New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-09
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
From The Tribune Bureau. J

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! sells Of the Atlantic feet under Admiral Evans in
! Southern waters. will have a busy season There
| viii be small arms target practice on the three
| hundred ranges at the Guantanamo naval station
where * is estimated that three thousand men can
shoot in a day There will be record target practice
with big guns later preceded probably by manoeu-
vres. including search problem which has peen
outlined by the navy General Board. Instructions
in wireless teeeraphy especially in what is known
as chain communication, or the system OF relayIuS
operations viii have additional Importance on &C
count Of this employment of wireless telesraphy;
which has reached such of efficiency and
accuracy as TO make it feature which must be
considered in plans of naval action hereafter IL
bears intimately and vitality the question of in
formation ana must be reckoned as interfering
mas hitherto been part of naval strategy. II is
fare.
cULGoA MAY BE SOLD.-The people at the
navy yard fin Brooklyn who expected TO obtain an
additional job of some magnitude on account of
the changes proposed on board the naval store
ship Culgoa are again doomed to disappointment
The original suggestion to provide the ship
with deckhouse and other accommodations for
bringing back this country from distant stations
the sick ana wounded of the navy This was con-
sidered altogether expensive and an amended
recommendation contemplated only the restoration
Of the ship to a state of efficiency. This would
have been something which the employees of the
yard Brooklyn appreciate in view of the
decrease of work at that establishment Now
il appears that the Culgoa is likely to be sold
public auction to the highest bidder. At all
events instructions have been sent to Rear Ad-
miraI Coghan. commandant Of the NewYork Navy
Yard to have the vessel appraised with a view
TO its disposition 1t is believed that the service of
the Cugoa-that Of delivering supplies to ships on
which is soon to proceed South from NewYOrk
e @ 5hG ana f Ge Gar OF weh the agshe of
the dock towing expedition to the Philippines
npUIrpc ICSI-ED foIIourinp orders hove
been issued:
First Lieutenant oIIN R BOOTH Infantry. having
service account Of disability Incident thereto his
nouneed3 ALLEN G KEYS to 1913 Gsyq;TZ; JOIN
to Attn cavalry: DANIEL D. GREGORY. to 9TH cav
First Lieutenant ALFRED NC WILSON goth Infantry.
Preside of Monterey pending arrival of regiment
Captain JAMES {. RHEA, from 9th to 18th Cavalry.
Captain GEORGE P WHITE. to 9th Cavalry.
terry field artillery to 84th company. artillery
First so afey W s ne EGm ar e Company
Captain JAMES K. THOMPSON, from 18th to 18th In
Captain CHARLES c BALLoU from 18th to 18th In
ysionel Regiment of Infantry from Ishmian Canal
Captains RICHARD H. MINISTER. ALBERT G. |
SETEEs RoBE E,. F. .e WY LIE % S35 JAMES
First Lieutenants FRANK e. HOPKINS ERNEST r. |
TILTON. HOMER b. GRANT and LEONARD T. |
WAI1DRON. Second Jeutenants WILLIAM $. BOW |
EN-. MARION s BATTLE and FRANK 7. THORN |
TON. before board Fort Monroe for examination |
for promotion
Second Lieutenant MORTON T. WOOD. artillery. corps
animation for promotion
NAVY.
Captain c. P. REEFS. detached Naval Academy and
wait orders
Captain l. c HEIINER, detached 18th Lighthouse Dis
and wait orders.
Commander J. 3. MURDOCH. Naval Academy.
AIiGshipman W. A SMEAD. detached Alabama: 20 |
Asiatic station
Assistant PayInasters Z. G. MORSELI4 7 E. MDON- |
AID, r. Il. JOHNSTON. L. G. HAUGHEY, T. P |
RALLENGEH. 2. T. FOXWELL F. H. PATTEN |
navy pay officers school. navy yard. Washington ;
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The following |
movements of vessels have been reported to the |
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
February 6-The Newport al Sanchez.
February THE Marblehead Diego and the CIeve-
land Newport News
SAILED.
February 6-The Maine Missouri the Kentucky the |
BearSarge and the Tankton. Cuiebra Trni-
dad, the Hopkins, WCrlen. he MacionoIgb the |
Lawrence the Stewart the Truxtun from san !
Juan for Trinidad; the Alabama from Culebra for
Barbados: the West Virginia, from Culebra for st
Thomas; the Maryland, from Culebra for Antigua: |
the Pennsylvania from CUlebra st. Vincent the |
Colorado. from Culebra for Grenada: the Newport ]
from San Pedro de Macoris for Sanchez.
February THE Cleveland. from Hampton Roads for |
Newport News