The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-18
THE REVENUE MARINE
HOW Tt Comic he Improved without Trans
fer 60 the Navy Department.

fer 20 the Navy Department.
WASHINGTON. July 17.-When the Fifty-sec-
ond Congress comes together It will nnd the
revenue marine still moro closely assimilated
TO tho navy than whom under its predecessor
the transfer OF the organization from the
Treasury Department was attempted. The
filling OF Its vacancies By graduates from tho
Naval Academy at Annapolis was one OF the
features aimed at In the proposed transfer.
and that is already an accomplished fact Tho
Hotchkiss rHpd-nre 6-poundo.s ordered as
batter es for the Corwin. the Dear, and the
Colfax. and. with other callbres, to be used In
all the revenue cutters. are the ordnance
adopted ns portions OF the secondary batteries
OF our navy vessels. The uniform OF the reve-
nue. marine has also been patterned after that
OF the navy, and 1t Is proposed TO mako the
drill regulations like those OF tho latter ser
vice. In short. whom the two services are
compared they will be found In detail after
de'al from the six years education OF tho
younger officers in the Annapolis course to tho
routine discipline OF the vessels and the ra-
tions OF the men. to be alike.
The suggestion will occur that this further
approximation OF the revenue marine to tho
navy may have tendency to bring them both
under the Same administrative department.
in accordance with the scheme OF transfer al
ready spoken OF. This however. does not
necessarily follow. The distinction between the
duties OF the two services remains now where
1t did when they were respectively founded
and were placed under different executive de-
partments. Tho fact that the revenue marine
is essentially q military organization. that It's
drill discipline. uniform. and other details are
like those OF the navy. and that It's officers arc
now educated at tho same school, does not
nl,er the essential difference etWeen tlis
functions which they are seNcrally called upon
to perl rm.
What should be suggested bv the changes
the past year is rather that other changes.
much mole important to its officers and men.
Gress without resorting TO that pro rosed trans
fer which has hitherto boon urged In order to
these CHANCES enc o. the nr M tsa
rev"nue marine labor |, it's lack OF a retired
list. A. iselnenre officers who are wholly
disab Titles remain on the MT We lit. pnrtic-
ulatl, u the higher AIDES. aud prevent the
| Guilty /, that toncre-s has natnrally feared -
establish the precedent OF creating retired lists
nasy and he mans es, there
rhor 10 Int us 9 ba ro ON an
alto. sherman Tor securing all the advantages
Of = retired system Tor the. revenue marine
who are totally disabled = have I rSashel he
Wal fws I'd 81
oa. the sGss 81
! the transfer OF the revenue marine to the Navy
p. nr soms t ss
IL, &C. since the waiting orders system IL char
acteristo of tho navy and the revenue marine.
GERS on 90 viii, i' Ssis 81 she
question OF transfer to the later. The navy.
like the army. has longevity pay system.
pay for each H Of i've Years Of service up 10
four such additional terms. 1t would .e
msr t.. Sr to e ~ fa a
favor Of such u measure, Other advantage.
mar ne are those of not having his pay cut
down when placed unou the sick lis': and Of
on leave annually without losing a proportion
OF ME pay he ran ais, when ag g or &C.
The very mention Of those .rivile .ss OF the
navy officers is su nicisnt to show that 'hey are
as well esiteH by those engaSed In Inc rsve
the oyernment having incomrarahl, less re-
sponeibls .postin s than those OF tho com
law certain "a o each
yet they NAV have homes OF their own own and
szs Of The revenue ocers
into crampsd uusrtsrs. while the cons NJ q
than That 'ss
officer. Why they should. additionally. DO
| docking OF their pay when sick. it is hard to
understand. But the practical point Ju-t now
is that all needed changes In The lot Of the
nearly on a footing with his brother Of the
navy. edmca ed, erhaps. at The same ncRde.
! gress. without r-sort to tho trans!er OF tho
J service to the Navy Department. This trans
/ fer hns natu, ally been urg d because hese
! various Advantages could then be secured at
one stroke; but with the desi red amslioration
effected IN H., revenue marine service ITSELF
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