Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-02-21
NAVAL NEWS.
A Good Showing for Oar Navy He
cord Of ChaDges-A Bill for
Retiring Officers.

| huMVtf Oi entIH Anu lNc tonnage an0
speed required IS the nsvies OF other
nrst-class naval powers will be dispelled
by the comparison OF the number of
vessels launched for our service last
| year with those OF foreign governments
| with the possible exception OF Great
Britain and France.
The vessels launched for our navy were
the baitleship Texas, the triple screw
| protected cruiser Columbia. Of z $50 tons
| displacement and 81 900 horse power:
olympia OF 5 500 tons and ID 500 horse
| power, Raleigh and Cincinnati each Of
1 3,l00 tons and 10. 600 horse power; Mont
gomery and hiarbehead each OF 1000
tons and !, 400 horse power; the Bancroft,
the gunboats Castine and Machias, and
the special service vessels lwana, Mar
keeia and Wahneta
This year the ram Katachdin has been
launched; the Indiana will follow Feb
ruarY 9th, the Massachusetts, early in
March, and late In the summer the ore.
gon, Minneapolis and torpedo boat Mum
| Der 2
large number Of new vessels will be
finished and commissioned for active
service. among them being the Bancroft,
the Monterey, Machiss, New York, De.
troit. Montgomery, harblehead. Colum.
| biot Nd9AAbC AUu AAhifiEUs MANY Vi huEn
are well toward completion, and will be
made ready to take part in the naval
review at Hampton Roads in April
Foreign navies launched warships 40
follows: Frances coast defense iron
clads, OF 5000 tons displacement; one
armored cruiser, four sea going torpedo
boats one submarine boat. Germany
One battleship, two coast-defense iron
clads, two protected cruisers, two torpe-
do cruisers, and eight torpedo boats
Austria-three torpedo ships Italy
Five protected cruisers and a number OF
torpedo boads. Russia Three battle
ships OF $4,000 tons displacement; two
armored cruisers, two armored gunboais,
and six torpedo boats The smaller ma
yies of Sweden, Denmark, Holland.
Spain, Portugal and Turkey added a
number of modem vessels TO their navy's
strength.
REsIGNATIoHs AND BETrbEMRNTs.
The annual Naval Registrar will soon
be ready for distribution 1t shows that
during the last year there were in all 81
designations of officers and naval cadets.
as follows: In the line 2; surgeons, 2;
psymasters, /; engineers, /; marine Off.
GERS, 2; and the remainder cadets who
failed at the Academy. The retjrements
off 30, of which number 20 were on The
retired list and 3 In the nsrine corps.
| Two naval cadets were honorably dis
charged and dismissed.
ORDER or PROMOTIONS
The first of January last Admiral Cher
ardi was the senior officer on the active
list. Commodore " eaver heads the list
In his grade Captain Carpenter Is mum.
| hpr ono annnnO tho qapta4pa p1ar
Batcheler among the commanders and
Lieutenant Commander Strong in his
| grade Lieutenant Delehanty stands at
the top of the $50 lieutenants but since
| January LIST several officers have been
promoted, and Lieutenant Ingersoll. now
stationed at the Naval Academy. now
leads the string, with the Presidents re-
lative. II NJ g Brown. on deck In the
junior grade Lieutenant A. N Dodd Is
number one, and with the ensigns Leiper
at the top. surgeon General Brown
stands one In the medical corps, John
| II Clark among. pay inspectors, j. NJ.
Flint among the surgeons, Drake is pass.
| ed assistants grade. and Field in the
assistants. Pay Director Fulton leads
the pay corps, Pay Inspector Caswell his
grade. Paymaster Bash his, Passed AS.
sistant Peterson in his, aud Assistant
Heap the lower grade The engineer
corp has Chief Engineer Henderson at
the top, Passed Assistant Ogden In that
| grade, and Assistant Engineer Harry
| Hall in the last grade.
NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN OUR NAVY.
In the navy there are @ rear-admirals,
| 10 commodores. As captains, 50 comman.
| ders. "a lieutenant commanders, $50 lieu.
tenants, 20 junior grade and 173 en-
signs. For the engineer duties there are
required 20 chiefs, ga passed assistants
/ aud 50 assistants. To attend the officers
and men when sick 10 medical directors
are necessary. 80 surgeons, 40 passed as.
sistauts and SO assistants. II takes 20
pay directors and pay inspectors, 40 pay.
masters, % passed assistants and
| 8 assistants to look after the
| finances. Twenty-Five cbaplains were
required to administer TO the spiritual
welfare Of all.
Pay Inspector Stevenson's case will be
concluded TO day or tomorrow, and the
report sent TO the Secretary Of the Navy
| for action. II is believed that the board
| will recommend the officer for promo
ton, and that Secretary Tracy willfnally
approve the findings. although he Il
known 10 be opposed to advancing the
officer Pay Inspector Stevenson was
stationed at the Naval Academy during
the time Superintendent Sampson was
in charge and was said to have been on
any other than good terms with the head
of the Academy.
A bill which extends to naval officers
| the privilege OF retiring from the service
after thirty years. in the discretion OF
the President, will probably pass this
| Congress. The purpose of the bill Is TO
/ place naval officers on the same footing
in this respect as officers OF the army.
The Chicago and Miantonomah are or
| dered to report to Admiral Gherardi at
| Hampton Roads early in March
Twenty-seven marines from the Naval
/ Academy will take part in the Inaugural
ton. The cadets will probably not 20
| 10 Washington. as the trip would inter
| fere with their studies.
The cruisers Baltimore, San Francisco,
| Charleston and Yorktown sailed from
st. Thomas. West Indies, Sunday, under
command OF Admiral Gherardi. and are
due at Hampton Roads February 25th
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