New-York tribune., 1909-06-27
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Tnspectors to Control Machinery at
Macy Yards.
from The Tribune Bureau ]

Washington, June Is
NAVY YARD ORDERS-As result OF the in
spectfon of Eastern navy yards just made by me
secretary Of the Navy. Assistant Secretary Win
thror issued an order to-day which will give entire
jurisdiction over the installation and repair NJ
machinery 70 the inspector of machinery At
present all orders relating to the machinery IN
navy yards are issued by the commandant Of the
ward and the inspector is required 10 carry OUT
those orders In most cases he is consulted by the
ant before any changes made, but the
regulations do provide that his advice shall
be asked In causing the order to he ISSUED sec
retarv Never doubtless mas in view the removal
of possible friction between these officers, and also
the elimination Of some uncertainty as to juris-
dicton between the bureau of construction and the
bureau Of steam engineering The order makes II
clear that after machinery Is placed in a yard It
shall be under the of the inspector without
regard to the orders of the commandant- This IS
the first of a number of changes which are ex-
pected to follow Mr. Meyers personal inspection
of the yards.
NAVAL, ELECTRICAL SCHOOI-The Secretary
of the Navy has under consideration a recommends
ton for the establishment of postgraduate course
for commissioned naval officers in electrical work OF
all description including wireless telegraphy. This
is in lire with the establishment of a postgraduate
/ course of naval engineering, and il is purposed
to have of naval electrical design
and power at the Naval Academy also The IN
creasng employment of electricity on board ships
of communication fire control installation and
wireless telegraphy has reached proportions which
indicate that a speciality must be made OF that
branch as there is Of ordnance and engineering
AT present officers who display an inclination Tor
that class of work are permitted enter the plant
of the General Electric, Company at Schenectady
and four naval officers are now on duty at that
place the idea of the chief of the Bureau OF
Equipment that the facilities the Naval Academy
may be so increased as to have the special post
graduate instruction given naval officers at An
napoIis officers, therefore. who apply for such
work will be selected in limited numbers to mt
themselves for the special duty There has also
been some talk of carrying out this idea in naval
ordnance hut the chief of ordnance. Rear Ad
n1fral Mason believes the method now pursued Of
having ordnance officers receive their instruction IN
a practical way at the navy yards and ordnance
foundries and naval proving grounds cannot be
improved.
ORDERS 1ssUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
Major FRANK r LANG. judge advocate captain p
Captain PREsTON BROWN. nth Infantry to GoZ-ergors
Island July TO- as adjgant and stafstlcd I "a ON On 81
Captain JAMES b MITCHELL coast artillery. from
First t'I I3eu}e6ant y3 a HESY A BELL Infantr tenn
porarily attached t. signal corps % snd asss4Tq ,7
ga S0aPany Of = second Ifeutenant ARTIfR g TIPToN,
Stn II sbace Gapfan EDWARD N ADAMS corps
Of sng9eY one. one m3nfS sT f9Rraa four Months iib
mission 70 20 abroad; First Lieutenant sELWYN D.
M6F adaP ARTGR 81 EaTeTT g T1P6S P5 55h 16tanr
September 90
Commando a 7 LONG - temporary outS
office Of naval intelligence -..-, A..
Nidshipman a W R1EGER, from naNal hoSpiua An
wait orders
NTi5sbipr1an A 3 MNEII4L. TO the Idaho
: s RODAAN. 90 Temporary
recruiting station. Indianapolis
| MOVEMENTS OF wARsH1Ps-rhe following
movements Of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department.
ARRIVED
24-The Ajax Portsmouth. y H me Ce4tlc- n
Roads
Tune Sy'lph. navy ward. New YORK. ne
/ nesota and the Virginia, at Hampton Roads me
Rarrios the Manly Whitehall
June 26-The Callao. at Shanghai
SAILED.
June 25-The Lebanon. from Lambert Point for Pensa-
/ cola: the New York Bradford for Algiers: the
Manly from Port Edward, y Y for Whitehall
\ Y: the Tonopah. from Newport for Gardtnsrs .
BAY: the Minnesota the Virginia. from Norfolk
Hampton Roads
June 26The Charleston, Cleveland and the Denver
from VIadivostok for NaEasak the Chattanooga
from Vladvostok Gensan and shanghai, the
Tacoma from navy yard. New York. for Hampton
Fnads. Alexander. from CavitA for Hong Kong