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

forms, the mess and the food for all names
The electrician has charge Of the ships elecHic
plant ana Of the electric appliances used III ''r-
pedo work.
The apothecary has charge of the sick bay. which
is the ships hospital This Office is hlled III '"e
LIST Naval Battalion by a practising PhES'
He is assisted by four baymen. one from eac" III
vision These four medical studth'S anu
know their business. When the battalion IS ih"4eu'
the apothocary and four baymen under Hi'He"'d'e
command Of the junior surgeon. constitute the am
bulance corps In addition their regular stuuleS
these men obliged to take a large amount oi
special instruction and to learn regular h're,c"e,
drill. The ambulance force is a skilled proiesso"a'
body and can be relied at all times
The chief quartermaster is In supreme charse o'
running and signal lights log and lead INES steer
ing and signals in general His assistants are '"'
qu}rtermasters and signamen Of Inc NdI'"''
divisions. Signalling IS of Vita importance III 'i''
Navy. and the sigma! corps o. me ISL Nav"
Battalion. under Chief Quartermaster ANDERSON
has become a little body of experts ihey kno"
how - wiCwag with Navy sigma iass ana electric
torches. and how 10 send signals with whistles
guns or bells They understand the Ardois syS-
ten. which consists Of combinations OF req ana
white lights strung on the topmast rigging ln'E
can use the Very system. which consists OF dltief-
ent combinations of red and green hreoaIS' Sho'
into the air from a fat pistol They can employ
flashlights searchIights photographs. and are
versed in the meanings OF the international ana
genera Navy codes OF flags They Know the use
Of all kinds Of cipher codes. night lights heIih ana
speed signals and the compass. Th'y can steer
slfp tel the difference between variation ana deVi-
alton read a chart measure angles with scXtant.
and take soundinrs The most advanced Of them
know how to build coast telegraph ana TO CON
duct a reconnaissance. There IS 10 play ABOUT
this corps. Its work has TO bc put to pfa'uca'
use the annual cruise of the battalion. ana m
deed. almost every time boats crew leaves '"e
ship The senior ensign in each division has espe-
cial charge Of its signal work. and. like every one
else in the signal department, fas 70 pass for
,ndahle examination in these matters AT the close OF
every drill season.
sIXTEEN MN \ GUNS CREW.
Each division OF the battalion consists Of eighty
one men and four commissioned officers. lhose
commissioned officers are lieutenant lieutenant
ilnior grade and TWO ensgns. lieutenant, junior
grade corresponds to first lieutenant in the Army
and an ensign to a second Lieutenant. The unit OF
organization in a division IS guns crew, consist
ing of sixteen mon and two petty officers. such n
crew forms section % infantry and two sections
make company Thus there are two infantry
companies IN each division a section also mans 4
field piece such as breechloading howitzer. so that
each division can be turned out as a battery OF
artillery II is the custom in the lst Naval Hat-
talon for each division be detailed as artillery
a month at time. This has nothing to 10 with
ordinary drills but with inspections parades ana
all battalion ceremonies.
There are sixteen OF these guns crews IN the
organization and tie fourth. eighth, twelfth ana
sixteenth are torpedo They receive special
instruction in the construction and use or all tor
loes and the manner in which they can rig ana
fire n spar TORPEDO Is good 10 see. The petty ON
GERS of n division are entirely different from those
Of an infantry company. The chief petty officer -
the senior hoatswau's mate. and next 70 him comes
the ginners Grey. These two men are not attached
% anv guns crew. The boatswains mate keeps
the division roster and reports and has charge OF
all matters pertaining to seamaHship. Aboard snip
his tours Of duty have nothing to do with his diVl
sion; he stands watch in rotation with the other
boatswain's mates. The gunner's mate, OF course
looks after arms. ammunition. etc.
The other Divisional petty officers are boa's"a'h
mates quar;ermastors torpcdoists and coXswalns
They are distributed follows: First crew in each
division boajswains mate as first captain. coxs"ain
as second captain; second crow. a quar'ermasier
and coxswaiu: third crew. the same; fourth
rev n tornedoist and coXswain. The torpedost
does not exist In the regular Navy. but was Gro
ated TO NEE: the probable requirements or the
militia service in harbo- defence. Each guns crew
has two captains. according to tho naval rcSula-
lions because in casting loose or in operating two
runs on opposite sides OF the deck the crew divides
into two parts. The duties OF boatswa!n's mates