The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1882-08-01
Liquidation in the NavnI Bill.

The following arc tho salient legislative
points in the Naval Appropriation bill
Section /. Appointments from the Naval
Academy are TO be made when necessary to
I'LL vacancies In the lower grades of the line,
Engineer Corps and Marine Corps, bur are not
TO number less than ten In each year Gradu-
atos who do not receive appointment are to be
given certificate of graduation, an honorable
discharge, and one years sea pay.
The active list of tho Medical Corps of the
Navy is made to consist of Is medical di.
rectors, 10 medical inspectors, 90 surgeons,
and 90 assistant and passed assistant sur.
geons. Tho active list of the Pay Corps is
hereafter to comprise 10 pay directors, 13 pay
inspectors, 10 paymasters, 30 passed
assistant paymasters, and 10 assistant pay
masters. The active list OF the Engineer Corps
Is TO consist OF 10 chief engineers, with tho
relative rank OF captain; 10 chief engineers,
with the relative rank of commanders: DO chief
engineers, with the relative rank of lieutenant.
commander or lieutenant; 90 passed assistant
engineers and 40 assistant engineers, with the
relative rank for each as now flxed by law.
After the number OF officers In the said grades
shall have been reduced, the number In zach
grade shall not exceed the reduced number
flxed by the provisions OF the net for the
several grades; but no officer now In the
service shall be reduced In rank or do
prived of his commission by any provision
OF tho act reducing the number OF officers
In the several stan corps. No promotions are
to BIO made to I'LL vacancies which occur in the
Medical, Pay and Engineer Corps until the
number In the several grades shall have boon
reduced below the number fixed by the provi-
sions Of The act. All laws and parts Of laws
providing for promotions and Increased pay
upon the retired list OF tho Navy are repealed.
The active list OF lieutenants is made to con.
eist Of 225, and until the number or such oni.
GERS shnll have been reduced below 200, no
promotion is to be made to NIL vacancies oc-
curling In that grade. Tho Secretary OF the
Navy is directed to appoint a commission to
consist OF three persons, one OF whom shall be
appointed from the line officers and one from
the stan officers OF the Navy and one from civil
life, with instructions to consider and report
IN n nj
the question whether 1t is advisable to
sell any OF the navy-yards, and, II
SO, which OF them. For the general purposes
Of construction and repair an appropriation is
made OF S1,75O000, with the proviso that no
part OF this sum shall be applied to tho repair
OF any wooden ship whom the estimated cost
new ship OF the same size and like material.
Any porion of this sum which is not required
for the purposes aforesaid may be applied TO
the construction OF two steam cruising vessels
OF war, and the Secretary of the Navy is di.
rected TO organize Naval Advisory Board to
assist him with its knowledge and counsel
struction, armament and trial of these
vessels. An appropriation OF 100000 Is made
to build and fit the turrets and pilothouse of
the ironclad steamer Miantonomah and
to launch to the best advantage the monitors
Monadnock, Puritan, Amphitrite and Terror.
No further steps are TO be taken for the repair
or completion OF these vessels until tho fur.
thor order OF Congress, and the Naval Advis-
DRY Board is directed to report to Congress at
It's next session upon the cost and expodiency
of finishing them.
Soc. Q. II is made the duty OF tho Secretary
Of the Navy TO make an inventory and APP
praisal OF all tho stores and supplies belong
Ing TO the several bureaus OF the Department,
and to report the same to Congress at Its next
session. He Is also directed to cause an ex-
animation to be made as soon as practicable of
all vessels belonging to the Navy, and II any
of them are unfit for further service, or II any
| which are lying unfinished in navy-yardS,
| cannot be finished without great and dispro-
| portionnte expense, he shall strike the names
| OF such vessels from the Navy register and
report the same to Congress,
| Section 3 provides that no officer OF the Navy
| whose pay is appropriated for In tho bill shall
| BIO employed ON any shore duty.unless the Sec
| rotary OF the Navy shall determine that the
| employment Of an officer on such duty Is re.
| quired by tho public interests, AMI shall so
| state In the order OF employment, and shall
also state the duration of such service, beyond
| which time 1t shall not continue. All other
| officers, when not at sea, shall be placed on
| leave OF absence or waiting orders, as the Sec
| rotary OF the Navy may deem required by due
economy and the public interests.