The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-04
THE NAV Y.
Interesting Items from The July Register
Record Of Six Months Changes
PROMOTIONS AND CASUALTIES.
A New Class of War Shps-The Zero
Vesses Of the Navy.
WASHINGTON. Angus, .. 1871.

Mr. Robeson's failure to publish the usual supple
mcntary Naval Register Tor July, 1879, caused lils
disarpolnmen, naval officers and their friends and
not n few uncomilimentary remarks. THIS year. how
ever, Secretary Thompson hand with Tho semi.
annual Register, which, corrected July - Is now
ready for distribution Heretofore all navy ressters
have borne tho appropriate device OF ap anchor ana
cable, but this familiar does not appear on The
blue cover OF the present edition IL other respects
however tho Register an improvement ou former
numbers. A s,ill further Improvement might be made
by printing tho surnamcs o officers beorp their given
naMes-Worden, John L. instead OF John l.. Worden
The Army Register IL printed IN this manner, ana Tor
OF rcfercn-c superior 10 the Navy
Register
The following important changes have been made
since tho last Reg scr ISSUED New cnleis have
been appointed to tour Of the eight bureaus OF the de.
partmean James II. wa.moush is paymaster general,
Bradford, retired William Crier surgeon zen.
eral vice scac, retired William II. shock has sue.
ccedcd ". W. ". Wood onsineer-in ct AID ,he
latter officer has been assigned specia duty Chci
Constructor John " Easily IS ~ charge OF the Bureau
o. steam Engineering, vice Han com, who resigned
that position ana subsequently, retired. These
changes carry Increased relative rank ana pay,
but arc net permanent promoto ns. fhe promotions
proper number thirty-esh,, as foilows:-
raoMoTfsys.
Howell to be rear aiilra's Captains George VI. Ran
som and William +. Spcer, Ia be cn,uuicdorea Com
n, lenry A. Adnns George brown aud John =.
Walker, 70 be captains ldeu'enan, Commuters Al
bert y Barker. Morton W. Sanders, Charles ). Cotton
John r. Bartlett, Oliver A. l,atcheler. anu silas ".
Terry. to be colnmandcrs Masters wih,an L. Is.
De!Anay and F-cderlck T. Upton, to be lieuiensnts
Ensgus julius G freeman ana Frank Gnerln. to DO
masters. Assistant surgeons ETaZ. Derr, Frank Is.
Stephenson, John g. BOYD, Daniel 5. BortoIette
George + II. Harmon James H. Gaincs, Presley NJ.
Rxey aud James II. Amber TO he passed assistant
r u pAV INSPECTOR w m ho
pay director paymnsters Rufus Parks and
ass.d o! paS Foster ana
II ward N. Whitehousc, to be aymasters. Assistant
paymaslers James A. RIM and William W. Barry to DO
chief engineer with relative rank Of commander fin.
stead OF William D. Brooks, as published In the Junu-
stiustor, with The relative rank OF captain. Samuel
II. Pook and Theodore d. Wilson, 10 be naval con
sstant Professor NJ Oliver, be professor OF drawing
ut tue Naval Acadsmy. ecoud Lieutenant Robert D..
Wainwright To be first lieutenant Marine corps
PROMOTIONS on rHK RETIRED LIST
Medical Directors tcaptaps) DAVID NJ. Harlan, J.
Dickinson Miller, Charles D. Maxwell, John J. Abcr-
hethy Joun S. Mcssersmh ana Pay Director (captain)
Robert Petit have been advanced to tho relative rank
OF commodore.
OFFICERS IN ElnRYo.
There are $40 cadets on the rolls OF whom AZ are
"cadct midshipnen VINO have passed the requisite
academic course and have to pcrlora year, ser
vice at sea prior TO nna graduation" rho others
cadet mi:shipmcn OF the first class, SO; second class
II third class, co. fourth class 81. Cadet engineers
FIRST class l5 second olass 22 third class, % fourth
class,
Retired. o--Isear Admiral John J. Amy, Roar Ad-
miral Reed Werden (sincc deceasedI, Commander
Charles II. Cushman, Commander Thomas l.. Swami,
Lieutenant Frank Turnbull P"ymastcr General John Q.
Bradford Assistant Engineer Francis &. Burchard,
Naval Constructor Isaiah Hanscom, Gunner John 9.
Ritter
Resigned, pbs--Lieutenant Theodore NJ Etting En-.
sign William Z. Heacock (scpember III, Midshipnan
John Farnsworth, Passed Assistant Surgeon William b.
Davis Acting Carpenter Leon Redoux Lieutenant Ed.
NH ar x . IIau.
tenant James G. shalicr, Marine corps; Lieutenant
Andrew Stepaen.on Marine corps (September ~; aud
Died, 2O-Rear Admirals Charles II. Davis. Joseph
Smith. l.. NJ Goldsboroush Charles kes, Theodorus
Bailey, james Aidcn, Reed Wcrdcn Commodorcs J. X.
Goldsborough Benjamin j. Iouep, EDWARD ". Car
penter, Jonathan w. swift. Captain W. W. Low, Com
Directors Charles Chase, Jonathan N. Foltz Pay In
specor Edward Foster, Boatswain Leonard X. Ellis,
Gunner Elijah Haskell, CARPENTER Daniel Jones'
VESSELS or THE NAVY.
The register the customary list of vessels of
the United States Navy which looks form iabc enough
until 1t ~ analysed, and then It resolves itself into
schedule OF comparatively harmless steamers, obso
ele wooden sailing vessels leaky and unfinished IRON
clads and Insignificant tugs Our paper navy makes
carrying l2y guns and with an aggregate tonnage or
LA, $50 TONS but the fact that only eignt of our ny
captains arc ~ command OF cruising vessels indicates
either that havo v.ry few such vessels lit for cap
tans 10 command or that We have an excess OF OIL
OF that rank Another item Is worthy OF notice.
In this register circle (O) appears after the Of
twenty ono vessels lhcro rs no explanation OF TINS
buL ~ 10 hllXcd 10 such vessels as Inc New
Orleans, which has been reported ION the stocks
sacketps arbor" for the last y or sixty years. and
the unfinished Java. Oh tho stocks ut Now York II is
far ~ assume that tho utility OF all vessels marked
has fallen 10 The following arc tho
ZERO VESSELS.
FIRST rate Niagara ScCoud rates-Connccticut,
Iowa, Antctan, Java Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Con
grcss, Worcester Third raies-Kansas. Nyack, shaw
SaUpe, Cyane. observation-disclosures, Maasachuss It's
Oregon, Roanoke and yard rug Pilgrim Gu paper
these vessels carry 23s guns and have an aggregate
tonnage OF 80 las tons.
OUR NAVY AHALyzgp.
There arc five first rate screw sieancrs. OF ISIS guns
and ID, l63 tons measurement. Three OF thcse-tne
Colorado, Franklin and wabash-arc receiving ships.
The Minnesota Is training ship and the Wabash
zero vessel
The second rates number o. carry 442 guns and thor
tom $50 Is 90 0l5 tons. they were all aoai or even
noa,able they would make u very Respectable cruising
fleet; but out OF the ~ are zero vessels, 2 Tho
Tennessee anu Richmond) are ordered home, are
laid up or In ord'nary-viz., The Florida, sus-
9uehanna. Brooslyn, Alaska Bsnle'a fieoa,
only eight eraisorsviz the Pcnsacoa, lagshp NORTH
Pacific station the Hartford TO be flagship south Al
antic station IN place vi the Richmond; The Trenton,
flagship European s,ation; tho Powhatan, 10 bo nag
the Omaha flagship South Pacific station; tne Ply
mouth, North Atlantic station; the Lsckiwanns.
North Paciuc station and tho Mononglhcln, framing
ship at Baltimore, said to be intended for flagship
Asiatic station IN place OF the Tennessee.
The third rate vessels are thirty in number, carry
175 guns and have tonnage OF go 02l tons. he Kan
sas. Nyack ana shawnut are marked U. The Junlala,
Ircquois, wachuscit. ruscarora, Narrasansett saco
and Yantc are laid up The Michigan tho lakes,
wncre she has always Ucen The Qunnebaug, Ca
lena, Mohcan and Npsic have boon reported 'repair-
ng' Tor some time. Tho new vessel Enterprise, is
fitting out at Boston. The Kcarsargc has been ordered
home from tho Asatic station on September l. The
remaining thirteen are employed as foows:--
North Atlantic staton-Ossipec, Swstara ana Huron.
South Atlantic station--Adans ana Essex tordcredl
European station--Vandalia Marion and Alliance.
Asia,lc Observation-Disclosures, Monocacy. Alert and
Ranger.
Receiving ship, MISUNDERSTANDING
Tho SIX fourth rates, ~ guns. ], las tons, are IN
comm ission-the Gettysburg and Despatch on special
service Europe, the Frolic on tue south Atlantic sta
ton Palos Asato station, and Rio Bravo on lhe Rio
Grande.
WOODEN SAILING VESSELS
There are twenty-five wooden sailing vessels 40
guns, 81, sO6 tonnage. Four of them are marked U,
VIZ - New Orleans, Ohio, Sabine aud Cyane me YER
mont. savaunah, Portsmouth aud Reilci are laid up
Tho Guard is repairing at Now York. Tue DINERS are
IN use as ioliows.--
siorcships-Now Hampshire Pawnce ana onward.
Receiving sbips--indcpe ndcpce ana ST. LOUIS.
Training ships--Consltution, Saratoga and supply.
Public marine school approximation ana ST.