New-York tribune., 1907-11-05
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Board of Ordnance and Fortifca-
tions Makes annual Report.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. No


YEARS WORK OF ORDNANCE BOARD
Guns armor plate range finders, disappearing car
rages and all sorts of miscellaneous ordnance de-
vices were subjected TO exhaustive tests during
the last fiscal year by the board of ordnance ana
Notifications. and all of these are set out In de-
tail In the annual report of the board just maoe
public. The operations of the board conslsteu OK
the main, however, of the supervision OF Work
previously undertaken, such as the continuation
of tests Of plates representing the main ana Sec
ondary armor of battleships to determine their
resistance projectiles of various sorts fired at
different angles of impact, the data obtained being
used for the formulation of battle tactics: the
tests of wirewound guns to determine their avail
ability for adoption, and the perfection of insru-
mcnts for fire control and direction. The increas-
ing importance Of searchlights in warfare also has
induced allotments for several experiments with
the object of improving this necessary auxiliary.
WILL COMMAND THE PANTHER.-Captain
c. p. Nelson has been selected to command the
transport Panther. which has been fitted out as
repair ship and will accompany the battleship fleet
on It's cruise to the Pacific.
APPOINTED NAVAL AID-Commander Abra-
ham E. Culver commanding the protected cruiser
Des MoineS. now at the Boston Navy Yard, has
been ordered to this city duty as naval aid to
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the relief
of Captain John NJ. Bowyer. who has been ordered
to assume command of the battleship Illinois in
time for the cruise OF the Atlantic fleet TO the
Pacific Coast.
eral J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the army
resumed his duties at the War Department to-day
after a months stay at a health resort In New
York State. He appears TO be in excellent physical
condition.
SURGEON FATALLY YwOUNDED.-Informatio
was received by Surgeon General Wyman, of the
Public Health and Marine Hospital service. to-day
of the accidental fatal woundng by gunshot of
Passed Assistant Surgeon Berry Tampa Fla
ARMY ORDERS IssUED-The following army
orders have been issued:
Major General ADOLFHUS w GREEI.Y from Depart-
Tet or the Columbia, to command the Department of
Captain EDWARD T. DoNNELLY LIST Field Artillery
t 20 mounted sertee W scho9 Fort Riley as secretary
pay department, December II. vice Captain GEORGE
w, MOSES. paymaster to- 18th Cavalry: Captain
First Leutenants JOHN o. STEGER WILLIAM ".
4, THOMAS, JOHN c 6iiNsTAD and cIAREMGE
NJ. CONDoNs coast artillery corps. to Fort Monroe
The following assignments eutenans OF infantry
ordered GEORGE F. BRADY. to 18th: ROBERT L.
CHARLES A. HUNT. TO Tth; LEO b. DANNEMII~
Second Lieutenant PHILIP j. GOLDEN. 2sth Infantry.
ordered 10 Washington Barracks, for examination for
MOVEMENTS OF VEssEIs-The following
movements of war vessels have been reported 10
the Navy Department:
ARRIVED
Nov. The Marietta. Puerto Cortez, Honduras
Nov 3-The Albany. at salina Cruz.
Nov THE Helena, the Vilaobos and the Nanshan at
Shanghai
Nov. The Abarenda from Bradford r. I, for Nor
folk; the Albany. from Iaunen. san Salvador. for
Nov She Chicago from Acajura, San salvador. for
Acapulco Mexico: the Rocket. from Norfolk to Wash
The Culgoa was assigned the Atlantic feet