New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-28
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Remarkable Accident on the
BattIeship Georgia.

Remarkable Accident on the
BattIeship Georgia.
Washington. September 81
CREW KEPT ON FIRING.-When the
port gun in the forward turret Of the bat
tleship Georgia exploded in battle practice
last Thursday the gun crew kept on firing
the starboarc gun as though nothing had
occurred. Minute details Of the accident on
this ship. which docked at Norfolk to-
day. are lust reaching Washington and IN
dicate that II was even more remarkable
than at first was supposed. No one was
killed OF injured. The muZzle Of the big
Pinch rife blew of almost 10 the turret
opening. and fragments are said 10 have
dropped on the decks Of the battleships
more than a thousand yards away That
no one was hit by one OF these fragments
probably was due 10 the fact that Rear
Admiral Schroeder insisted on strict en-
forcement Of the rule that every man
should he al his battle station while the
firing was in progress. Thus almost ali
were under cover when the explosion oc-
Cured
RESULTS OF BATTLE PRACTICE
months after they went into commission,
the American Dreadnoughts Delaware and
North Dakota probably have made the best
records of all the sixteen battleships
which took part in the annual manPuvres
lust completed on the Southern drill
grounds. II is learned unoff1cially that the
Delaware is likely to obtain the trophy,
with the North Dakota ranking not lower
than third The Idaho is regarded as
strong contender for second honOrs. The
South Carolina and the Minnesota are eZ-
pected TO win fourth and fifth places. re-
spectiveIv Should the Delaware obtain
first honors much OF the credit will go to
Lieutenant Commander Overstreet, her
ordnance officer who held similar station
on the Vermont when that battleship won
the emblem last year Lieutenant Com
nander Hart. the present ordnance officer
on the North Dakota. was on the Virginia
last year when that vessel finished second.
The South Carolina and the Michigan.
which also are classed as Dreadnoughts. did
the hest work of the battleship feet in
elementary practice. held last spring with
in three months of their going into COM
mission and both did good shooting in
their recent attempts. The Michigan did
not score enough actual hits on the targets
to obtain a place among the first FIVE but
the remarkable proximity 10 the targets
Of most Of her shots is the talk Of the feet.
4 FAST DESTROYER.-The torpedo
boat DESTROYER Perkins attained a speed
of s.. S54 knots in the fastest Of her best five
runs in 4 standa rdization test off Rockland,
Me, to-day The average Of the five runs
was 3lol4
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders
have been issued:
ARMT
Colonel MONTGOMERY N. MACOMB. General
star detailed to deliver lecture on Field
Artillery Training Of the Organized Militia
twelfth annual convention OF NaionaI
Guard Association Of the United states al
Colonel JOHN A. LTNDEEN. coast srtillery-
from present duties February .. TO Philip
pines TO command Fort Nils, OorTegldor
Island and artillery district Of Manila Bay.
Colonel JOHN P WISER. coast artillery: from
present duties January 70. 10 command Pre-
sidio Of san Francisco and artillery district
Of san Francisco.
Captain RALPH :. GRANGER duarterr1aster
from Office qUartermaster general. TO Ne"
York city. as assistant depot quarterInaster
Lieutenant Colonel CHARLES L. PHILLIPS.
coast srtillerv. from present duties January
>. TO command Fort Screven and artillery
district Of Savannah
CAPTAIN CLARENCE H NJ NEIL. coast artillery.
10 Fort Monroe. September 30
First Lieutenant CHARLES p. MOORE. 9th
Infantry. and Second Lieutenant MERRILL
f. SPALDING. 18th Infantry. 20 West Point
Military Academy. November 80.
First Lieutenant HARLEY J. HALI.ETT medi-
cal reserve corps. from Fort Totteu Army
ASe5icsl school washington FOR Instruction
- MfI 1ts,,f T-F2 NI-- ? SIATFP rnedicsj
reserve Corps. honorab bly, discharged from
service Of United states, TO take effect Octo-
First Lieutenant FRANK r CURTIS signal
corps to Fort Leavenworth. thence 10
First e Lieutenant JESSE N HOLMES. 27th In
fantrv 70 recruiting service. jefferson Bar
r. lieutenant HENRY A wTEGENsTEIN
a5th Infantry. detailed professor Of military
science Al North Georgia Agricultural Col
leEe vice Captain JOHN NJ. SIGWORTH.
r,e-ts Indicated November /: EVERETT
COLLINS. i4th cavalry Philippines. WHIT
y A' N,,I ~ FRATK a SLOAN 11th In
faurrv Fort y. a. Russell, RUSSELL p.
VIII AK4E oi ssAT -P!4 18th Infantry
SPENCER B. AKIN. Path Infantry: ROB
ERT G sHERRARD. 3Oth Infantry.
Following contract surgeons 10 army Medlcsl
School. Washington. October /. for instruc-
ton; ROBERT H g. CAN'T \ s--ri HE1fSRf +
CARTER and FRANCIS Y STRoNG-
Following changes IN medical reserve corps or
dered. First Lieutenant EDWARD BAILEY.
from Fort George Wright 70 FoTt avon.
and report 70 medical supertut endeni. army
transport service. for duty with station AZ
Seattle. relieving First Lieutenant JAMES r
MALONFY from duty on transport Bnrnslne
Lieutenant Maloney Will proceed 70 Fort
leaves Of absence: Second Lieutenant HENRY g.
PRATT 18th Cavalry. month from sep
ternber IS. Captain A. LA Rue CHRlSI ~,
Sth Infantry. two months. upon roller rom
dutv in Department Of the Missouri. Second
Lieutenant WILLIAM A MCAIN. Sth cav
airy three months. Lieutenant Colonel JOHN
GTrTLFOYLE IN Cavalry. three months
from October II. Major GEORGE II. pm
ROSE. quarterrnaster. two months upon
relief from duty in Philippines Captain Al
BERT g DALTON. 18th Infantry. ten DAY
from October ]. First Ideutenar Y. NJ.
MARKS coast artillery. twenty DAYS
NAVY.
Cor7rsnde- T. Il GIBBONS and Lieutenant
Commander { NJ TOZER. detached the
Charleston. home await orders.
rsafyfsnant Commander J T ToMPklNS. De
ts~hed the Iowa. 20 duty in connection with
fitting CUT the Mccall, and duty In command
when commissioned.
lieutenant p p PRINGLE. DETACHED the
Nassachusetts. 10 Fore River <hipbuiid ding
Coupany QUINCY IN connection with nttins
ont IN. Perkins and duty IN command when
commissioned - -
7 s.ff-enaot Commander n II REYNOLDS, de-
faehed the Idaho; 20 the Iowa
yss,,ssnarf Commander u T -C'LlNEsRiI Us. de~
tacned the Mississippi 20 the Massachusetts
ssrtepsnf Commander " L LITTLEF lhl-i'.
detarhed the PENNSYLVANIA. home. wait ~
rse,fensnt F zoeBAUN. j.. detached as