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4 RECEPTION TO NEWBERRY. Truman H. Newberry, secretary of the navy, at a reception in his honor at the Detroit Club on Christmas Day told of some plans to eliminate red tape from the navy department and to reduce its operations to a_ business basis. He denied posing as a reform- er, however. "I'm simply taking the machinery, oiling it where ngcessary; if I find an unnecessary part, casting it aside and reducing the whole ma- chine to the best working order within my power. What I intend to do is to increase the membership of the general board and the board of con- struction in order to get a greater co- operation between the two. To ac- -complish that I have amended the naval regulations so as to distribute the work of battleship designing in such a way as to avoid the archaic and unbusinesslike methods which 'have prevailed in the past. "In a way, I am conceding to many critics of the bureau administration of the department who have alleged that under the system it is almost impos- sible to induce any board or bureau to admit existing defects. For ex- ample, I wish to amalgamate the bureau of steam engineering with the board of construction 'and repair un- der one head. Heretofore the board has been limited to the designing and construction of new vessels. In 'the future it shall perform any duties I assign to it." Mr. Newberry's plan of reorgani- zation does not alone rest with heads of the department, but affects all branches of the service. DEFENSE OF OLONGAPO. Washington, Dec. 26--The naval au- thorities at the base and dock yard at Olongapo have submitted a long re- port concerning the method of tran- sient as distinguished from permanent defense of that place. This. is in anticipation of the development of the station, now that the policy of the administration showing preference for Olongapo as against Cavite has been approved by congress. The army is making rapid progress with the de- fensive works. Some of the arma- ment has been shipped, and it is ex- pected that the project will be well on toward completion by the 'time the chief of coast artillery, Gen. Ar- thur Murray, visits the place on his contemplated tour of inspection, on which he starts from New York on Feb. 15. The naval program of de- fense relates to the use of submarines, surface torpedo boats and motor SECRETARY. ' the THE MARINE REVIEW boats. With Olongapo becoming the largest and most important Ameri- can naval base abroad, it is appreciated that it will be the object of attack in the event of war. It is also real- ized by the experts that it may be possible for, swift boats, especially of submarine type, to elude the coast defenses, and it is foreseen that there should be an approved scheme of defending the floating dry dock and the shops on shore with some mobile type of naval defense. One of the propositions which was made some time ago suggested the use of a huge steel net which should be ex- tended around the dry dock in time of war, and should otherwise be employ- ed in frustrating attack, especially of a submarine character. The civil en- gineers of the navy have been exam- ining this feature, and have reported to the department that the expense of such a heet would be considerable, while there is grave doubt whether it would be entirely effective, especially as the dock itself possesses a certain factor of self-defense in being made up of compartments, only one of which would be damaged by a well directed torpedo attack. The dock would not be destroyed, or even placed out of commission, in all probability, by tor- pedo attack, and it is represented that a flotilla of torpedo boats, surface and submarine, would answer all the pur- poses of patrol and form a valuable auxiliary to the heavy fortifications on land. HAS CIRCLED THE GLOBE. Miss Gladys. Margaret Graham, the 15 year old daughter of Capt. and Mrs. R. J: Graham, of the American ship Erskine M. Phelps, now loading in Seattle holds the world's record for a girl of her age for travel by water. Although Miss Graham has _ been attending school in Honolulu for the past three years, the first twelve years of her life were spent at sea. In that time she thas sailed with her, father more than 300,000 miles under the American flag. Three times 'has this girl encircled the world in sailing ships, three times rounded Cape of Good Hope and 17 times rounded Cape Horn. She has crossed the equator 40 times. She is about to add another 17,000 miles to her sailing rec- ord, for when the Phelps sails from Puget Sound for the Atlantic coast in the near future she will again ac- company her parents 'around Cape Horn. She then plans to resume her studies in an eastern school. BIDS FOR FURNISHING BUOYS. the lighthouse inspector at Tompkinsville, N. Ve, fOr furnishing buoys and appendages for the lighthouse establish- ment during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, included the following: BELL BUOYS. *P, Delaney & Co., Newburgh, N. Y.$12,765.00 Franklin Machine &. Steam Boiler Works, Brooklyn, N. Y....++++-:: 13,110.00 Union Boiler Mfg. Co., Lebanon, Pa. 14,250.00 Canton Boiler & 'Engineering Co., Canton, O. .sscccsesceeeerceseces 15,522.00 Bids opened by * Accepted. £ WHISTLING BUOYS! *Canton Boiler & Engineering Co, Canton, BS once as aol ova a eneietones $ 5,783.84 Franklin Machine & Boiler Works, Brdoklyn, N. Yeeccescceseresecees P. Delaney & Co., Newburgh, Ney. 7,654.40 8,784.00 * Accepted. GAS BUOYS. Union Boiler Mfg. Co., Lebanon, Pa.$ 8,960.00 *American Welding Co., Carbondale, Pa A aes oe ee ea sens os 9,450.00 *Rejected. CAN AND NUN_ BUOYS. *Canton Boiler & Engineering Co., Canton, O.0 sees ees Seals leans ee $10,376.07 Franklin Machine & Boiler Works, Brooklyn, N. Y..ceseseeeeeceeees 10,488.40 Christian N. Seidle, Lebanon, Pa.... 11,477.01 P. Delaney & Co., Newburgh, N. Y. 14,453.00 * Accepted. SPAR BUOYS. *Jordan Bros. Lumber Co., Norfolk, ovens ls $ 4,280.00 John W. C.. West, Portsmouth, Va.. 4,320.00 Charles R. Johnson, Norfolk, Va.... 5,850.00 Williams & Spence, South Mills, rie oie bale ialsl oe Me a sale siesta 6,930.00 * Accepted. TALL TYPE BUOYS. *Canton Boiler & Engineering Co., Canton (O. ies ee eee ne eee $ 4,464.29 Franklin Machine & Steam Boiler Works, Brooklyn, N. Y.....-..+++ 4,645.83 Christian N. Seidle, Lebanon, Pa.... 4,927.62 Union' Boiler & Mfg. Co., Lebanon, Te a Oa sees aa tava veces share 5,005.00 P. Delaney & Co., Newburgh, N. Y.. 6,050.00 *Accepted. BIDS FOR FURNISHING BARGES. Bids opened Nov. 27 by the purchasing agent of the Isthmian Canal Commission at Washington, D. C., for furnishing four steel dump barges, were as_follows: Atlantic Equipment Co. 30 Church St. New York site ee ees William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine $125,500 Building -Co., Philadelphia, Pa...... 71,600 John H. Dialogue & Sons, Camden, IN er) ete tare 96,000 Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, BNNAGR Wt, oe eda aecneie eames 96,000 Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, IM ire a ee ee ei es asia 106,660 Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va....... 109,500 Pusey & \Jones Co., Wilmington, Del.. 110,000 BIDS FOR BUILDING WHARF. Bids opened by the lighthouse engineer at Baltimore, Md., for the construction of a wharf for lighthouse purposes at Washington, D. C., were as follows: *Thomas Banks. Washington, D. C..$ 6,798.26 W. Ee oMiller, Boston, Mass......... 8,545.69 Penn Bridge Co., Beavér Falls, Pa...» 8,994.00 Carter & Clark, Washington, D. C... 9,438.96 Atlantic Dredging Co., Philadelphia, ahs ee en es eS wear con 9,850.00 WV. He: Virden, Lewes; Del.:..2....4. 9,450.00 Richard Parrott, Newburgh, N. Y... 10,840.00 Ieyons Bros., Brookland, D..C....... 11,400.00 * Accepted. An 18,000-ton German _ battleship was launched at Kiel on Dec. 13. She was christened Posen, although she had previously been known as the Baden.