New-York tribune., 1909-03-18
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
President Holds Up Cones Nomira-
tion as Engineer in Chief.
tFron The Tribune Bureau.l

washington March 81
HITCH IN CONE PROMoTIoN.-Ths norniua.
ton OF Lieutenant Commander Hutch I. Cone
engineer in chief OF the navy. vice Chief Con-
str1ctor Capps has been held Up by ire President.
as It intlmated Il would be IN these dispatches
10 The Tribune OF March IS. The Secretary OF the
Navy recommended the nomination last Friday. bur
there were indications then that the Presidsns
might pause before acting the recommendation
One Of the last official acts Ot Mr.. Nevberry as
Secretary OF the Navy a revision OF the naval
regulations whereby a large part Of the functions
Of the bureau OF steam engineering wsre trans
ferred TO the bureau Of construction and repair
leaving under the engineer IN chief only the de-
sign Of machinery Of ships OF
Senator Hale has pointed out to Mr.. Tafs tns
advsability Of continuing the existing coadiuons-
with the CHIEF constructor acting chief OF thsf
engineering bureau. and IL Is possible that ths ait
uation will prevail until there Is legislation provid-
ing for Navy Department reorganization ae tho4
next session Of Congress- Senator Hale - n tgvor
OF merging the engineering and construction bu-f
reaus. and believes there Is every advsneass tn3
having the chief constructor at tbs hsad of thea
two allied bureaus pending the legislation nsces-i
sary effect the smalsamsuou- In ths uaesn tine
Lieutenant Commander Cone has been formally
detached from duty feet engineer OF ths Atlantic
feet and ordered home. The situation is interesting
20 those naval officers who make speciality os sn-i
gneering and friends Of the profession OUT
the service IN that the appointment OF an en-
gineer in chief in place OF the chief constructor a.
acting bureau chief IL the rst step IN nSht vntc
from the extinction which some observers fear
ORDERS IssUED-Ths following orders have
been issued:
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Leaves Of absence: Major wrLLItN LAssrTER sL-
feasnssf iqtaRs ssf'Gi EoRes q LEIs signal corps
month.
adqslPms3 7.,II TTE NEIL MONTH"; +G5. naval A'''A
N.5caI Di1.rtor r G PERSONS. detached naval
hospital Marc Island 20 eorn1nand navsi Hsi1 b.
rector N. H. sIMoNs to command naval hospital.
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Passed Asstte7, Surgeon W s HoEN. ds,&chsd -
p,,Ie Piai ssissant s Surgeon s RODMAN dstaehed
recruiting station Chicago; to naval medicAi
ASSISTANT surgeon SCHMIDT dstssasd ssgsl
,.,.tanf Surgeon c = sTETxE detached naval
A''fosdi medical scSooi washington recruiting station
Ass,stant Surgeon \ H ALLEN detached naval nos-
ptaI. Las Anirnss: recruiting station. Okla
medical school. Washington; % naval staiio1'
MOVEMENTS OF wARsHIPs--The following
movements Of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
March Is-The Rocket. Norfolk. tbs Steriing, as
Culebra: the Des Moines. New Orleans; tha
C'hevsuns. Mare Island the Yorktown. az Aca-
jutla. Dubuque. AZ Biueheld
SAILED.
March 1s-Ths solace. san Juan for Ch aries
4 ron: the Gwfn. from navy yard. Sew York tor
| Newport. the Birmingham. from Portsnouth.
| y II for Bradford. the Rowan. from Mars
Island san Diego
The y commissioned. navy yaTI. Norfoik