The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07
TWO NATT REGISTERS.
The War Register of July, 1903, and the
Annual of January, 1850.

shows many changes In the way OF old names
that have disappeared or nre in different
places. II shows seven Admirals instead VI
six. the new man being George Dewey OF
Manila. Then the man who was fourth on the
Commodore list in January is now first, and
Capt. Schley has become a Commodore. Schlcy
o. Santiago. Capt. Sampson, fourth on the list.
Is now last on the list OF Commodorcs. though.
In our economical way, he Is doinE an Admiral's
work-not q Rear Admlrnl's, but q full Adj
mirals-and getting Commodorc's pay.
Five Of the Commanders have gone higher.
and 1t may DO noticed that the July Register
shows that Capt. Lamberton, having been as
signed to command the Olympia. In credited
with the good work done at Manila by the
m though Capt. Gridley really was in
command at the time OF the battle. In THE
Mikado" the non-execution OF a person is ex-
planned away on tine ground that when the
Mikddo says, d o n thing" that thing Is done;
therefore the detail Of carrying out the order is
OF no moment. The Navy Department in this
matter seems to have gone on much the same
principle. Having ordered Commander now
Captnin) Lamberton to the Olympia, he Is to
get the reward. Capt, Gridley has died since
the battle. 1t might DO q question OF purely
academical interest to know where lie would
have stood II no had lived.
The department stands for technical correct
ness In all t~hlngs-eXcept sometimes. Now,
most persons thought that Mr.. Chidwick the
chaplain OF the Maine, had ended one cruise
when the Maine was blown up. But not so. he
is still on his first cruise, although he Is ON
another ship. A cruise is two or three years
long. according to the Navy Department.:
therefore. Chaplain Chadwick. having been or
dered to a cruise on the Maine for two years. is
still on the Maine, though he has been trans
ferred to the Cincinnati. Don't get that red
For tha frat time In p q tha RogioIar L,os n
list OF retired officers employed on active duty,
and there is u list Of officers appointed to serve
i ,541 since then the number has increased.
There are also twenty-four Second Lieutenants
While near the Marine Corps It may be no.
ticed that for the first time in years there are
Col, Pope is on the Panther, MAJOR Meade is
fleet marine officer on the New York. and Ma
lon at Guantanamo. Capt, MeCawiey, Who was
appointed oyer a year ago in defiance OF law; as
'' Our II navy navy &c so insisted of 245 vessels of all
iit0s5S.s On the Other hand. Hdmiral MM1ihIp ier. eSmi
manding the Pacific station, has had to take
not carry one in July.
ist Mpe n %e 1nfy, isS SSis an6 6e5 T. Eaa this this Navy isSIe Req e.
broke out, In those days We, had no Admirai$
Captains doing Admirals' work and others do
ing Commodores'. They got extra pay. then,
however. which our Captain Admirals do not
get now.
There were eishty-one CAPTAINS on the active
and Farragut thirty.ninth. Charles Stewart
the, navy in 1913, and his daughter had mar
Tted q young Irish EentIemTen named ParneIl:
Gagry, was No: Il. RaphaSI }SSe,mmeass' No. 50.
while John A. Dahlgren and Stephen c. Rowan
were rpSppctiNoly Nos. 80 and 81.
There. were 33S Lieutenants. who had a
fSGS%kiafb h i9Gi !. f ra~ sSs t AS.6 24T!y Hn Ind Craven ia t6 of
Teeumseh fame was No. 10. and Richard Vain:
f ErIsh &a SS S1's5 pP TEe lIss c }%st g9t 2 Inc new Hn Gost Of
n mnny lamou s, mTPs or G raf +, +. m RodT Wh9 F Tfa fame
AMI Amm rFsGE!s Earl i Enfiish, i Fraekli Ro Ha3ta ns' Ban:
croft Gherardi. and lots Of others who have
we're all Ligptenapts IN 1850: There was i
navy IA E"r IN uifsoS.s Rad in, h 1855 Sn'f ha% fSs
been Ssn rs at sG1 aD fST 1 ssaaI4Ftyiis lester yf "a bea Rayins
who retired in February last. was No. 3 in the
list of masters. and young, Tom Selfridge.
made room for Commodore Bunce as an ADJ
miral and for Captain schiey as a Commodore,
who, after flying his flag at Queen Victoria,s
Jubilee on the Brooklyn. now holsts it on a Fish
8 on the list, and Admirals .Sicard. Matthews.
and Norton were Nos. II, - and 10. Captain
Richmond at Pfiiadeiphia. was the junior act
ing midshipman Of those days to appear in the
'qTIEE d EeT ase dn 2y ] tnis ys%r s Sf TaPl now; in
1891 there were Al but the numbers OF other
Warrant No officers % have hSy been incSEsased since
Marine Corps was, in the service forty years
ago: this fact should prove encouraging to the
There were only Chief Engineers in those days
the present system. OF having assistant and
passed assistant engineers did not exist: there
were assistants. but they were merely warrant
machinists, as we call them to-day. II may be
either relative or sulbstantive. There We're
eleven navy agents. of whom Barring Brothers
been agents f Snpi2Iit tee@ y S@1y sfmSo is44! ;wh hhe
ten permanent agents had held office only for
We had a navy yard at Sacketts Harbor. N. Y.
in lSt9, and a naval station at Valparaiso and
on the point of repeatlns ITSELF. At ie nsiirSry rs
NY, we had an agent for the inspeetion. test
baltimore we had agents for the purchase Of
coal. and at various places along the Southern
coast we Lad agents for the preservation of live
In 8 we had ten ships OF the line; of which
re vernon alone survives though the names
were ten ~frigates. twcnty-one sloops of war.
seven firSt-e elias q t screw steamers SIX second
that day. still on the list. either actually or be-
cause q sncGSss4rs Of The same name. are
New York Constitution, the original Coium-
hia, Constellation, Portsmouth. Saratoga. st.
Minnesota, Franklin, Wabash. all original
and the, Michigan was on the lakes Just as It is
now, Tho Dolphin OF those days WAS a brig
attached TO the Brazil squadron.
The names of what we now call stations were
different in those days. The home squadron
Pacific squadron by Flag Officer Long. the
Mediterranean squadron by Flag Officer Laval
Flag Oflcer Shubrick. Flag Ohicer Conover
commanded the, African squadron. and Flag
oflcer Iatnall the East India SQUADRON. The
African squadron kept an eye ont for slave
traders, and had some good ships. one OF
which, the Cumberland. won fame by being
sunk by the Mcrrimac.
RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE