, 1864-07-19

List Of Officers Of the Regular and
Volunteer Navy.
Navy Yards and 5quadrons,
ILLINOIS In THE NAVY.
OUR fATY IN 1864,

ILLINOIS In THE NAVY.
OUR fArF IN 1864,
Steadily since the breaking out Of the r..
bellion has our Navy increased, until at the
present time We are rated as second in
strength On the Globes EOnr Iroa-clad feet
10 already the largest and best constructed Of
all the nations. Our officers are the most
thoroughly educated eeamen, and for bravery
and daring cannot be surpassed, For the
oencht OF the reader We will gire the follow
ing statistics, compiled from the Naval Reeis-
Ter OF 1864, Which cannot but be interesting
TO those who Will take the pains TO pe1use
it:
The organization Of the Navy Department
consists Of the Offices of the Secretary of the
Navy, the Bureaus of the various depart-
mentt, the officers Of the Regular Navy, the
Naval Academy, the Marine Corps, the on.
Gers on Special Service, the Volunteer Off.
eerF OF the Navy Yards md Shore statiors.
and the formation Of squadrons, We viii
first speak Of
TIE SAyT DEPARTMENT..
nc Navy Department consists of the Office
" DnTfnnE
Yards and Docks, Of Navigation. Of Ord
nance, Of Equipment and Recruiting, Of
Medicine and Surgery, Of Proyie1ons and
Clothing, OF Construction md Repair. and Of
steam Engineering. The Office Of The Sec
fetary, bae the Secretary and Assistant Sec
nsy LILY VIII ~ clefks and messengers; the
bureau Of fares aud Docks, l chief and s
employ ees; Of Navigation, l chief and 5
employ ees; Of Ordnance, chief and s en-
ployees; OF Equipment and Recruiting. /
chae1 ana officers; of Medicine and Sur
gcy, Chief and employees; OF Provisions
1na t!otnng, chief and II employees; Of
Construction and Repair. CHIEF md o ofH-
cials; and Of Steam Engineering, Chief and
oinc1als, naking the number Of Employees
IN the Department proper, besides the Sec
retary, to be cighty-one.
OFFICERS OF THE REGULAR NAVY.
The officers Of the regular Nnyy arc MS fol-
LOWS: Rear Admirals, IL Commodores, 40;
Commanders, IN: Lieutenants, 1888; En-
signs, GO; Acting Ensigus, Sc; b{idshipmcn,
=; Surgeons, a3; Assistant Surgeons, 12S
Paymaste1s, 100; Chaplalns, 2S; Professors
Of Muthematics, Il; Chief Engineers, 50;
Engineers. 149; &C Assistant Engineers, ss52;;
Masters, o; Aiidshipmen at the Newport r.
!. Naval Academy, lst class, 50; I'd class, G3;
Advanced Sd class, 81; I'd class, So; Advan-
ced 4th class, 80; 4th class, It's; Boatswains,
81, Gunners, 10; Carpenters, IS; aud Sail
Makers, 4; making the, total number Of
dred and forty.
THE MARINE CORPS.
The Marine Corps is commanded By a Col
one1, whose staff consists OF Quartermas-
ter, two Assistant Quartermasters, and Ad-
jutant at,d Inspector and a Puymastcr. Be-
sides these there is Colonel, two Lieut.
Colonels, Majors, go Captains, % 1st Lieu
also retired list consistiug OF Lieut.. Colo
mel, Major md two Captains. thus making
the number Of Marine officers to b. %.
NAVAL. CONSTRUCTORS, AGENTS AND STORE
KEEPERS.
The number Of Naval Constructors is 0,
with ] Assistant Naval Constructor; Naval
agents, S; and Naval Storekdepers, 9. To-
tai, e7.
THE NAVAL ACADEMY
This Institution, located at Newport, r.
l., is for the instruction Of the junior officers
Of the Navy. It Is under control Of an Aca-
demic Board, consisting OF l Commodore,
Commander, 5 Lieutenant Commanders, 1
Lieutenant and Professors. There are be.
sides Corps Of Instructors, consisting Of
Lieutenanta, 2 Professors, 1 Chaplains, II
Assistant Professors, 2 Sword Masters, g Pay
masters Surgeons, ! Secretary, ! Commits;
cary, storekesPer, Clerk, Gunners, 5
Carpenters, and Sail Makers, making in all
OFFICERS EMPLOYED on srEc1AL SERVICE.
The officers employed On special service
are Light House Inspectors, Prize Commls-
sioners, Ordnance officers, officers on
Naval Regulations; officers Of the Ma
survey, the Retiring Board, super:n-
tendents Of Iron Clad Steamers, offlcs
of the Bufedu Of Engineering, and Of the
Nautical Almanac Rear Admiral Shubrick
fs Chairman Of the Light House Inspectors;
| ELK Commodores, one Captain and one Com
Commodorcs, three Captains, three Com
| 1nandefs and 6even Lieutenant Command
tls, with one Lieutenant md one Gunner
constitute the Ordnance Board; the officers
OF Naval Regulations are two Captains and
one LieutcIant commander; Special Duty
tain and one Com nander; officers Of the
Naval Observatory are one Captain, one
Commander and five Professors the Coast
Survey, one Captain and one Commander:
Retiring Board, two Commodores, one Cap
tin and two Surgeons; Superintendent Of
Que Commodore; officers Of the Bureau Of
steam Engineering, ono Chief Eneincer, one
first Assistant, six second Assistants, and
two third Assistants; and of the Nautical
Almanac, one Superintendent and three AS
eietants, making the total number OF officers
ENpEO}CA UA eFECIA4 1EEf1CE u VI.
TUE VOLUNTEER OFFICERS OF TIE SAv1.
THIS new grade Of officers, crclted during
the present rebellion constitutes the larger
part Of the American Navy. They are com
posed of ex-oftlccrs Of the old Navy, sea Cap
ts1ne, petty officers Of the merchant service,
Pilots, Engineers and civilians, many Of
them being experienced and valuable sea-
follows: Acting Licutenants, 4; Volunteer
Litutenants, 81; Acting Masters, 454; Act
iDg Ensigns. 6o4; Acting Masters Mates, 913;
Acting Assistant Surgeons, POS; Acting AS
sistant PaymaeteEs, 2272; Acting Chief Engf-
neers, ~; Acting First Assistants, III; Act
Assistants, 706; Acting Boats SWANS, 2; Act
ing Gunners, Co; Acting Carpenters, IS. The
total number Of officers OF the Volunteer
Naval service ie 4,1T8.
SAyT YARDS AND SHORE STATIONS.
The Navy Yards and Shore Stations are as
follows: Portsmouth,, \. H, Boston, Mass,
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Norfolk and Pensacola, Fla. The
following are the Commsndants:
Portsmouth, n. r., Commodore Geo. F. Peason.
Bosom; Rear admiral Silas n. Stfngham.
New York, Rear Admiral Hiram Paulaing.
Philadelphia, Commodore e. x. Strih1in..
Baltimore, Commodore Thomas A. Dornin.
Washington, Commodore j. 3. Montgomery.
Norfolk. Commodore John ". Livingston.
Pensacola, Commodore VIM. Smith.
San Francisco, Captsin Thos o. Selfudge.
Cincinnati, Acting Master q. s. Bowen.
Cairo, Capt. A. N. Pcnuocl.
Memphis, Lieut.. Commander Thoe. e. Pattison.
sQUADRoSs.
The number Of squadrons in the o. S. Navy
Is ten, with one loti1la and several vessels on
speeial service: We give the list Of squad
rons in the order which they are registered:
The No4tA Atlantic Blockading Squadroo-Act-
iDg Rsar a ADMIRAL Samuel Phillips Les. command
Rarnes: Vcsselk-atcam hlsate Minnesota dag
ship, ilon-csad steamer Roanoke ste3mers Fort
Jackson, Connecticut, Quaker City, Florida, Heit-
za',. Mar1sanza. Morse. fansemond, Sonthfeld,
Ejphon, Daylight. Montgomery. Perry, Mt Vernon,
Britannia: Gov: Buckingham ,9Sewbern, Hon1uah,
loesT1oI' TS Hndsrter f. Calypso, Gem Barney,
ton. Victoria, uunehback, shaw=hen, Rotan.
Whitehead. Cohassett, Fahkee, Seymour, Alert and
Zouhye: Stepping Stones Gen. Pdtnam, Emma.
Myft,c. Young Rover and Lilac; steam E1oop Sheu-
nndoah: etofe chips 81. Lawrence, Release and
Albemarle: eloop Granite, and steam gunboat
South Aaansle Dlockading Isquadnn.-Re..
Admiral. John A. Dahlgren, commanding; Com
nsnder Dan'l Ammen. AID; and Lieut.. Command
e., Joseph II. Bradford, Fleet Captain. Vessels
Stean fricatc Wubash, {Flaeship) Iron Clad
Steamer New 1ronsides, Steam Sloop CanandaigDa,
sIeam S1oop IIousatouic, Storeship Vermont, Iron
G1ad & Steamer M f9tapaso, Steam sleop f9wnse, Iron
Jones. MahaBka. Clmmaron, Chippewa, unadlila,
Ottawa, Huron, Seneca, Marbeheai, /, Wissahckon,
Iron Clad S(same5s-Paseafc, Nantucket, Mon
tAuk, NAhant, and Catssfll. 6teane's-Nipstc,
Water Witch, Memphis, Lodoua, Flambeau, Po-
tomska, sscttin, Con-; Mepoponph, Mohawk,
Mary Sanfaid, E. 3. Hale, South Carolina, Oiean.
der 'Gerhbfum IarIspu D0ladu JonoutI. Carua-