New-York tribune., 1909-07-22
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Color of Warships May Be Maze
Lighter.
rFrom The Tribune Huresu.l
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Washington. july Il
THE QUESTION or PAINT.-The effect "i the
new color of the ships Of war Will be me 7ioJeo
- ,na most caref,, observation by the officers oi
the Atlantic fleet the summer mah'euN - an
the fall target practice. Instructions 10 NAM
ha,lstive reports this point nave oeeh SUN W."
bv the Navy Department. There mas @''" ''
,astir whether this lark shade Of dull gray Is the
- f,r tho ro,rpose AMI whether IT contributes IN
maximum degree what may be descIlpsu a. an
approach to iuvsibty. The idea "i s''Ne "
This sor; Is that it lends itself IN the least p'e
decree to the purposes Of target in The presence
of an enemy. This only BE- determine" o. nav
irs, Tho sbirs painted as they have been ana sent
10 sea where they be observed under vary '"e
conditions Of distance, weather ana A'd'f - '''
some or 1be department officials desired 10 have
variety OF shades applied 10 the SHIPS o1 'h' meet
each shin having distinctive color, "h'h ar
ranra,nent II was believed would provide the best
means of comparison. II may develop i'ter 'A''
the present color viii have To he ti'a'E'' /" "
lighter shade 1t is realized. II course. that no
shade viii be uniformly inc1nspcu"us 4h'Ie axe
hound IN he conditions when any color mas itL-
tall defeat the object desired The question: W
color for warships has been one on "hlth tle eN-
r.-rts have failed t. agree The subject oi paint III
general for the bottoms Of ships Of w7r has been
most ,exatious one. and the Navy DeIaT tHeHt mas
,u,l,rt,keD TO prepare a composition which would
protect the metal from the raVaSes oi The sea Inc
rivalry between the paint manufacturers u "'''
and the contest Tor orders has produced mIeh
and sometimes iCFlIIlilouS COZ A'>l'l'+
ence The authorities hope that they viii be able I"
escape = part Of by developing paint OF their
own and to this end the naval constructors AT Va
riols navy yards have been conducting experiments
with what re-ults cannot be kHown for some Tune
az m. application Of the paint to the bottoms OF
,,.,. .,.ard tugs and small vessels must be followed
by a period of submergerce- So far as the reports
show at present, the constructors believe bh'y nave
found something good As. If not better th"n' t'e
commercial nroduct. but in any event there viii
~ r,aiuf
ga.,urers The advantage of having the government
aipt is that price Of the article for which con
tracts are made may he more easily regulated
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
captain FRANK \ Grant agaT,ermsstsr to New-
BORT BORT SsTf serTiee rtIi@Tins captain
chaplain on @ompe,on RG@' of duty sheridan
.arSs 70 F9r' OF absenSe LIEUTENANT colonel GRANGER
NDAMs 9TH neld aTiInery four months: caP!aa
HoWAE3 i m 1ZPFPs ,XPR eSGsi YI6R ars{ HpM Nd Ff' st
WEisE1 PAi.f.' b. BUNKER and JOHN o'NEII.
arteTy one month from July III; M rapja. ,dabs
ana nfteen days September II
NAVY.
ss sE&@T sG'5a AZ MxHrY + an sad 1 sa
tenant j. D LITTLE, commissioned , -.
engineering to duty OF Inspection
1.euoeGan9 9@a n E W mINTYRE detached the Colorado
TO naval hospital, fuEet Spuhp
Lieutenant II c. s WALLACE. detached the fenhsyl-
yania o the Colorado
Ensign B H. STEELE. to the colorado.
Ensign II. W. MATHEWSON. detached the Georgia;
M,dshipmsu @ X l.. HILL detached the California to
Ndshipman 5nf '' " c OWEN detached the Albany; to
Mdrhipnan e { CLARK. detached the Maryland: to
,,asbfrman tnf H. j. KNERR detached the Albany
,,,dshjpman W r. MONTESER. detached the shu-
the Georgia
Chaplain c. l. BAYARD. detached the Maryland;
wait
Fire, - IJrutSnant T. :. WILLING and Second Lieu
tenant l. s WASS, commissioned In marine corps.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPs.-The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
r,,,,. ts Tho Dubuque Ccrtez.
Jily i9-The Thornton. the Bakely. the stockton the
Standsh. SANDY Hook the Wolverine.
81 Joseph the Scorpion, at Constantlnope, the North
carolina he Montana and the New York, at Gbral-
the a Proyincetuwn the
,1toca and the Cleveland shanghai: Paducah.
at Puerto Cortez; the WinSow. at Boston
SAILED
t,lv 10 The Marietta. BIuefelds for Guantanamo.
tho Rocket ron Norfolk for Washington; the Stan
dish from SANDY Hook for Norfolk and Annapolis:
the wolverine from Holland for ST Joseph. Mich
tho Macdonough from Boston for ProNincetown; the
olympia from Gardiner Bay
Tbs and hotilas of the Pacific
,,be JuIl the Truxtun. Whppic the Paul
perry and Hopkins will leave Puget Sound about~
s 1nctfd back at about August stopping for
t,uo a Esqufaaf, L. &.