Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-05
TUE limited STATES NAVY.

Tho naval mower of the country appears by the off.
cia register published in anuary asboth men and ma
eraIs is embraced in the following enumeration viz
ono Vice Admiral five Rear Admirals and seven Rear
Adlirals ON the reserved list nineteen Commodores
ami thirty on the retired list thirty five Captains, six
teen on the retired and ten on the reserved list sixty
seyen Commanders two not recommended twenty -four
retired and fourteen reserved; one hundred and thirty
nine Lieutenant Commanders and one retired hun
dred and thirteen Leutenants' eleven retired and ten
reserved two reserved Masters and six not in the line
of promotion twenty-One ensigns and two reserved ,
tbrty-two acting Ensgns thirty-one hidshipmen and
one reserved; twenty Captain surgeons seventeen
Commander do farty-one Lieutenant Commanders
eigbt retired do three reserved and four postponed
twenty.two Passed Assistant and four retired Assis
tant Surgeons lightweight active and three retired
tveve pa ymasters sixteen secondary thirty five rank
ING AZ Lieutenant Commanders; twelve lotired do;
reserved; thirtythree Acting Assistant Paymasters
twenty active Chapains and ten retired twelve
Professors of Mathematics and three retired four hun
dred and seventy-four Engineers four hundred and
fftyeight Mdshipmen forty -nine boatswans seventy
gunners fifty carpenters forty saiImakers; eighty
three marine officers twenty-our constructors agents
and stoiekeepers in the regular service.
The volunteer branch comprises thirteen Acting Lieut.
Commanders; one hundred and thirty-fye volunteer
Ieutenants. hVe hundred and sixty Acting Masters
eleven hundred and forty one Acting Ensigns
eight hundred and sixty Acting Masters Mates two
hundred and thrtythree Acting Assistant Surgeons
three hundred and fifty five Acting Assistant Paymas
ters: ffty-fve Acting Chief Engineers; two hundred
Acting First Assistant Engineers; one thousand
hundred and twenty second aud third do; five boat
swans; slAll-uVo BunHclh lnlTll
aggregate Of regular and volunteer line and petty officers
swels therefore, TO more than seven thousand officers
The resigns atoms dismissas &C., have amounted du-
ring the year among the volunteer officers, TO six hun
bred and three the deaths have been hundred
and fifteen and twentysX have deserted or been dis
honoraby discharged.
The North Atlantic squadron, commanded by Rear
Admiral Porter comprises hundred and twenty two
vessels of all rates the South Atlantic under Rear Ad
miral Dahlgren eightyhree the East Gulf thirty the
West Gulf seventy-eigh the Mississippi squadron un.
der Acting Rear Admiral Lee ninetyone; the Pacif
under Rear Admiral Pearson eight the East India one;
the Potomac notia, twenty-five and eight are in special
service There than eight hundred ships in the
service including seventy iron clad steamers
rying from one to eghtyfour guns but not rated
cording to the number Of guns. The Dunderburg OF
900 tons carries but ten guns the Cincinnati, of 500
tons carries thirteen guns. Fortyeight vessels have
been SUNK captured, sold or destroyed during the
In consequence Of the termination of the war vessels
are already being sold discharged and we may ex.
pect at an early Jay, to very great dimnution in
the number of men employed in this important branch
of the public service.