New-York tribune., 1908-01-10
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Var Departments Explanation ON
Work at BedIozC's Island.
From The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington January g.
ARMY AND LABOR UNIONS.-The War Depart>
nent has heard of the proposed consideration by
the Central Federated Union. in New York. at its
session next Sunday. of the charge made by dele
gate of the international Steam Engineers No 3ls
that the civilian employees at Bedlows Island We're
being discharged and that their places were being
filed by enlisted men of the army The inforina-
ton comes to the War Department in too indefinite
a form to enable official reply to be made but
it is assumed that mistake has been made by
the complainant and that he refers to the assign
nent to duty of enlisted of the coast artillery
corps at various posts in New York Harbor where
there is need of irenen and engineers. When Con-
eress passed the law which separated the artiiery
into coast and field branches II authorized the EN-
ployment of enlisted men OF the coast artillery
corps as engineers. ffremen and in other places
where they were to receive higher pay than was
possible under the then existing pay table for the
enlisted force The quartermaster's department mas
charge of the plant on Bedow's Island including
the Statue Liberty and the maintenance Of that
place is out of quartermaster funds signal corps
men are employed electricians. but there nave
been few, if any. discharges Indeed, the quarter
masters about to employ three addit1onal CIVIL
ians for service at Bedlows Island Certain en-
listed men of the army, however, are pound 70 De
employed on military reservations, and wherever
engineers and iremen of the coast artillery corps
can do the work there will be need of employing
civilians in such capacity
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
ARMY
Captain BENJAMIN ]. TILLBiAN from 7th to 2ith IN
fantry -
Captain HJAIMER ERICKSON. from 9th to 7th In
Lieutenant Colonel LOUIS A GARDE. deputy sur
general. from Philippines TO san Francesca
Contract FRANK c from
z WHITLEY will proceed to Fort De Soto.
Captain EDWARD r. SCHREINER assistant surgeon
general hospital at the Preside. San Francisco
First Lieutenant PAUL L FREEMAN assistant surgeon
detailed member Of the examining board al r2 r9Ft
Riley. Kan, Captain CHRISTOPHER C COL
LINS, assistant surgeon. relieved
Captain THOMAS z MERRILL. 1st Field artillery. 10
Savannah 10 1st Field Battery, National
Of the 3-inch field artillery material
Contract Surgeon JOSEPH z. BAsTIoN to Madison
Barracks. 10 accompany 23d Infantry TO san iran
cisco thence to Fort A Russell.
NAVY.
Rear Admiral J. P. MERRELL. additional duty as mem
Der OF ARMY and NAVY Joint Board.
Commander F H SHERMAN, additional duty at navy
Iieutenant Commander F R PAYNE. bureau Of navi
cation, for special duty
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The following
movements of war vessels have been reported to
the Navy Department:
SAILED.
Jan THE Buffalo. from Bremerton for san Fran
cisco: California and the Nebraska, from san
Diego for San Francisco
s-The and the Choctaw from Norfolk. for
Washington: the Leonidas, from Hampton Roads for
Bradford; the Eagle. from Guantanamo for survey
grounds
The Stockton detached from torpedo fotill
and assigned the torpedo hotilla- The
navy yard Norfolk. and assigned TO the third tor
pedo hotila-