Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-12-11
NAVAL NEWS.
The Personnel BIN for the Service Ca1ss
- How Retween senior and Junior
Onieers-Secretary Herbert
Indignant. Etc


Indignant. Etc
A board consisting Of Capt. Samuel
G. Lemly, United States Navy, judge
advocate-general: Lient.-Com. RichaI d.
son Glover, United States Navy. and
Mr.. Benjamin Micon, chief clerk. Navy
| DEPARTMENT. assembled at the Navy De-
partment at noon Monday for the pnr-
pose of revising cOdIfying the navy regu-
iations and preparing for publication a
new issue of the same. 1t is the pur-
pose Of the board to collect the amend
mentg and notifications Of the regula-
tions of 1898 and arrange them systema-
| tically in connection with those proyi-
siOns of the regulations to winch they
relate, respectively, making only such
changes in the existing regulations as
| NAV be necessary TO make them CON-
plete and render the whole harmonious
and nnambiguous The board will re-
port upon the pr0priety of arranging
| the regulations in two volumes -one
relating to the military and the other 10
the civil administration of the navy, or
otherwise.
AS has been anticipated for some time,
a row has broken loose in the line of the
navy which in bitterness and intensity
and power to continue almost indefinite
ly excels any similar fracas which has
occurred between the malc0ntents and
| those favorable TO personnel measure
since the subject of relief was first con-
sidered. Both sides are aIrayed against
each other, and the entire line seems di-
vided in itself rather than as opposing
| the engineers aud other staff corps. which
generally have been the bette noirs II
| is fight between the seniors and jun
] iOrs. in which the latter have majority
and upon every question have outvoted
their elders. The older officers are, al
most to "A man, against the bill present
ed to the Senate last week 10y Senator
| Hale, and which represents the views of
the departE and has the support of
the Secretary.
The fires which have been smoldering
since Congress adjourned last March,
seem 10 have been rekindled and the re-
maTkable condition of line officers OF
tine navy Outwardly opposing legislation
with the Secretary indorses is presented
| to Congress. The matter is more SER
ious than it appears to be on the surface,
and it would not be surprising if Secre-
tary Herbert should strongly admCnish
several admirals, commOdOres and cap
| tains, as well as commanders and lieu
| tenant-commanders, who have formed
an organization in which they outline
their purpose OF using every means to
| defeat the present measure known as
the Meyer bill.
| Mr.. Herbert, however, has been fully
advised of the project, and has before
him the paper prepared by those officers
| who are unfayorable to bis ideas OF per-
sonnel, and he proposes to take some
action which may make 1t exceedingly
uncomfortable for several men of dstin-
| guished rank who believe they know
| what is better for the interest of the
navy than either Mr.. Herbert OF two
committees OF Congress.
1t is proposed to confine the member
ship to line officers Of experience, says
the circular, which means that the jun
/ iors are to be denied admittance. All
officers opposed to the Meyer bill are in
| vited by the organization to line up and
prepare for stiff work.
This is lhe committee: Commodore
Matthews, Captain George &. Remay,
| Captain Philip III. Cooper, superintend-
ent of the Naval Academy, Captain L.
#. Harrington, Commander Charles ID.
Sigsbee, Commander b. p. Iamberton,
in charge of the Mary land lighthouse
ulblIlCIs OOultndlluCA Abd w dlhCls ASlOl,-
nant-COmmander Il. #. Tilley, Lieu
tenant-Commander Leutze, Lieutenant
Commander Dunlap, and Lieutenants
McCrackin, Kilburn and Mahan, sta
toned at the Naval Academy.
Yesterday morning Senator SqHire,
OF Washington, introduced the naval
engineering personnel bill. A careful
scrutiny of the measure shows that it is
one of the best perfected and most care
fully drawn bills that has ever been
presented upon naval affairs.
One of the most important provisions
of the bill is the educational feature.
Realizing the fact that the Naval Aca-
DENY at Annapolis is unable to even
graduate sufficient number of cadets
to supply existing vacancies, 1t is pro-
posed to call upon the leading scientific
institutions of the country for assis-
tance in this matter. Those colleges
which shall establish Il course of en-
cheering satisfactory to the Secretary
of the Navy shall be empowered to grad
uate men who shall be appointed cadet
| engineers in the naval service. Those
/ young men will be sent to sea and to
some postgraduate school Ofinstructi0n
for period of two years, and will then
undergo competition with the Naval
Academy graduates for commissions in
the navy. The various scientific col
leges in the land have already been
aroused to the Importance of this meas
ure, and they will actively cooperate
with senator Squire in making the
provisions of this bill a law.
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