The times., 1897-11-09

caGon was given 10 the press yesterday
afternoon. 1t is a document very long,
yet very concise ana throughout interest
ing one of the specially interesting mat
tiers in the work is the report Of Lieut..
Gill Storey on the Klondike region and
the condition Of the miners.
The following extracts will show the
interest aud raide OF the report:
During tney ear the eAtononganela, Puritan.
Texas, Wilmington, Nesuvius, oregon, Pet
rel, Standisn, Iowa, Concord. Porter, Erics
son, Cushing, anu l5rooKtyn nave been com
missloned Ior service. The NeNyat k ~ aua n
din, Nanuc, Mononganela, and Cusningnave
been placed out OF commission. on une 80
the Columbia was placed IN reserve, ana
the Minneapolis ordered TO be put III re-
serve.
Duung the fiscal year ending June 80,
1897, - 1883 men ana 3 ,bY5 appendices
were applicants Tor enlistment. OF tnis
number z3,l64 men and 2,653 apprentices
were rejected for physical disability or
other causes. ne GfsqualIiicau uIons ol l59
men aud five apprentices Were waived, and
27S men ana 80 apprentices IaIled TO en-
list Total number enlisted III the general
service, 4, ,544 men and 70l apprentices.
or tIus number l,3So men enlisted under
continuous service certificates.
The number OF men in the general
service June 30, eSl. was S,6oo men
and ,642 apprentices; totai, 10,327. OF
this number 3,l44 are serving under
contlnuous-serV wee certificates. Three
men, enlisted for three years, are serving
in the Naval Militia, bat are not counted
in quota. The number Of lien in special
service, ole, ipcmulng Fish COMMISSION
and Coast Survey, make Il grand total OF
II ,345- In addition 10 this number, 81
men are serving in the Navy Militia under
speclaEservice enilStments.
tnere nave been ussei4arged during the
year from 1ne general service 2,21a men
and 81 apprentices, and 8 40 men iron tne
special service, making total OF ;,2I2
men and 81 apprentices discharged IS fol
lows: TWO thousand five hmdrcdand ninety
men aHd 1873 apprentices bg expiration of
service, d illel and q apprentices Tor dis
ability. Al men services no longer eluif ed;
40 men, own request, . nien aud appfen-
tice, requcStof ding offIeer; amen
and 30 apprentices for bad conduct; l man
and / apprenJlce, illegal enlistment, ~
men and 70 apprentices, uapuJude, 81
men and 23 au rentiLes, undesirable; 81
men and Z apprentices, by puFcnase; q men
and apprentices VINO were IN tie hospital
for the insane We're Dropped Oh account Of
the expiration OF their term Of service.
OF the number Of men in the general
service, 2,S+5 are petty Officers; or tins
and 80 per cent are citizens oI Cne United
States.
OF the J,s40 IN tile general service hold
ing other ratings, 5S per cent are native
born and 20 pet cent are citizens.
OF the number OF nen IN the special
service, 35l are petty Officers, or this
number over 50 per cent are na;iye-bUrn
and over 81 per cent are citizens Of the
United states.
OF the 6o7 men in special service under
other ratings, over 4S per cent are native
born, and over 90 per cent are citizens
Tne increasing exactions OF the naval
service, together with the requirements
OF the Coast Survey, the Fish Commission,
and the Light House Board, make an in
crease in the number OF commissioned
officers Of the line imperative, 1t is gen
orally admitted that our battleships should
have their complement OF line officers
increased by about one-haif, and, at pres
ent, there Is no source from when to draw
this increase. Officers have been taken
from the smaller vessels and from shore
stations until further expansion Of the
Navy can only be met by legislative enact
ment providing Tor an increased number
Of Lue officers. Ii is recommended that
Congress be requested To authorize IN
increase in the number OF leutenants on
the active list from $50 to $50, an in
crease in the number Of ieutenants Junior
grade) from to 125, and an increase
In the number of captains from 45 to co,
and TO authorize the President to make
a sufficient number of appointments 20
the Naval Academy, -at large" to plo-
vide for and ma intain this increase, having
due regard 10 the increase tnaU could be
provided FOR by giving cadets Commissions
at the end OF the fUBr-year course at the
Naval Academy, Instead OF after six Years,
as now.
s-E,~. a
that Congress should be requested to au-
thOrize an additional enlistment Of 500
men and 500 apprentices.
The report. a. usual, includes a detailed
account OF The movements OF ships in com
mission and their movements 10 date.
The report OF Lieut.. Storey MAKES sub
sjantally tie following memorandum IL.
the Secretary OF the Navy:
The stories of the gold that is to be
found in Alaska, on the Yukon River,
sound more Ike fiction than fact, but new
eTtneIess tney have caused an unprecedented
rush TO that country, when rush is daily
increasing.
A most serious condition Of affairs is
threatened. The miners have d most ex-
cellent uuwritten law, based on natural
justice, that tney recognize among them
selves, but not 30 per cent OF the people
now IN that country, or who VIII be
there in the early spring, are miners
The desperate characters from cities and
country, especially from the Pacific coast,
who recognize no law not backed up by
force, form a considerable portion of the
army Of goldseekers. Many others, now
Intelligent and lava biding citizens, have
reached or are en- route TO This new
country, with the brightest hopes and most
sanguine expectations, but they go with
food or outfit. The severity OF the cli-
mate and the hardships TO be encountered
are unknown TO them. The little food
with which they have provided themselves,
their sense OF humanity, not vet entirely
stunted, viii cause them 10 share with
their destitute companions. Hope Will
supply the vitality necessary to withstand
the rigors of the idle season, but in the
spring, when the dreams of the large ma
Joiity remain unrealized and prospects D.
pear dark, the thought of ultimate failure
takes possession of them and they be-
come the most desperate OF the desperate
| class The successful minority VIII be
preyed npon by the unsuccessful ma iority.
The present rush is 10 the KIonOlike, but
all tnat region has already been ia ken up
The Kloudike is in British territory, but
gold has been reported ailalong the Yukon
The need OF a governing force is an
parent The English have mounted police
men, as they are called, on that portion OF
the river in their territory. These policemen
are men from the regular force of Canada,
and are well Versed in their work and ,.s-
pccially adapted for it. They have boats
on the river and move about, up and down,
and preserve order. But any despera te
character can jump across the line into
American territory, and We have no force
To arrest them. he Canadian force can
not cross the line after them, so we viii
have thousands Of lawless characters turn
I ed loose on our territory, and with this