Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-14

The Large Number 10 Take 11a-e
Within the Next Few Years.

A gentleman interested In the advance
ment Of the younger officers Of the navy
mas made some interesting discoveries in
the matter Of retirements. Beginning
with January next year. when Admiral q.
T. belknap reaches the age OF retirement,
there VIII be a retirement OF some hiah-
ranking ofncer nearly every month during
the following twelve months Following
Admiral Belknap will occur the retirement
OF Admiral A. r. X Benham on April "a.
and i've days later Admiral John Irwin
will retire. Commodore J. FyfYe, az present
commanding the navy yard at Boston, gln
be the next officer. and n he lives until
July S he Will also relinquish active scr
vice In the navy. Rear Admiral Harmoay
would have retired September q. 1894, hut
ior his voluntary retirement last June.
Acting Rear Admiral Henry Erben, now
commanding the European station. is now
last Approaching sixty-one years OF age.
s oe.o6er "a lss.. he viii be sixtyItgo. aad
1ord a chance for some one below him 10
cilmb up a peg. On November 10 goes cut
that popular old ofhcer and the senior On
tne list OF the navy, Admiral Bancroft
Snerardl, now commanding the New Yotk
navy yard.
on the retired list as soon as the Senate
confirms his nomination TO be a rear sd-
miral: otherwise he would retire April Il
next Thus IL will be seen that during the
next eighteen months five rear admirais as.d
two commodores. who will probably be rear
aomlrsis before they retire. will be PLACED
on the list and an equal number will be dd-
yanced on the register to take their places
Admiral Beiknaps retirement will create q
vacancy for Commodore John q, Walker,
Commodore T.. NJ. Ramsey will &c up ea
Admiral Benhsms retirement, and by uae
END of the year 1884 nearly all the ten COM
modores VIII be either promoted 70 rear
admirals or else have been retired.
In the medical corps the FIRST 20 retire flr
age viii be Medical Director DeieSsa
Bloedgood, now at the Naval Labsratos =,
New York, who will cease 10 he on the 40
tive list after the 10th of this month. dae
next age retirement will not take place IN
I'll 1895.
The psyInasters are less fortunate thsn
any other corps, for the officers at the head
of the several grades realize that the first
retirement will not take place until Octs-
Der 5, 1885, or more than two years hsaoe.
Chief Engineer Robe will be the FIRST 60 40
out in his corps, the date being Septem pr
% OF this year, and then six months more
VIII elapse before another retirement fer
there is little hope for vacancies before 1S.E,
when the first retirement occurs
In 1875 four officers In the line will retiip:
IN 1890, SIX; in 1871, ten; in 1885 fifteen, and
SO on increasing until ten years hence,
when some officers will go through two
whole. while the outlook for promotions "a
the lower grades is not encouraging fer
the next two or three years. after thar n
VIII decidedly improve, and continue 10
grow better as the years pass by. The one
drawback 10 promotions then Is that ola
tie opportunity TO command before reCiIe =
ment Many OF them viii be captains, CON-
modores and rear admiral, all within fos4f
or nve years.