New-York tribune., 1908-06-13
AND NAVY NEWS
The Florida or the Utah To Be Built
at Brooklyn Nauy Yard.
TFron The Tribune Bureau.

Washington. June IL
BROOKLYN BATTLESHIP No 3o-Instruc-
tions have been the comnandant a. the
Brooklyn navy yard and Naval Constructor w j.
Baxter. United States Navy. who will have general
supervision OF the construction of the new battle
ship which is be built at that government plant
The other hatleshp provided for at the recent ses
sion of Congress VIII be constructed under contract
after competitive bidding he invited during the
next month The ship to he constructed at BROOKLYN
will be officially known unfit launching as Battieshp
No 90. and afterward either the Florida or the
Utah The slips upon which the Connecticut was
built will heightened about sixty feet IN or
der to accommodate the SO feet length OF the new
vessel. The Connecticut was only 400 feet long
The Navy Department has been advised by the
authorities Brooklyn that a large NUMBER OF
applca rions have been received from workmen VINO
desire employment the vessel and 1t is expected
that by August ! there VIII be a force or apool
eight thousand men BY that time also the bureau
Of supplies and accounts will have obtained me
l,ids and probably made the contracts for much of
the structural steel and other material which VIII
enter into the composition Of the new ship Much
of this material can purchased without waiting
for the official approval Of the detailed drawings
Of the shin or the settlement of the question whether
the new vessel will carry the Curtis or the Parsons
type Of turbine. If the Parsons type is installed
the vessel viii have TO he heightened by about
seven feet in order provide for the cruis-
INK turbine which used in connection with the
Parsons mechanism.
ORDERS 1ssUFD-The following orders have
been issued:
ARMY.
Ma5or.RoBERT H. NOBLE LIST Infantry. 20 Pine Camp.
Captain WILLARD u NEwB1I1. oonmissary. from
Fort Risy to ONCE purchasing eonlnlissaFy' New
Eouovins officers temporarily attached ssnsl COTS from
IRVING J CARR 2sth Infantry nanoeuvre camp.
F9Tt BENJAMIN ssSon Nh fsfReF fPsnfr t.. rna1aGSre
camp. Leon Springs July !: captain Alexander
hi6sssa I 3aSssf a3 IN July n1' First ! euteaant
rs f3rPsenant Jof4N g WTSTER JR 9Th Cavalry.
spriassi July !: Captain ARTHUR S CowAN. 10th
Pst Iqsn frsf q1Ps4E fseaIest sSls TAR1 T = DIXON 9Th
YsaS @3Ea EFosrE IS fSRFshf L a eWNs 51KSs
Army School Of the Line Fort Ieavenworth- Au-
6S R1Is B M6ST 6 FoFESSB S FReB sisf3a Is9 d
HENRY ". T. EG1IN. coast artillery GoTps' 10
rs F0T5 elenanf M9n59 fE fIIsY g IEAsURE signal
trs fF9G et2Banf 52T aSE %1a& Il F. GopsoN 10Th cay
manoeuNre c2Inp. Fort FileS' un'I- 0ep'7i
oDs 6FT Lieutenant HARRY G. IEcE. 2eth Infantry is
retired NAVY
captain MCREA detailed inspector ,. in charge o xss 20
,-s5tsin n A RODGERS. detailed conmandant navy
7 BURWEI-I. 70 home -..-,-. so.,,.
ieuiensnt x B CRITTENRN 70 command nd the Pike
1,,sign H MI wAIKER 10 the North Carolina
Ensign r. V. LOWE, detached the Blakely' 10 ths
rsiea * Fl Goss. detached the Perry: command
Poraeise
accepted
commissioned. -,.
n yard. Mare Island
Assistant Payrnaster l. G HAUGHEY to training sta
1on. Newport. June 30
Colonel LANE commissioned ASSISTANT
adtutaur ana inspector in marine corps
MOVEMENTS OF wARsHIPs-The following
movements Of vessels have been reported TO the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
I4ra 1.-THE q fhe Rocket At
nc. yard, New York. the
Florida. SeWa1i Point.
SAILED
Tvna ln-Tbe Dubuque from Port-au-FTnoe for
June Mones from Vera cruz for Havana:
Florida. Norfolk fer SeWs Point
Bsgiey placed yard, NorToHs-
June 10