The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-23

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talned from him The following statement
IN frs6rl 20 The rftruI wholesale DIS
chang II iofemon BOSSES from ihe con
sifueiilu department tt The niYy yard.
II Will ha seen from W. Whilney'a n.
marks that lhe dismissal Of these men l9
the ntst move IN a aysiem u fenrganlta
ton and reform that he Intends ~ carry
out ln lhc cntfe Naval Department.
"fdu ask me-" said the Secretary
'twbat special significance IA 70 be At.
tachad tu tho removal pf these iofemen
bOssus | will tell y0u, II means that !
intend 20 Introduce new system Into the
Navy Department, and propose that II
shall be conducted on business principles
in the future had not been In charge
oi the department many weeks before !
discovered that It's business was being
conducted In most remarkable manner,
thnt money was rccklcssg spent aud
that men were paid for work that was
never done In fact that the whole sys-
TEN was rotten. You may imagine how
bad II was when tell YOU that wooden
ship Of 1900 tons displacement that
was lately finished at the Mare Island
Navy Yard cost the Government over
$3.50, 900 II is not worth 81 for prac'
tlca war purposes, aud II could be built
| to. day for $3.50, 900. This Is only single
instance OF many that | could name,
and some OF them are ten times worse
| than this
"Whcn came 10 examine the way "
which the different navy yards through
out the country were conducted, ! lonne
that lax and unbuslncss like system
prevailed. one OF the first things tina
attracted my attention was the way II
which the work was divided up. ionn,
that each navy yard had n number Of dlf
icrcnt departments for doing tho SAINT
work, and that there were altogcthe
too many Of these so-callcd foreman
bosses. The payroll In tho yard
was In this way unnecessarily III
creased, and an extravaganza prevailed
In the Government ship yards that n
private ship yard would tolerate for a
instant. II has been the custom In th
construction department every year !
reduce the force about this time, but a
though the wOrkmen were discharged
the bosses were retained. This year tn
bosses went with the men. though
iust as well to let them 20 now as on til
list of July, when hope TO begin IN
FORK Of reorganization.
al intend to visit the principal prlval
shin Yards OF the country and make
careful inspection Of their methods
doing business. ! shall then decide upd
the best system TO adopt for the Cover
mcnt wards. As yet have come to y
definite conclusion, but II seems TO u
that the business can be greatly slmpllii.
aud conducted more economically !
uniting their different departments. II
instance, all the work In navy yal
could come under the head OF constfll
! tlon and repairs; also all "
work could be donol by u
$ Yards aud docks department
. few weeks shall probably Issue el
. cular to the heads OF the different d
a nartments in the navy yards, giving the
: a nlan OF the new system. VIII =
here that, as rule, have found that I
heads Of my bureau are willing to COO
crate with me in system OF reoreanl7
!, tlon aud reform. Some OF them,
might be expected, stood out on th'
dignity and said they were opposed TO
noyations. but hope, aud most certain
y expect that they will all fall In line VIII
the time comes 10 act.n
u "Do you intend to replace all tho
: discharged ioremcn bosses with new m
n on the first Of July?"
i "Undtr the naval regulations there
Il believe, rule that board oil appoi
ment shall Gll all places OF this Kind W
:, capable men, when the needs OF the =
a vice require II, and all future appel
menls Of fofemen will be made In
way,n