New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-30
Navy YARD NOTES.
Football Defeat Felt Keenly-Nez0
Cdptain of the Yard,

Captain of the Yard.
II gloomy delegation that returned to IN.
navy yard in Brooklyn Saturday evening after
Witnessing the defeat Of the Navy football team
on Franklin Field. The station was pracricaAy oe-
serted by rank officers. from the con1randant down
and all the talk among those who had 20 remain 70
attend 70 important duties about the chances
OF the team and IT'S hopes for victory When The
news came that the Army had scored lead CT Two
points IN the first half there was still CLEAN o.
EoDa that The NAVY would retrieve Itself, but Vhen
the second half ended with the score Unchanged
there was strong desire 10 turn cut the band and
play drgs when those who had seen me Hgn re-
turned 10 the yard. As one Ct the stay-at-hornes
put II: That's tough; awful tough Nov Ts nave
got 70 wait tro years 70 get the lead and rs may
not have as good team then as We have now 70
put I'D against the graybackS" And us nornS-
covncr-they had nothing 70 say, except that
Northcroft's kick vas beauty, and thai tne pay
was not ID 10 the standard on either side and that
Deans bucktng the line for the h-e yards needed
TO make the army touchdown was Z fine ptecs @
work and Wen. we were beaten this time. but -
win even il I'D again next year. ard thsn-
PAINT NEEDED ON BUILDINGS
! group Of visitors az the yard or saturday vas
overheard discussing the general appearance Of the
cis-l Of the appearance OF many OF the ot,-dlngs
due principally 70 2 lack Of paint, The yard does
need fixing up but that It IS in appearance below
the standard OF spick-and-span perfection which
holds with the batteships is the fault q the Of
1ctaIs having those matters in charge, for when
funds are limited essentials are attended first
An examination Of the report OF Civil Engineer
HolIyday. chief Of the bureau Of yards and docks,
shows why the New York yard is in spots 50 shabby
in appearance for that report reveals the fact that
the home station is far below many OF the smaller
Yards IN point Of appropriations for The OF MS
subordinates. Mare Island, Charleston. Portsmouth.
and even Norfolk exceeding IL in expenditures
der the direction Of the bureau As tbs gard in
D.
and the principal station on the Atlantic coast,
many think il would be matter OF simple business
policy keep il in such thorough repair and order
thai criticism OF rhe scr- alluded 70 would be i'm
possible
RECENT ORDERS
Officers Of the marine corps will without doubt
live I'd TO the motto Of the corps asenpe- FideI-
is IN regard to Major General ElIorts order FOR
bidding attempts 70 obtain legislation reversing
the Presidents recent order detachtng the marines
from naval vessels, but the rank and hle. from
the rockies up the veterans, are by TO means
satisfied with The existing conditions. especially
with the possibility Of their being attached 70 the
army An incident showing the effects Of the Or
der was told The barracks day SO ago,
when man who had been on duty ar ore q the
recruiting stations described Row a young man
had come VI for examination and enlistment, and
on finding that the aIIuring line the posters.
q chance see the world would hardly hold
now that the marines we're taken from the ships.
remarked Nix the marines for nine re FOR the
receiving ship. not the barracks" What Is the
CORPS loss may be the ravy's gain. but that does
not make the marines FEEL any batter
TARD NOTES
The collier Abarenda has been placed n TIE
stone drydock Tor repairs, and she nearly Ills
It that her flag waves over the caisson when rhs
wind IS in the right direction.
Drydock No ) has a happy Family OF tugs the
Pawnee the Pontiac and the Apache being tucked
away in its capacious depths for their quarterly
scrapins and cleaning
Bids will be opened at the yard on December =
for supplying 10000 pounds OF navy tobacco.
Captain Ten Eyck D ". veeder. recently OF the
Alabama will assume his duties as captain OF the
yard to-day, succeeding Rear Admiral James D.
Adams, who goes months leave preparatory
70 assuming charge OF the Charleston station.
which Is TO Be the headquarters Of the torpedo
boat feet.
The ways for the Florida proceeding rapidly
toward completion. twentyeght OF the keel blocks
being in position The machine shop tool
pancy, but much fault Is found with II owing 10
the fact that II is built with its longer axis right
angles TO the ways instead OF parallel with them
This makes one end OF the shop about one hundred
feet further away from the hull than the other /
and involves that much more carrying OF material
and tools.
The office occupied by the assistant to the cap
tain Of the yard has ceiling the old hav-
ing collapsed few days ago fortunately while the
Office empty. One OF the rugs used a the
navy exhibit the Jamestown exposition has
been spread the door. and II the had a
coat of the paint the yard buildings need badly
II would be credit 70 the building.
One Of The forelen OF masons AT the yard tells 1
the following Of a new addition to his squad OF
laborers: The MAJ had been sent 10 tbs top Of
some scanclding with hod full OF bricks tt
was his first trip duty OF that sort. and when
he had dumped the bricks he stood looking down
the long ladder and scratching his head The fore
man called up TO him, Hey. you. down out Of
that" "Oi was thnizin' OF that SORT came the
reply: but how'll OF get DOWN. Come down the
same way you went up you chunp." went back 10
the laborer "Begorra, SOFT, OH not answered
he "Oi kim up here head foorst." Coburn. the
foreman. SAYS it is fact.