New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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washington, May s.
LATEST BATTLESHIP Designs ne ne . 80
board on construction is hard at work on tie P
for the 1906 battleshps those authcfHeo - -
late session of Congress. Several tentative us'o'
have been submitted from various sources nv"
porating ideas OF certain experts. Ihefe i ~
Ing radical in the designs themselves as SO lar
veioped. In the machinery the new battlesnpS VIZ
practically be duplicates of those now uhueI Co'
struction There may be some changes In H1Hoi
details, is the case on all vessels Ihere WIN
be no important change, such as that Represented
IN the motive power Of the turbine driven SCOUTS
The principal change in the battleships VIII De
in the armament. remains to be decided, how
heaviest gIBs and aban5o1in. the medium calibre
ordnance will be adopted by the beard. 1t Is some
what question of construction The use or 1z-lnCn
calibre and the highest type of secondary battery
naturally involves questions in a structural way
ling OF powder and projectes. 1t is TO this prob
themselves
DEFENCEs OF NEW YORK.-The army signal
officers. who have charge of the system of fire
control installation, will next equip the coast de-
fence works at Forts Hamilton. Schuyler. Wads-
worth and Totten in the New York artillery district
FOR several months this equipment has been placed
IN position in the three artillery districts Of Bati-
more. on the Potomac and Hampton Roads. which
VIII be the scene of the joint army and navy
exercises se in June large amount OF money has
Is I dsegaTqed as complete in every respect 1t in
the laying Of cables between the forts installa
ton OF wireless telegraph apparatus, the furnishing
aration has been made for the joint exercises in
and will serve as tbe Tn 6 tbos sac
putting them in readiness for warfare.
MAJOR CARRINGToNs CAsE-The army
payn1aster who has been paying Major Frank De
l. Darlington of ths infantry arm since his arrest
by civilian authorities in Manila and trial on the
charge of enbezzlement. will lose the money.
1t has been decided by the Treasury Department
officials that Darlington must be regarded of
the army payroll from the day when he turned
over to the civil authorities for trial 1t has been
that and he n.e Sun t the @ gR he
which he sentenced to a term of Imprisonment
life Major carrns}on has been ordered before
military court The complication in the case is that
Under the decision of the Treasury Department
the civi authorities took charge OF him. notwith-
standing the fact that since then he has been de-
attitude it has been considered hitherto that
army officer was on duty.
PERMITS TO GO ABROAD.-Ideutenant William
H. Monroe. of the 56th Company of Coast Artil-
lery on duty at Fort Wadsworth. New-York.
Gently asked authority visit Bermuda and the
West Indies. 1t has been held by the War De-
partment that Canada and Mexico not be
yond the seas. it is not necessary for officers TO
OBTAIN PERMISSION from me aepartIf'eat 10 Visit
visit Porto Rico and Hawaii without permission
the Ued but as w fGsG an o are TO
visit any foreign country and the journey thereto
involves travel by sea- the officer should fist OBJ
contemplated by the regulations.
ORDERS IsSUED.-The following army and navy
orders have been issued
ARMY
Contract Surgeon HAROLD D. CoRBUsIER- from Fort
Mansfield 10 home, at EmiTa and report to surgeon
general for annulment OF contract
First Lieutenant HENRY NJ BANBHEAD. goth In
fanFy. 70 HeTv10[k TX S ity f,sntr recruiting OF
NAVY.
lieutenant L. c, BERToLErTB. detached Naval Acad-
envy: the Atlanta
lieutenant A. ]. HEPBURN detached naval training
station san Francisco; to the Abatross-
Mdshipuan n. POOLE. detached the Brooklyn to the
Detroit,
Passed Assistant Surgeon ], M BRIsTER. detached
Naval Hospital, Philadelphia; 70 the Atlanta
lowing movements of vessels have been reported to
the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
Nav The Whipple at Norfolk: the Maine the Missouri
the Kentucky. the Alabama, the Fearsarge the Iowa
the Massachusetts passed Key West: the Chi
cago, the Petrol. the Paul Jones and the Saturn at
Santa Cruz; the Morris sag HarbOr the Hercules
Key West
May 6-The Caesar at Hampton Roads
SAILED
Nay THE Pennsylvania from Newport News
RE the WPP b PEN aB P Paul F cones fST and be
Saturn from Monterey for Santa Cruz: the Culgoa
Tortugas Hampton Roads: the Iroquois from
Honolulu for Midway: the Newport from san Juan
Faiardo.
May 5The Chattanooga from Sanchez Fajardo; the
the Truxtun from Juan for Santo Domingo City.