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Show Mtiirtliii Rmnors Activity in (Ite Brook. ii Navy Yard. New York, 17. The World prints the following: Rumors were afloat yesterday that orders bad been re- flnitr,! frnni Y: vh i nc lurt rtl 1'h A Brnnlf- lyn navy yard to place the entire establishment es-tablishment on a war fooling. With regard to this, Commodore Nicholson Nichol-son deohned to flay whether any specific instructions had been received, re-ceived, but added that the navy yard is afwayB on a war footing, or ought to be. However, it is certain that very unusual movements are in progress pro-gress at the yard, and yesterday it presented a scene of activity not wit nessed Bince the beginning of the Ute war. The United States frigate Minnesota Min-nesota was furnished with ammunition ammuni-tion at the rate of twenty five pounds per gun. The men now ou the receiving re-ceiving ship are under constant drill. The Minnesota has been used for the last two years merely as the flag-ship of New York harbor, and a receiving vessel for apprentices, and her equipment equip-ment is regarded as a very unusual occurrence. It is suggested, bow-ever, bow-ever, that her destination is the , Mediterranean. |