New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
NEWS OF ARMY AND NAVY.
PROSPECTS OF THIS YEARS NAVAL AND
MILITARY CADETS.
IN BOTH BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE THERE
ARE MORE CADETS THAN THERE ARE
VACANCIES REDUCTIONS IN THE

ARE MORE CADETS THAN THERE ARE
VACANCIES REDUCTIONS IN THE
WAR DEPARTMENT.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rnpuyKI
Washington. June IA number OF changes in i'm
| portant Naval commands will take place In the near
future. The Secretary OF the Navy Is consider
Ing the question OF successorship For all the places
| to lie made vacant there are of course number OF
candidates. The principal change will affect the
| Boston Navy Yard The other transfers VIII relate
| TO commands afloat. particularly the big ships
| Commodore Fyhe. the present commandant OF the
| Boston yard Will retire on account OF age next
month. Commodore Joseph ~ Miller. recently in
| command OF the receiving ship Vermont. at New
| York, ls thought to be the choice OF Secretary
| Herbert for the place He completed a cruise AZ
captain Of the Chicago only short time before that
vessel sailed for Europe. and he is In every sense
| available for the duty. The next important change
will affect the armored cruiser New-York. Counting
| his service the Atlanta. the cruise OF Captain
| Philip Is up next month. when he is be relieved
and ordered to shore duty. Either Captain Cotton
| or Captain Evans Is regarded the probable
cessor to Captain Philip Captain Watson
commanding the San Francisco. will also obtain
shore duty upon the return OF that vessel from
Buefelds. His two years cruise is up the "a
of next month. Captain Mccormick. now on the
Lancaster. will be- detached upon the early return
home OF that ship AS the vessel is to go out OF
commission and be fitted up the flagship OF the
training station at Newport she will not have a
new commander assigned to her. The Alliance also
| on her way home. will go out OF commission upon
reaching Norfolk. Her captain. Commander Lyon
will go shore duty.
officials OF the War and Navy Departments
giving attention the number OF vacancies that
exist at the end Of this month for this years grad
uatng classes at the Military and Naval academies
AT present there not enough vacancies In either
branch OF the service Unless unexpected casualties
occur within the next few days. a number OF this
years graduates at the Naval Academy will go
without commissions for time. while others
Will be dropped from the rolls altogether. with the
Army the outlook is not so discouraging. In that
branch OF the service II s only a question OF weeks
or months until all graduates get their shoulder
straps. Sometimes the period OF probation Is long
ard this year II may be unusually So unless Secre-
tary Lamont takes some early action. There are
now only thirynne vacancies In the list OF second
lieuenants In all branches. while this years class
numbers hfty-four. II Is possible that a number OF
officers now awaiting retirement will be ordered
the disability list. Twelve officers are available for
such transfer. II all retired this would leave
only three vacancies necessary to accommodate the
whole class. With the Naval cadets the chances |
are that several will be relegatei TO civil life. There
are thirty-three youngsters in the class Of 9i not
counting those who go into the Engineer |
Corps. Two OF the number will be transferred to |
the Constructors Corps. and for the remainder va
cdhcleS must De round In the line and I'm the Marine !
Corps. The line now has only sixteen vacancies in |
the lowest grade. and the Marine Corps six This |
leaves deficiency OF eleven. to supply which every
reasonable effort will be made by Naval officials |
The cadets themselves are expected to do some |
"hustng." too. and by persuasion and otherwise to
bring about transfers and retlrements to create more
vacancies Each year cadets who are near th,
bottom OF their class and for whom there are no
probable vacancies exert themselves to the utmost
70 induce officers 20 20 Off the active list: not in
difference
in the active and retired pay VI officers. Sometimes
political Influence is brought TO bear upon the au-
thoTitles and officers not physically t for all duties
are brought before retiring boards II is possible,
though hardly probable that such efforts may be
Is looked upon with favor in Naval circles Is tina;
Of this Years. class to be tTansferred to
Enf%nesrs IN corps which now has sixteen va
plee their course In the Engineers Division Of the
class This plan would best meet the situation.
The important order OF Secretary Lamont reor-
ganizIng the business methods OF several bureaus
or oL the War Department has stirred up military
details OF nearly a OF the bureaus the enforcement
Of The order Will result in the ordering away from
Washington OF a number OF officers now on duty
at the department. Directions Will probably be IS
sued this week specifying the bureaus in which re-
auctions are to be made and the names OF the OFF,
GERS TO be detached SO far but little Information
has been given out as to the purposes Of Assistant
secretary Doe. 10 whom Secretary Lamont has In
trusted the execution Of the details OF his order.
relate 70 line officers The only offices which are
~ certain OF having tner 1Orce left un-
disturbed those OF the Pay Department the
Judge Advocate General. the Signal Corps and the
War Records Reductions will surely take place |
n the offices OF the Adutant 6;eneral the Quarter
master General the Surgeon General and the Chief
" Ordnance. owing to the probability OF General |
lawling asking for long leave OF absence prelim-
nary 10 retirement, the Commissary Generals Of |
Ice may escape reductions From all that can be
earned on the subject. the probabilities that
he offices OF the Adjutant- General, the Quarter |
master General ana the Surgeon General Will each
Ose three assignments. The Ordnance Office will |
ose one assistant n the maximum number OF off, |
ers II allowed General Brecknrdge he will retain |
liz present force OF assistants. otherwise he will |
ose one officer II is not known what changes VIII
'e made In General Casey's Office