New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
More ArtiIIerymen Needed for
Coast DefenCeS.
washington, October Il.

,,1-pRAY'S REPORT.-Brig-
adler c.oner,I Arthur Murray, chief OF coast
ar,iI,or,, 4, his annual report TO the war
Denar,rar, strongly advocates an IN
oroased ,5.ta1 of artillery troops 10 man
r. -. afos 1T Is believed to be
esta bIisbed bevond dispute" says General
Murray "+bat In order to insure efficient
handling of our coast defences III .Iiiie vi
war q - necessary that we should main
tain in time of peace at least Que I'm '"''''
nino, da,au If coast artillery troops.
I'm time of war we must have at each
nrace uab,e IN attack such a number of
coast artillery troops that they VIII De sur
fcent not only to form fuii iiie'ii'iiIe NC
tall, but to maintain full manning DETAIL
allowing for absentees, SICK anu
And in case of long continued attack OF
siege it is more than prooaole INA. ioi
some of the elements. if not ALL IL VIII De
necessary to maintain more IMAM one tuii
manning detail in order 10 provide reilefs.
The actual strength OF the coast arli'iery
CORPS on July l. 1910, was GA officers and
1S.109 enlisted men. The futhori@eu sIrehsth
on that date was 672 officers and 1921 en-
listed men,
for elementary firing in spring practice OF
the ships of the navy, announced To-Day
show that the new battleshp South Caro-
lima won the trophy in her class, with the
Mississippi. the Michigan and the Idaho so
close in order as to be called star ships. The
results are not a comparison of the gunnery
efficiency OF vessels which Is brought out
in battle practice. but they show the rela-
dc of
the DEVELOPMENT Of gun pointers under
short range conditions and when firing guns
singIy. The Charleston won the cruiser
trophy, the Mayfower that for gunboats
and the Reid that for torpedo boats
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders
have been issued:
Second Lieutenant FREDERICK q UHL. from
9th 20 21st Infantry
First Lieutenant LI.EWELLYN P WILLIAM
.. A. Russell.
Captain J. HOOD detached general board, Navy
Department; to command the Rhode Island.
vice Captain T. d. GRIFFIN. home, await
Lieutenant A. ANDREWS. detached charge
recruiting station, Dallas. TO the Georgia
Lieutenant p. X. JOHNSON. to charge recruit
Midshipman A. B. M'NEU.. detached the
Dubuque; 10 naval hospital I- P9Ttsm0@ u o>,
ELVENA W. II. HALSEY, W. T. EATON.
A l. JACOBY, l. L. PRATT and E P.
Pay Inspector H. A. DENT. detached as pay
master yard at Philadelphia; TO navy yard
Pay inspector d. RYAN, detached as accounting
officer. navy yard. Puget Sound; continue
PayGnaster W Y II. ROSE. TO navy yard,
Philadelphia.
Passed Assistant Paymaster J. NJ. HANCOCK.
detached navy yard. Philadelphia: to navy
yard. Puget Sound.
Chaplain L. =. REYNOLDS, detached naval sta
ton. Cavits home, await orders.
Assistant Naval Constructor 6. NJ. HENRY de
taehed navy yard Puget Sound; TO navy
yard. New York.
Chief Boatswain H NJ ANDERSON. detached
the PatuXent; continue naval hospital, Nor
folk.
duty to settle accounts OF the Massachusetts,
Pa ymaster's Clerk B. L. LANDLORD, appointed
TO duty at navy yard. Philadelphia.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-Th fol-
lowing movements of vessels have been re-
ported 70 the Navy Department:
ARRIVED
Oct 1.-The Dolphin at Washington the Mari
eta at Cristobal. the North Carolina at
New York City. the Dixie the Viper. the
Cuttleish and the Flusser at Solomon's Isl
and Syph at Washington, the Patapsco
at Portsmouth. y. II.
SAILED
oct. 1O-The Dolphin from Norfol, for Washing
oct. 1.-THE North Carolina from Tompkinsville
Roads for Solomon's Island. the Viper, the
Cuttlefsh and the Flusser from Norfolk for
SOlouon's Island
The uuiros commissioned ct naval station.
CaVith.
The mail address Of the North Carolina while at
New York will be in care Of station 1. New