New-York tribune., 1905-06-12
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
IFnom THE TRIBUNE BuRnAu.I

washington, June H.
TRIBUNE BENEFITS JACKIES.-The recent
series of Interviews printed in The Tribune heio
with enlisted at the Brooklyn navy yard IN an
attempt to find out why there any disconteflt
In the naval service has had result already
Much of the complaint expressed by the oiue1a"er
was pronounced as absurd by the Navy Depart
ment officials. There one feature which was
acknowledged being the legitimate cause OF
complaint The sailors were obliged to have their
uniforms altered to fit them at their own expense
and In cases where there was an exact'ns colh-
mandinG officer It found that the cost thus
| imposed upon the enlisted man was excessive. III
has been decided have tailors and taflors heip-
ers paid by the government an extra amount and
keep them employed in rehtting and otherwise
altering the uniforms issued to the Duejackets.
This work is to be done without expense TO tne
sailors The taiiors will those of that trade VINO
are already enlisted in the service. or VINO may
hereafter enlist: and they Will not De specias 49, az
tached to ship, in addition TO the resuLar t
This action is Of the most important foT whfGn lien
comfort and eonvenience 1 Of the enlisted men
MANCHURIAN LEssONs.-The returning off,
who served military observers with the
warning forces In Manchuria say that the Russian
commanders do not expect to be able to hold their
present positions against the enemy. 1t is this
element which will probably induce the Russian
authorities at ST. Petersburg to listen to the propo-
sition for peace. The Russians went into the war,
apparently. with little hope of successfully combat
Ing the Japanese. 1t has been on the Russian side
a campaign of holding the enemy in check pending
the arrival of reinforcements the delay in which
part Of the campaign has resulted in serious losses
to the Russians, The only consistent policy which
the Russians have followed has been that Of dig
gfng intrenchments which was the first work un-
dertaken by the Russians. who early in the war
employed Chinese laborers in the construction of
the trenches which later abandoned. At
every point the attacking force confronted by
these intrenchments. built in the Of the Rus
Liao-Yang to Moukden and beyond with the idea
that he would be obliged 10 fall back before the
Inducements arrived. The officers who possess
knowledge of the situation say that the Russians
will have hard time In Manchuria II the is
continued The japanese are approaohing Vladi-
Tostok from the south and have established big
stronghold The observers come back with many
have evidently taken advantage Of ali the factors
which would help them in their conduct Of the war.
latest equipment and the best organization, so that
upon its modern methods is in a position Of adopt
lag the tn iaIanese plan OF using in1renGhnK tools
basis and separating it from the coast artillery.
NAVAL POWER PLANTs.-There is opposition
developing the project of consolidating the
naval stations. This be expected, In view
of the antagonism which the proposition encoun-
tered when it first presented a year or more
ago. AT that time the bureau chiefs to whom the
plan submitted for their comment reported
adversely upon It. with the exception of one the
chief Of the bureau of yards and docks, under
whom the work was likely to be carried II there
consolidation The question appeared to be
beyond the power of the naval authorities to settle
and Mr.. Morton called In civilian experts
who showed conclusively that the consolidation
idea was the which stood for economical ad-
nnistration of yard establishments. The order
for the merging of the plants promptly given.
Now. it appears that the critics Of the newly
adopted system plan to bring up the question to
a Pnn
parte will see the differently In the light OF
the facts and figures which the officers have been
accommodating the subject No one can tell
what Mr. Bonaparte is likely to do but it s under
stood that he does not intend to revise decision
which has been fully reached by his predecessor
The work of consolidation is going ahead slowly
and it Will be another year. at least before there
Is substantial result.