New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-26
CAGOS HOT CAMPAIGN GREAT MISERY IN CHINA ARMY AND NAVY notes. Isl
Rear Admiral OSterhauS to Com
mand Atlantic Fleet.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau.
NEaabtpo,op February

MURDOCH FOR AsIATIC FLEET
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, comfna"-
dant Of the Mare Island Navy YARD "ae
selected by Secretary Meyer to-day 10 sue
coed Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder Dr.
commander In chief of the Atlantic meet
about June |. and Rear Admiral Joseph ID.
Murdoch to succeed Rear Admiral Johh
Hubbard a. commander in chief OF the
Asiatc fleet on May 10.
Rear Admiral Aaron Ward. the aid for
inspections. one of the four advisory officers
of Secretary Never in his naval reorgani-
cation plan. will succeed Rear Admirai
Murdoch as commander OF the third al
vision Of the Atlantic fleet. The latter VIII
be detached soon after April 10. prepare
tory to taking command Of the As'atic
fleet As aid for inspections. Admiral ward
will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Charles
H. Vreeland. commander Of the second d.
vision of the Atlantic feet. The successors
Of Admiral Vreeland on tho Atlantic meet
and Admiral Osterhaus at the Mare lsiahn
Navy Yard have not yet been seiected'
These appointments arc incident To the APP
preaching retirement OF Admirals Schroeder
and Hubbard on account OF the statutory
age Ilf1lll Ol SlhlH-'Nb ''7"i''
terminates his active service on May 49, ana
will relnquish command OF the Aslauc meet
on that date Admiral Schroeder VIII re-
tire on August II, but will be detached from
the Atlantic fleet about June ], preparatory
to his retirement.
SPRING PLANS FOR FLEET.-As ,ne
date approaches for, the departure of ''e
Atlantic feet from Cuban waters, "here '''
nearly two months it has been carrying ou'
an extensive programme of tactlcal eNe'
cises the actual accomplishments OF '"o
personnel Of the most powerful vessels III
tho American navy in solving tho practical
problems of war is being indehbly I'M
pressed on officials at headquarters. WIN
n view to augmenting, from an eouca'io'i"'
point Of view, what has been learned III
: Guantanamo Bay and vicinity, based upo"
! actual experience, Secretary Meyer mas
completed the spring plans for the Meet
and announced them to-day. About the
middle OF March the entire fleet VIII DC
| concentrated In Hampton Roads to take
! part i'm the battle practice which VIII oe-
| gin April / off the Virginia Capes. Inc
| battle exercises will be preceded by spot
/ ting practice IN the lower Chesapeake about
| March 20. In this practice the san Marcos
formerly the old battleship Texas, VIII DC
used as A target. and the modern battle
! shin New Hampshire will do the t1ring.
| SEVEN ADMIRALS on COCRT.-A
court Of seven rear admirals, headed oy
| Robley ID. Evans, as president, was ap-
pointed by Secretary Meyer to-day 10 Wy
! Captain Austin VI. Knight on charges tha'
ho did not take due precautions to prevent
the sinking Of the monitor Puritan IN inc
tests with explosive gelatin In Hampton
Roads last November. In addition 10 Rear
Admiral Evans. the court will be composed
of Rear Admirals Edwin G. Pendleton' Joh1
A. Rodgers, Albert O. Berry. Albert I. Dii'
lincham. Samuel +. Comfy and CharleS f'
Fox. Lieutenant Commander Ridley NC
Lean will be Judge advocate. the trlai VII
be held at Norfolk and probably VIII pes'N
on March :. Captain Knight is on the
verge of reaching the grade of rear al
miral. and for that reason the trial VIII ne
expedited as much as possible. Inc cour
martial is the outcome Of court OF III
quirv which investigated the sinking OF the
Puritan and held that Captain hnlgnt
VINO WAS i'm charge of the experiment.
should he court martalled