Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-26
RULES FOR TIE GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY

ton OF The District Wy III i1''' AN 't'"->
RIM - FOR TIE GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY
oar renders arc already thai, in obedience 10 pre-
vnilinn conpanIs the nctllcirncy vi Tue navy Congress
undertook during the last session 10 a ti
ui Ina uublc service. Commodore 9lochi"h lti"'i' ON
having that Object The naval Committee ot lr
and Mr. stanton Tennessee, reported rio'ut"" '" 'nc
30, r,,i,trr ri the House Of Representatives. scheme
IN correct numerous cannot be- digest a:i eSfhIrd
~ r. and the conflicting: views III the Giit classes oil
naval oirers cunsprcd 10 produce irl:n 50 That hoihs
,,,uIJ he accomplished brnle The adjournment
hu makes II tho duty ct Congress |" ii"eh
code for the navy ayng that Congress shall nave Fo"
.r 10 make rule, The nni regulation al the
land ami avail iurrrs The President h,% me '"'n',
chief may ordrrs explanatory o' The rules present.
rLby Congress. OF 10 carry them into lIe''i "ni I ,'
President the Secretary ui The Navy WI" sPthhs III us
name can onstutionay Teorsansr ttr navy OF iIhhe
new code Tor H. Congress has provide rules "l'' GOV
eminent, no ma 1T advised those rules may uc
The navy organized by Congress III ioou p"' III.
r. t,.n adopted genera! IN tiitr chafartrf ana
did not sufficiently int" details 10 s'n shshc"h
In 1918 passed creating bOafi 81 navy 'o"hs
,,uers and giving that board r power 10 pirplrc win
tnr advice und Secretary !" The Navy sn'h
rules regulations might be necessary 20 serue UNI
luniy in The several classes vi vessels lhn ir equip
men repairing aud rehng thcn ana o' seeu"g IL
sponsiblty in The subordinate officers ana ase".' We
rules and regulations thus prepaed were W"F' 'e n'
of law rtsm approved BY the President lac power mus
delegated PARTICULAR not general II vas hmiled 10
speci, object Of accomplishing mat Object
4 by securing responsibility The subordinate "ceIs ana
agents to be employed Although the delegated power was
hus limited the commissioners prepared sene' ''ie o'
lime, although they were never sanctioned ny igtrs-
or officially approved by the President
In 1882 an passed constituting second o'hl 10
navy commissioners ADD l"o posi- ''i'ilS
and directing revise" with the AID OF The ATTORNEY zen
era The rules and regulations governing The hh'h service
with view 10 adopt The present anI tutufe r5Igrn
cies The rules and regulations 10 have The lor " " ana
stand lieu o all Others lhrre"iofc rhht,' "'h ieS
should be upprosed by The President and sanctioned W con
Press The board submitted 10 lung In
1893 but they approved hy that body MS cod was
slcrw ards rcmucIcd and heu approved nv lie secretary
e Of the Navy but IL was not submitted !" US ,
ac of 1892 directed did not hrcone legal and
bludlny When Mr.. Upshur look charge {" 'ho NAVY pc.
he submitted that code tn Congress- "lua recon-
& that approved and il was not approved
alt Up,Ilu also recommended another reVls ~ ny new
commission be differently constituted I've nun III me
organic III the former couinisslnn an' II us WotA Il
ully in Mr. Upshufs report which Sas tat rules
and REGULATIONS for government Ut all classes ana grades
in The navy ought BIZ ntrmstcd 10 any one OF 'hri
rXclusyrly mixed cunms"Iun, ribracn! me CIV" "'
well as The military branches I" The service S"U' 1t m
evr, be best qualified adapt Ia every rar ne service
the proprr aud rules Ipr the government ima s'oh
nj This was in lrcemhrf 1911 On III IA ol March
Isj2 AIR Manpum of North Carolina subnitl"i oh The
naval committee the Senate "A bill 10 ahi"ri1e hr ar
pon,lncn board Tor he proposition Of aes ana Ing
,r The regulation and government al The navy ms OIL
nrs.J Thai Ii,n members The Should b. Sc
.IcJ from grades for the reason stated oY or opIhn
This bill was considered the st al Apr. loi- ana was
n IN mn. al, for the reason that cuIls lrnefs were dis.
trusted and The Secretary of The Navy coni prepare sys
tenn o rules and regulations and 7n"mh II !" 'Hns' '
without previous legislation. On The 81 May "'"R
Ho,a. resolution passed, Directing he Secretary ol
the Navy The Attorney Genrnlo rifr f"'es h"u re-
,uI,Iiyus tor the navy. and submit them congress v"
~. O,h of March 1913 II proposed = give Tie r"r
,us i,asej farce 81 iAw un the 'rA' ar77i"n; 't
j, Congress refused 10 DO 80 M
Such ~ the al c :lsaon "n lh subject, afford
nr commentary II needed rtIir clause oil lie
constitution whicl, empowers Congress MAKE .uIe "'
The oyrrntnrnt tho Navy, and shown! tha congress
has not delegated that either 10 n secretary m me
NAVY or to a board officers u" 10 The PesIdh But wr
understand ht board convened II The a''c days Of
The late administration which modcsiy noeTtnoH 10 teu
IIaI.t
ia ahors il before Us volume of nocihaE iva hundred
pages, @nh hc!ol'wln" 'hr;
ID o The naval services o United States expo
n silior. oil The aud relations OF icf and men III the
several branches harcn prepared by IN Secretary Of h'
u Navy with The aid and advice =" board officers coVsnrd
for that purpose and improved by c fiadent {" Inc Uni
h ted Stats February 10, 1893
the Navy consult with any nunnrf officers, and II l.
he mol by what namenc designate
them But what the atlonnny be- whether
:. board commission rules thus amt Tor the govern
> men OF navy have validity mntl thy are sanctioned
nv Conctess even they called ''areTs and nsiruc
II lions tide page III the volume whc c"ntans them
r Wc these orders and insTuctlons, which
ourpor 10 have drawn up by he aeSeccInty 81 n
Navy framed and compiled entirely board ut ON
GERS ohnuynus 10 Mr. Upshnfs objections the old board
ind work contains the Impcrecfi"s, increased IN
n lapniru! which dishgurcd The report submitted 10 Con
ed !ress in 1871 ratified by thai body We have mast
cianl authority for saving neither Tie late President
or the late Secretary tho Navy the orders and
nsImctuns, and that they approved them IN The iah OF
10 he board OF officers. But II is not our pnose 10 examine
he 'ot1cTS ana nsUnCtipiis. We '"'eH ouSrF's W wv
aying that rhey much Of The ground apart Tor leg
,ative nn and that had they been ramci wit: Gsign
increase The i'll feeling that exists al prescn from had
anizno between the different grades {" ~ (which
ns excrted such powerful effect in impaTg the hirmnny
and efficiency Of the navy they could not hecn better
70 devised purpose These rules, Of riders AMI in
.lruclions being invalid until ratified by Congress
he rot even submitted To Congress- although hit body ia
.sson but hav understand been in nrl: since Frbu
q ~ Ii when the Signature OF tho late President attach
to rhem and actually issued Under thl authority
IN he ath . March, Washington onion
in TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
~ Burning Of TIC Independence and Grcc L9.s Of Life
n New ORLrAss April 2S.-1he stsamcr listed States ar
we'd hero 10 DAY with California dalcs u. :yr Isl The
~ lesmr left San Francisco for Pan ma Tie Isl
e h So 80 600 in gold IN freight.