| Show EXPENSES MUST BE CUT therefore eight hundred men enst be discharged by the nay navy department new york dec 31 A dispatch t the new york herald from front was basnin agton bays sas orders have been issued by secretary long directing the discharge of a large number of men who enlisted for oila year from ships undergoing repairs at various navy yards th these orders are in lino line with the sec re intention to reduce the tile navy to a pedee peace footing as ns rapidly as possible there are BOW now enlisted men on the rolls every ono one of whom is needed to man ships which aw art in commission it is eident ex ident to the authorities however that the treaty of peace will brt ratified anil and then immediate reduction to a peace fc footing must bo be made benido the extraordinary appropriation madi mado by limited the tile ilse ae of the tile money to january T 1899 and expenses must bo cut down to permit tile navy tn to run on the old wale of expenditures under orders issued by alio depart ment it is expected at least men will be b discharged the result will be to make a number of ecsi alg shorthanded short handed it ia is proposed to acquaint congress with this condition of the service and it i t believed authority wilt will be given in tin the forthcoming navy at appropriation bill for men and 2 2500 1 G boys aa as recommended by secretary long it is propof ed by the navy department tent to give the auxiliary yacht scorpion a much lighter batter battery y than that she now carries it was found during a recent dorm she site encountered of capo cape hatteras and which com compelled pelic A lier her to return to port royal that tile battery was too heavy for her and upon the recommendation of her commanding officer it wil ivul be removed and lighter guns given her |
