The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-05
THE NAVAL PROMOTION syARL.

sQrABBLEs OF OFFICERS Fer ADvANcENENr-
A CONFUSION OF CLAIMS GROWING OCT OF
hEsIGSATIoNs. BETI6EMENrs, DEATHS AND
PROMOTION Fer GALLANT SERVICES.
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70 rHs EplroR OF TER EERALD:-
Since Congress sssorn oied have been witness OF
the naval promotion squapbie snarl hare. and from
day 10 cay have looked 70 sec N your pape. note Of
II II 10 becoming pos;t,veiy Interesting, and may b
summed up al follows
Rear Admiral Rey nolds retired q, sixty years
Of age, Commodore D. Ammen 10 promoted 10 rear
admiral Captain somervilo Nicholson thou comes
u2 for prom he rejected by sne Board OF Naval
Examiners; be appeals TO the Secretary Of the Navy
ana strives 70 get another board. his bad naval con-
oucs for his las, Two com nancs oeing the alleged
cause o: his retirement While be sod-
ing back Other promotions through influential
tr,ends Com modore Caldwell DIES. which causes an
other vacancy upon which Captains Hopkins ano Pat,
up tor promotion anc successfully pass and
await nomination BY the President Now. or top OF
all this, Rear Admiral A. Murray intmates 20 his
friends at Washington tha. he will retire under the
forty year service clause. and Rear Admiral G. H.
Preble being about 10 retire IA February 1878 Cap
tains LETTERS simpson come up Tor EXAMINATION.
Captain letters is rejected by tho UNANIMOUS vote Of
the Medical Board and Captain Simpson 10 passed To
add the snari Jus, here Captain jerers appeals 70
the Secretary Of the Navy for another Medicai Board
because since the original for Tho medical board
one medical been substituted Tor another.
Captain Jefers physical disability 1t is said has been
apparent the entire navy for years, and MIS- attempt
himself upon the active list OF Tho navy. Grip
pied as he is, Is properly resisted by the medical
corps.
NEW ELEMENTS.
So matters stand In the promotion snarl up to this
point whom new elements como IN 10 make II worse
Tho call Tor the promotion Of tho officers ABOVE mon
toned and the consequent vacancies bring forward
Commanders +. N. Ramsey, X. l. Law, Milton Hax-
lun, 4. Lewis and s. L. Breeze for promotion. In
1885, just after the war. largo promotion took place
a for services and the officers then pro-
noted wore in some advanced over tho heads Of
others Among those who were overslaughed were
Law Haxtun Lewis Breeze, Wilson. Skerrsth, Baker,
Fyfe, Taylor, Erben, AcCrea, franklin, McAuy, Rus
SELL johnson, Beuham and Mccain. In 1871 law
was passed giving all officers VINO deemed themselves
unjuslly passed over oy promel9e maze IN coniorm
present them selves for removal OF Their cases Tie
ACCOMMODATIONS OF this Board, OF which Vice Admit
raj s. G. Rowan president, are as follows, as thus
conveyed 10 the Senate by the Secretary OF The
Navy
snThe Of the Navy has the honor to transmit
Congress required ny the joint resolution OF the SEN
ocSr nu OF the navy July 1870 the
be organized by tie Secretary Navy examine into
the such officers a may deem Themselves unJus.y
Of Congress approved July 25. 1866.
Tha, commoaose Joseph T. Green his orig
inal position on the navy list next below Rear Admiral
fiat Commodore John De Camp be promoted TO his
original relative position admiral on the retired
That Commodore Charles W. Pickering be promoted to
tho grade Of commodore the retired is with the re-
pa" % as gss THOMPSON be in rank
next below captain homas O. corbin;
aa n 's borasen ana
That Commander Edward y McAuiy be restored TO his
That Commander John ii. Russell be restored to his
0' That Ja%mSnder johnson be restored
original place on navy list h.. ,..o,.d - hi. or,o,.
That John Waters be restored to his original
That Comm-nder A.. z. X. Beuham DO restored 80 his
Comm Austin Pendergrast be restored 70 his
be to his orig
insi place on navy list
vanced ten IN hi. grade for gallant service m
vanced ten numbers in bis grade Tor gallant service.
regard 10 other oSers whose CLAIMS were nnd
by the Board
Hon. SCHUYLER COLLAR, President of the senate.
OFFICERS RESTORED.
Upon this commun cation uii the mentioned officers
were promptly restored 10 their places bv President
Grant, since which, from time 10 TINE, those not rec
commended have been mportuniug Congress tnotwiih.
standing the adverse report The Board IN their cases
for restoration TO their places, and now. before the
promotion OF Commander Ramsey, 80 that all nomina-
tons may 60 in together, they arc desrous OF BENG
nom mated ana promoted 10 their lost places Law
was no. promoted 10 1866 because OF his trial by gen.
era court martial and being found guilty OF not qolng
his utmost 70 capture destroy the Harriet Lane,
Inep IN possession OF the rebels ut Galvesohs Texas
his sentence dismissal from The navy, with recon-.
mendaton Tor mercy, and he YEA suspended from DUTY
Tor Ihree years Haxtuu had NO war record, anu on
one occhaon, Il Is reported, he left Ills command on
tho OF battle in tue Mississippi River Tor which
Admiral Farragut would hot recommend his promo
ton.
ACTION THE OFFICERS.
But TO 20 on win the promotion story. Those ON
ccrs passed over in promotion ana alter
ward restored helping those not restored aud now
applying, and those advanced, ike Brown, walker,
Ramsey, Franklin. McAuIy ana others, are supposed
opposu any restoratons that personally Affect
them la some the lady friends of the over
slau ghed officers and their wives are WORKING like
beavers TO induce Secretary OF the Navy and tue
officers TO their old places 10 do this without care
full BOARD Of naval officers high IN rank 10 again look
into their cases would be very unjust.
From year TO year both Naval committees Of Con-
gress have again and again been relieved from consd
GRAFTON OF this matter and have referred the matter
buck to tho Honorable Secretary OF the Navy.
plumber Of Oil GERS the retired list seeking
restoration TO the active list upon various pretexts
vIdual interest Keeps back the promotion OF some
fourteen or sixteen worthy officers OF tho navy. IL
would seem ony necessary to make this plain state
menl oil facts clear away all the fog by which
aud interested parties who should be carefully looked
alter by the Naval committees OF both houses.
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ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
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