The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31

Some Or the Changes It s~hows-sIgnaI Number
-ahips In Reserve.

Some or the Changes 1t shows-signal Numbers
ships In Reserve.
The Navy Register for 1898. or. to give the
official title. Register of the Commissioned
and Warrant Officers of the Navy Of the United
States and Of the Marine Corps to Jan. /,
$780, has been published. 1t doesn't change
much in appearance from year to year. though
its interior details show alterations every time
II Is published.
This Register for 1898 starts of with the
names of Gov. Long and Police Commits
sioner Roosevelt as Secretary and Assistant
Secretary. Commodore Matthews of last year
10 Admiral Matthews of this new Register. but
he remains at the head of the Bureau of Yards
and Docks, where he will have served four
years on March 16 next. Commander Bradford
succeeds Commander Chadwick in the Bureau
Of Equipment; Capt. Crowninshield succeeds
Admiral Ramsay in the Bureau of Navigation,
the head of which is practically the Adjutant-
General of the Navy; Capt. 0'Neil relieves
Capt. Sampson as head of the Bureau Of Ord
nance three other bureaus are still headed by
Paymaster-Genera Stewart. Engineer-in.Chief
Melville, and Chief Constructor Hichborn, and
tho Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery is headed
by SurReon-General Van Reypon, who succeeded
Surgeon.General Bates, who succeeded Surgeon
General Tryon, who has been detailed as Gen.
eral Inspector Of Hospitals. Benjamin Micou.
who had been chief clerk Of the department. Is
succeeded by Benjamin +. Peters: so tho Ben
jamins are still on deck.
During the year three Rear Admirals have
been retired, George Brown, John @. Walker.
and Francis M. Ramsay; two Commodores. X.
/. Phythian and Rush r. Wallace; three Cap
tains. seven Commanders. i've Chief Engineers,
and one professor, Simon Newoomb. Nine re-
tired Rear Admirals have died. Commander
wingate retired on June 3 and died ON june z:
Surgeon. General Bates died twelve days after
he had been appointed Chief of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery In succession to DR.. Tryon.
Col. Haywood sim commands tho Marine
Corps; he has transferred his brother Colonel.
Charles L. McCawley. o son Of q former Colonel
CommGndant. has been appointed from civil life
master on the general stan Of the Marine Corps.
with headquarters at Washington. He assists
& Sr ts ISdP . psssls = w sss Ri Fl sniiesm and Az 3
i iSSyped when the President sppointss him IL last
i iusy to the ,aSsa that Civilians shSeSuidn'ttS Be sp,
pointed to stan places In the Marine Corps;
sassissas. s Sc sh nsd p e Hs'e O 81 sSe tS ssSPEiI a 10 enc
bs AS a Sssss Sf sho hs SPSssrif rom ON i page sx Z to n paae
az; and thence on both pages to page 81; Itcon,
Admiral Kirkland was No. / and sailmaker An
drew Anderson was No. 1,647. These numbers
run right down through the line and then
through the stan departments. and do not de-
pend on, relative rank. Thus Naval Cadet
art is No. 1,02e. These numbers change, Of
course. every time an officer leaves the active list;
every officer will 20 up one-or go down one. so
far as the numbers are concerned-as soon as
| Admiral Selfridge ~retires. So II won't do for
any man not up TO date In navy matters to hoist
n signal number for q special officer; he may get
some one entirely different. Suppose one
hoisted No. 8, using the Register for January,
and hoping to get Admiral Sicard; IL might very
Bunce had climbed up from 8 TO 9, and then the
person who wanted to sec Admiral Sicard
would sec Admiral Bunce.
OF course our list OF ships 10 interesting; but
thar has been repeated many times of late and
needn't DO rehearsed here. But one or two things
are to DO noted. Hitherto only fagships carried
chaplains; now oil iagships. whatever their rate,
carry "sky-pilots," and In addition all hrstrate
ships also are provided with them. Then this
ships "in reserve" the Columbia. the Mime
apolis, and the Puritan. These ships have a
skeleton stan organization. consisting Of a Cap
tain, an executive officer, one or two Lieuten-
ants. q surgeon. ono or two engineer officers,
and the usual warrant officers. The Minneapo.
lis carries also q chaplain.
Then we have q torpedo boat fiotilla, consist
ing of six vessels on the first OF the month, but
strengthened since then. Two officers Of the
land, not to say fresh.Water colleges; but no
naval men are on duty with the State naval
has 10 put SEX" before Assistant Secretary"
We may see soma Of them attached 10 that
branch or the STATE trooDA