Evening star., 1894-01-15
OUR COMING NAVY.
Increase and Changes as Shown by
the New Naval Register.
SOME OFFICIAL TRANSFERS.
Vessels in Commission and Under
Construction.
THE LIST OF OFFICERS,

The annual register Of the Navy Depart
ment. which has just been issued to the
service. records. for the first time since the
war. two f1rst-class ships Of the navy. the
armored cruiser New York and the triple
screw cruiser Columbia. OF the second
class the cruiser Baltimore, the largest pro-
tected vessel in the vy.heads the list. with
the Chicago second and Philadelphia third.
Of which all are Of recent construction.
Vessels rated as third class include all other
vessels Of the navy in commission, except
tugs, torpedo boats and training ships, and
number forty-one. The register places three
boats in the class of torpedo boats, the
Alarm at the New York navy yard. the
Gushing at Washington and the Stiletto at
Newport. For service at navy yards and in
assisting large ships to dock twelve tugs
are required for the navy. stationed at the
yards on both coasts. Seven sailing ships
are used for apprentices, naval cadets and
state school ships, and seven old timers.
which have seen better days. are now tied
up at navy yards as receiving ships.
Old Timers.
Many Of these are now fast going to de-
cay and will be relieved this summer by
some of the wooden ships whose days of
active service are at an end. OF the unser-
viceable vessels of the navy the register in
cludes the Hartford, the Pensacola. Omaha,
Constitution. Swatara, Nipsic and ST. Louis.
Four Of these are at the Mare Island navy
yard waiting to be disposed Of for old scows,
| and one. the Hartford, will be repaired and
again placed in commission. The old Con-
stitution lies at the dock Of the Kitte-y.
Maine, navy yard, housed over and fast go
. ing to decay. Several plans have been pro-
posed to bring her to Washington and to
preserve what is left Of the vessel. but no
a6 nntt has xvof ta1 60 DC
end.
Under Construction.
OF the vessels under construction the
| frst-class battle ship Iowa is placed at
the head Of the list, followed by three sis
yer ships. Indiana. Massachusetts, and
| Oregon. The armored cruiser Brooklyn.
larger. but similar in every other detail to
the New York. the Minneapolis. like the
Columbia, and the two second-class battle
| ships Maine and Texas follow. Besides
| these the register shows still under con-
struction the double-turret monitor Purf-
| tan and Amphrite, the cruiser Olympia,
the monitors Terror and Monadnock. pro-
| tected cruisers Raleigh and Cincinnati.
harbor defense ram Katahdin. the cruiser
Montgomery and one torpedo boat. BY
| the end Of the year this list of vessels will
be greatly reduced, the next annual regis
| ter showing but very few vessels for the
ravy then building. Should Congress not
years, with the exception of the Iowa. there
| will not be one ship under construction.
| Omcial Changes.
The register records q greater number
Of designations. deaths, retirements and
dismissals Of naval officers during the
year than usually occur in a similar period.
The larger portion of the designations were
due to failure Of naval cadets at Annapolis.
| Two lieutenants resigned their commits
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engineer and one assistant engineer.
| Thirty-nine officers were placed on the re-
tired list. including two rear admirals,
one commodore. two captains two COM
lieutenants, two ensigns, three medical
| directors, three surgeons, two assistant
surgeons. three paymasters six chief engt-
neers. several Junior engineers, three chap
lains, one naval constructor and two war
rant officers. Five officers Of the marine
corps were also retired. The total number
| of deaths in the navy numbered thirty
| eight. the greater number, however. being
| among those on the retired list Three
died in the marine CORPS six naval cadets
| were honorably discharged. three dropped.
one commander and one engineer officer
discharged. one commander and two naval
cadets dismissed the service.
On Station.
The revised list Of vessels on the five sta
tions shows a number OF changes, espe-
cially in the last few months. The home
| station at present consists of three vessels
In active service. the Kearsarge, Miantono-
moh and Vesuvius. The Pacific station
is credited with a number Of ships. but
they are all widely scattered. The Phila-
delphia remains flagship, with station at
Hawaii; the Monterey is at San Francisco;
the Charleston, while nominally attached
| to the station, is at Rio; the Yorktown at
Callao, the Mohican at Mare Island. Alli-
ance at Callao. Adams at Hawaii. and
Ranger of Central America. The Asiatic
station has the strongest fleet for years,
headed with the cruiser Baltimore as flag
ocacy and Petrol The European station,
revived at the naval review, has two ships.
the Chicago and Bennington, while the
South Atlantic has the strongest aggre-
cation of all in the San Francisco, New
York, Newark, Charleston. Detroit and Yam
tic. Six vessels are rated as on special
service. including the dispatch boat Dol
phin, Thetis. Pinta, Gushing and two small
er crafts.
The Naval List.
In the personnel Of the navy there have
been many changes by retirements, deaths
and dismissals. Admiral Gherardi heads
the list, and will remain senior officer until
his retirement in the autumn. Commodore
John y. Walker leads the commodores,
Capt. Beardley his grade Henry Gass the
| commanders and James H. Dayton the
lieutenant commanders. The active list of
| the navy is given by the register as COM
posed Of rear admirals. 10 commodores,
40 captains, 50 commanders, "A lieutenant
commanders, $50 lieutenants, 15 lieutenants
Ounior grade), ia ensigns. 10 medical d.
rectors, 10 medical inspectors, so surgeons,
So passed assistants, and 26 assistants The
pay corps is made up of Is pay directors,
13 pay inspectors. 40 paymasters, and six
assistant paymaSters and 20 passed assist
ant paymasters. There are also about LIS
engineers, and a number of chaplains pro-
feSSOrS