New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Ne5o Battleships to Haze Passenger
EIeU0tOrS.
From The Tribune Bureau-l

washington, June y.
A NOVELTY IN EQUIPMENT.-Passenger ele-
vators are OF the novelties of equipment which
will characterize the vessels of the type or the
Florida the Utah. the Delaware and the North
Dakota Three automatic electric passenger ele-
VIII be installed each Of these vessels
They are to be placed in the freroom ventlator
trunks and will accommodate two or three pas
sengers. They will travel about twenty-one feet
and be used for the convenience OF watch
officers duty in the rerooms, to facilitate going
from TO another of those departments on board
ship. On the new vessels the hrerooms are COM
pletely separated from each other. Formerly there
were doors in the bulkheads. but on the new ships
It considered that the draft would be improved
If there such doors. This has led TO
protest from OF the ships In behalf OF tne
men, who believe that they do not have sufficient
opportunity for escape IN time OF accident, anu
there has been talk Of cutting In DOORS WHICH
at least would restore confidence among the mem
bers of the hreroom 1t appears that this IS
be done the elevators are to be installed
on the four ships. The elevators OF course
Will be of in time of panic, as they are not
designed to lift than five hundred pounds
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
fsrigader General TAsKER H BLISS. from San Fran
cisco TO WaShngton report 70 SaleT % ordinance.
department. 10 Atlantic City TO attend the twelfth
annual meeting Of the American Society fcr resting
Ma[9IIqts STne - RG y Iotb Infantry 70 Walter
general hospital. Tacoma substitution Washing
Major john P LYNCH paymaster. 'sks station at San
fce inspector general to San Francisco. thence on
Major 4oEGss sAMGEG FgBER sisna from san Fran
cisco to Governors Island chief signal officer De
AEE s.a.s FE9m Ws.at5s ssn
apt@5n ompaRy to uRasssned list report ARTILLERY dis
ict Of C9ssRsase cN Bay ss HRs 20 nflny to De-
partment Of Missouri 70 INSPECT militia a. OK Iora
from once Chief OF ordnance July to watertoVn
y7st lieutenant OSCAR A RUSSELL. artillery. to
First H2. Ia.shaa sPgngs 6Rfp e 11th cva
First TJe1tsnant HOWARD A. REED. medical corps 70
general hospital Fort Bsyard examination FOR pro
Second .6snde hsgtensHs daasd T s5sfca
Leaves t Of sHseaoe: captain jobs \ PAGELOw Phil
master one month: First IJsutenan, HENRY G:
PILLsBURY. medical corps and Chaplain Chp ,T SSL.AS
JoH isn IqtaqsT 6rg four months; NJ a: Frs
tiiie-y. six months
Rear Admiral J HEMPTuLL, placed on retired list
csptain F ! WILMER, detached the Pennsylvania
cApsin silS 3 F FoND detached lighthouse district
ra.utsnaa5 10 Si5p'is-' r 3 BCFSs 70 the Georst.
lieutenant F. MORRISON 20 navy ys.d;: Norfolk
Ensign Y BAKER detached the Des Mones; home
EssiTns ai' II q LAIRD and P. HART placed on re
sgP e oEET cR II Se' 6sfaSsd tn. Cheyenne;
M,d.hpnan g N YATES. detached the Maryland: TO
Cheyenne
Midshipuan Z F. dstached tne "eS1
10 Cheyenne
Afidahipman K II DoNAEANt decsched the CneSeInle'
West Virginia
psssts assistant rayrnaster MAYER to duty navy
ward. TrsTuouth, y. II - -
PavTlaster 7 HAG$FR> detached the FranSlin ara
TIE Richmond and wait orders .-.-,- -
Pay-n7sster REEVES. detached the kentocsY
Illinois, Fra-klin and the Richmond
.EOvE0TE%TS OF WARSHTPS The following
movements Of vessels have been reported 10 the
Navy Department:
AhareudR Hampton Roads; the sioux
AZ Boston; the saturn. Guayaquf; the South Da-
n ArnaPala-
Juns Io-The wilkes from Charleston for Norfolk
JIne if-The Albany from Corinto for Panama; ths
Lebanon. from Boston for Portsmouth. y. H.
The IAnaidas placed IN service navy yard Ports
mouth \ n with merchant complement
Mare Island. June Is. TO Brenner-
Eonolnu. Eli IsIands and Iutula samoa