New-York tribune., 1905-07-22
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
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issued from the War Department tomorrow a long
order changing the station of nearly two hundred
officers OF the artillery corps, many of them at
posts in the neighborhood of NewYork. The high
ranking officers who affected by the order will
change stations as follows: Colonel John NJ. k
Davis from Fort II. G. Wright, New-YOrk, to Fort
Banks, Massachusetts; TO join; TO command artil-
lery district Boston. Lieutenant Colonel William
T. Birkhimer. from San Francisco TO Fort Monroe,
Virginia; 70 join Lieutenant Colonel John A. hnn
ton Maryland; to join; 10 command artillery as
y Whistler from Fort Monroe. Virginia. TO Fort
H G. Wright. New-York; TO join; TO command Ils
ii Homer from Fort washington, Maryland, to
rer Me fTon F6rt strong s Shusetts to
Fort Mott, New-Jersey; to join Major CiarehSs ia enc.
strong, Massachusetts; TO join upon being renewed
n anv Of the above named officers have been
granted leave OF absence, II is not M illueu t ra
ton thereof.
no FIREI.Ess STOVES wANTED-The army
subsistence officers including Commissary General
weston have been in New-York witnessing tes's
at the cooking school there with so-ca4ieo nTeeSS
cooking as means OF preparing food tor the
army in garrison and in the field. General weston
ssys that he does not take special interest IN tug
process except so far as It offers a chance Oh re-
duction in the expenditure for fuel at army gar
rsons It evident to the experts p m ina IN sT Ysue as
a means Of preparing food for troops IN me neiu
II iab ne tSs S army " oommissaries are intensely in
terested. II is easy enough they say 10 pepite ppite
freiess cooking requires stove and fuel and the the
Ssr6en OF transportation by and for the troops in
The field moving from place 70 place: IN 'hg ne s
sociates in the subsistence department were gTeaty
impressed with the success OF the methoa as ia Las as
prepared in this way. and found that the meats
detained their flavor and were very tender, al
though they had been only partiary cooked over
hre the remainder Of The process 3eng pc e per T
ceptacles where the heat is retained, with slight
6rsf re OF the day could prepare the breakfast and
dinner. and this. Of course has its advantages in
put the commssaTy officers say that its value must
military cooking in time Of war.
GIFTS TO sHIPS-Captain W. J. Barnette,
commanding the Kentucky, this week sub
mitted copies OF correspondence between him
self and the officials Of the city OF Newport. KY,
In regard 10 a loving cup presented TO the ship by
the school children OF that town. He suggested
as a return gift 10 the children picture Of the
shin and OF the officers and crew. and made the
proposition also that Congress be asked TO author
iEe pictures of ships named after states afa, 10
OF each State. Upon this suggestion Acting Secfe-
1T Is gratifying the department. TO be informed
OF the good VIII existing between the commencing @
state as expressed in the presentation Of loving
Newport and by the general tenor Of the corre-
spondence However the sng6es0n bet Of ConsTess
authorize and direct that large pictures OF snPs
1eme f seb a55SF sc6ooi building Of such State IS which
IN the opinion Of the department my Srg stfs
than by the Navy Department, and paTnc4lat1S 3i,g
made ~ the material 9pbuildng Of the navy"
orprcTTON OF WIRELESS. Naval experts in
wireless telegraphy are greatly interested IN %u
vices which have from abroad especially
erorn scientists in Germany and Italy, respecting
The discovery of the means Of transmitting mes
sages in given direction without having 'iie CON-
municating distributed generally IN an III
rections one Of the difficulties in wireless leles-
,srl,v has been the inability control the commu-
nication and any discovery along that line viii be
OF great importance. The Navy Department b4t mas
eTcept ia regard to experiments which have peen @
made by the Italians on rne soon as definite
information is received oy me o1'TG m rE on hoard
our own ships.
ARMY AND NAVY oRDERs-The following
orders have been issued:
ARMY.
Captain JOHN ". HEAVEy 1lth Infantry detailed pro pro
ssoT military ii TeSa sSeG9G spsn al william TATEs I4th
cavalry who wiI proceed to his regiment
a'G5 -bsdt6 EAs aas 5sPaTsht Ssh to washington
First Lieutenant BENJAMIN Q. DAVIS loth GayaiTy f
Gs1ilTs TniVeT5ity. p-T7 WiIberforoe Ohio,
suienant Colonel LE0NARD sC1S IDs16r General 10
Southwestern Division.
CAPTAIN MARCUS D. CRoNIN, 9th Infantry detailed to
attend encampment organized militia OF tennessee
during August
AIRY. I Fort t'ii Riley to proper station,
Captain WILLIAM LASSITER, artillery corps, 20 lst
Provisional Regiment field artillery. Fort Riley
Captain IRSGsT ST. IRs e a9ey. &Ftfyy Fort SaPi SIN to
Majors ZERAH w TORREY, Oath Infantry. and WAR
Rem r. NEwCoMB. artillery corps; Captains JOHN
W. W cAl caAay; i1o JoHN TS'f'M r MoRRIsoN % 2ol
EDWIN A. ROOT. 10th Infantry. ana tlt1DE "a
D. EVANS lsth lnfantTy, 20 course OF instruction at
Army War College
F1rst LAeutenant JOHN F. READY 64th infantry Iowa Iowa
National Guard. OF instruction at Garrson
yfrst Lieutenant FRANCIS W GRIFFIN. artillery corps
ard First Lieutenant sHERRARD COLEMAN; 9th
sTamininE board, Fort Leayenworth, vice Captain
JOHN p. HAMS. artillery eolrs ana frst Lioupeh-
ant MAX c TYLER. corps OF engineers
x.oons ra.utenant CHARLES 2. DONNOHUE. artillery
corps. honorahly discharged from service
NAVY.
oaptAan X RoHRER. Commanders 7. D. GRIFFIN and
r. T MULLIGAN and Lieutenant Commander A q
EOEF. commissioned
Commander F. W. COFFIN. Naval War College.
Idsutenant J. J. RABY to the Pensacola
TnsiEn w. V. TOME. 20 the Dubuque.
Ensign J. o. RICHARDSON. the Nashville.
PsymAstsr Z. .. HARRIS. the Charleston
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL vEssELS.-The fol-
lowing movements OF naval vessels have been re-
ported TO the department:
ARRIVED.
July zo-Ths Minneapolis ana the Caesar at Grao Dc
Valencia: Hannibal at Newport News; the Hol-
and the Aivarado at Norfolk; the Solace al
Terror at Gardiner Bay; Worden at Portsmouth.
y. H.. the Severn at Newport
yuiy 2lThe cugoa at To1Dknsvillei the Hartford at
Rocklsnd: Macdonough at navy yard NeW-fork
SAILED
July 2O-The Dixie from AlgieTs for Bona the Fortune
rom Mare lslanq lOr LIT SeaA 49,. sr
Tacoma for olympiai the Atlanta and the Newark,