The New York herald., 1871-02-15
NAVAL AFFAIRS.


A Reply TO the C0s,rgrnl,hticn CT ssfjraff.o
TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
Permit me- In Justice 10 The line officers OF the
navy, TO ask place In your columns for this reply
70 an article signed ''stan,r In yoar paper OF
February ~, 1871. The individual idoubtlessy so.
called stan naval olcer) states that the stan bill Ia
"sadly misreprescntcd. 'and he quotes section mao
OF House 0, Representatives. bill 1889. 10 satisfy
these asplrants. who desire the ute3 Of cap
tains and commanders in heu OF those Of
surgeons paymasters and engineers, pro-
pose that sections enc, two, thre3 ald four
OF bill 1852, shall 90 altered TO read ss iolows.
Medical directors medical inspectors pay directors,
pay inspectors, cher engineers, named In the bin,
respectively, shall ranK with captains and COM
mandess In le1 OF the reading that they "hayo The
rank or" This VII! give tto sadly usreDsesenred"
line Officers An opportunity TO profit by equal service
ana cquni hohcfs, and ENJOY rank with Mr. Gideon
Weliee' petted star; and II win not as the present
House bill 1882 does, place Paymaster J. =. Guiic1
whose total time in the service is nine
teen years. ahead OF Captain r. Werael,
who has thirty 1--WE years the serv.cs neither
VIII Faynaster j. N. Carpenter, who IL ten years in
the navy, RANK Commander f. Barrett, VINO has
thriy years. serNicS; nor VIII Surgeon George Peek,
OF eighteen years! ;uta service. rGlG Commando q.
Il. Wells. who nas been thirty years In the nayy.
The individual VINO signs himself "otalr' does not
inoaiI M tae nqoc forreatig, o. have ~. c9As 9i
them by iying TO SHOW that section nDe Of s.a uil
snouil Withdraw al cne oblections oI iine olaeers
10 thLs DILL.
Let any citizen place himself in the navy by sup
position; let im have captain Il. Weraen5 term or
ssfgce u thlsy,.lye yeats. how. leu hi Say now
years serviea, 10 rank over nim. MethnSs hear
nini say this Is injustice. ani cqua service shoad
give equs honors Win tnia Gs our motto, let all
tne b.nches o. the navy be placed on aa equal loot
ng, and let hiil sa3 iolbid any stal officers using
the title oil an officer OF tho line.
agree with all the regulations OF the n.sy.es o the
world, as fol0W5;-Anl ba II lurther enacted that
comnandlng onlcers OF vessc,s OF war ala OF naval
stauoaa SHALL takc precedence al oAicers
placed Chasr their comnaud; that executive OH
GERS ol vessels OF war and naval stations shall be
next In rank to SAID commanding officers, and snali
take precedence oyer all officers ATTACHED to such
vessel or station whle In the discharge Of ther
spoctiye d1ues as connected with suca vessel or
station, and al ordcss OF suoa executive ocicers
sai4 be regarded as proceeding ifoin HE commando
! log oliesr, enc oheyed accordingly.
Ii Is claimed that Bill i53g SIMPLY guarantees TO
tue naval stan le lEod and definite POSITIONS wh,cn
al army ollcers have. IL can be shown by Dili
!, ,3J2 tat III the navy With only s,ael acu, tie sur.
geons VIII have fJo5l medical roctOrs TO one In
ine army fifteen medical inspectors 10 one Ia tho
army, lity Surgeons 70 .our cssi,taoL medical pur-
Ycyols Ia the ARM, l50 surgeons and assistant sur
geons 10 l,b surgeons anI assistant surgeons In tho
army, which later consists or $1,000 men.
Eaymastsi5 Ia ta3 navy win have thirteen pay
directors 10 two IN te army, thirteen pay inspectors
10 two In The army, ATTY paypia3ter5 to nityeSht II.
the army aud sey-nty-iiye passed assistant anil
ASSISTANT p.iMastcrs ni1kil. tnIIty-eight moro
ocers In the laJ corps OF tlo navy, Win I.s 5000
men, than n the array, wita IT'D 3o,Cdo men.
iltis IL VIII be seen that the naval salf corps have
mOie rank .han that oi the army, and reailg useless
Offices afo being created. Alas for human weak
borne on hen commissions ana, III order to be called
colamo3orcs. captains a.G ca.naiandsrs they would
sacr,ico disIplile OF the navy. AZ 1t Is thought
they nave Their honor. see the letter said TO have
been purchased nom the les OF the Navy Depart
i1ent by tie star corps. ana used to try and deleat
tne continuation Oh TIE Admiral OF the Aavy: