New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Ne7c Nary Department Policy
Commands for Young Men.
From The Tribune Bureau.
WaShingfnn- Eentt

Washington. September 81
NEW NAVAL POLICY.-Admiral Brownson an
nounced to-day the policy which will govern the
Navy Department in the future in assigning the
command of battieships and cruisers, a policy
which is destined TO for the navy the service
of admrals who have enjoyed experience as
commanders OF battleships, which will provide sea
duty for a greater number of young officers than
has heretofore the case, and which is destined
20 make for higher general efficiency. Tours OF
sea duty hereafter viii be reduced from years
to eighteen months. according TO Admiral Brown
sons programme. while officer will be assigned
10 the command of battleship cruiser who is
not destined to serve as rear admiral at least one
year and ten months before retiring. and prefer
will be given TO those officers who have not
less than four years the active list ahead CT
them. This policy will obvate the situation which
has sometimes confronted the department or an
urgent request from admiral to be assigned
to duty TO round out his career when such
officer has reached a grade where his proper COM
maud is a division. while he has never had COM
mand of a single ship.
WILL. COMMAND sHIPS-It was announced to-
day that Captain Ten Eycke D. W. Veeder, Captain
Bradley A Fiske. Captain Hamilton Hutchins'
Captain Vincendon L. Cottman and Captain Walter
G. Cowles have been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness for sea duty. which is understood TO
mean that they will command ships in the fleet
which Is 10 take part in the approaching Pacinc
cruise. OF the captains who will command battle
ships and cruisers on the coming cruise no one will
be considerably younger. The junior captain thus
far named is Commander Hutchins. who Sill not
attain his captaincy until October lS
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
ARMY
CAPTAIN PETTR ~ AINS J sT rssfrs sp f1
n ' HE&R2 Hf@2n to F%RHF s9c who VIII
proceed to the PhiIPpnes Noyen6er . 6 . S;,
First Lieutenart LAWRENCE. g. CRAWFORD. coast
artillery from lat to 4lst company
FRS! LgenaH DoRGE @ aT55 HEATH National m sar
,r. TO Amg MsdT2 fh92 H6BE 2sd Infantry
Major 3 TH6Mas CRUISE qaaTteTnaster DEPARTMENT
OF Missouri. charge of quarerna ster once
Baston 5ceyng CsPian & IGror IFA !, MAJOR Il GR his
a,or TRoMhs sWoBE in addition to his present
TO temP9aTy @G t 8naIent Sl Of the Missouri
NAVY.
Rear Admiral URIEL sEBREE. detached as naval sec
retay Of The iiSaLqopse dgtv To in Connection Win
The special service equadron ,...-,.. ..,-.
Navy Department 70 the KsaIsarse @ r ,ro, ,n,
Lieutenant Hotn.4'ef ~, ~ t.,reaI ~ c,inanre
Vest ViTgmie 20 ne TF ~ sI5R % Detached from tho
navy recruiting station at Omaha. 70 the west VIZ
Ensign FETCH report to @ somnaHdant I.o2s navy yard
Ensign p. P BLACKBURN, 10 charge Of the navy re-
Passed Assistant Surgeon b II DORSEY. the Wash
Assistant Surgeon T MILLER; detached from Tho
W. s HARsHMAN professor Of Mathematics. detached
director of The Nautical Almanac at ne Aava'
Observatory. Washington. the Naval Academy.
MILTON UPDEGRAF. professor Of mathematics: de-
tsched the Naval Academy: 70 the Naval oo-
servatory washington -
Lieutenant j. H FURSE died on the Illinois on Sep
30
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.-The following
movements of war vessels have been reported TO
the Navy Department:
ARRIVED
Sept 2s-T StrinEhau. navy yard. New York:
Marietta. Boston
Sept 2o-ThA Rainbow a. Cav'th. the Tolphin navy
yard. New York. the Clgoa. a. Colon
SAILED.
Sept 2s.--The StrinEhaul Fort Tott~n navy
yard New York. the Wilmington. from Shanghai. FOR
Nue-Po the NiayhoVer from Whitestone. y Y. for
Bay: Marietta. Cape BAY.
Boston. Albany. Pnnta Arenas. Costa
Rica for Actjutla Salvador: ths Chicago. from
Acapulco. for san Francisco
Sept 29-The Rainbow. from OlonEapo for CavitA