Show OFS IIITT INlliCTINU FORTS lie Uen Ordered by I n I to Ot Ordnance Ready for I aI Us Nw York Fh 3Th World mays Major Uenral Irrlt In command of the later department of the United States army will tar on a tour of In opecllCn of the southern torticalon before the end ot the week I won his original Intention to ItaNe Governors Island todAy fur New Orleans but Jland tony or Orlall at midnight It was generally understood that he WOUld not h c able to start for I day or two This suddm move on the part of Gen Merit following 00 closely I upon the recent order of ten Miles relative to the ubso lute necessity of coriplellng the nw work nf defense at the rorll IcaUons throughout the country hash created quite 1 sensation In arm circles cir-cles Ostensibly he Is simply going on fix annual tour of Inspection but at I he Island Fort WadsFw1ofthC and Fort I lamllton f Is understood that his mis Ion Is I 01 far greater importance than the regulation visit to the stations rIlIlaton vl1 stUons un de his comma nd I Is believed that the work on the new ordnance of the southern torUl ntlons has not been going on with sufficient rapidity to satisfy either Gen Miles or Gen Merrltt At the new works at Peril Fnmiltonof the four new guns only three are now In Position Port Wndsvvorth has been fur more fortunate Another development which hits a I direct bearing on Gen Merrills departure de-parture In I the Irle hi h lob Yesterday Yes-terday pasned the Senate This bill profiles pro-files for the maintaining 01 two more artillery regiments I Is I the Intention of Gen Merrltll to have one of these quartered nt Sandy Hook The either will In nil probn1d H ties he distributed among the various Posts along the Allnntl coot When left Mile sent word to Gn Merit I reloUa to the necessity of get ling all nvllable ordnance really for Immediate Im-mediate use he especially referred to the work tinder wny at For Hamiton nnl Wndsv orlh These posts are of the greatest nporlnnce and Practically control 1 the channel and the lower JAY 1 heir work will all be personally Inspected In-spected and l Investlgnled by Gen Mer rlt In the poor future I Is I Gen Merrill Intention to visit Nw Orleans And Inspect I Tort Phillip nnd Port Jackson The other forts that Ion Merit will visit arc at Mobil Charleston InIventon Savannah Pen ooeola and Key West fnhl In officer at Governors Islan lent night The parilng of the nrllllery bill will change ho entire state of Affairs at 10101 Hook Just unit the onlY thing wo can UM mn for down there la I tc keep I wno anti from ololn the la < lnpr o f the guns Wih the new reglmenlx however all will be ns ll should be One of the regiments will be stationed at the Hook that has al reaSj been prncllonlly sellled 1 om quite convlnoeo hat the worle on the quartern of the olllcere and Cn th Irern once men theo Till be pushed forward with nil pOssible Oled Just now we ho far too many olnopr for OlO men hit under un-der Ihe new this vvlll nppolnlmenls wi also be remedied Arnir Aclllty Cincinnati Ohio rob 21 fThere 1 hash has-h much activity at Port Thomas In Kentucky for some dan While all I the troops were under special discipline with extra drilling Col Cochran the commandant amI other officers refused re-fused to Interviewed Today ill I troop were supplied with ISO rounds each later 1 of the Ohio national guard under Captain Herman today adr Used for recruits |