New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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Washington. June rs.
OPENINGS FOR Es-Consideraole
interest attaches the results of examinations
now taking place in Washington and San Fran
cisco fill some thirty-f1ve vacancies In the corps
Of assistant paymasters in the navy. 1t is haroy
expected that these vacancies can be hIIed as
result of the present examinations. but II they are
and eligible candidates remain, they will be placed
on a waiting list There were more than one tho"T
sand applications received from all parts OF the
country from young men who desired to pe exam
ined and of those one hundred were designated.
Seventy-fve appeared Fifty-nne passed the physl-
cal examination. Fffty-six reappeared before the
regular board. and up to date about forty nave
survived the ordeal and are still going on with
the a ha4 in 0 San 5hs Anoher naval
examination in which great inte,est I Is t@Sen f Evil
engineers The date of examination has not peen
designated but will pTobaSRy occur Fun nofce s is
to be given, SO that the graduates Ct tecnnicai t
efiTSth Of Being S examined Hitherto there has been
scarcity of candidates. but this year It Is hoped p9.
that the extra Inducements heo out 10 junior oi'i
engineers will prove attractive
THE IMPROVED WEST POINT.-Work is going
forward satisfactorily at West Point according TO
reports received here, and arrangements have been
made for going with the work of construction
without delay. General A. L. Mills superintendent
of Military Academy. will ask for bids period
ically and much OF the work will probably be done
by one contractor who has his plant the, ground
and who takes into account the fact that the gov
eminent will supply large quantity OF the stone
from the Quarries tie reservation General NILS
has already accomplished great deal in the way of
road work and wall building and has taken the
initial steps for the preservation Oh ota sort & ruI
situated above West Point. and still Of command
ing Importance as strategic work 1t will be I'm
possible to carry out the original plan OF construct
Ing ne new m5s1y @ q my o f Use 1s s
Mates mates The work outlined by General Mills
| approved by the Secretary of War carries on the
maintains the permanence of construction and
artistic quality Of design but omits some some OF the
the intention of the Secretary of War to renew his
oTgnai amount be- restored Several extra items
will be included in the estimate, the most important
| in the minds of the authorities being that of
school for the children living on the reservation ton
and the present facilities are meagre defective
The school building itself is wooden structure and
put up a building which will be in keeping with
ers sending to the School the children Of the officers
and enlisted men. The need of the families OF the
authorities for the reason that the men detailed to
| couraged to marry and have families and become
part of the permanent personnel of the garrison.
educational facilities be provided
| BONAPARTES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nor
ton will refer to Secretary Bonaparte the problem
of the naval power plant consolidation. Reports
this subject have been received from the Brooklyn
| Navy Yard and the navy yards at Boston, Ports
|
from other sources The department has at its dis
posal an appropriation OF 100000 for beginning the
work of plant consolidation. This. of course, will
go mo great nd near half of that
will be required at the New3Yorls navy yard alone
plans but it expected that this opposition will be
@ Tn9Vf Which has been settled by Mr Morton
It is probable the work will begin at & one of a the
at New--York until next year at least.
| ouartermasters who have charge of the construc-
ton Of the post exchange buildings preparing
| plans for the work to be done in the next fiscal
wear II is estimated that it will require appro-
pration of 100000 to complete all the post exchange
projects both frame or brick edifces according
to the dimensions regulated by the size of the gar
rison. Provision in each building is made fer the
There are seveFa defects which are being criticised
by Ee the %oqns on IS In nPossbs
e%dhange esiiang D6Mihg SUIdgg Wien is be bu
tario, New-York will not possess these feature
Sans # Is
takes es up too to qfa te boWng aleys There must be
enough Of course 10 That the
sDaee might be more practically used It is found
hSweyerb bnine thsh IN meets zee the demands upon it and
comes up the expectations OF me II frends or thus ms
sSmoUnt OF good post exchanges exercise for the
OF m te taeepTopriate the remainder of the
InnnaI Io necessary to complete the post exchanges
| already paIneu.
TO REMAIN ON NAVAL BOARD.-Secretary
Tor+ to-day announced that Notwithstanding the
| -,,,,r,otion and retirement of General John p
storev recently made major general, he will re-
| tain his membership in the board organized to
revisa the plans for coast defences devised some
| ,,a.rs aeo by the Endicott board The retention
~ cenaral storey this board. the Secretary
| ,s VOC NOT to be taken change in policy
s1- +ha War Department but that in this instance
| Il sor,,ices of General Storey were very valua-
,ie ,iie 80 as he had consented to serve without
dd+nnal compensation. his offer had been gladly
| accepted.
| ppAcTTCAI, WORK IN PHILIPPINES-Gen-
roI II G Corbin, commanding the Philippines d.
,s,on has issued orders that the army in the
| tInao hold itself In readiness for prompt scr
| -, and to that end ne has sent out instructions
W. 6anartment commanders shall take such steps
@ LII enable the military forces to respond TO the
as nds VIZ suddenly made upon it. Special atten-
| .to, 4barefore will be paid to the physical condi-
oIt' i F the officcrs enlisted and animals; TO
not good condition OF arms and thor
| ni,rh acoIaintance with them and skill in their
ee ~ accurate knowledge OF the country. the in
SSoh;+ap+s the language and customs, with special
.,,dt ~ The causes Of unrest and the maintenance
| of the efficiency OF the means OF transportation
Is s,1ciDattne any need Of action upon the part OF
w. IpiiitaTy forces IN the islands,. but General
Stnrhn believes that the army should be In con-
S;tton for use The work is practical rather than
l | educational