New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-12
IN ARMY AND NAVY
I'm portant Ordnance ETpe1-
snents at Sandy Hook Monday.
TTron The Tribune Bureau

Z marty OF prominent army anu navy 0'-
@re-s. including the chief OF ordnance ana
rho chief OF c,ast artillery ana coast afui-
fa-D, Officers e-5-7 Fort Monroe, VIII VII
ness some important experiments al lAe
army proving ground At Sandy hook De
-s7riaE Monday The test Is one WHICH " SiS
...-o1e5 from the early part OF this
--aek. when arrangements had peeh liiS-ue
:, -. army ordnance officers at Sandy
+Io,l. 20 attack concrete Parapets with q
,.-;-.,, gun. that being a new type Of coast
-. v~as,-7- Al unexpected break
,so~-- IL the carriage Of the E-inch gun
- .,.,.,z.-a5 = necessary 10 substitute the
Finch rife.
-~l-,-e 40 Two OF these targets, OF DIFF
So dimensions. representing the style
q .~-,.s-r-,c+foll which is 70 be used in The
F,-,,ararions Of Il FraiIe Island. in Manila
- This = 81 unusual type Of iortlilc'i-
son heinz = VERY small island CT rock
w., gls-eIv room at the summit TOT b'e
s--,a-1eat. composed Of heavy guns noun
a. I'm enlarged naval turTets. Tie Pro1ec-
,-,-- 4ea7.-s- TIE attack Of a enemy "'-i
:. 7s-qz7z, concrete. mounted on The rock
base o. TIE island
T. * mi known. however, 10 what extent
-ffs ~5~Crete VIII resist attack, ana III '-7
ezperaa1e-rs 81 Sandy Hook Il : aeslTeu -
ascertain fust how far concrete may % t-e-
I,e1ssed OF when subjected 10 he4Nl ~
A:-ef the present targets have pesi- AIeU
OF a third target VIII be constructed lor
which the Ar7-y Board Of Ordnance ana
For. Fcation al lis session this week mace
a allotment Of seega- This third target
VII he OF greater thickness, and an et1orl
" be made 10 see Just how much NE
concrete parapet VIII stand IN the way O.
l.s-zv gun fire. While concrete i USED
-=-.-aIlv in the construction q the para
nets al nearly all The coast foTtlflcatlons IN
ms country. The firing has been from ana
not against the pa-apet, so that the eN-
,.z--s 7cssess TO definite knowledge Of the
resisting qualities OF concrete IN this form.
!. may be necessary Is a result OF this test
10 make s0-ae important changes IL the
plans fer the Fl FraAe Notifications, but
t1e army engineers who have charge o. the
e.-tlacernents believe no mistake has been
-zaLe il the type Of structure Il Is planned
= make this part OF the Manila Bay de-
fence q miniature Gibraltar. with the unique
feature that the gunhre from tie summit
Of -le rock island viii be an all around one.
ORDERS IsSUED.-The following orders
haze been issued:
ARM.
ls--zsdisr General HIRAM n CHITTENDEN'
fcHLL l.ea HaCitateC- Is retired
CAPTAIN ALAN r CASAD. ordnance depa-t-
rrauy TO dulE chief ordnance Queer,
T,au.r-rse-lt - rha GG3f relieving Major
EefgE "a IOTES- ordnance DEPARTING NJ
Fs-st iieu-ena-t WALTER E DoNAhIE,
coast a-tllerg. assigned 70 5sth Company
= take effect March 20
g.--. Iie1je-snts DANIEL i. GIENI1 zth
.--ss-Ts-. . G 45-,zIfs 7 BOMM1Z. 18Th
cavalry. ana FRANCIS Il. CAMERON.
vGLTER Il RoDNEY, Isl cavalry;
Igor s AiT4s s IN go Jsr2T- - Fs it
r-l-E examination Tor promotion
Fe-s5se--a second lI-u;e-aEts report By letter
- f.r-slaeut examining hoard. Fort RILEY.
-r- =Ea v1iLa-EoH Tor pr"IlOJlpH- Ah.>tSi
Bull lSth Cavalry HOWARD Z
SMILEY, g t-yalT-f ai-- Slvsa l.
r,z-es OF a-se,.ce. captain JOHN s JOHN
---r.-( COAST artillery 10 March .. Cap
IAN lanes II EiNBRcTSH. - IN
-aa-->. unassigned. and I7irst Lieutenant
-l--,,- r7.-s- 7fe-,re-sr7r mis- K. ASH
Burn. medical reserve corps. one month
an twenty days. tE-s- Lieutenant JAMES
ABBOTT, signal corps t'Ep months
navy
C5--aude- !. C, LEONARD TO the South
ASSISTANT F5s4Tfaastsr II DIAL resignation &C
ae75-L February %. for he coed o. the
MARINE CORPS
Captain T. = LYONS 20 Marine Barracks
wash II lG. termination Tor retirement
-z--zsz ~ | L1-LT resume duties At marine
-az-a5a + : Wills. detzcaed navg yard. New
T.-l-. 70 command marine detachment On
--z Rhode Island. relieving First Lieutenant
- - rf.-.-s---- 4. = OWENS. detached raval
raining station. san Francisco. 10 command
--li-= l=-ac--n4s-lr sailing Tor Philippines
F.-z- F..zu-=azzts I P. PINksTON ana 3 A.
LEWIS detaehet fav5l station. honolQiu;
second It=u-eUaC-s a. v ALtEESt. detached
---- rszr- Boston. -. Il OSTEEHoLT and
a. T. MILLER. detached nay ara NoT-
-- j. O. DANIELS ana y T. E-A-L-fE !
s-zc--- navy YARD, Wv H5ra- - : ,
rE.-h-NE.. 6e-agte1 nay rslTa- 1'Ei-2-e-s2E-llts
EA%~. ls-achs5 nay Tsrd. Ports
----E zEl - X EA< HOSE. detached
gard C-zr.7ston= al 10 First brlEace,
S=r--E L-e---1sars 7, Q. dams detacfe1
-s-aa5 EaraI AuadeU--- both 10 marine bar
-a=s naval station. G-ztl-
se-oa- -.=aJs-arts 7. 4. BLAIR. DETACHED navy
5.- nav and No~srIsz: both 70 marine
barracks naval station, Honolulu
L. q aheeur1- Major = : i 1~H--iJfSE'
-oEElIENTS OF WARSHIPS.-Thef fol-
lowing movements Of vessels have been e
ported 70 NJ Nay Department:
ARRIVED.
Es-. r9---ae Hector q. He-a2ten- Roads: tie
E-1za-- q Washington: the AIichigan. al St.
---1-s. JE@ smith. a. HligAts hey.
SAILED.
Feb. a-Tt= Eieks5urE. Iro.a C0-into for Mare
"a .1--ae Is7eaee from Indian Head foE
~aUEl.. The Dlzls- from Philadelphia Tor
Z-t1-. re Nicaigaa, fr5la Cuiebra for -.
- Lz--.a commissioned al navy yard. Phila-
s-s- asz--zs Of the Albany the BuaaIo. the
q. Eas-aas-=-. New YORK CITY until further
Ga sls--ss NJ the vicas7urz VIII be ..Facthc
zra-. -iz -al Francisco Until further