Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-25
Daily Naval Report

Special to The Herald
WASHINGTON April 24.-The fol-
lowing orders were issued at the navy
department today:
Commander J. T. Newton, to duty
as general inspector of equipment of
vessels building for the navy at pri-
vate shipyards on the Atlantic coast,
with headquarters at New York.
Commander A. w. Grant, in COM
mand of supply ship Arthusa, to duty
as chief of staff to commander in CHIEF
United States Atlantic fleet.
Lieutenant Commander S. p. Fullin-
wider, Lieutenant Commander r. Nc
Lean, Lieutenant d. w. Wurtsbaugh
and Lieutenant d. w. Weaver, to duty
as aids of staff commander in chief
United States Atlantic fleet.
Lieutenant A w. Marshall, from
navy yard, New York, to the Birmng
ham.
Ensign r. L. Lowman, from the
Georgia to the Wisconsin.
Ensign f. NJ. Perkins, from the Ne
braska to the Wisconsin.
Ensign w. l.. Friedell, from the Ken
lucky to the South Dakota.
Ensign ]. d. Little, from the Rhode
Island to the Wisconsin.
Ensign e. Durr. from the Yorktown
to the South Dakota.
Ensign L. Minor, from the Alabama
to the Yorktown.
Ensign r. B. Strassburger, to the
Birmingham.
Ensign M. e. Manly, from the Kear-
sarge to the South Dakota.
Midshipman P. e. Wete and Midship-
man P. N. L. Bellinger, from the YER
mont to the Wisconsin.
Midshipman S. p. Lawton, from the
Colorado to Goldsboro.
Midshipman w. E. Sherlock Jr. from
the Minnesota to the Wisconsin.
Midshipman T. A. Thomas Jr., from
the Minnesota to the South Dakota.
Midshipman C. e. Pugh and Mid
shipman c. McC. McGill, from the
Washington to the Colorado.
Midshipman G. X. Davis, from Chi
cago to Birmingham.
Midshipman II. NJ. Jenson, from the
Alabama to the Wisconsin.
Chief Gunner S. Chiles, navy yard
Washington, to the Montana.
Investigate Tacoma Accident
A court of inquiry has been appoint
ed by the secretary of the navy to de-
termine the responsibility for the ac-
cident to the cruiser Tacoma, which
had her rudder jammed while entering
the harbor at Williamsted island,
Curacao. The court will meet at the
New York navy yard Saturday. 1t con-
sists of Captain Aaron Ward, Captain
Edward B. Berry and Captain Gott-
fried Blocklinger.
Marine Corps Orders
Captain Carl Jamborg Andersen has
been detached from the Nebraska and
ordered home.
Captain e. E. Went from headquar-
ters, U. S. M. c., to marine barracks
at the navy yard, New York.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles A.
Doyen, to board duty at Washington,
d. c., detached from Atlantic fleet.
1t was announced at the navy de-
partment today that the battleships
Maine and Alabama will be detached
from the United States Atlantic bat
tleship fleet May 16 and organized into
a special service squadron under the
command of Captain Giles B. Harber,
now commanding the Maine. This
squadron is under orders to leave San
Francisco June and proceed to the
Atlantic coast by way of Honolulu,
Guam, Philippines and the Suez canal
Their places in the Atlantic fleet will
be supplied by the battleships Wiscon-
sin and Nebraska.
No official explanation has been
made why the Maine and Alabama are
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followed few weeks later by the en-
tire fleet.
Movements of Naval Vessels
The cruiser California is at Ana
cortes.
The cruiser West Virginia is at
Bremerton.
The cruiser Prarie has arrived at
Newport.
The gunboat Buque has sailed from
Port au Prince for Curacao.
The gunboats Marietta and Paducah
sailed today from Guantanamo for
Port au Prince.
The cruiser Hartford and torpedo
boat Rowan have been placed in COM
mission. the former at Norfolk and the
latter at Puget Sound, Wash.
MetcaIf to Leave Monday
Secretary OF the Navy Metcalf ex-
poets to leave Washington next Mon
day afternoon for San Francisco, where
he will view the Atlantic and Pa
cific fleet in San Francisco bay early
in May. He expect to arrive at his
destination May 1. The duration of his
stay at San Francisco has not been
determined.
On Western Duty
A dispatch has been received from
w. ]. Biggy, chief of police of San
Francisco. asking that Detective
Thomas B. McNamee be sent there
for duty while the fleet is being enter
tanned. Detective McNamee starts
west tomorrow.