New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
ARMY AND NAVY notes.
Specifications for Six Destroyers
and Two Golfers.
from TIE Tribune Bureau
sflington. August


NEARLY READY FOR BIDDERS Bids
for the construction of the six torpedo
boat destroyers authorized at the last ses-
sion of Congress will be opened at the
Navy Department on November ]. Plans
and speciflcat tions for these vessels will be
ready for distribution 10 the bidders by
September !. Each destroyer Will cost
about $50. 600.
Mr.. Winthrop, acting Secretary of the
Navy, to-day approved the general char
acreristcs recommended to him by the con-
structors in the Navy Department for the
two new Golfers authorized at the last
session Of Congress The specifications for
the collierS will be put in the hands of
! bidders about October !.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders
| have been issued:
ARMY.
Major HENRY A. SHAW. medical corps, from
Fort slocum. September / to Boston, as at
tending SURGEON. until time 70 proceed to San
Francisco December 5, for Philippines.
Captain DANIEL, ". HAND. LIST Field Artil-
lery, from san Francisco TO Fort sill
Captain FRANK H. LAWTON corlraissary, from
Philippines. granted two months leave;
thence TO New Orleans assistant pur-
Captain MACK K. CUNNINGHAM. signal corps,
from Seattle TO Washington thence to At
the Gulf
Captain KENT NELSON. medical corps. San
tain CLARENCE LEE r. COLE. medical
cerps to Fort Logan.
First Lieutenant RICHARD ". WALKER, 18th
cavalry 10 Fort Bayard general hospital
First Lieutenant HERBERT ". YEMANS,
medical reserve corps, designated repre-
sentative Of War Department at Interna-
national Esperanto Congress, in session al
First Lieutenant JACOB sCHIcK. 10th Infantry.
found incapacitated. is retired.
First Lieutenant EDGAR j FARRoW, medical
reserve corps, from Vancouver Barracks to
Fort Morgan.
tillery. assigned TO soth Company.
lery. from Walter Reed General Hospital
/ Dental Surgeon WILLIAM H LESLIE from
Monticello. Ark. to Fort Leavenworth.
NAVE
/ Captain B A. FIskE. to duty summer confer
/ ence Naval war College
Ensign wERENo to Naval Medical School Hos
Passei Assistant Surgeon P. Z. HoYT. detached
/ navy recruiting station. Buffalo TO NaVa
! Assistant surgeon A f. LEE detached Bureau
Of Medicine and Surgery to navy recruiting
Passe1 Assistant PaymaSter p. B. LUPToN, de
tached the Chattanooga 70 navy yard. fuge
Sound. vice Passed Assistant Paymaster L
r. WILSON. as payn1aster Of the yard. -
Paymasrer's clerk J. j CUNNINGHAM and E
J. HOFFMAN. appointments revoked
| MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPs-The fol
| lowing movements of vessels have beer
| reported to the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
! Aug 1.-THE Marietta at Bluehelds 49,
Aug 1.-The Wolverine. the porotnea IN IN
| GOPHER the Nashville. the Iantc ana IN
Don Juan de Austria at Detroit; the Hecto
al Norfolk. the Charleston the New OrleeIl
aud the New York at Yokohama; the Gu!eite-
fish the Taraurula. the Viper the StanolSh
and the Bagley at Solomon : Istano, W tWi
Connecticut the Michigan. the Louisiana, Ih
South Carolina. the Kansas the New ttarIlt'
shire the Nebraska the Rhode Island ~
Virginia the Minnesota. the Vermont -4 u5
nfisEtssipri the idaho, the Panther. the SoI
ace and the Celtic ar Newport: the " .y,.
me tn Dorothea the Gopher the NashNlle Nas
the Yantic and the Don Juan de Austria d
/ Port Huron.
SAILED.
/ Aug 1.-THE Rodgers from navy ya5q. -
Work for Boston: the Tacoma from bi1ell7iu
for cape Gracias dos 80 <ev
/ Arrr f5-The Culgoa from navy yard. L'le C,- -
/ York for Newport: the Smith. the I-tAi,I7 -
+re T-Iusser and the Preston from NeE - -, -
don for cruise. the Cuttiehsh the ,-fa. 81 g.
mia the Ti-er the Standish and the pas.
f~on Annapolis for Solomon s lsIall- 49,
Doirhin from Gloucester for newport: -
EravIjnr the Narwhal. the StlnSTay ana I5 -
Sns--er from New London for BLOCK ISIar1 So
liz Poin+ Judith: the Wolverine, me vIg+t Lut
+bes me Gopher the Nashville. the -; = an;
80 -he non Juan de Austria from 4'@li01
/ Huron Mich