Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-28
WASHINGTON NOTES.

| Secretary Tracy Issues . sweeping | General OKder-To Reorkanize the | BusIness Methods of the Navy De- partment-A Task of Great Magnitude and importance.
 WASHINGTON, June 27.-By 8 sweeping 1 general order issued to-day Secretary Tracy directed an entire reorganization of business | methods of the Navy department. Succinctly | stated, the Secretary's reasons for making the | order are as follows: .s Up to this time the new equipments and I new duties constantly arising from the con- ditions of change incident to the replacement of the old wooden vessels with new ships and modern guns have been assigned here and there to the several bureaus of the depart ment, often with no better reason than the convenience of the moment. The result has
 been confusion and an exsggeration of the de-
 fects of the bureau system. Duties which have
 no connection have been placed together and
 those naturally associated have been divorced.
 Supply has been complicated and expensive.
 Electric lighting, for example, has been
 claimed by three bureaus. The training of
 officers and men, apart from the independent
 establishment of the naval academy, has been
 divided between an equal number. And
 there has been no office to control and detail
 the personnel of both officers and men as a
 whole and to receive and transmit the core spondence of the fleet.
 Secretary Whitney realized the evils of the system and made an effort to change them, but was obliged from the magnitude of the task and the paramount importance of concentrating his energies upon the procure ment of new. ships and guns, to abandon the task. Secretary Tracy, however, now says has accordingly issued t.le- new order. The terms of the order are fol1ows:-
 The duties of the bureau of navigation shall comprise all that relates to the pro- mitigation and enforcement of the secreta- rvs orders to the fleet and to the officers of the navy; te thhs-education of officers and men, including the naval academy and tech- nical schools for officers (except the torpedo schooD, the appointing and establishment oi schools for the technical education of en- listed of men; the enlistment and dis charge of enlisted persons, including ap- pointed petty officers for general and special service and the preparation of estimates for the pay of all officers and enlisted men.
 It shall have under it's sole control all ren- dezvous and receiving ships and it shall pro- vide transportation for all enlisted persons and appointed petty officers. It shall estab- fish the compliment of the crews of all ves- sells in commission, keep the records of ser- prepare the annual naval register for publi- cation. It shall have under it's direction the office of naval intelliE ence and naval attaches abroad, the department library, libraries for ships and the war records office.
 It shall be charged with the enforcement of the laws and authorized regulations, tac- tics, signal codes and manuals of service and the keeping of the same correct to date with regard to discipline, changes of regulations, tactics, and manuals shall be submitted to this bureau for its action and recommended tion.
 It shall prescribe the decision of all officers and men, and see that their regulations to this respect are strictly enforced. It shall receive and bring to the attention of the Sec retary of the Navy all applications from officers for service on change of service. It shall receive all reports of service performed by vessels, officers and men.
 In order to prevent the issuing of conflict ! ing instructions all official communications to vessels in commission shall be first sub mitted to the Secretary of the Navy and for warded through this bureau.
 To the bureau of yards and docks is as- signed all that relates to the construction and maintenance of docks, slips, buildings within navy yards, the naval home and gen orally about the same duties as 1t now dis- | charges. c The bureau of equipment and recruiting loses the apprentice system and the enlist | ment of men but gains the naval observatory, nautical almanac, Photographic and compass offices and the electric light system. In the case of the remaining bureaus it is notice- able all of them are to have exclusive juris- diction over the buildings and plants assign ed to their use in the navy yards after they have been constructed by the bureau of yards and docks. All of the bureas are also em- powered to purchase such stores, tools, plant and material ss they may need
 The President has appointed John Hutch inson collector, of internal revenue for the district of Connecticut.
 The Secretary of the Treasury has appoint ed George W. Longstaf superintendent of the public building at Bridgeport, Ct.
 J. B. Eldredge was to day appointed fourth class postmaster at Norfolk, Ct.