The New York herald., 1863-05-20

"o Asve heeo on tnem and athough forei8e rowFe may
think our iron-clads q failure, and that runnss
MAD over them, the time will ooms WHOM they win an4
although we build sou wooden ships, thai oAaa bs
beat In our navy OF invuInsrable lroa -olads.
New Waodsn Vessels.
The following wooden vessels hAvo boon xdsrsd 70 bs
constructed without delay
Nan.s CIas. Tons Pa<
Calhoun. Paddle So. 80. sos. 81. I0uiA
Peoria. =. ........ e1l N. Y. Navy Ysrd
en.c; cacoc. ..;.'..'''' ....''" esS' .bos.on.
onawmus.. - 5S3. Portsmouth, NH.
Iailahoma. e74 N. Y. Navy Yard.
Waooska...... ........ o74 Boston.
INSOMNIA, 8, .iron-clad.-Ths vessel II nov oo~r
peted. and will Don bs ready begin work In sarnss
Tho ruscumbla tho largest OF the Monitors built the
Western waters She has stationary turrss swessv
by sixty lset and has three eleven neh guns carrying
l65-pound balls shells. which be handled 70
dro through three different portfolios ave minutes 81
has ao her stern Two nlnelnch rinod rarrotsS ~
roopound balls Her hull lss feet long and 10 Tea
beam, and daws nve foot water. with all hsr armAmsas.
scses sc coal NC soo.sd sns @ ess ~nns are &c Sea NE. ss
hrst consists OF the gndeck and the latter s
below the water line The turret is PLATED wh sx inca
ber, placed different ways Of the WOOD 70 got all The
possible strength The pilot house ID the turrss, 20 ~
q tho tmc direct the OF the vessel -
rng Of the guns TO allow the escape q gas and smoke
two and shas inches thick. which makes very oss
The hull covered with three nch iron plating grooveA
- 'GS sss q
with hot water hose, capable o. sjeoting soaillas
stream 70 distance Of I've hundred fee He! proesas
strength. and all below the iron clad deck. and ocs
strucsd upon entirely plan. lately approved s.A
inches in diams&er six feet stroke working two
fu aide wnseis twenty ve fest In diameter, and twelve
dsrs twonty inches stroke, working two screw ropsss
six foot six inches In diameter. She Furnished wee
..S .S s osss sSsss % SO s %
forty Inches In diameter, with i've hues each win =
auxiliary pumping engine for alins tho boilers BY hss
Lsesenami Cbmmawder-Jamss W. shirk.
Hss1ws-Jamcs MARSHALL, John Dunlap. Goa. Farrea.
MaRv's Mases-E Clark, ;. l.. hictie Frank Dunlap.
CAi9 0s~mer-R. Appiegate.
Emos~ssn-Cnisf-John Hariips First Assstanss--
vSss. william sIas sssse: s0''RS d T. .:
Bull, O. Cough.
The number Of guns or the navy al the present time
s over three thousand. and will largely augmented
by tho armament Of the now iron-cals 10 process
OF construction. Tho character OF tho guns in no as
the present time 10 materially changed twenty our and
thirty two Founders being superseded By niuc-nch and
cIeven-inch guns. tha the weight o broadsidss d. b
the aggregate half dozen times greater than a theee
Of tho old navy.
The New Grades Of OmcsRs.
The Navy Department has issued the following asosra
Ordor.-
Surgeons, paymasters, naval constructors chief ea-
sstant surgeons Secretaries assistant sursesos asssaae
constructors assistant paymastes, 6rt assans
etnecrs cerks, carpenters and saimakers ere v b
regarded - stan cfoss. and ell other otcsrs q tas
ofhcsrs Of those two glasses s 70 be - foliows,-
nnDSoAL nzrARfxnr.
Assistaat surgeons 70 rank with masters.
Psssed assistant surgeons 70 rank with iieuseaans.
Surgeons to rank with lieutenant commanders Ter the
nrst dve>year after promotson after tho art vv yss
mission 10 rank with captains.
Surgsoa Of tho noet TO rank with captain.
~ PAT psrAKrN.xr.
Assistant paymastArs 70 rank with masters.
Paymastsrs 70 rank with lieutenant commanders ~
years vita comSsndsrs, and After aftsss yesr dsAs q
commissnn 70 rank with captains.
Fieet paymastsr to rank with captain.
nSomnR psPARfNsEr.
Third assistant sngineers 70 rank with midshlpnsa
Second assistant sosnsers 70 rank ,h Nth sS:ss.s
Chief engineers 70 rank with iieutenant commanders
for the rs ave asr prcmotioo sr.sr ths s Ave-
Fleet engineer 70 rank with captain.
Assistant naval constructors 10 rank with mastoee.
Naval constructors Of loss than twelve years standing
twelve years with commsndes ana of moro than swsa
" years with captains.
ChapAlps and professors OF mathematics moro thaa
twelve years standing n their respective grades 70 rank
Chapains and professors Of Mathematics q lsss AAa
twelve years. with lieutenant commanders.
sEcRsrARRs.
Secretaries with iieu.snants.
Ciorixs with midshipmen.
cARPrS1xis AND sAiLAAEEn.
Carpenters and samakers with gunners
srAv CRApgs.
Tho noet captain 10 be called the 'cbef OF the STAR"
and 10 take precedence OF tho stat officers o every
grade
Chiefs OF bureau OF the staff corps TO rank with oom-
modores aud TO precedsace each other accord
ing their dates OF commission surgeons
naval constructors and engineers and not according 70
tho date o, appointment fleet oscer chief of bu
Feet s,an officers to take precedence Of executive
oEcors.
All executive officers to have authority and prsos
all other staff officers, TO the commander,
while on board the vessel or at the station TO which they
In professions shore. on courts martial, summary
SorrSs line and ssa orhcsrs viii take precedence 40
cording TO relative rank.
reports Of retarn win DO obtained from and made 70 tho
commsoder os executive cmcer - tho stan oscer may
latter being notified In the former csse.
BxR1uixc oy oryToERs.
Navy DEPARTMENT, March 70. 1885,
The statcfooms on the starboard side OF the wardroom
To be occupied By the limo ocers, and those The
port BY stat officers ohe wardroom The for
ward ptaerocm OF all the starbosrd side conuected
with the wardroom. and the aban II, 70 b
occupied by the executive ocer and the navigating Of
ncer respectively and the rest Of the that side
are 70 DO occupied By the remaining line ocsrs In the or
der OF their seniority the dag eutenant there
be board sharing with them In choice agresably
his rank seniority that ths third from for.
ward viii fs 10 the senior among them, the fourth
| 10 tho next one IN seniority, and 20
On the port side the forward staeroom OF a connected
with the wardrom u 70 be occupied by the senior
ainecr hoard In charge Of the engines, the next
abaft Il by the paymaster assistant paymasisr In
charge Of the pay department the third a from
the forward by the surgeon assistant surgeon In
charge of the medical department and the by the
naming stat ocers, IN the order Of their rank or ~
nlorify, whether they be designated feet occs
otherwise Tho forward In Wow intended 10
embracs any that may have been may be constructed
on either side n the wardroom adjoining i forward