The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-16


ATTACHED to the South Atlantic SQUADRON,
under the command Of Captain John J. Almy.
TnE MoNoNGAHE1A, a second-rate screw
sloop OF 1873 tons, and carrying guns, was
launched on the 10th Of July, 1862. She is
now attached to the North Atlantic Squadron,
under the command Of Commodore Simon b.
Bissell.
The SHENANDOAH, a second-rate screw-sloop,
Of 1878 tons, and carrying guns, was
launched ON the Sth of December, 1862. She
is now attached to the Asiatic Squadron, under
the command of Captain John r. Goldsbo-
rough.
THE TACoNY, third-rate side-wheel gun
boat, of 97I tons, and carrying guns, was
launched on the 7th of May, 1868. She is now
undergoing repairs at Norfolk.
THE KANSAS, a fourth-rate screw gunboat,
of 593 tons, and carrying guns, was launched
on the 29th of September, 1863 She is now
attached to the South Atlantic Squadron,
under the command Of Commander Clark H.
Wells.
THE YANTIc a fourth-rate screw gunboat,
of 593 tons, and carrying 7guns, was launched
on the 18th of March, 1864. She is now under
going repairs at Norfolk.
THE ToyAwANDA, a sister to the Monadnock
and Miantonomah, and also to the Shacka-
maXon, which is now on the stocks, is a third
rate iron-clad, of 1864 tons, and carries 4
guns. She was launched into the sections on
the 3lst of March, 1864, and finally into the
Delaware on the 7th of May following. She
is at present OH the Naval Academy station.
The SwATABA third-rate screw sloop of
S3l tons, and carrying TO guns, was launched
on the 23d of May 1865. She is attached to
the European Squadron, under the command
of Commander William n. Jeners; but Is at
present supposed to be on her homeward jour
ney, with John II. Surratt, the assassin, on
board.
THE NEsHAMoNY a frst-rate screw sloop of
1918 tons, and carrying Is guns, was the
last vessel completed at the Yard. She was
launched on the 9th of October, 1865, and is
now at New York, receiving her machinery.
Vessels now Building.
Three vessels are now in the course of con-
struction, having been placed upon the stocks
in 1865. They are the following:-
THE ANTIETAM, a tirst-rate screw sloop of
3l77 tons, to carry % guns;
THE PUsHMATAHA, a second-rate screw sloop
of 234S tons, to carry l3 guns; and
TIE SHAMoKIN, a secOnd-class double-tur-
reted ocean monitor of 1900 tons, to carry 4
guns.
In addition to these three,
TIE CHATTANOOGA is now fitting out at the
Navy Yard. She is a frst-rate screw slOop of
1928 tons, and will carry 10 guns.
The "PersOnneI" Of the Navy Yard.
The CoNniANDANT AND SrAFF.-The pre-
sent Commandant of the Navy Yard is
Commodore Thomas 0. Selfridge, who ranks
as the fourteenth on the retired list. His staff
consists of the following officers -
Captain William II. Macomb, Executive
Officer
Commanders, Thomas c. Harris and H. A.
Adams, Jr.
Surgeon, J. S. Messersmith.
Assistant Surgeon, 4. H. Ware.
Paymaster, Henry Etting.
Chaplain, L. C. BittingeT.
Boatswain, Edward Kenney.
Gunner, Charles Stuart.
Carpenter, Jonas Dibble.
Sailmaker, Samuel Tatem.
THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT is in charge of
Commodore Henry K. Hof, the first on the
active list. In this department about fifty men
are employed, their duties embracing the fit
ting of sights to guns and the construction of
wooden gun carriages. This last was very
important branch before the war, but the pre-
sent extensive use of iron gun carriages has
done away with it to great extent. In ad-
ditiOn to Commodore Hotf, the following officers
are on duty in this Department.
Commander, Alexander A. Semmes.
Gunners, William Carter and James HOgg.
Master Gun-carriage Maker, John Knowles
The NAVAL CoNsTRUCToR's DEPARTMENT
embraces the shipcarpenters, the shipjoiners,
the shipsmiths, the plumbers, the boat
builders, and the sparmakers, and an0rds
employment at present to about four hundred
men. The following officers are on duty
Naval Constructor. S. M. PoOk.
Assistant Naval Constructor, J. w. Easily.
THE DEPARTMENT OF STEAM ENGINEERING is
in charge of Chief Engineer Theodore Zeller,
and employs about one hundred and fifty
men, embracing the machinists, boiler-makers,
blaclsmiths, iron-founders, coppersmiths,
and pattern makers. The following officers are
also ON duty
First Assistant Engineer, John Roof.
Third Assistant Engineers, William z.
McEwan and William Finn.
THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING is in
charge of Architect Alfred Young, who has
the general supervision of all the buildings
and dry-docks.
THE SToREKEEPER's DEPARTMENT is in charge
of Commander d. Lynch, Naval Storekeeper,
/ who employs about thirty men, and has charge
of the stores of all kinds.
THE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT is in charge of
/ Captain ]. M. Frailey, General Inspector, and
Paymaster H. M. Hieskell, Inspector of Pro
visions.
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT embraces about
eighty men for general duty, under the con-
troll of Boatswain J. G. Walton, as foreman.
THE MARINE GUARD, containing about eighty
men, is oficered as fOllows;--
Major, T. Y Field.
Captain, James Lewis.
First Lieutenant, II. G. Cochrane
Second Lieutenants-E. X. Miller, p, r
Neill, and ]. c. Morgan.
The League Island IrOnvClad Station,
which is Independent of the old Navy Yard, /
oticered as folloWs:-