New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Camden Comp pauy to Build Battle
ship Utah.
from The Tribune Bureau ]
Washington y


COTRACT FOR THE UTAH.-The contract for
the new battleship Utah. the sister vessel OF the
Florida which IS built at the Brooklyn navy
yard will be awarded the New York Ship
building Company OF Camden. y. J., in the sum
Of 900. the result Of bids opened to-day AZ
the Navy Department. The ship will be built In
accordance with department plans and specihca-
tfons, with turbine machinery, presumably OF the
Parsons type with a speed Of 2024 knots. The
time of completion. thirty-two months from the
date of the contract. is regarded as phenomenal
being in fact. about two years from the date Of
laying the keel The contract price is $4,000 less
than for tie Delaware, which in turn $4,000
less than other bids received from the Newport
News Company.
THE FLORIDAs MACHINERY-No contract
is likely to be awarded for the machinery for the
Florida, although the bids received are regarded
as reasonable The lowest was that Of the New
port News Company, which bid a.51zOoo- The Sec
retary Of the Navy will probably be advised that
he may not under the law of May 13. 1905. accept
the bid for the FIorida's machinery. which must
be built at tire Brooklyn navy yard. with the hull
and equipment In the cases where the machinery
has been purchased under contract for ships built
at navy yards. Congress has always specified that
division Of the work
BIDS FOR ARMOR-The bids for arnor are
acceptable at the uniform price OF 500 ton for
the principal lot Of plates required for the Florida
and the Utah. The contract will either be divided
among the three bidders-the Midvale Steel Com
pany. the Carnegie company and the Bethlehem
Steel Cou1pany-or one concern will receive the
contract ana sublet portions. The order. however.
will not keep any Of the arrnor plate makers Ell
gagged for more than six months. The arnor bids
we're: Midvale company, for Class A $40 Glass
B s4N5: Class @ S4s2. and Class D. S512, Carnegie
company To- the same classes, S+2O, s45. s455 and
500 respectively. and Bethlehem company $40,
S4OS S47O and sos.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
Colonel GEORGE HARRIsoX. eoa.. artillery. -
.8y wns4R E f1aR1t5Sn f2T BGK 6 18Th oo 18th
Major JAMES H MRAE. from 18Th to 1sth Infantry.
captain sANLY G zIKE edioaI dc CorTs honoTa0y
Captain RIC.HARD x CRAvENs coast artillery, from
First S'f 1As2te5snt s2 tsS 2EERY LINCOLN medical
corps. from Fort sam Houston 70 the Philippines.
I5sa,snant EMQaT wEsT s-.. 1sa cavalry 70
First Lieutenant EDGAR \ COFFEY. 2d Cavalry. 70
% Omaha .,,sst zsn4toR AZ 32T y7 RIrKER 1os In
fantry to general hospital washington Barracks
Leaves Of o8 o5t5 rom November is Captain
C1-RT5s " 3TTTEL5 E e9rPs q 7T1 s1speT5 as F-s
ARTILLERY four months with permission TO 20 abroad
NAVY
-pssasn5 - WCEFE 5 . to R'D1S .5t5 2nf5'' EnTa5d M5
for three months; thence 70 naval station NeyvPorL
other duties navy yard gGg E0Ef2,S .,,o,,,.z -
Pavu1aStsr r
ctaT 5fsbursng agent Navy Department, 70 deCray
expenses cape -CasiIda expedition
MOVEMENTS OF wARsHIPs-The following
movements Of vessels have been reported 70 the
Navy Department.
ARRIVED
N0y 0y 9T5e soiaee at 51asasena Bay. IRE saena ~
Nov The Louisiana Hong Kong f0r Ol9ngaPo
from RoCkland Newport the LPl-
hu1ua from Guantanamo for TTIxlo. the scorpion
fro11 Pon+a Degada for Gibraltar. the Eagle, rom
Kev West for Prince