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Show SHIPS IN COMMISSION Taaaltirr Willi Thau- I mlr(otng llrpttr t Jlar I.I.iiJ. I Wnihlngton, March A A cominnnder of the monitor Mlimntonomtli which haa heeu oplorcd Into uiiuitlon, wn aeleeteil In tho perton of Captain Mortimer Mor-timer Johnton Secretary Longeuy that the Mlnntonomah with the rain Katalidln, will remain In tho Dcln-were Dcln-were for the prrtinL With tho coin-nilttlonlug coin-nilttlonlug of thete two vettclt, there remain only the crulter Columbia nnd Mlnneapoll on the Atlantic contt fur InimedUtn kervlee. In eate the dipsrl-mentahould dipsrl-mentahould decide toooinmlatlou more hip Tho Atlanta, nt New York, could Ihi made ready In four month, and thn Chicago In alx month, In eate emergrney onion for their ripolr were ltucd There are a iiuiuWr of good hip on the I'nolflo eontl, however, who to repair I under way, uch a the (tinrleaton, the I'hlladolphla.the York-town York-town and other, and the pay roll of the coutlruetlon bureau at the Mare Ialnnil navy yard nmuunt to 140,000 per month. The Montgomery ami Nntlivllle havo Wen kelcctrd by Hceri'tary lwng, at the rcUritof Adiiilnil hlcnrd, at tho nintt aultnhle to go to Cubit to ill-Irllmto ill-Irllmto charity liepnlrn nra now be lug Hindu for Iho rrqulrtd tervlcc. |