National Republican., 1883-12-08
81 Iopa be given the former rank of brigadicr

SHOULD be given the former rank of brigader
II lcall.
rhs condition Of the naval academy is sat
EIart1rF. From the naval cadets who com
pIc,cl thcir six years, course in june 1888,
"a ere were appointed thrca naval cOnstruc-
tJrs, Sc ven cn5iEus, three assistant engineers,
aid ton second licutenunt5 in the marine
CJrps. The remaining siXty-three, being
s{rplus graduates, received u certificate of
glladuatiOu, an honorable discharge. and one
ylar's sea pay, according to the terms OF the
adt. Tho cadet engineers claimed that they
wtra not undergraduates, and therefore were
eA titled to b. retained. The opinion of the
d1pait mont however, is clear that both cadet
mbidsgipnen and cadet engineers were under
gIhadirnie5. and that the intention Of congress
wyls tia.hly to dismiss both. Although enti-
ibid TO sympathy in their personal disappoint-
mlont, they should not be placed for life upon
arb alf9ldy ovCrcrowded list. If the claim is
pd rsisted in congress should negative it by a
ndfw enactment.
The, net amount available for tho current
c9 peilses of the fiscal year was Sl6,300, ,42I2O,
a1 d tho expenditures were 81, ,795, ,031T9 less
th an the amount applicable therefor. The
cs Inmates for the usual objects for the fiscal
yd ar ending Juno 80 are $l6,3l0,30Z76. In
ad dition. the appropriations required for com.
plI citing the new cruisers are -, ,1O3527, and
fulr completing the monitors 1896 65i,62
WI llCn, WIN Lnc VI Si,oioitoO ioL
cd mpleting the New York aud Mohican, and
io.r steel ritled guns, makes total for the in
crI aase of the navy of S7,ii0,0 ,0Sl.62.
rhs secretary advises, as measure of ma
lid nal defense, the creation of an interior
col lst line of waterways across the head OF
th @ PENINSULA of Florida, along the coast OF
FL orida TO Hampton roads, between the Ches-
ap cake buy and the Delaware and through
Cb pe Cod To these should be added u rail
rod I'd from the mainland of Florida to Key
WI est
tAuthority Is asked to establish additional
col ling and naval stations at some or all OF
TIL following points: Samana bay, or some
pol int in Hayti; Curacao, Santa Catharna, tho
,tl raits of Magellan. La Union, In Salvador, or
ABB napala, in Honduras; Tullear bay, in NADIA
gai scar Monrovia, in Liberia; Fernando Po,
AMI d in the NanhOw islands of Corea, and on
Ihb Atlantic aud Pacific casts of tho lsthmus
)fl Panama.
rhe report renews the recommendation
.ht 1t the navy should be employed to perform
I'D the work of the national government upon
lrl in direct connection with the ocean.
4 The light house administration, charged
vii tn tho establishment and care of aids to
lal yigation, including lighthouses, lightships
'ei ICONS, buoys, fog.slgnals, and sea-marks,
,cl rforms work under tho treasury depart
nd nt which is strictly nautical in character |;
# which no one but practical navigator Is
q ompetent judge; which requires kind Of
Ill Ill and experience that the navy alone can
ut .nish and all the essential parts of which,
ri oepting only the erection and repair of
'u ildings and apparatus, are carried on at
hl S time by naval officers. Being nautical
nj srations, they should DO supervised by tho
al w department.
ISrhe coast survey, originally established for
hSsb purpose of making photographic charts,
IA of late years extended its functions in a
OF lly different direction-thAt Of geodetic
II, eys in the interior In making this ex-
e. on, il has gradually abandoned the water
Il thIey to tho navy until now the actual
" in this field is done almost exclusively
y wal officers withdrawn for the purpose
IC---lthe direction aud control Of their own
G tment.
pue an extraordinary anomaly in legsla-
iC tho United States photographic Office,
ma indispensable branch OF this department,
allowed to survey and make charts of every
ID .st in the world but that of the United
ID .tes while the best naval surveyors arc
d inod by another department to perform
N work under its supervision. Sixty-sevon
al val officers are now diverted in this man
e from the direction of the navy; and
NJ } seamen, out of the 1880 allowed TO tho
N w, are now on board coast survey vessels.
Che existing office might properly continue
IL , geodetic work which is absorbing its at.
~ tion and its appropriations, while the hy.
~ graphic surveys on our coast, now per-
ri u mod by naval officers, undor q naval
Is pectOr, in tho Office of the goodetic survey,
u ,uld DO carried on. like other photographic
IIii veys, by the naval photographic Office.
q VI the duties now performed by the reve-
n marine several, such as tho enforcement
tho neutrality laws, tho SUPPRESSION of pi-
~ y, Of mutinies ON board merchant vessels
u the like, the ships Of tho navy are
lh " charged with, and actually perform, in
, pIlon with revenue vessels OF tho rest
I' ne arc foreign to tho general purpose and
.pe Of tho naval officers profession, The
lies of both services are identical in their
' leral nature.
The plan previously recommended and
PR again proposed includes tho transfer to
n navy department Of the cruising cutters,
\ 7 officers, aud seameD, excepting the har.