The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
LOOKING 70 1nE NEXT CENTURY:
May Naval onfssr. Expect Promotion II.
~ tween coOO aud sOOG.

May NRvnl Onfasrs Expect Promotion he
tween coOO and 1000.
Naval officers numbered high upon the nie.
Of their respectlvesgrades take no special Joy
In the. fact that Mr.. Cleveland will during the
next four years retire sixty-one officers who
will havo reached tho age limit OF G2 years.
These retirements will scarcely reach below
tho rank OF Captain. and will be OF small mo-
ment to most OF the 1926 Lieutena1ts. The
hnbit OF patience broL by life in the navy ia H.
Illustrated by the fact that NAM officers are
buoyed up with the knowledge that the men
who entered tho navy in war times. and cs.
pecinlly tlloso who made up the large Naval
Academy classes OF that period. will begin to
DO retired In bic patches ten or fifteen years
hence. That loois like n distant prospect to
the ~cIytiian. but. then. the civilian docs not
understand the habit OF mind e%nGendcred by
life In the navy.
That well.thumbed volume. the Navy Regis
ter. to lnndsmen merely q b~ristllng array OF
names and dates. 10 to naval officers an object
OF absorbing interest. 1t gives every man. Mt
a glance. the information, SO pathetically do
mandsd by q member Of Congress upon a
famous occasion. and enables zach one to COM
pnte fot himself. with reasonable accuracy.
thirty years hence. Just what promotion may
he expect In u given time under the seniority
z; sgtse Q w has ! been sna assertsi nsl to to q. : nicety' "nd
forward with Interest and hope to the changes
preparing for the twentieth century.
before the opening Of the civil war we're small.
and q good many, OF the men who were through
the academy and roady to enter, upon active
service y, tha war no longer remain to answer
ter!ne tie academy from 81 to "a were large.
nns fSst' T TSo. %hH in eam Sa .nso mSM e See n from from
twenty nine to thirty.two years in tho service.
f fSs s aId. sss Il sSnn ~ Wiz IL f Sssin q to y re- ret Fl "r n
body above the. rank Of Commanded. we may
~ war. while everybody below the first iiityy
Lieuten.nts entered at least rs late as 1855:
ents ,ns y sbs cG nnHy N Fl on .n the ss ectiy .; ths Il Il
Lieutenant Commanders, II entered in 81. '62.
and and " T. 90 q ID the =? iuII Lisu.epants; 40 en-;
present showing. Of the register about 185
on SnlseLs 60 b3 hre retired on age as nearly az may
betwoen the. years Us and ~. and are
rom s NJ. H3t s'S Soa a e 1 ,n she iist 81 aisq hsys Pes
come accustomed to contemplating hopefully
dates ~ the next century. and ne promised
lore the time comes round the necessity for
retiring. ior age some Of tho men Of ~. '63:
above SECRETARIES: Presidents, navy re.ula;
md even tho laws Of. Congress. and
mmsanwsIle sopo Of tho waiting ones will
other. 40 that the promotions to follow
in the early years OF the next CEN
tury, Will probably reach further down the list
OF Liemteunnts than ono would expect without
tAkon into account the element of
Meanwhile 1t Is pleasing to II Grizzlod
Lieutenant. ,wearied OF watch duty. to know
that he will in all probability exchange the lit
tie communistic society OF tho wardroom for
he lone antocracy OF the cabin. with. perhaps,
the right to ~ tho remnant Of an Admiral
youth, But nftsr the fellows Of '6l. b2. tE3.
md VA are out OF other peoples way on the
the small classes OF the years since the war
VIII mako little impression when retired on
tho long waiting list behind.