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Show ! FRICTION AMONG THE OFFICERS New York, March 7. A special to the Herald from Washington eays:. It is said that there has been some friction between Rear Admiral Watson and officers of-ficers of his fleet. Commander E. D. Taussig was summarily detached from the command of the Bennington and ordered home for alleged criticism of the commander-in-chief, though it is said that Commander Taussig was not insubordinate. ' There has aleo been friction between the rear admiral and the bureau of navigation relative to his chief of staff. Rear Admiral Watson. . several i months ago, desired Commander C. C. Cornwall to act as his chief of staff, and assigned him to the duty, but the department disapproved his action. Only recently the department ordered Captain Charles M. Thomas to command com-mand the Brooklyn. Rear Admiral Watson transferred Captain James M. Forsythe from the Baltimore to the Brooklyn, and, it is said, gave an explanation ex-planation as to his action in compliance compli-ance with a request made by the department. de-partment. The bachelor officers of the fleet have alf-o complained because the married officers whose wives were in Manila were allowed to remain on shore without with-out procuring permission from the commander-in-chief one or two nights a week, while the order of the rear admiral required the younger unmarried unmar-ried men to be on their ships after 7 i or 8 o'clock at night, and not to remain ! on shore without written permission. |