Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-12-07

Nv Offire
Of great merit and intelligence ~
LIST. 10 reduce the number of mdshpmen 40 q. n q,
msn on 20 many as may be required supply the hish
grades a. vacancies may occar
I'd. To educate number equally as great as ~, =
established and to fix age in every grade upon the
ment Of which, If vacancy exists for promotion thav =
be retired from the navy to find employment In the
service and supply reserve corps in Of war, Of
Whether either Of these is worthy Of adoption. or son
preferable cure may be devised for this mperecton is u
mitted for the delberaton Of Congress.
also most earnestly recommend that the service itself
elevated by recognising by law the office of Commodore
ne creation OF at least two officers Of the rank of Rea
Admiral This increase Of rank in the navy ofen nrono
the earlier history of the country seems now TO be
s9s nlsnes consideration Of policy and duty Not
pssA o. is enec IN promoting discipline and efecyeness
20 increased and concentrated responsibility ia the hirhs
grades OF the service. would add to the dignity Of our @
GERS moi unfequensy the representatives. of their country
direct Intercourse with foreign Goyernme.ts and ~ ~
spect accorded to them by those of other nations n b
tercourse abroad, and furnish new and powerful
excellence In the minds of the mertorious and asn,n
all the inferior ranks We have at this time veterans Il
navy, with the commissions only of captain and h ,;
courtesy, Of commodore because they have commsndad
fons VINO meet on the ocean, rear-admiras and
mlras contemporaries in other services with whom 10 esv
is ney associated as coeuenants and who now with gu
rank pave often commands numerically inferior their
own naon which must be cassed among the great ma
val powers Of the world and which, in the abundance Of s
resources and its situation between the two greatest
capable OF occupying the very first place. should no longer de
e Of higher naval ranks, and should look
ano ior he command of fleets well as squadrons
IN any exigency which may call for il.
Ou na 10 It's aggregate OF persons, about equal TO the
Inc commanders Of SOME Of its squadons have actu
ally under their command more men than division The co
mand Of major general and vet lis highest commis.ione
0mcer captain, ranks with colonel BY resolution ~
sne continental Congress in 1876 providing navy for the
war OF ne Hevoation the relative rak Of officers in the land
and naval services established as follows viz an sdm
raj, as general; uce-admral as euenan-generaI rear
ADMIRAL as maJorgeneral commodore, a. bripader gen.
erals captain ofa ship guns and upwards colonel &c
scneme rank prevails in the British service
at the present day. It is worthy Of remark that although AZ
period since has there been less than one Of
me army o. the United States naval officers though in
20 proper commands they are from the nature Of
tne service much more frequently than those Of the army
called TO act or their country in diplomatic intercourse with
distant nations whose artificial states Of society render rank
important consideration, have never been advanced be-
yond commandant Of regiment No comparison can DOS.
oy Dc nduged TO the disparagement Of either Of these
necessary arms OF Defence which have so harmonic
ousy against the public enemies wherever oppor
'uhy mas permitted, and good can be perceived
why the highest officer Of the one service should not as
general rule now as in 776 and here in Great Britain
Dc equal in rank to the highest officer Of the other IF Com
shall think proper to add the rank of
@ the army reward for the long service and brilliant sue
ces: OF veteran soldier may be accompanied or followed
s correave OF vice admiral in the navy, according the
VI he two rear-admials proposed, might be most USE
aliy employed at the Department ITSELF when not on more
active duty in such supervision and direction Of the person.
mel OF the navy as might be assigned him by the head Of the
department. in analogy to the connexion Of the
Chief and the Adutant General with the Department Of War
ne other when not in command sea- should establish his
quarters al San Francisco other point on the Pacific coast
ma should be invested with command all the naval off,
ers and seamen west of the Rocky Mountains as well as the
naval forces in the Pacific and in the China and East India
eas reporting all his orders and the operations and proceed
Cg under them to the Department. at stated and early periods
ne distance Of our Pacific coast from the seat Of government
wen by the most expeditions route too great for an ener
ec system OF naval operations, by of the transmits
non OF orders and dispatches and o or even for the en-
orcemen Of proper discipline under the existing law the
a'er particular our squadron there in less eligible stua-
ION than before the acquisition Of California The
commander OF squadron foreign station is empowered
order courts martial and approve and carry into effect
heir sentences but, if be within the United States court
nent Thus military justice which formerly Of easy en-
orcement where the squadron sufficiently
urnish the necessary officers to constitute court depend
ut now on orders from Washington and has become too
Is seriously felt and demands an early remedy
B however, but one Of many illustrations Of the necessity
staoning on that coast officer Of higher and larger
uhony than any now existing in the navy.
Ihe object in maintaining naval force in the Pacific
nd demanding that shall be in the highest degree of eff
lency, is two-fod
ls To protect more than one thousand miles in
ngth' occupied by sparse population. probably not
ePendant seagong for the supply of their
mary food and ramen and separated by and
esers of thousand miles in extent from our other set
ements.
3D. TO give adequate protection and encouragement
ountymen engaged in the whale fisheries in in
,e South Pacific, and to that expanding commerce with
astem Asia which possessions the Pacific will enable
to command, with proper improvement Of our lawful
tvanages naval policy adequate to these ends to
indispensaby required fact perhaps generally
nown that the longest voyage in the time necessary for its
accomplishment, made by navigators is that from
uanc to our Pacific ports, and hence it will appear mani
sy exPeden cruises that ocean, to fit out naval
editions from the Pacific coast which shall return thher
end Of their tour vessel sent there from The Atlantic,
,codng to the present arrangement to return at the end Of
years, loses year Of the three in going and re-
rning. And from the marked difference in the navigation
the oceans, if the design be bring her home 70 re
will need condition Of repair enable her weather
ape Horn and pass up the bosterous Of the Atlantic
hch will qualify her for extended cruise in the Pacific
be extraordinary state Of prices prevailing forbds the
lea Of building vessels recruiting seamen on that coast
deed the flag ship of the Commodore Of the Pacific SQUAD
was, at last advces deficient by more than one-haf in
complement of men, without the ability to recruit more
Icept at wages far above those now allowed. It must
ereiore be greatly to interest," at least until change
monetary affairs in California
lst To build ships and recruit sailors on the Atlantic
ast for the Pacific feet;
I'd When sufficient number Of vessels shall be placed
that side OF the Continent retain them there for pema
INT use and
3D. That when crews are wanted to man Them after the
piraton of the term of those originally carried out to enlist
em IN the Atlantic ports and send them out in Government
anports on the ordinary line Of travel the Ishmus
Panama, they Transported from one Atlantic