The New York herald., 1876-09-25
Edward T. Nichols commandan. Navy Yard.


orders, 23 sick, I; on leave, g. The seniors are;-
Medical Direcfors-l5
10 eph Beale, Chief Bureau of McGicne and Surgery
William Grer President Examining Board; j. Win
throp Taylor, waiting orders samuel Jackson, Naval
Laboratory, New York; Marus Duvall special du,y,
BALTIMORE Joseph Wilson, special duty. Centennial; ;
Robert I. MaccoGn member of Examining Board;
Philip Lausdale, neet surgeon, European station
Phineas Horwitz, special duty, Philadephia Charles
Martin Naval Hospital. Norolk; Francis NJ. Gun
nell Naval Hospital Washineton James suddars,
waiting orders; Edward Shippcn, Naval Hospital,
Philadelphia; samuel F. Cones, Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn.
Medical Inspectors-I5.
Jacob s. DUNCAN, fleet surgeon, North Pacific sta
ton; George Peck, member Examining AMI Retiring
boards; John NJ. Browne. Naval Hospital Marc Island
Thomas j. Turner, nect surgeon Asatic station John
y Taylor, member Board OF Examiners; William I.
Hord Navy Yard, Boston; Albert L. oihon, Naval
Academy Richard Q. Dean. feet surgeon, North At
antic staon; Philip s. Wales special duty Washing
van Boodgood, Navy Yarc, New YORK; Thomas Walter
Leach, member Board oi Examiners William ~ KING,
Navy Yard Norfolk; BENJAMIN r Gibbs fleet surgeon.
south Pacific station; DAVID kindlebcrger. member
Examining and Retiring boards.
rne senior surgeon on the list for promotion is
William h. Taylor, Navy Yard Mare Island.
coRPs-l2I.
The retirement OF Pay Director Calvin c. Jackson
and the dismissal OF Pay Inspector Rufus G. Spading
cd the promotion James Fulton to be pay d.
rector, Henry III. Dennston and Richard Washington
to be pay inspectors Henry T. Shedding and Charles
W. Slamm TO be paymastcrs and Nicholas H. Stavey to
be passed assistant paymaster. Henry r. smith,
civilian, was appointed assistant paymastcr vice
OF It's ull complement OF 1876 officers. shore duty ab
serbs 40 officers, 46 are on vessels in commission,
% waiting orders are settling accounts, are
leave ana under suspension. The seniors
Pay Directors.
George +. Cutter pay Office at New York; James II.
Watmough acting Chief Bureau Provisions, &c John
o. Bradford, Chief Bureau OF Provisions, &C Edward
G. Doran, waiting orders at san Francisco; Joseph e.
Eldridge. inspector provisions, brooklyn Navy YARD
John >. Gullck, Naval As, ium Philadelphia Thomas
Ii. LOCKER pay onico at Balumorc; Caleb J. Emery
to be relieved from duty ut Navy Yard Boston, Sep
tember 30 Charles ". Abbott to be relieved from
duty at Boston, September 80; John 5. Cunningham,
pay Office San Francisco; Robert H. Clark, waiting
orders James d. Murray, on lcave OF absence; James
Fulton, inspector OF provisions, Mare Island
james n. Carpenter, suspended live years; Alexan-
der W. Russell, pay office, Philadelphia; George Leon
ard Davis, leave of absence; Augustus II. Gilman,
Iaspar Schenck, Navy Yard, Mare Island; Charles IL.
Eldridgc, 1eet paymastcr South Pacific station; Gil
bert f. I1or4.on purcaasinS paymaser at Boston
ward Foster, Bureau OF PROVISIONS, Sc. Edward May,
fleet paymasler, North Atlantic station; Henry ~.
Denniston, Navy Yard, League Island Richard Wash
ngton Navy Yard, Boston.
The senior paymasters in the line OF promotion
Rufus Parks, Frank Z. Crosby, Edwin Stewart and
Joseph A. smith.
ENGINEER coRps-23O
The organization OF this corps calls for 70 chief
engineers 100 passed assistant engineers and 100
engineers; also such cadet engineers may
graduate from ths Naval Academy. The list of chief
engineers is ful, but there vacancies for three
passed assistants and nity assistants Three cadet
engineers. Out OF an original class of twcnty-iour,
appointed IRON civil life-viz, J. A. Henderson and
Waiter Shewell. Chief Engineer John johnson has
been retired and Assistant Engineer George Z. Nelson
resigned. There are lo4 engineers on vessels, 5S
shore duty, 5S waiting orders 10 on leave sick andI
suspended The senior chief engineers
Reidtire Rank If Captdin-l0
William w. W. Wood chief Bureau Steam Engineer
ing; Benjamin +. Sherwood on leave of absence;
George Sewell, waiting orders; William II. Shock. on
speca duty James W. King, general inspector OF en-
ginecrng works; Theodore zcier leave absence;
Ebrdge Lawton, waiting orders; Robert Dandy, wait
Henry II. Stewart, president Board of Examiners
Relative Rank Of Commdnder-l5
Harman Newell, special duty Philadelphia; Edmund
S. DeLuce, waiting orders Edwin Fithian emporary
duty Bureau steam Engineering; Montgomery Fletcher,
duty; Alexander Henderson. Navy Yard, New York;
stephen d. HILBERT, nect engineer, south Pacific sta
David b. Macomb, Navy Yard, Portsmouth; Edward
d. Robie Navy Yard, Norfolk; Thorn Williamson,
charge Of stores Portsmouth Navy Yard; William 5.
J. Lamdin, sick leave; & orge r. johnson, special
duty, Wilmington, Del William B Brooks, fleet engi.
cnArLA.Ss, PROFESSORS AND SECRETARIES.
The list OF these officers remains unchanged, except
that Professor Henry II. Lockwood retired August
Is aud james r. Socy appointed TO MI the vacancy.
Out of twcpty-our chaplans only fourteen are on
duty; the others are waiting orders (sevcn) and
Dr. Eamund C. Bntingcr, OF Philadelphia, is tho
senior chaplain and Professor John II. Z. Coffin. well
known professional circles the superintendent of
the "Nauca Almanac, ~ is the senior professor. Both
have the relative rank OF captain.
There have been no promotions or other changes
among these officers VINO number 27-vz-, naval con
structors, l2 assistant naval constructors, 8; civil
engineers, 10
WARRANT OFFICERS AND MATES
Boaswans 81; senior, John Burrows Gunncrs, 61,
senior George sirIsn. Carpenters, 81 senior, Henry
p. Leslie. Sailmakcrs, 50; senior. stephen Seaman
Mates, 40. These officers arranged alphabetically
instead of according length OF service Robert Silver
the senior, having been appointed in ls6l
THE GARiNE coRrs.
After years comparative stagnation IN the
m n
senior captains, who had held that rank since 1861,
promoted maIorities--viz. Clement ID. Hebb and
Philip H. Fendall. Lewis resigned, aud Graham,
reurcd These promoiicns made captains OF Henry j.
Bishop ana Robert h. Meade lrs, cutcnants OF Green
Clay Goodloe and Richard Wallach and second eutcn
ants oil citizens Wood and Randolph Dickns The stan
and senior line officers are:--
Stlg and Sen,or Line officers
Jacob Zeilm brgalicr general aud commandant; I;
William b. Slack, major and quartcrmaser; John Z.
Cash. major and paymastcr; william A. I. Maddox and
Horato H. Lowry captains and assistant quartermas-
ters; Matthew Il. Kintzing, colonel; James II. Jones
aud Charles q. McCawley, lieutenant colonies; Thomas
Y. Field, John |. Broomc, Clement d. Hcbb and Philip
X. FendalI, majors, Charles Haywood and Lucen l..
Dawson. senior captains; William Wallace and Charles
f. Williams senior leuienanis; George c. Reid lieu.
tenant and aide decamp.
VOLUNTEER OFFICERS.
One acting master, acting ensign, three acting
passed surgeons and eighteen acting assistant
surgeons constitute tho volunteer forcc Of the navy,
the dates of appointment ranging from 1865 to 1870
CASUALTIES.
In addition to the gnaons, deaths, &c. recorded
incidentally IN the foregoing register the following
casualties nave been rcportcd:-
Resigndtions
Lieutenant William s. McGunnige, TO take effect
October S; Midshipman Frank s. Collins; Gunner
James Thayer Acting Assistant Surgeon w. j.
Cronyn; Cadet Miushipmcn Herman f. Grabo. Angus
tus {. Macomb William 3 Osterhout, Prentice Bailey,
William Crosby. John g. Mason, Andrew 5. Rowan
David Bartlett, Francis l.. Bcrkiey, Herbert Bliss,
Howard {. Boom, Henry ID. Booth, John B. Boyd,
Robert J. Brcckinbridge. Edward u. Fitzgerald,
Thomas B. Franklin, Alexander G. Gilmore, Jamcs
Gray, Samuel lie H. jackson, Edward +. kimball,
I.eonidss Levisec Frederick p Meares Alfred a.
Morcy, William Morse, James OConncll, Edward H.
Ofley, Edward O. Z. Odd Frank B Parsons, John T.
Porter, George H. X. Prebe, Nat Saunders James A.
Serum, and Edward c. Thompson; Cadet Engineers
Clarence A. Miller, Henry O'conner, William Morse
Dcufhs
Rear Admiral sas A. strngham trctrcd); Com
modorcs John Pope and stephen Decatur trctlrodj;
Captain Augustus >. BALDWIN Uetiredl; Commander
Edward G. Draon (retred; Medical Directors Robert
J. Dodd anu William johnson tretrcd), Pay Directors
Garrett r. Barry, Henry Etung aud A. Eugenc Watson
Ireilredl. Cadet Mldsnipman John L. Arnold; Boat-