New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-24
NEW NAVY YARD RULES
no END BUREAU SYSTEM.
lfr. Neacberry adopts Plan in In
terest of Efficiency and Economy.
From The Tribune Bureau. J

A,-g+or Jan. 2S.-In many respects the most
tent official action taken in years in regard
20, -. conduct of work at navy yards was the com
&c - % a set OF regulations at the Navy De
lhe,- describing the methods of administra-
paiu- .ba government plants under the Sec
i on ~ the Navy. IN general terms, work in
.o,s departments al a navy yard is placed
..a bureau Of construction and repair or the
- naval constructor representing that bureau
So - a. 2 navy yard This sinplifies the system
OF - -. r,- concentration and does away with a
o. ro,7n+ Of routine circumlocution and multi
,rcstion Of plants
- new system is the result of the experience
- nv Nj Ne1yberry while Assistant Secretary,
e. be had charge Of navy yard work He has
W. al the navy yards and has consulted the
NI,darts and officers in charge Of the shops.
as,1+ Is an Improvement Of the scheme which
~ ,rorosed by Rear Admiral c. F. Goodrich
""S s.-+ If the New York Navy Yard. and ap-
Con- s - that plant and some of the other yards
.-,ortan. effect of the new system will be the
ohe -, - -be bureau Of naval officers. especially
- 20 the lire on duty at navy yards Those
IN ss,ars who are attached to navy yards VIII
'i - ,-ere-tors under the naval constructor, VINO
.,onzfhIa Immediately 10 the coFnnanoant OF
y y .r5 in the operation OF the plant. ano o.
course renders an account u ING O4i1O- 0-- ~
a. Washington
ty;+-.-to and under the Goodrich Plan each SCI
-,-,-z under : bureau YVES in absolute control OF
9 ,-~sse-tative Of that bureau. and mere mas
- wore or less conflict OF authority and fallnre
,-=ioa+e This VIII be CecIthed by having lhe
II - ---,c+o- IN general charge OF all shops. so
-. .,,s-a nav be a control OF work whlch must
=, s,rs ooincidentally az different shops nnoer sep
- r,,reaus II IS not desired 10 interfere II any
- -, she functions Of the bureaus so far as
- ssra-rfve exercise Of authority in prescrlb-
A., 1,o~lz IS concerned. but the development OF the
rs iii ne intrusted TO the naval constructor
mis- Improvement II the system was recommend
= : one Of the several resolutions which were
s.e5 week ago by the special commission WHICH
"s- roosaZ-lr summoned 10 Washington 10
--,,1- win him concerning the reorganization OF
.a Navy Department That commission la'oIeu
- p,14ia- OF The bureau Of equipment ana tIe Oh
- - ;4s duties among several bureaus 0hat OF
-. purchase Of coal going 10 the bureau OF sup
- ar5 accounts the electrical machinery 10 lHe
lt-a-T-r branch and SO on. The commission
- 5--r-essed with the statement MI NeWoerrS
= = --.r occasion which contemplated this
<i-,rli4carjon Of navy yard plant operation Daseo
= - .ros-ience and what he believed 70 be ousl-
-.xzTlre conduct Of the yard shops, Il Will result
. The expedition OF work. which VIII De performed
more economically ..
-, ,,5s radical change but those who are responst-
nre for Il are firm IN their belief that II Is enrey
s. the interests OF the government and that !; Is me
logical application Of modern methods 10 Meet the
-ae5s OF The situation il way which mas never
,.s- done before They reply 70 the critics that il
& 1o- =: anv sense detrimental 70 the interests or
re l,re as compared with the construction corps
There Is such q demand for line officers that Few
of then can be spared for the work OF superintend
izg navy yard shops. ard whenever they are de-
-aiied or that duty has been found that they are
eraflahle [or the for short periods, compelling
frequent changes in the personnel with decided cls
advantage 20 the operation of the plants.
Secretary Newberry had a conference to-day with
.he commandments Of the principal navy yards in
The East Al which his reorganization plans were
discussed The cor,r1ardan-s present were Rear
. Adnirals Taussig, of Norfolk: Goodrich, OF New
YORK: Pendeton Of Philadelphia; Swift Of Boston
a15 Moore, @ Portsmouth
. ar Newberry VIII make public on Monday his
o-der. and PROBABLY Will accompany IL with q orief
statement giving his reasons for the change and in
dical1g is scope and purpose.