New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-02
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
From The Tribune Bureau. J


Washington. May l.
NO MONEY FOR COAST ARTILLERY QUAR-
TERS-The officers who have charge of providing
shelter for the coast artillery are much
oarrassed by the fact that Congress failed 10
appropriate the 100000 which would be neces-
sary TO provide barracks and quarters for
ana officers at the various posts where there
is 10 De concentration of coast artillery compa-
mes Ihere was mix-up in the appropriation bills.
SO that the coast artillery lost the fund for which
W baTe ns sc year in the coast areTy 9ranc9
S 81 =! 0 1t was supposed that the appropriation
appropriation bill and for this reason it was not
t in the army bill; The omission of the
Q; Two before the adjournment of Congress. when
| therefore, no appropriation for the barracks and
quarters which are needed, and there Will be IN
important work The Oh pro WIS., will have to be
! made at the next session of Congress.
WEDDING OUT MIDsHIPMEN.-Th Navy De-
partment has decided that there shall be greater
strictness IN the observation of midshipmen who
are serving their final two years at sea following
the four-year course at the Naval Academy.
Hitherto considerable leniency appears TO have
been decided that with the numerous midshipmen
from which to select great care should be shown
their being commissioned as ensgns There mere mas
efficiency Which must be made by midshipmen in
the final records of their cruises as such and these
mining eligibility TO appointment as ensign The de,
partment has called for several designations OF
midshipmen who evidently expected to get through.
but the report of whose fitness was not up 10 the
new departmental requirements.
TRADEMARKS WORRY NAVAL OFFICERS
The Navy Department has been deIuged with APP
plicatons from firms which desire special mention
of their articles alleged be Of superior quality as
material destined for board ship. For some
time the department has maintained that 1t
not proper to indicate particular brand for stores.
but it is found that unless this is done in some
cases inferior or at least unsuitable articles will be
defect, which has been the cause of much complaint
from officers on board ship, it has been decided
otherwise certain lubricating oils, anu-friction
glasses With this authority given to the officials
the latter have naturally been bgseged by manu-
speciheation Of their particular article It has
have to do with this designation.
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
as one Of The con!missq2ers q the District 81
Mear w Pf2SeeG 20 R Ssn rG9ncsGo 5geTng
Major Bdde vii also repor to eommaHdns general
DIVISION relieving Major @e Harris engineer 0"'e' Oh 'A'
Tho following changes in the Corps Of Engineers
ordered:
eTns G6R from RS who W T P
Major os's 5so3 sy # Ma2E ERW SSn to %
and Navy General Hospital Hot Springs
NAVY.
IIeutenants VI. G, COOK, o. C MURFTN and F. n.
KARNS. detached Academy. duty
nection fitting the Olympia, yard.
Chaplain c H DICKENS, detached the Kearssrge, 20
the Tennessee.
MOVEMENTS OF ~wARsHIPs following
movements Of vessels have been reported 10 the
Navy Department:
April soThe Saturn. Mare Island the Wasp at New
Orleans
May The strtngham Wilkes, the Stockton, ths
De Long the Blakely washington; the Con
cord. at Swallow.
SAILED
April Bottle Scorpion for Culebra; the
Milwaukee from Mare Island for Santa Barbara, the
Annapolis from Midway for IAysAn and Honolulu
The ParpanFa placed Of commission yesterday al
naval station, Cavite.