The herald., 1915-05-06
NAVAL STATION NOTES.


orders relieving him from duty at the
Station preparatory to going on sea
duty. It is understood that Paymas-
ter w. w. Lamar, now on duty at
the Norfolk Navy Yard will be ordered
here.
Estimates are being prepared for
putting the Coaling Plant in cOndi-
ton TO operate in connection with
the coaling of ships of the Navy or
dered to New Orleans as their home
yard.
Chief Carpenter AlonZO Burke has
received orders relieving him from
duty as Custodian. 1t is hoped that
Mr.. Burke will remain on duty at
the Station as his experience in the
Navy and his duty as Custodian here
particularly fits him for the work
to be undertaken in the near future.
C. r. Cowley, General Foreman at
the Station, left Saturday morning
for New York City where he has ac-
copied the position of consulting en-
gineer with one of the large contract
ing firms of that city.
II is expected that Captain Jesse
F. Dyer, now commanding the Marine
detachment at the Station. will be or
dered TO Washington, d. c., for duty
in the near future. Captain Dyer
is considered an expert in his line
of work and will doubtless be as
signed to the Marine headquarters.
The L. S. S. Castine has shifted
from her position near the upper end
of the naval station wharf to berth
below the dry dock, and the work of
converting her into one of the niftiest
little crafts in the navy is well under
way. II will require about six weeks
time to change the Castine from the
weather-worn gunboat that she is to-
day into the trimmest vessel in Uncle
Sans service. and when the work is
completed the two hundred and fifty
odd souls on board will not change
places with any of their fellows in the
service. The men on the Castine
love their ship, her gallant captain,
his able officers and her glorious
past"
Now that the Castine's officers and
men expect to be in New Orleans
for the greater part of the summer
months, the work of getting acquaint-
ed with their surrounding is well
started. Capt. Marbury Johnson,
commandant of the New Orleans ma
val station, will look after the material
needs of the men on the Castine, and
his aide, Lieut.. Cleveland McCauley.
will attend to their social demands.
During his long residence in New Or
leans Lieut.. McCauley has gained a
thorough knowledge of everything per-
tanning to the city, and what he does
not know of the VieuNCarre, the
restaurants and other features of the
city's life, has never been collected
by the natives. The officers Of the
Castine are in no danger of suffering
from ennui while in port.
The most preoccupied and studious
individual in New Orleans just now
is Ensign Thomas Moran Of the Cas-
tine. Mr. Moran is on the verge of
taking his examination for junior
grade lieutenant, and those familiar
with the exactions of this examina-
ton are the only ones who can SYM
pathize with him. His comrades de-
clare him to be regular bear for
study, however, and the books on
\ higher mathematics have no terrors
for Mr.. Moran. That he will get
by" his examination with colors fly
ing is a foregone conclusion, say his
colleagues.
An invitation to have the several
hundred midshipmen about to go on
the annual cruise visit New Orleans,
has been extended by the New Or
itdus aSSOSldllOu VI NOluuSlCc. "A
telegram was sent to Secretary DAM
els urging him to have this port in
cluded in the itinerary. Owing to
the war abroad, the middle will have
to forego the pleasure of the Mediter-
ranean and the Baltic this year. and
content themselves with the more
democratic waters of the Atlantic
and perhaps the Mexican Gulf. In
view of the great amount of interest
manifested in things naval hereabouts
visit from the future admirals would
be welcomed by all.
The wife Of Commander Staples of
the Castine has arrived in New Or
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