New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.

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duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the unusual
! oondttions prevailing at that establishments.
J These come I'm the annual r@I orts OF those who
I have charge IF the various departments at the
ward, and they unite I'm describing tie condi-
items as having reached he limits Of Development
and requiring immediate relief If the efficiency
/ of the yarI is to he maintained one bureau
officer says:
The Neu-YorE May Yard carr IS Oh more
! obstruction WORK an" more LFpa,. " - lu@Il
/ any other ward 40 t1N country. II - ESQ lfls
I greatest shipping yard and fitting out YARD.
Among the things carried on here are the manu-
/ facture of All the clothes worn ~ the enlist
! men Of the navy. the inspection and shipment Of
n large part Of the material and stores for other
Yards and the iusuiar stations and the d.stri-
, butior Of stores for the ships in commission.
/ six thousand men arc employed here As many
! as fbrt7--nire craft hav, been at the yard
one time and in that number have been seven
battIeshipS seven cruisers and gunboats me
/ work has increased vastly in the last year.
/ room in the buildings. Extensions and improve
Irents to shops have not been made as de-
/ mauded Buildings have been used for purposes
/ for which they were never Intended Muco on
: the work afoat must he carried on at perth
/ places far removed from the shops, to reacn
which the means Of transportation are poor ana
/ at which the power aud light equipment IS in
/ adequate The limit Of the development Of the
/ ward with its present area and coniguration. is
! nearly reached.
Reference is made to board of officers, of
/
! merry the commandant Of the yard. is president
! which is still I'm existence and is developing an
/ elaborate plan for the permanent Improvement
/ of the yard. The board has lately been engaged
J i'm considering several plans for grouping the
| buildings of each department in particular
| locality i'm the yard. far the work of the
| department and the conditions in the yard will
/ allow. The results of this special branch Of the
| work Of the Rodgers board viii be reported to
/ the Navy Department, officers Of the yard hope,
| before Congress meets, although there may De
small chance OF getting any authority from that
! body at the next session to undertake the work
! At the time it is realized that something
must be done if the yard is to grow and Is not to
| lose the share Of repair and construction prof.
/ ects now going to other plants 1t Is pointed
/ ont 70 the NAVY Department. in anttCi-
| patton of the report Of the Rodgers board that
i the centres of location of the various depart
| ments are now fairly well defined, yet there are
! a number Of cases where one department mas q
| building separated from the sphere Of work and
right in the midst of the field of activities OF an
| other department By a transfer or puHdmgS
and by the location of new buildings so that OLD
| ones car be given UP TO the uses of other de-
| partuents the mobilization Of departments can
| be accomplished
The most vital Improvement contemplated.
| caUy by the Rodgers board when il makes its
| report. is the raarranEement Of the waterfront!
/ another subject is the purchase of additional
! land on the west of the present limits or the
! navy yard Other Improvements suggested are
extensions of the electric plant, the railway sys-
!
| sr7tiofra ed vim T1rvdock No 8 owing the
| shifting ground in its vicinity. and this Is one
of the features winch must De relIeuLeu VIZ
| q short time New construction ConLelllpLale
! for which Congress will be asked TO make pro-
| vision. is the erection of a large apartment mouse
for Junior officers on duty at the YARD, a pTopo-
| sition which has been placed before the Navy
| Department in other years without erect. mere
| are many officers attached TO the yard who now
| receive communication of quarters because they
| cannot live within the ward limits. 1t is esei-
| mated that the communication Of this sort is equal
trio he inn
| necessary to erect new quarters.
| IT fs believed that the Rodgers board will sug-
| gest some radical changes in the arrangement
of the yard and its properly ana urge tte en- ~
/ largeuent of the reservation by the purchase OF
| adjacent property on these recommendations
| large number of minor improvements wait
ORDERS IssU The following army and navy
orders have been issued;
ARMY.
Captain GEORGE NJ CRIMES and First Lieutenant ga5t
erai -ecrIitiuC serrire at columbus barracks
capan AREY r5tp8iIs to rqes5o ar MonteTey
Contract surgeon WAITER I'll. II DADE. from Fort
First Lieutenant DOUGLAS MACARTHUR CORPS o. en-
| etGeers 70 Toxic aids de-csmp on staf Of Major
General Arthur Macarthur
FRS, Identeron- WALLACE mNAMARA to 18th In
First Iseu,enant WILLIAM J. SCHMIDT, to 14th In
rtr~t I5el.eusn, DAVID A HErNEs. to pa Intantry.
First Lieutenant CIV F Rr-cTER to 18th Infantry
F=s g .s ef gag sirseoI LEY 5cP. i5' LILA
First Lieutenant ROBERT E NOZZLE assistant sqTgson
detailed member of examining bosrd a. Preside 81
Nronrarey vice First Lieutenant Wilson T Davidson
''n5Iq gboz Sq ~ ra -,sburg '1 Barracss
Second Lieutenant GEORGE ". MADDOX. 2oth 70 9th
Second Tieutenent WAITER 2 PRrDGEN to 22d In
fan'ry-
second Lieutenant JAMES W II EETsINGER. Jr,. 9th
second Iieutsnaa, aUrERT A DUNFoRD. to 2sth In
Second lieutenant CHARLES C. BANKHEAD. 2sth to
% infanirv
Commodore y J. PATCH. retired detached navy re
,ruitfn- rendezvous. Boston home
| ,-7rt-ir n g. o. COLBY detached usvy yard. Boston.
10 navy recruiting rendezvous. Boston.
captain w II EVERETT. detached Naval War College.
ward. Boston
Commander L. II. GttNNoN- t<egtera1t -2'n,52 Gers
q n ri REAGF. g.. J.. TERHJ Ne. . 2 MNA1
p r. BELkNAT ijeutsnants j. FL 'pMF JtSi
and ". q; MITCHELL and Passed Assistant Pay
master r.. RAC7g-;. commissioned
Commander J. e. FREMONT. 90 Washington, member
IF Board a l0sperriHI and Survey.
F--sEnS BEAN and l.. BROOKS. jF-. 20 tHe TfT
Acting Assistant surgeon r. e. RtsA'T(Bt IN detscaed
travelling recruiting party NJ :, - navy recruiting
reudezvul.s. ST. Iout-.
Corps
! MOVEMENTS DF NAVAL. JESS EI4S-The fol-
17rr. movements Of vessels have been reported to
the Navy Department.
ARRTN Ed.
1-ro1er The colorado Froriur-'ovo. th' Hannibal
al Philadelphia; tn Perry at o.zurta tine Denver 81
SAILED.
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