, 1881-11-12

IL SLA111AeD 1-1A1L1.e% 1-1AAse - -
/ sell: Without arnlor-plate: arid without
heavy guns d slow yesseiannst boat thu mercy
t Of an arlaofed enemy carryln hea,y| guns;
| Only two OF these vessels are to have a:speeu
Of fifteen. knots, anti the New York Times
says that 81 a. slow, .tinarlnored cruiser: IS
/ about us dangerous to the enemy as IS an
Erie canalboat." (: " f.: -:
Bnt Their there are ss1 ooo, 600 to- be ex
pended. and tllat is 4 libaral expenditure to
| bo distributed among a kalf-dozen' navy
yards and various iron and; steel liilfls: The
expenditure Of that much money ought to be
sufficient to control tlla elections in six or
eight States, during the. whole eight; years.
1t may be that; admitting tile proposed ne"
navy to be utterly useless, the political re-
| suits that might be accomplished by the ex-
penditure would be sufficient return for
| the money. 1t may also be considered IS
well expended, no matter how useless tho
vessels may be, because it will. demonstrate
| the wonderful capacity OF American indus
/ Try to expend money iii building and repair
ing. vessels that are Of no possible value
| when built AMI repaired Speaking OF the
scheme, or joh for that is all this means, the
New York Times says;
4 few lays' ago wc commended Con. ,Sher-
mans uppe:,l to Congress 70 jncrensg IheAr!ny
by tho addition Of ,hout 1000 enlisted men 70
Sattols, who, tho,;gh enlisted, are assiyncd; tJ
mud employed III nnti-colnbasant 0uties. 11o
as:ls that these latter persons bc Mhue a: u.s.
ti,icliyo force, auo that the army be recruited
by the addition Of Ill cQlal number OF prv0tes
available for active duty III the field: We took
occasion. then 10 point oul how the army was
-NE$u
more enlisted mclt wO,Id greatly enuaiize the
cost pier capita Of tho persons III the military
service
The navy. however, in the way Of officers
as compared with ships and sailors, exee1s
anything Of the kind to be. found in any
other country 4 glance'at the navy fisr will
exhibit some Of the most remarkable figures.
THE active list Of tile navy shows that there
arc admiral, Vice-AdiiISal, ~ Rear-4Ad-
,llir,is, p Commouores. 50 Captains, 80 Conf
nlandcrs, 80 Lieutenant Commanders 2s0
Iinutcnants, 100 Masters, lou Ensigns,. 61
: ~MitIshipmcn, l0s Cadet A[ilshipmeli.
Medical Directors (CAutains) Is; Medical
Inspectors tCoiumanelers), Is; Surgeons
tcnant-Co.nn,anlars), 50; Passed Ks
sistant Surgeons uieuteuants), IL other
Surgeons. 10,
Pay Directors {Captains), 1o: Pay In
spectors (Cou,n:1ldcrs1l5;P Paynlasfers Lieu
tenanl-Conlnanders) 81; Passed Assistant
Paynlasters lLieutenants), 50; Assistant Pay
masters [:nslgns). 20.
Ciipf Engineers (Captains), 10; Com
.nanders, IS; enant-Conmandnrs, IS; As
sistants (Lie1tcl,antsl, 100; Assistants tEn-
sigHs}, 81, Cadet Engineers, IS. Chaplains-
Captains. i; Commanders, T: Lleutenants,
7; plain Chaplains, 5. Professors Captains
and Comma1ltlers), II. Constructors-Cap-
tains :; Commanders, i; Lie@ltenants, S; AS
sistant Constructors. s; Civil Engineers, 10.
The retired list is ::lss, formidable. 1t CON
tains 81 Rear-4ldnlirais; i, Com.nodores; 20
Medical Directors; Pay Directors tCaptains),
S: Chapla;ns {Captains), 5; Chief Engineers,
G; Professors (Captai1Is), 6; Naval Con-
structors, ): Rear-Atlmirals, G; Commodores,
.; Captains. 3; Commanders, 4; Lieutenant
Commanders, $; Lieu1enants, i; Assistant En-
gileerS, 81,
In addition to this array Of officers: there
are eight nayy-yards and stations with a full
force OF civilians Of alt grades, Workmen,
mechanics, etc. There is also 4 marine corps
sufficient for navy ten times the size Of cur
navy.
II we are not to have a navy-and the
country is getting. along very comfortably
without. one-t!lere ought to be some pro-
vision for reducing. the force OF officers. If
We arc to keep up this Immense corps of
officers, then VIC ouglltto get a few vessels,
and have a few sailors; and somewhat equal
ize tic shares of the number OF persons who
consume the millions appropriated annually
for L supposed navy.