The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-19


| ped, and the next, j. Purdy, IT,, resigned There
| were also ave other casualties, reducing the
ny q ss AVE- cadet xao 70 @ nr
| cHAFLAINs, PR0FkssORs ETC. .ulv =
Chaplains John Blake and George W. Dorrance
are now on the retired list and Chaplain W. r. Cobb
has resigned. These casualties resulted In the pro-
motion OF W. q. Stewart to the relative rank OF
| to the relative rank OF commander, George A.
| Crawford, Ed. r. Rawson and John B. Van Meter
TO lieutenant commander; and 90 the appointment
OF Henry Howard Clark and Elijah w. Hager to be
chaplains. Four Professors Of Mathematics, with
| the relative rank OF lieutenant, have been added
son, Edward S. Holden and John NJ Rice. Pro-
| lessor Hendrickson resigned his commission "a
and prn1essar 10 accept proIess0rsnp;
1870 left the engineer corps Of the army, in which
he was second lieutenant, for the same purpose.
NAVAL CONTRACTORS, ETC. Is, 49,
The only change In this branch OF the service Is
the appointment OF George II. Malett to be assist.
ant navap constructor, with the relative rank OF
WARRANT oPFIcERs
Boatswain John K. Bartlett. resigned; James
Heron, appointed acting b0atswain; Gunner
sshed PSnp eras william snsD1
acting carpenters; Sailmaker George Thomas re-
tired; Thomas L. Gay and Henry @. Shanley, re-
signed Garrett Van Mater, appointed acting san;
maker. These changes leave the total number or
warrant officers unaltered.
The number climates has been reduced by DEATH
resignation, &C., from Is to 65
CADET MIDsHIPhEN AND ENGINEERS.
at the Naval were there sre on S
The decrease Of 50 being thus accounted
ior;-Graduatea 2g; resigned, failed on examina.
loss 49, OF the fourth class OF 107 members II were
turned back and still remain in that class, and
There were 81 cadet engineers in January. At
present there are only 10. The first class Of
the Sp
now from the drst class. were turned back and
Inc 254 0fficers on this llst are now, b0th de
cctO and de jre retired from active service. Dur
ing the last six months the list was diminished
by Q, there being only 10 additions against Is
deaths aud one transfer to the active list. Among
9e Officers Bear Admiral JOIN
sssss s'nR Assk ss.' s. ss!ss
Al years; Commodore William K. Latimer, 6s
and Captain James T. Armstrong. 40 years.
Howard +. MoIatt, mate, and Louis r. chester,
formerly acting ensign have been added to the
list, In accordance with special legislation both
with the rank and retired pay OF master.
OFFICERS ON SPECIAL SERVICE.
duty in accordance with the act of March 8, 1878,
tho list OF officers employed on special service has
Davis ana Captain John Lee Davis, members, and
Commander John g. Walker, Secretary
terson and Edward r. Nichos Second Assistant
Engineer, Joseph H. Thomas; Medical Director,
William Grier, and Medical Inspector, John Y.
Taylor
NAVAL OBSERVATORY;
,, Rear Admiral, b. +. Sands: superintendent
Commander, Andrew w. JohnsOn Lieutenant
Commander, silas W, Terry; Leutenants Isaac W.
Hazlett and Frederick W. Greenleaf; Professors.
NJ. Yarnall II. II. Lockwood, s. NewcOmb, A. Hall,
William Hardness, j. +. Nourse, ]. Il. Eastman and
Edward s. Holden.
PHOTOGRAPHIC OFFICE
Commodore X r. Wvman Sunnrtptendnnr. Cor1
mander Joseph N. Miller, Assistant photographer;
Lieutenant Commanders, G. w. Sumner and Ii. H.
Master, Richard Wainwright.
ar.r SIGNAL CORPS.
Commodore F. A Parker, Chief Signal officer.
LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTORS.
First Dfst'tct-Commander Weld n. Allen.
Second DtStYtct-COmmander G. II. Perkins.
Third District-COmmodore stephen ID. Tlenchard.
Fourth Dista,ct-Captain Thomas G. Corbln.
EJta Distr1ct-Commodore Fabius stanly.
SiLEL DtStriCt-COmmander {. s. Norton.
Seventh DiStfict-COmmander Albert Kantz.
Eighth Dtst''tct-Commander Robert Boyd.
Tenth btshict-Commodore Napoleon Collins
Eleventh Dtstrict-COmmodore Alexander Murray.
TceJrh DiStstct-Captain James II. SPOTS.
TORPEDO CORPS, NEWPORT, X. ].
Captain Edward simpson. In charge; Meutenants
+. NJ Barber, John P; Merrill, william ,n,. Watts Will
WHAT OUR 1929 ACTIVE OFFICERS ARE DOING.
Onefth Of the oAcers ON the active list are OF
Val duties, a5a being on waiting orders" ATTY.
Jour sick thirty on leave and four under
pension; 493 are on shore duty, thirty-eight on
Special duty twenty-five returning or under orders
to to the United States, and 27 are attached
to vessels at sea or under orders ior sea service
The following detailed statement shows more pre-
cisely how the officers are employed
Adnttrats-At sea, 6; on shore duty, o; waiting
Conuroodores-Under orders for sea, /; on shore
duty, 10; special duty Il waiting orders, =:
l. ' WAITING orders SCI Il; Ordered home i. ~ ''
CO,snDGnders-At sea, q; shore duty, 4s; special
duty, q; on leave, 2; slck,2 waiting orders, IA;
Lieutenaat Conmanders-At sea, 81; shore duty,
Al; special uty, Il on leave 8; SICK o. suspended,
Lieuteramts-At sea- l27; shore duty, 80; special
duty, 9; on leave 16; sick, O.; suspended 2; wait
ing orders, "a ordered home, /.
/; on leave 81 sick, I; waiting orders, 49,
Ersigns-At sea; 1s; shore duty. 6; special duty,
Midshipnae1,-At sea, a.; on leave. 2; sick, Il;
iis oorps-At sea, 70; shore duty, 81 spe-
cial duty, 4; leave, 4; sick, 81 waiting orders,
II bav CorpsMAt sea, Al; shore duty, 81; special
Eng Engineer &c cS,ps-At sea, o.; shore duty So
special duty, Is; on leave, i; sick, 10; waiting
orders, %; ordered home, 9.
Chap,ains, Professors, dc.-At sea, s.; shore
duty, 20; special duty, on leave, /; waiting
NGpGl Const,rctors-On shore duty, "a.
Warrant ODicerS-At sea, "a; shore duty, 80 (;
special duty, s.; on leave /; SICK 8; waiting
Mates--At sea, 90; shore duty 81; waiting orders,
4; ordered home, 3.
ADMIRALs CoMNODoREs, AND CAPTAINS.
The following Is the register OF admiras. COM
modores ana captatns:-
ADMIRAL
David d. Porter, special duty, washington.
VICE ADMIRAL.
stephen G. Rowan, Commandment Navy Yard and
station, New York
REAR ADMIRAIS.
L. M. Goldsborough, Commandant Navy Yard
Washington.
Charles II. Davis member Lighthouse Board.
John Rodgers, Gommandant Navy Yard, Mare
Island, Cal.
John A. Winslow. waiting orders.
Thornton A. jenkins, commanding Asiatic sta
ton.
William Rogers Taylor, commanding South At
lantic station.
Benjamin r. Sands, superintendent Of Naval Oh
servatory. ..