New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Coast artillery School 10 BE at
Fort Monroe.
From Tne Tribune bureau
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From the Tribune Bureau
Washington, July H.
coast ARTILLERY EDUCATloN--ArrAhse
naents are being made at Fort Monroe Ior 'ie
combining in October of the new coast ar'nieS
school, which is hereafter to be cofnoiheo ~
tuition for the instruction of commissioned orhcers
and enlisted specialists. the latter being
from Fort Totten, New York, to Fort Monroe i"o
large buildings are being erected by contract ana
, these and the barracks and quarters, WHICH aio
also to be constructed will make Fort Monroe the
largest and most important coast artiilery s'auo
II will not only include the fortihcations "hch oe
fend the entrance TO Chesapeake Bay, but IL VIII
afford post graduate training for &ior oHiceFs
and instruction for electricians, gum S ano me-
chanics who employed in the various coast ar
/ tiIlery stations. The whole course mas oeen oe-
veloped by experts and the scheme of instruction
has been approved by the artillery school ooarc ana
tho chief of artillery There will be three classes
of enlisted specialists. divided according to the gen
eral character OF the duties they VIII perform one
class Will include the men who will have the care
and maintenance of plants and apparatus. such as
the lines of communication cable testing etc. An
other class will have TO do with the care and opera
ton of the power and electric plants Inc thifo
class will be those who to look after the guns
carriages hoists other purely military equip
ment The school will be In charge of a major OF
artillery The will be of nine months dura-
ton. and will begin on October l. instruction Oh
the officers will be divided into two separate de-
partments OF course of year each In ar
ranging for the instruction of both ofncers ana
men advantage has been taken of the best results
obtained at technical schools This Is especially SO
in of the electrician sergeants, VINO Will
receive some such that given at the
Massachus Institute of Technology. Ihls au-
vantage given to the enlisted Of the coast
artillery is expected not only to Increase the ef-
fciency of specialists, but to induce young men
to enlist with view to obtaining this instruction
ovERwE1GHTED wARsHIPs.-The bureau of
/ cod on
problem of reducing the weights carried by ships
OF war For some time the bureau has been in re-
ceipt of recommendations from officers VINO nave
served vessels under seagoing conditions ana
have given special attention to the question OF
the removal of apparatus and material with vie"
to Tightening the burdens carried by vessels
The difficulty which has been encountered In carry
Ing suggestions of this kind arises from the fact
that there is great difference of opinion among
seagoing naval officers to how this should be
accomplished. AS announcement Is made
that a certain feature is to be removed there come
protests against such action, with the report that
the article marked for removal is regarded as in
dispensable. The work to be done whenever
opportunity afforded by the presence OF the ships
navy yards. and it hoped TO have something
like a definite programme in the coming year by
the time the ships of the big feet reach the At
lantic Coast, when they have gone TO their re-
spectfve repair stations after the record target
practice at Guantanamo and the manRuvres which
are to be held in Southern waters. 1t looks, how
ever to the experts il very little would be ac-
compished in the removal of boat cranes, after
bridges and deck mechanism which have been rec
commended for abandonment. 1t was hoped also to
be guided by these reports in the designs OF the
equipment of the battleshps Florida and Utah, so
that there should be nothing placed on board those
vessels which might be considered in the class OF
weight.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
tenant cooss SS W. RoEsGR from
land TO New York City; Lieutenant Colonel JAMES c.
e tSsi fFG
E of Major ihs LaEe MT q
FLAGLER. from Wilmington to Fort Ieayenworth 70
AMs 1no to Charsston August Is vice Colonel 6,
I KINGMAN: Lieutenant Colonel HARRY F. HODGES.
Major S'ifHSl ERRERT pEAKTNE snsIness detailed
Ma,6s 1ss''2E %1AfaM s'? M G&R sh 6aTar
JS 2S 2R 9r 4 ss apan to D EfiFis9s z
CARSON, Coast ARTILLERY. recruiting officer to Knox
Captain ain JAMES RoNAYNE. 2sth Infantry. from Fort
Major HENRY JERWEY Corps Of Engineers
c.Dtsn aGnf ReHERD c MARsHk Nshs h Coast ARTILLERY
First fsf1ss sSsedan ss h TsssRSE 'ToRsET
esIes s' of 1a absence: First Lieutenant HENRY T. BUR
GIN arsry month m from ATEust so.,t Il F1st sS
tiiiery and Major EUGENE Q. FECHET ;Ii.r!d signal
GARDWE91 GoIPs TE9 coast artillery one major
RICHMOND P. DAVIS. coast artillery one Hch'n
and fifteen days
po.- Admiral W T SWINBURNE detached the
90 rIeston detailed chief Pacific neet
n t home: await orders. -
pssr BU-RWEIII4 to retired list July 10
commando H s KNAPP. detached the West virginia
to command the Charleston >.. ,-.L, 49,
Lieutenant Commander J. T. ToMPKINS. detached the
west Virginia: home; await orders: -.
| Lieutenant r. T. MENNER. detached the navy yard
Lieutenant " H ALIES the Dolphin hin no,nn,r to
Iieutenant y. f. NICHOLS, detached the poiPhin 10
! nav ward York. , a..
Lieutenant T. L. OZBtTRN, detacheo the barney 'o
| - ant connection fitting out the Texas
Ensign C. G PEGRAM detached the Adder; to COMMAND
| the ,.,o.- .o..... +,s Naval
csden1v: 10 temporary command Medical School HOS
pital. Washington.
| MOVEMENTS OF WARsHIPs--The following
| Navy Department:
Ju,v 12-The Marietta Port Antonio the Gwin and the
1,y 1srbe Yankee at Alexandria. Va; the St Louis,
! at Bremerton.
SAILED.
| 1,,v 1.-THE Marietta Guantanamo for Port An-
Jul,, I2GThe Gwin the Talbot from Annapolis for
,,, 1sTbe OLYMPIA Chicago. the Hartford and the
Nevada New London for eiardiners tay; tne
Prairie from Tornpkinsvie for Beaufort n - g.,
! July l4-T-e Punger and the Nina from Newport TOT
July Redford the Maine, Alabama and the Alex
ander Guam for Manila
THE ROOSEVELT AT SYDNEY.