New-York tribune., 1908-06-25
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Important Questions Confront Rear
admiral Barton and Staff.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington, June "a
NAVAL ENGINEERING QUESTIONS. Rear
Admiral John K. Barton has been permanently IN
stalled in the office Of engineer in chief of the
navy having adjusted his affairs at the Phlade-
phia Navy Yard. where he has been IN charge OF
the engineering department The first task await
ing Rear Admiral Barton is the selection of his
assistants among the commissioned officers who
members of the old engineer corps, and VINO
will serve with him in the bureau of steam en-
gineering. Nearly all Of the officers at present
attached to the bureau were candidates for the
place which Rear Admiral Barton was ap-
pointed, but the best of good feeling prevails among
the officers especially Rear admiral Barton was
not active candidate and appears TO have been
selected not only account of his fitness for the
place, but because he was less involved than otner
candidates in active campaign. A numoer OF
important questions opening before the bureau'
in the settlement of which Rear Admiral Barton
will have much 10 say Among these is the adop-
ton of oil IN place of coal fuel for torpedo
boat destroyers. This means ultimately the devel-
oprent of a system of storing and supplying this
LIQUID fuel There is also involved the selection OF
oil burning apparatus. concerning which there IS
much rivalry among the designers and manufactur-
ers of that sort of mech& nism. Another important
question is that of replacing the recprocating en-
sines on all ships of with turbines. This is a
subject which is being much discussed by the ex-
perts who are awaiting with keen interest the result
of the comparative trials of the naval scout cruls-
ers, the engineering equipment Of "hlch Is lne
reciprocating engine, the Curtis turbine and the
Parsons turbine. respectively.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
ARMY.
Lieutenant Colonel DAN G, KINGMAN, corps Of en-.
District vice Captain EDWIN r. STUART corps Of
Captain JoHS n G &c ebf Of aery to
First etenan alsty kR%N sfR2 f2 sMFa 9Th Infantry
First sut.5s, Gna R Fp F2Tt % rom 4t to
First III p5e5tenant RONALD E FISHER from
Second IIeutenant EBBNEzER G BEUREr 10th 1nfan
Dental Surgeon RALPH w. WADDEI,I+ from Fingsvie
Leaves ot absence; Ftr.. Lieutenant CHARLES M NJ
tenant R1cHARD G. BTRLEsoN ordnance depart
ment. twenty-five days; Contract Surgeon EpWARD
surgeon William n fnf P6MERof Wen5y-ons days
Commander J. L. Cow, 10 navy yard. Boston.
Assistant Surgeon D, G ALLEN to medical school.
Assistant Surgeon c. ". SMITH. naval hospital,
Acting Assistant Surgeon w NJ, KERR to naval
Passed Assistant Payraster B. NJ. DoBsoN. to navy
yard Puget Sound.
MOVEMENTS OF WARsHIPs.-The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
June 22--The Yorktown, at Sftka.
June ,v at ts s Mar
Island; the illinois at San Francisco.
SAILED.
June 22-The Buffalo, from Panama for San Fran
New London: the Tecumseh. from Norfolk
Washington: the Marietta, from Curacao for
Csbello.
June 28The Mayaower. from navy yard: New York.
for Oyster Pay: the Yorktown. from Sftka for
Unalaska the California from San Francisco for
Mare Island the New Jersey. from Bremerton for
Francisco.
June 25-The New Jersey the Rainbow. the Cleveland.
the Concord and the Denver from Woosung for
River.
The Gwin and the Talbot. detached torpedo
fotilla. yard. Norfolk. to torpedo station.
Newport
Porter will be replaced in third torpedo hotlla
by Stringham instead OF the Biddle
The Brooklyn placed of commission navy yard.
League Island