New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-10
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
IRON The Tribune Bureau.

ve.ss, -or the special training Of enlisted men IN
| naval engineering will undoubtedly be designated
by Secretary Bonaparte, who Is more and more
| impressed since the disaster OF the Bennington
with the necessity of providing means for com
plete education of enlisted men for duties In the
engine rooms and freroom OF ships of war. or
course this system will have to be independent or
any special training which is hereafter adopted
for the benefit of the commissioned personnel and
in shin designated for this purpose II is desir
able old naval engineers say that II shall not De
assigned to such duty will divert the men from
the advantages they could gain on a cruising ship.
ar distinguished from ship which is on patrol
duty in the West Indies. for instance It Is De
lieved that the special course shlpboard should
be preceded by six months instruction on snore'
where there could be demonstrations Of the opera
tons various types Of boilers used on vessels OF
war. The proposition to have the ships especially
equipped with different types of boilers would meet
with the favor the old naval engineers but II Is
doubtful If Congress will consent to any such prop
oson at this time SO far as the the. On m
provision made for the training or ofncers 20 take
attention of Secretary Bonaparte has been called
the fact that practically nothing mas been zone
ing deck and engine room duty for Young officers
with the result that within the yea tb seTSrs has
gradually lost trained engineers, ana with tne
ormer enri9eeT corps there are few trained
gineers left on the active hst-
AMERICAN ARMY CLOTH BEST.-The War
Department continues to receive complaints from
the Philippines in regard to the khaki clothing is
sued the troops duty in the islands General
Leonard Wood the latest critic and he says that
better material of the same kind Of cloth is FUR
nlshed TO the British army and is obtained from
| Hong Kong and other Eastern ports The khaki
in that is lighter, more durable, and Is pro-
| tected against fading, spOtting and decay, COM
plants which made against the American prod
uct. The army quartermasters who have charge
of this cloth say that the New-York product is
better than the British material and that General
Wood and other critics in the Philippines in max
| ing their comparisons the detrtment or the
American goods are using an eaIy RToauSs ls SHe
Improvement in the cloth more recently &C
CURED The quarterfnasters appreciated early IN
military apparel the necessity Of getting cloth
believe they have succeeded in getting this at
policy of the War Department to patronize so far
as possible An bc 6g 30 a OF 1s5
in this country. as well as in England or In the
Far East. Foreign goods have been compared with
most of which have been conducted in the elements
partment building. The experiments have covered
and in the various tests applied the product OF the
New-York contractors has been superior 10 the best
course, has not reached General Wood and other
officers who are complaining about the army cloth,
and of course the clothing issued of the quality
first adopted, inasmuch as consderations or econ
| thrown away.
| NAVAL. TARGET PRACTICE.-The Bureau Of
Navigation has ordered the ships of the North At
lantic feet to begin their semi-annual target prac-
tice in Cape Cod Bay next week. -Four or five
special range has been set aside for the torpedo
| boats and destroyers
Washington, septembe-s 3.
ORDERS IsSUED.-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
duty on Isthmus of Panama
tery aed artiery. 64th Company. coast artillery
secona coast artiery to 18Th Company.
Lieutenant Colonel ARTHUR WILLIAMS 18th Infantry
Major WILLIAM @ OVEN 6r S I1fsn54 Ma}or
WiHAM IAssiTER l$56 Frs ,r k.sg-
s sna FIRST W' fsGenan oBRf n
fnfsntry recorder appointed board to meet at Pre-
JOHN CoTTER 18Th or In 4oafion to Preside OF
Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM 3 RAXIS dePT'y %
general and Lieutenant colonel IL 2Sianin.S to
5 F45aci as6ufy surgeon general fro" P'''"s'
First f' Lieutenant GEORGE POND Sd Infantry. to
Second sslD. ron For s s 10 Fort sheridan
Lieutenant ] r P PRINGLE, detached the Hartford;
1,s,,rsnant / CURTIN to the Academy Annar
Er.,rn H poDD detached the home
Fnsirn NJ s DAVIS detached the Marblehead; to the
Paul Jones
r,s,gn ". V. TOMB detached Dubuque to the Kear-
z,,.irn r. WALLACE IT. detached the Eagle to the
Dubuque.
and; home and wait orders
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL vEssELs.-The fol-
ling movements of vessels have been reported 10
the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
c.,+ar,ha- THE Galveston at San Juan
s.,-srher s-The Pontiac. the Massachusetts ano tns
@ncas Al Provncetown; the Castine at PORTSMOUTH
u Penacook at Santiago: the olympia at
Gnantanamo; the Cesar at Vilefranche
SAILED.
seoerher s-The Wolverine, from Menornes f2r Dtro s
Jncas, from Bost IoF
the Rocket, Washington SoI-
1oIk the Nashville New York for Monte CFis'i'
tSn Newark from Norfolk for Annapolis
e.,+a,her e-The Galveston from san Juan Tor San'o
Domingo City