The evening times., 1897-12-27
FOR7Y-{|GAT RESIGNED
Many Important Changes in the
Naval Service.
NEW REGISTER SOON TO ISSUE
It VIII Show Also That Forty-six
Officers Were Placed Oh the Re
tired list, and Forty-one We're
Removed by Death-Gnly Two Men
Dismissed During the Year.

Many important changes OF statioIs, pre-
motions advertisements are sho wn in the
Naval Register OF 1898. which Will be is
sued soon after January L. Forty-eight
officers resigned their commissions during
the year. rorty-three of whom were naval
cadets. The others include Lieut. c. A.
Stone, retired; Ensign s. r. Hurlout, As
sistaat Payn as.er William p. Hawiey
Passed as<rstaat-Surse,n F. G.. Bratn-
wait.. and Chaplain n. NJ Goodwin. 1t
is understood secretary Long has determin-
ed to appoint the Rev. B. o. Skies, a Meth
odist Episcopal Clergyman. OF Pennsylva-
mia. to rill the vacancy caused by Mr.. Good,
wins resignation.
Fort twt. Officers of the Navy and four
officers Of the Marine Corps were placed ON
the Ieti,ed list during the year. Among
them were Rear Admirals J g. Walker
F. ". Ramsay and George Brown, and
Coinmodores r. L. Pythian and X. Il.
Wallace
Thir-y-nine officers of the Navy and two
in the Marine Corps led among them being;
Rear Admirsis l.. Worden, s. p Lee, L.
R C,lhouu, J. H. Russell, ]. s. Skerrett and
T. w. Meade, all Oh TIL retired list. There
were two disrisSals ls-Paymaster John Cor
wing anu Naval Cadet r. f. Turner.
The ran.; ing officerof the Navy, according
to the fnrS booming registe er, is Rear Admiral
" 4. Kirkland, who Commands the Mare
Island Navy Yard. Commodore G. s. Norton
heads the active list Of oomnodores, anc
will receive his promotion in Februarynext
on therein EN- ent of Rear Admiral T @. Self
ridge Capt. ii. B. Robeson, captain OF tn.
Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N H., isthesenior
captain Nine commanders will be pr,
NOTED to caitfins during the coming year
Commander l. f. Jew ell is the senior con.-
m1nder.
Fifteen officers who held the rank of lieI-
tenant IN January. 1897, win be placed IN
the lieutenant commanders list il. the new
register. There were twenty-five officers
promoted from ieutenant. junior grade, to
lieutenant. and tweaty-four ensigns pro-
motel to the next higher rank.
Medical director c. j. Kleberne is the
senior medical officer OF the Navy. and ".
4. Van Reypen surgeon general. G. F.
winslcw is the senior medical inspector
o. ID. Norton, the ranking passed assist
AMI surgeon, and X. X. Smith, the ranking
assistant surgeon.
c. II. Eldridge heads the list OF pay
directors. J. f. Tolefrce is ranking pay in
spector. A. W. Bacon ranking paymaster,
H. r. sullivan ranking passed assistant
paymastcr and H. T.. Bscoe ranking
sstant paymaster.
In tie IuEineer Corps, Chief Engineer
Philip Inoh is the seninr officer: R. I. Hall
ranking passed assistant engineer, and W.
H. McGranp ra hiking assistant engineer.
Chapiair W. o. Holwayis still the senior
chaplain: P.tf. William Harkness the
senior professor of ma thema tics; Chief Naval
Constructor Philip 1iichbOrn, the ranking
naval constructor, and P. C. Asserson the
ranking officer of the civil engineer corps
The new register Will show that there are
fourteen vacancies in the line, fourteen IL.
the Engineer Corps, seventeen In the Meii.
cal Corps, 2 I'd one among the professors OF
mathematics. II is considered likely that
there will be enough vacancies on June 80
next fer the graduates Of the Naval Acad-
emy.