas. Florida and Ne
Fiotilla of destroyers-Commander, Lieutenant
Gommander Johnston destr9ye1rs WnIppie Wordena
Auxiliaries-Culgoa, Abarenda Hannibal. Leb-
anon. Sterling and Marcellus.
The first squadron is composed OF battleships. the
second of cruisers and third OF cruisers and gun
boats while the coast squadron, except for the
The vessels viii be assembled under the new
formation. they become available, and re-
Those now in Caribbean waters win be retained
there so long as 1t may be deemed necessary
DISMISSAL FOR KIRKMAN.-Captain G. w.
KIrkman. of the 18th Infantry. has been sentenced
to dismissal by military court, and he will with
out question be dismissed by the approval at the
White House of the court proceedings and find
ings. There has not been in a long time fragrant
case of personal misconduct in the service that
tons, some of them of a sensational and ali OF
them of scandalous character. Kirkman was
GR nash aa Ss hete
officer under the latter's name The woman later
on committed suicide, and Kirkman. who was then
in his court martial proceedings was brought to
second trial for some special Developments in his
ing The court had intended to await certain testi
dScsufes rgardng Kman the Sentences nee Wss
WfS s fYThsr ddy K 5 b was
ton
RETIRED CHAPLAIN APPEALs-An army
chaplain is making fight for longevity pay under
interesting conditions. He retired as a major
on account of Civil War service and claimed that
he had been wounded in the Rebellion and came
within the class of officers who are entitled to
@ the chapsh the Rep w Of h9s LIDS
Angeles, CAL is not entitled 70 the extra money.
Of any wounds having served many years after the
have inexperienced him if he had not been Wounded
The limitation of the longevity pay to certain on
GERS makes 1t necessary to decide against Chaplain
Staff ''0-'-- - Nl' 'e"''ai
MARINE BARRACKS IN PANAnhA.-Ths Pan
anna Canal Commission to-day authorized the con-
struction of a marine barracks at Ancon, Panama,
at cost of $4,000.
DAMAGE TO GALVESTON sLIGHT-The Navy
Department advised to-day that twelve days
will be required to make repairs to the machinery
OF the cruiser Galveston, which returned 10 the
Norfolk Navy Yard because of a bent piston rod
The cost will be nominal.
CHANGES IN NAVAL STAFF-The Dolphin
with Secretary Nortons party arrived at Havana
from Guantanamo to-day. Captain Gibbons, COM
mandng the vessel, in reporting his arrival at the
Cuban capital. informed the department that Cap
tain William Swift. who is accompanying the Sec
rotary, is Ill with typhoid fever. and has been
placed in g hospital at Havana Captain Swift had
just been designated for assignment as assistant
chief of the Bureau Of Navigation. to succeed Cap
tain Pllsbury, who goes to the North Atlantic sta
ton as chief Of staff to ADMIRAL Bvans Captain
sistant Secretary Darling, win serve temporarily
as assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation be-
pushed his duties in that office to-day Com
mander yreeland will be assigned to the Assistant
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL vESSELs-Ths fol-
lowing movements of vessels have been reported to
the Navy Department:
ARRIVED
March 2s-5he sterlng at Pensaoola-
Iowa Kentucky the Msssaohasett sn' the Missouri sns
the Maine thu Scorpion. the Olympia tho Cleveland
Ss the s ToPssa the Leoniaas ths Abarsnda the
SAILED.