New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-17
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Line officers and the Ordinance
Corps.

From The tribune bureau
Washington May 16.
DETAILS FOR ORDNANCE DUTY-A board Of
ordnance officers IS in session this week at the
army proving ground ut Sandy Hook 10 mark the
papers In the examinations Of seventeen ohcers OF
the army who are DESTROYS Of being detailed Tor a
tour of duty in the oSnance corps There are four
teen vacancies in the list OF ordnance officers, and
it is hoped to obtain this number from among
Eleven of the places are in the grade Of captain plain
ard. 10y an arrangement which IS possible , unIt f
existing law, is probable that some or the OF
fcers who have been detailed to the ordnance
as e5ptans TSe detail Of line oceTs 70 ordnance
duty is found TO be working most @ anu
10 serve in the ordnance corps has been somewhat
removed by the fact that sHGh qef5s o F@a
rary a next higher grade. THIS gives the eXtla
the additional study ana work involved LntiI ms
arrangement was made, II was lnpossLole 10 80
line officers TO apply for duty with the ordnance
corps.
RF,TrrER BILL. OF FARE FOR SAILORS
There is much Of Importance in the instructions
which have been sent out this week to navy pay
masters relating 10 the new arrangement whl'h
goes into effect on July in regard to the ration OF
the enlisted men. Thereafter The ration VIII not
be conrnutcd. and In place this II Will be posi-
BILE 10 have savings in the rations, so that the
funds thus derived may be expended by the pay
masters in obtaining extra articles which are not
carried the ration proper. ana which add TO the
attractiveness Of the sailors, hiil OF rare h IL
counted upon to Increase tho conte tment or uie
enlisted men. Much interest naturally attaches 20
the working or the system, regarding Wlll'il TIC
navy paymasters are receiving detailed lhstIuc-
tons from the bureau OF supplies ana accounts;
fbe STOCK ~ o general at navy yards
article in the market has been added To the list to
be readily obtainahie After tie plan has been in
operation for three months navy paymasters VIII
FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENTS, Some in
teresting experiments I'm progress Mt Fort Riley
Kansas with knapsacks for field artillery. one OF
the efforts made to ascertain whether the
army kit wagon could carry ninety knapsacks with
the number Of shelter tents This estimate
made with the idea of facilitating the trans
portation OF this equipment I'm the field The test
has far been unsatisfactory TO the extent that
kit wagon could carry than seventy
five knapsaCks. The board which has been in
SION az fofL Hqy mas beeh u9Is some import
ment, and has made a number OF minor changes
The field artillery now becomes a separate organ
ization, and in n few days an order designating
the regimental formation Will be issued from the
War Department.
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
capsp W y New q9T2 s s5t IRON
G9onstrueti5n work a. Forts II; c. Wright Terry,
Captain GEORGE " MOSES. raymastor. from Philip
r. Pie lsan5y t? san v FTaaIS0 7n Infantry detailed
as rrGtessaT OF military seGnge a" G3r69n 'Rez
Captain ARTHUR l.. FULLER Coast Artillery assigned
Following officers Of Coast Artillery placed
signed list and viii report At Fort Monroe: captain
GLAssFoRD. PHILIP =. woRCEsTER CARR "
6Ta 2 2AS NIL IAN II ii b6b6s r 2 If
Roy BAETLETp J2HN ~, S nj, HAMM@NR BASIL 6
JAMES s ;DIiI''sENRl-fSY ROBERT H. LEWIS
SIDNEY II. GUTHRIE and HENRY r RCRGIN.
NAVY.
Lieutenant + p BERR1EN. detached from ths Missouri
MIdshipman D c COPELAND. detached from the Den
Assistant surgeon R, / LoNGABAUGH. to naval hos
First Lieutenant II C. EGAN. United states marine
Second fIeu,enan E. P BiETER tinted states maine
corps resignation accepted FOR the good Of the service
Midshlpman II. DELANO detached from the Paraguai
10 naval hospital, Yokohama.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The following
movements Of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
May 15-The louis. TompknsyiIle, the Charleston
the Prebe and the Boston. Diego; Virginia
and the Louisiana, at Norfolk. the Maine at navy
May 1G-The Nanshnn at Kobe: the Chattanooga. at
siakwan.
May 1.-the 81 Louis. from the navy yard New York
from San Pedro for San Diego the Virginia
louisiana from Hampton Roads for Norfolk the
Connecticut. the Ohio the Iowa the and the
Rhode Island, from Hampton Roads the North
May 16-The Prairie Cienfuegos for League Isl
and the Cincinnati from Swallow Hong Kong |
the Helena from oavs for swatow; the Maryland |
The Lawton has been stricken from the navy list.
The Olympia placed in commission yesterday at the
The Baltimore placed yesterday at