New-York tribune., 1905-06-10
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Ir1oM TIE TRIBUNE BuREAu.I

IF1ox THE TRIBUNE BuREAu.1
Washington Juno 4
-qrgBINES FOR BIG BATTLEsHIPS-It h.s
feen believed that there would be no radical
,,anges in the plans for the triple screw bat
,,eships beyond that Of making the armament much
tes,aer than been installed on the ships most
.,a,tly laid down Now the Navy Department
xnerts have taken Up the question of eauippng the
essels with turbine machinery. I, ia believed that
,,ts installation VIII give the vessels a speed of
trruty-ons knots end that 1t win be possible to
hsre economy Il the operation of the machinery ct
TeSnery has been thai while it would answer the
purpose Of scouts toIpsdo boats and other vessels
DO vessels pTeessdng r. e Usually at s moderate or
s1a seen removed and that type of turbine has
n.sn Installed the British ship Amethyst the
snsssn can be operated economically on any vessel
Of our ma naval A engineers end that this 81 is 50
signed VII include turbine engines.
,ENy BAILooNING EXPERIMENTAL
.,oa es the signal corps station at Omaha Is In
s,u working order that branch OF the service VIII
srsin tsks up the question OF military balloonins.
o. which work there has been much interruption.
ana largely to the lack OF facilities Tor storing the
,aroon and manufacturing the gas Little is
r,ovu srd apparently be known. concerning
-. work Of foreign governments In this direction
rhs plsns and achievements OF Europeans In mill
ts-y ba1looatns regarded as among the closest
of military secrets It Is learned that the Russian
"a
ten. n their operations IN Msnchurta- with what
.rect however. Is not fully reported An inter
sr.ins branch OF the work in connection with op-
ssa5tOn pa Il Saloon reconnoissanoe As It
scult TO the .nsse CT the object to be photo- %
haTs been tried Probably the most sue susosss1s sgbs.
:, riae the camera Is attached to one sioe OF OF
MS wlth ,5s S9Sa. ass Is 6 a4anged that by pull
ne it 50 instantaneous photosrsPh wa s1s 9e Of the
Ssis st,as tafes An approximate scale can be
made the h .srea sTs tsksR sR the spirit
srsis % The camera Il Is said that with sele
ss 3e the sSsons oatPs Of can Ss At
lance Of x miles To one 1as unasosfSSil Ssfeuity is ex
ppe-tenced the image resembles s bow sdres Of
Boxing down on II II ses e5esr vsGe wGeos Sased and
ne .se s-ound the centre seeTns sunken Ths ,n a1So
spples 70 fo5 S1s i SsIloon Balloons viii be used to
signal by flags and lights anu aions @
tslsohone-
ORDERS IssUED-The following army navy
"a marine CORPS orders have been issueo'
ARMY.
,. 5otsS J. REILLY. assistant surgeon
c,yt.an DE RosEY c. cAaEII. oOnnnissary' LIST cav
rrzt Iseatenants SANFORD b wApaAMs W71I1IAAM WW7II1IAM
TN kTsTENR gEbMaRb EdEEkb5 aEpbISes & p61ES< HENRy
ggTEEaonR 58I oIsnaioa ssiaSsias for
FIT I.etenants CHANDLER P. ROBBINS aad basrS q.
4 k-E Gsaiesi Mnssa washington. Tor examination
cos ,, waAM c.P.asn E fAGa GGRfASs
slai5as salmaH board $500 ea Inoon canal Zone
Errs THEODORE LTsgi saTssinss.on for ed
Ssnoeaent -----,,o,->
a.1renen, of Colonel EPHRAIM T G RlchNoND'
Captain LEoNGRD D. w1LDMsS. signal eosD' from
gort Gibbon TO Benicia Barracks
70 take charge construction work st Fort Logan
ess,,-se. srreon THOMAS J. STRONG from Preside 70
burlington and report TO Surgeon General LOT anNU
rnsns o. contract NAVY
p...esnr J. A RING. continue duty at navy 'a''
Pay nspsoor gA6BE retired s to ,iBgs the sS{y
Pay Inspector Nv " PortsMSts y; M008aol Fers'
payrnss.er T D. HARRIS. detached the souhery; walt
MARINE CORPS
Second IIeutensns BENJAMIN LEWIS to tho BROOK
t,sutenaut Colonel BENJAMIN r RUSSELL. retired to
board awards secretary.
5 Us Is pscoa MaG day as ss zanape eaaa7' and
r Lasatsnaas TAMk ExASs 4, dsshsa s3s sea heat
STeeemoo-.
r.rst lieutenant DOUGLAS G WDoUGAL. detached
marine barracks Washington; to marine corps rihs
Major Ell K COLE detached marine ha5r.eks nay nay
Saaa piRss s''l' 20 '--N--' o
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELS--tThe fol-
lowing movements Of vessels have been reported
70 the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
June s-Tne Columbia at Newport News; the Mn2eaps
River, the Maine and the Missouri. Tonpsinsville
&taS3 t1s S3HG the SsTada and tie Florida soiOons
Jun. e-Tna Baltimore at Shanghai.
SAILED.
Iuns Columbia from Hampton Roads ads f9r e-t Nf0Tt R0
Ses ihe eoss ssssso ra I Guam for cayits the Hercules
nom n Norfoik for cTisaeid