New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-28

1-1erroncioS calling for special knowledge OF her
- AMI adjacent waters and Of the use OF VesselS'
81, or small. and secondly, 70 ne H'tIStA ia '''
Navy in case OF war.
The tiIc Of the 1st Naval battalion Is mislead-
jng 70 tNc .andsmar. who naturally thlhK~ OF " u''
ta,.on as commanded by Major. ana rs cofs'S,-
ing of SO many companies under captains Inc
ro-, "batta.ion' suggests an Infantry organizaton
v.he~oas tho lst Naval Battalion is not an infantry
body ard IS never seen as infantry except ""'"
Il is landed for parale-and then II always TURN"
ON as q Naval Brigade. comprising three mhid'ui'
battaliony Of infantry. of twD companies each ana
: -. or God arti'.or, The general public
never Sos the Naval Militia. except on parade ana
of course thinks Of It as a kind o. infantry con-
cern tnat learns 70 fire big guns aboard snip once
vta~ The fact g. that the fundamental organizi-
lion ~ the battalion is that Of warships crew
Oe course there IS engineer force and there are
no orors coal-raesers "!ders" or landsmen Hn'
the ogh.,nq organization Of a ship s there piilcers
OF the Navy IN official report have dec'ar''
that the battauon IS ht 10 put aboard coast o.
fence shin as It's in time OF war. This GER
,a,,,y MEANS something very different from an
infantry BODY
FORMATION OF THE BATTALION.
70. ne see how this organization differs from
reeinoent In the first place companies DO not eT-
,st except when the battalion is armed as lnranuy
The battalion Is comprised Of four divisions cach
commanded by lieutenant. A division ABOARD snip
is composed of the crews Of tho guns IN certain
mart ~ the vessel For instance. the first division
might be ell those on the forcas;le' incIudmg 'ne
foretop; the second division all those In the waist
and the third those on the poop. A lieutenant Is
an officer of e1ual rank to a captain in the Army
A captain in the Navy is equal to Colonel IN inc
ARMY The highest rank in the lst Naval battalion
is that OF commander. which is equValen; 70 l"eo-
,enant-Colonel Commander Jacob w. Miller an ex-
Naval officer of twelve years service. commands the
battalion The next in rank is IAeutenant-Com-
r,andor George Edward Kent. the executive onccr.
He is the commanding officers rieht-hand man.
Ike the adiujant Of regiment Next comes UIe
navigator Lieutenant :. Dana Greene IT. Inc OF
fccr who corresponds to quartermast"r IN resl-
rnent Is the payrnasfer. J. O. Agar There are also
Surgeon John Van der Peel and Assistant Surgeon
H. H. Butts.
.Next comes what in a regiment would be called
the non-conmlssioued staff but IN the lst NHN"'
battalion these are called chief petty officers IN
accordance with naval usage. -Ad TINS - WHeFe
the landsmau. VINO Is familiar with military Or
ganizatons finds himself at sea. There IS no quar-
termastcr-sergeant. or sergeant-major, or anything
OF that kind The ranking chief petty officer IS
Master-at-Arms r. ". g. Wclling. \ master-ai-
arms does not teach men 10 fence He is practically
the ships chief OF police. lie preserves order among
the men supcrvises all lights and fires, sees that
there is no smoking except at proper times, secures
offenders and takes them before the proper au-
thorit!es and has charge Of all prisoners in con
fneloen,. In case Of FIRE his first duty is to ber-
all prisoners. lie sees that lights are put out
al 10 O'clock even among III, officers in the ward
room. unless they get an extension OF time from the
commanding officer Of the ship. who. hy the way Is
always called captain" no matter what his rank
may be.
OTHER PETTY OFFICERS
The other chief petty officers are the chief boat
swans mate. the CHEZ gurner's mate. the chief
Qusrermaster. the paynsster's yeoman. the cleo
troida and the apotheca:y. The chief gunner :
mate has charge % all ordnance and ordnance
stores. under direction % the navigator, who is
also the ordnance officer The State pays an arrnor-
er. an ex-boatswsn's mate % the Navy. 10 ASSIST
these officers. AZ there present twelve pieces
OF ordnance, 80 Lee magazine rifles. fnH
complement Of revolyers. cutlasses spar topedoeS
etc. aboard the New Hampshire. no, TO SPEAK OF
1850 rounds Of Lee rife cartridges and ABOUT ~
rounds OF artillery ammunition in the magazines
ready for instant use. these men nave their minus
fun. II may be added that Navigator Greene -
responsible for the instruction Of the torpedo crews
and Of all hands In many important matters Oh
sunnsry and navigation The payinaster yeo''i"
has charge Of all the not In the ordnance as
nsxtmant-blspketS. .Ammocks. mstuesses' VIZ