Draft Of Men For Warships

New York, March 15. - A draft of thirty-three men for the Columbia and Minneapolis at League island was sent off from the Brooklyn navy yard. They were taken off by a navy yard tug and sent to Jersey City in charge of Warrant Officer Peter Ward. Representatives of the government visited Fort Wadsworth and have secured valuable land new fortiflcations. Extra gangs of mechanics and laborers have been put to work with orders to rush the compJetion of the three heavy batteries, which when completed, wil] mount the heaviest disappearing guns in New York harbor.