New-York tribune., 1906-09-13
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
iBy Telegraph TO The Tribgns.I


Darlington. who will be the next Inspector gen
sral OF the army. Is member Of the General Stan.
who sttains hts higher place the retirement. at
his own request, account OF III health. OF Cen
sTal q. H. Burton. New York man. for many
years on duty az Governors Island. Colonel Gar
lngton Is the brOther-in-Iaw Of General J. Frank
lin Bell. chief os staff. and f. well known IN the
military service. He entered the army IN 1872 as
cadet az the Military Academy. He will have a
long time 20 serve. as he does not retire for age
until 1919. and will be the youngest OF the brigaders
OF the stan CORPS except General Crozier, chief OF
ordnance The change IN the head OF the Inspector
generals department rsvives the gossip concerning
the abolition Of that corps. a subject which has
been discussed at various times IN the army and
before Congress. Each time IL has been suggested
the inspectors general have rallied defeat the
proposition. but with the decrease OF the perma-
ofcers to duty as Inspectors general. there are
nstF. m ~. fsTss fsRSs 70 nIstsr 20 'hs %
2s clstinzuished service and of influence. ard
sd S m the y sss Ss ~ S sseay ~
War # Is probable that any attempt 20 merge
STAN win @ Il has Sssn Ssd tss ne Sy
nspeetion could be done BY officers detailed specially
FOR that purpose and that the work could be con-
dueted under the military seeretary's department.
or the General STAFF without the maintenance OF a
separate corps
GENERAL. DODGE GOES TO NEW YORK.
General Francis 8. Dodge. who was retired from
the Office Of paymaster general Of the army yester
day. will make hts home IN New York for several
months. but may return TO Washington later His
ADMINISTRATION OF the pay corps was notable In
that he succeeded in driving out q the service
the practice Of duplicating pay accounts. 20 which
many army officers were addicted There were
numerous courts martial. and the authorities began
20 fear there would be a Generalization on account
Of this careessness OF officers who wished to antici-
pate their payments from the government. General
Dodge formed a plan TO stop the practice. and he
framed TeGulattons which held dismissal over the
heads OF offenders. The publications have fallen
Or. lately
this habit which by most officers was innocent
some scandal General Dodse's system win be CON
G. snirfen. who was the formef's assistant al ths
who aided in its preparation,
BIDS FOR GUNS OPENED-AdmiraI Mason.
chief OF the Bureau OF Ordnance. Navy Depart
ment opened to-day bids for supplying SloO,O00
worth Of guns and accessories for the navy. The
bids were for s-inch. 7-inch. s-ineh. 10-inch and
Pinch guns for 132 OF steel forgngs for
S-inch guns. Bids we're invited for the guns com
plete and also for incomplete guns the forgings 70
be furnished separately. There were only two bid
ders for the guns complete and forgings for large
guns-the 0udvale Steel Company. OF Philadelphia.
and the Bethlehem Steel Company OF South Beth
lehem. Penn. The Crucible Steel Company, Of
Pttsburg. bid for a small portion of the forsngs
Tor the small guns only. The bids OF the Midvale
and Bethlehem companies are almost identical
Where the amounts differ slightly there ts a small
variation in the time Of delivery, and It will take
the Ordnance Bureau some time 20 figure out which
are the best bids although the indications are that
the awards for the large guns will be divided be-
tween the companies The Midvale company
offers To construct four 12inch guns for $4,000 each
and the Bethlehem company for $500 each ON inc
main bid for all the 12-inch guns. sixteen IN num-
Der. the bids identical-S62.oaS each Ihe olds
for the other guns are similar The bids for the
gun forefngs range from 80 cents pound for the
12-inch guns TO 80 cents pound for the smaller
guns and for these forgngs. also, the BIDS or tne
Midvale and Bethlehem concerns are almost anks;
best 70 buy the forgings and complete the suns sS
or 10 divide the bids and buy some guns and some
forgings.
ORDERS IssUED.-Ths following orders have
been issued: ~
Rsti5smsss 5szTsas,Sf St tsnssrsi gTls al annoaHced
The following changes In the artillery corps are
ordered;
oTys NILES e s2PTsne q FSTs Sort oss1g ssm ouso
Na'Ss sssGhe Ga1tas ooanaSd nd "a saSs9n dsid arisy
Captain saTas iA eoana "a lin BatSson artillery JOun
Rs,remsn, sln o, srigadsr General GEORGE H. BURTON
Mai5r gg0sFPfi a GAsTON to 1st Cavalry.
MSi9rz WILLIAM T. BUCK. Sd Infantry. and WILIdAM
SAGE Am 5!s svary %N6RE " BEwsTE sh
I2ls2,y HAERY y HAWUsE aEtSS corps; sYpNEY
JoRbSY RS5 aIiery corps FIlANK 4 wILcox som
,1sst5 iP5sHty and HHERs BREEs. ist cavalry. TO
Army war college
The following assignments Of first heutenants TO
coast artillery are announced;
CHARLES c BURT. 12s.h tn G5SmDsny Company
WILLIAM y MICHEL sih company:
HoWARD s; MILES, MlLEEEEss lgtSs I9ist company
ARTHUR L KE5LdSGr 5:r sia falPIs PaPxINs artillery corps
nom sth COMPANY coast artillery 20 uEassisnea ; Hs1
Ma'sT s,,tsII M1 seSTstary Department. Phippinss
NAVY.
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and p UNCOMMON, surgeon @ = LIMSDEN and
RsyPas.s. Sas sdG Fl Ta sS S.asT d''a'A'd the Nn'''
Commander J. NJ. PoYER. retired. detached Navy De-
lieutenant Commander c S. srANwoRTH detached N.
Minneapolis: 70 the Kearsarse.
IAeqssHsPit 5s5i j. c NHE7S' 10 en@is' OF '''ns 'H'
1asutsnan, w H FAUST, detached recruiting sta
tion. Buffalo: TO Naval Academy
rteutenant E z RIDGELEY. the Des Moines
lieutenant a c SMITH detached the Minneapolis;
rA.utenan, c 5 FREEMAN. Detached Boston; home
Lieutenant 5 v GRAHAM detached the Florida; TO the
Lieutenant J. W, oREESs1.ADr. detached Naval Asad-
I1.u,enart H. C COOKE detached shs cl.vslAnd; hons
Ensign J. ]. HANNIGAN. to tho Boston
Ensgn O F. COOPER detached ths Minneapolis; 70 ths
d9%;S 3.,.5.S ATs y. y rs g. tHs
Nf,dshiuman p H FIELD detached the Minneapols' 20
the wabash thence to ths Georgia
Midshipman A SHARP detached the Minneaposs TO tne
Hancock. thence TO thu Connecticut
suashipman r. pUrrocs Jr detached the MinneapclisI
surgeon W. II BELL. detached the Nevada; home and
await orders.
Passed Assistant SURGEON IT. PAYNE IT. detached the
Arkansas. home and await orders
Passed Assistant surgeon IDEN dstaehea tho Flor
ids: home and await orders.
Passed Assistant surgson A. J. GElGEH' to naval hos
A'''TysPd wopd.S, SuI uIse9S IS ~. connsctieat
Assistant surgeon A T LEE detached naval sesRitaA