New-York tribune., 1908-01-21
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Keen Competition for Contracts for
Nary Supplies.
t Ahearn last night
rF-orn Tho Tribune Bureau. ]
U~auI,fy, -s,y7

Washington January %.
TO OPEN BIDS TO-DAY.-One of the largest
openings of bids which has taken place in the Navy
Department will occur tomorrow when the pay
master general Will open the proposals for va
riety Of material which has been scheduled into
moro than seven hundred classes. The contracts
which Will be awarded Will amount TO more than
& oc0 600 and IL is expected that tho competition
will be keen, and that fully five hundred bidders
viii be represented. The supplies are such as are
ordinarily purchased IN May. but which ere to be
acquired earlier this year on account Of the deple-
tion OF stock at the navy yard, at Brooklyn. and
other places in the fitting Of the ships OF the
Atlantic fleet for the cruise TO the Pacific Coast n
large part OF the supplies. fully onc-haf OF the
classes included in the schedule. is for the navy
wards at Mare Island and BremertOn. Wash, IN
authorization of the demands from the ships for
stores on their arrival the west coast. There
viii have to be special arrangements tomorrow In
the bureau OF supplies and accounts for the recep-
ton and recording Of the bids It will be nearly
month before all the contracts are awarded
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
ARMY
GaPaR caPtan HESY 4' T. H1NiGAN from
Contract ,ct'' surgeon Francis NJ. WALL. from Fort
First Lcutenant JEROME 6 TILLow l2tn cayary
detailed professor OF military science taste ,
Miia&FS idmaa9 KEITo2 SiT2 L FEPFER infantry.
First the fdutenan JAMES ABBOTT to
sSS eS ehanG rnc of RaFrae sFns e"'s ce Fist
PAUL ", BECK. signal corps.
Commander E. SIMPSON. detached the Navy Depart
rnent. command the Montgomery.
Commander T. {. CARTER. detached the navy yafo
pensacola: home and await orders
TTeutrnant Commander w. O. hFRht-fl' from CdliA-
den: to navy yard, Pensacola ,-
Lieutenant l. BERRY, detached the Cllcago nome
await orders ,-,-. -,
Ensign p A. TODD. detached the Colorado; home
Ni5shiumen G n BARKER and G. 6 DICHMAN de-
tach cd he Nebraska: 10 the South Dakota
Passed Assistant Surgeon II. F. SIflN l. Oetacn"u
naval hospital. Annapolis: to the Relief
Naval Constructor r G. ROBERTS, detached naval
station New Orleans: to the navy yard New
York.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
Ian 1.-THE Hopkins. the Hull. the Stewart, the
Lawrence and the TruNtuI at no
de Janero the Sioux Newport; the Iotoniac'
Hist. the Tarantula the viper ana 'iIo Su''
FISH q yard, New YORK -, 1,,aio q,
Ian 1S-The Triton at Washington; the f-slsle a.
Guantanamo; the Arethusa at Rio de Janeiro' the
Charl.ston. the Perry and the Preble at Masdaeha
Bay. crrD
y., ,7The Machias and the Hannibal from Fensa-
" cola for navy ward, New York; the triton; rom
Eo~foIk for Washington the C$nsaE from mo, W ue
Ianern for Hampton Roads; the saturn, from
a. Iena Rav for Island, the California
SroT7 san Francisco final trial trip. -,
Supply. from Guam for MAMMA; tne
Jan Eagle from Guantanamo for ST Marc, tiayu. the
Chicago. from Acapulco for caliao-