New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-17
AND NAVY NEWS.
TFrom Ths Tribune Bureau.1
washington Dt

| Washington, December 10
FOR EARLIER RETTREMENTs. = Secretary
Bonaparte is considering the recommendations OF
! important changes in the naval personnel The
project comes from the General Board and aims 10
! facilitate promotion IN the naval commissioned
grades. There is every evidence of the approach Of
| a period Of stagnation, when officers Will occupy
| grades for long time 1t is deemed necessary
therefore to establish some system which will insure
more rapid advancement than is now possible 10 the
end that the younger officers may achieve senior
grades. OF course this can be done only oy ADOPT
Ing some means OF transferring to the retired hst
| or to new reserve list officers who have reached
a stipulated age without being advanced from the
| different grades This has come to be known as
by most naval officers the opposition coming largely
from such az woud be adversely IS asd e to
have two vice adInirals. TO command the NORTH
aG feet a9a the qthsF to PS the two
! naval commands, and are considered worthy Of
be provided that the vicezadmiras shall be chosen
Wear. and to be eligible to retirement as vce-ad
ntrals condition of having flown the flag OF Meet
has the benecia effect of not loading up the retired
list with short term vice adnairals
RACING FOR CoMPLEFIoN-The rivalry be-
tween the naval constructors who have charge Of
the work on the Connecticut at the New-York Navy
Yard and tho contractors who are building the
louisiana at Newport News grows keener with the
approaching completion of these vessels. The naval
constructors maintain that the best progress VIII
be made on the Connecticut to the end For time
the Louisiana was ahead. and lately 1t has SHOWN
greater progress than the Connecticut in single
months work. On November the percentage OF
completion of the Connecticut was 9L3o, and that
25 me Do15 f fo tie Nav Department
the percentage of completion of the Louisiana was
% S. and of the Connecticut e265 showing thst n
p 5e ee6 the osn E progress was 81 per cent
an admirable showing in all respects bsva ebar ree
Of the work on the Connection at fne 6rnI
some Wes Say before the Louisiana and placed in
commission In advanee OF that vessel
FIRST INFANTRY FOR ALASKAN is posi-
bIe that the 1st Infantry. OF which Companies K
1. and NJ are stationed at Fort Porter, New York,
will go to Alaska next year. The 80 infantry IS
now on duty in that Territory. where the assign
nent has never been regarded attractive, not
withstanding the fact that officers and receive
extra pay during their tours of duty at the distant
and isolated garrfsons. The Sd Infantry is due to
ever regiment of Infantry is selected TO succeed the
command will be Obliged TO leave this country In
terror posts of Alaska by the time the Sd Infantry
IS naur g e taken in the Selection of the regiment
which Is destined for this duty as fer most to6 Of
separation from family and friends
VALUABLE DOCUMENTS AT WEST POINT
Some valuable historical documents including four
thousand military manuscripts dating from Revo-
lutionary times. have no adequate and safe place
OF storage at the Military Academy, and General
Mills superintendent of the institution, has recon-
mended that the government provide metal floors
and bookcases in the tower OF the library building.
that this valuable collection, together with some
five thousand volumes of documents of Congress,
may be accessibly and safely stored It would be
necessary place in the tower of the library build
ing substantial but inexpensive metal stacks to
shelve the Congress documents of the library and
to store the large collection of military manu-
scripts. The tower fitted with wooden shelly
ing in 1901, the appropriation for metal shelving
was then exhausted. The collection of documents
of Congress, which is OF the most complete in
the United States was therefore stored tenn
porary and none-1reproof shelves. In the spring
of the tower fell down throwing some two thou
on which to store them. The central tower, with
thick masonry walls, was also designed to store the
o aFsG aas fIsssn fsisoSo $
army between 1775 ana 1928.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
been Issued:
cD saa eg6k AgE p5sra Fort S6s
roe. examination for promotion 49,
ssors 56sf prssa 1 3 d4B ss'
NAVY
phn; to navy recruiting station New-YorE
Lieutenant C BAIIl17 retired. placed retired list
'p b6s Wait Fl orders 0''A0As' the i'"''
Lieutenant E. 8 JACKSON, detached recruiting
station, New-York; to the Hancock
Ensign d. A. WEAVER the Iowa
Ensign J. s ARWINE Jr. detached the Boston; to Blu
Of Ordnance Navy Department
AIdshpman A. G. cAFFER detached the Msscurii to the
Boston.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS-Ths following +
movements of vessels have been reported at the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
December 1.-the Baltimore and vIlIaiobos. Ching
Kiang.
SAILED.
December 15The Columbia Guantanamo Colon;
the Uncas, from Charleston for Key West
WILL TRY SLOWER SHIP TURRETS.