New-York tribune., 1909-04-01
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
DIR. Meyer Sends Ont an Order jus
tifmng admiral Goodrich.
From The Tribune Buresu.1
Wesh{u 1fo0 March

washington March a
sUsTAINs ADMIRAL GooDRICH--secretary
Never promulgated to-day an order signed by Sec
retarv Neyberry on March 8 in which Mr. New
berry sustained Rear Admiral Goodrich. comrnan-
dant OF the Brooklyn naty yard. in his controversy
with Rear Admiral Mason. Chief OF Ordnance Ad-
InireI Mason protested that the representatives OF
his bureau at Brooklyn yard vas not permit
ted TO see certain papers before they were for
warded to Washington Secretary Ne~oerrys or
der says, In part:
II the recently inaugurated system Of eonsoiids-
tiou Of work AT navy wards is 20 be entirely Sue
cessful IT Is deemed Imperative that me manaser
a. @ III IN Fsct ss uiaji as IN name and that cfrcuni-
locution to corTespondence be avoided as mucn
Teah work should go directly to the comma ndant
to the head OF the manufacturing depa rtmsnt ~
precisely the same manner az for1nery Sotalncd
with respect 10 correspondence between bureaus
and navy wards To put the manager Of the manu-
Sact,,rnS depsTtment in the position Of being COM
PEELED to defer action on work until Al. oesss OF
procedure have been arranged 20 the sstsrac.iGn
complicate the situation and increase. instead OF
reduce. the cost Of manufacture
REASON FOR CLUB ORDER.-The order issued
bv General ]. F. Bell. the chief OF stan OF the
army insisting the eligibility OF all oeers sta
toned at army post TO the officers cluo IS oslns
extensively discussed. An erroneous impression
prevails concerning the reasons for this resuation
The order was not issued has been asserted De-
cause Of any prejudice entertained by West Point
ers against their associates VINO came from lHe
ranks or civil life nor against star officers By those
of protests received from army posts including Fort
Totten New York and Washington Barracks DIS
trc+ of columbia At the Litter place there existed
c1,b cornDosed chiefly OF engineer ofr1cers' that
bejnz an engineer post where are also stationed
officers Of other arms on duty al the Army war
College II has been the custom 10 treat these ek-
elusive clubs as corps resimenta orsahzAlions'
the officers OF other corps or regiments peihs yer
n,iited TO enjoy the privileges OF the cuo Only as
associate members This will now be changed 50 as
- ,a-,,t+ all officers at a post TO become ac'lve
members OF any club which OCCUPIES p
building on military reservation
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders naVs
been issued:
vouo-,ng changes medical corps. ordsre4: Maiot
CHARLES z MARROW. from Forr 6c1r9e ~
gTssId4G az f-o@ San Fort RiieS TO ors
Captain RICHARD G BtRLES}H; =, San Francisto to
san , May for BERq FhRRqlnss s WILLIAMS from
FIRST sfb Lieutenant SYDNEY HoPsoN. from 10Th 70
,sT ON ~ sbse1ce: Lieutenant Colonel EDWIN 81 J:
GREBLE Sd Field Artillery. fou, months IFs11
MILAN MAJ IG "it =. BIsPHaM. medical corps. ons
month
Lieutenant e MILLER. from navsl medical 'enoo'
bosoitsI washington; leave. one rnonLn -.
savs .1.tsn, sns s%rTson " ROBBINS naval hos
pftal Mare Island
MOVEMENTS OF UARSHIPs-Ths following
movements of vessels have been reported TO the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
March ra-The Nina Norfolk
March 5O-The Montana. al Guantanan1o
SAILED.
March 4o-The Cheyenn. san Farciseo tsr santa
barbara. the Sterling from culsSFa Tor AAH''''