New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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GENERAL, WESTON ON INSPECTION TRIP.
-Br1gsdier General John F. Weston. commissary
general OF the army. is on an investigating trip
lie Will visit St Louis. Kansas City, Fort Riley
Denver and Chicago. The object is 10 find in what
respect. Il any. improvements can be made In tls
system OF purchasing meat, -four ana otheT SUI =
Pes for the army IN me ooo fd4 bakers at Fort
Riley and the newly established schooL 1or eooi0
81 both OF which he takes great interest
COURT ArART1ALLBD FOR sTLENCE-The
War Department authorities have decided thal o.
hcers who fail 70 acknowledge ofnclal coliu. 80,
lions ard habltusly ignore inquiries sent 10 go
from the War Department and other IniiltSAi'
sources OF command shall be brought up Win
round turn Some time ago three artillery 0lIoeIS
stationed in New-York Harbor made no pretehce
Of replying to communications sem nh were
based complaints made OF falluIe tI ~ The Of
cers We're threatened with trial by court martha aria
were officially rsbuked. and one OF tneIH
70 resign as me has gone on despite the pub
city which attended the depa ittida Of military
autborifies in such EATERS Of1cers commune 40 20
ignore ofciai COMMUNICATIONS and il has been ae
forced IN this regard For tLas a ees1er1s 6epart-
ment on duty at Fort Moutrte, South Caro pi1S
1a e ne ,eored oGciai COMMUNICATIONS. Captain
Cole is OF the Junior officers OF ms his
native State after having served IN the war Win
Spain as q volunteer Quartermastel.
MOP ARTIrIERY RpGI4IENTs-The field ar
.,IIsr Of the army including the 18th Battery al
Fort Hamilton. New-York. viii shortly ne eoulpPeu
with the new 2-inch field artillery material inoue'
OF 1902 The distribution will be mace WITHIN u-e
next month or two Oficers Of the held eFuHe'y
ara now under instruction at the Rock Island Ar
renal where they becoming acquainted WIN
she new material and learning the method OF re-
nair and means OF preservation It Is believed t1I
fhe aeld artillery win be materially tnereaSed N
aSciencx by this new material, and " is oes!IeS
that offcers who have command OF tnat DsAt me
shsb 19% 1T Is also proposed by the chief Of
qTte45 5ii oSshoIa. for the purpose Of drill and
aonsistine Of six light batteries, which IN thas
,y yobab wa step toward putting the field artillery
q rgsntS 6ss and aor SsvH Go sfe of the
tiiiery ofnoers believe this will be the resat .p Sa
sns b. the GensraI STAFF request of
President Roosevelt
ORDERS IssUEDr-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
rAeut.naa. c0lone, HARRY O. gER5ET dsP gGy s sns
ge9n SsRsraIi N StTiI6cE Us surgeons de-
taIIe6 Is medical examining board at West Point
" SsF. 5oaGG At West oh sor
Tor advancement
Ds'O Corps. 70 10th Company Coast Artillery.
Second Lieutenant THOMAS DUNCAN. artillery
corps, 20 seth Company Coast Artillery
tiIisry corps to RSth Company Coast Artillery.
TSrst Lieutenant EDWARD N MACON, artillery cerDsI
from Washington Barracks 20 proper station.
NAVY.
Ideutenant O. D. DUNCAN from Norfolk 70 Washing
ton examination for retirement then report TO
Bureau OF Navigation. Navy Department
5seutsnsrt Y STIRLING, Jr. to the Massachusetts,
lieutenant ". p. CRoNAN. 70 the Hancock.
Ensagn o. w FOWLER to the Nevada
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS-The fol-
lowing movements OF vessels have been reported 60
the Navy Department;
ARRIVED.
Nay zs-Ths Olympia, at Monte Cristi.
Nay se-The Virginia Provfncetown; the
Maine. the Ksarsarge, the Missouri and the Ken
lucky, a Hampton Roads; the Ajax. at Baltimore;
the 1roQuois, at Honolulu
May 27-The Baltimore at Che-Foo.
SAILED.
May 26-The Maine, Kea-sarge, the Missouri and
Kentucky, from Southern drill grounds. for
Hampton Roads; the SoIace from Honolulu for
Guam the Dixie, from San Juan for Monte
Crisn