Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-03
HEROES NOT RON.RED
Chief Of Navigation Bureau Crown.
inshield Complains Of the Gov
ernment's Hardness.
Real Heros Of Naval Battles Never
Given Recognition For Their
Services.
Aguinaldo Issues Proclamation Call
ing Attention to Converting Of
American Congress.

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features of interest above all others in
the annual report Of Admiral Crownin-
shield, chief OF the bureau of naviga-
ton, just made public The first is an
arraignment of congress because of the
failure to reward the officers recon-
mended for advancement as result of
the battles around Cuba; second, the
recommendations for a change in the
present system of receiving ships, and
the third for the Improvement of the
new system of training landsmen. I'm
der the first head the admiral writes:
Another condition or affairs discour-
aging to proud and ambitious officers
who have riSked and accomplished
much is the ragged and irregular result
that seems an evitable consequence of
any effort to give permanent and sub
stantial official recognition to bravery,
gallantry or devotion.
OF the officers who served in the
north Atlantic waters three have been
confirmed in the recognition urged by
the department-two because their
cases We're presented at propitious mo-
prehension. The rest, numbering among
them every gallant captain at Santiago
on July 3 and all the brave captains of
the ever ready gunboats. numbering
among them officers who lisked their
lives in many desperate expeditions
numbering among them all those who
hesitated not, and including at the head
of all the able and determined officer
who planned, worked out and executed
the whole campaign, and who finally
consummated the one victory which
was vital to the enemy-he and all the
rest have absolutely nothing. The
greatest among these has not as much
as the medal which was given to each
of the hundreds who shared in a victory
Won in more propitious hour.
THE number of sailors in the navy
including petty officers, at the end of the
fiscal year was 1861, and $500 of these
We're serving under continuous service
certificates. Over Sc per cent OF the
petty officers were native born; over 3:
per cent of the foreign born We're nat
uralized, and IS per cent of the whole
number We're citizens of the United
States, while So per cent of the remain
der had declared their intention TO be
come citizens.
over 81 per cent of the apprentice:
We're native born and over 81 per cent o.
the whole enlisted force were nativ,
born.
Upon the subject of receiving ships
Admiral Crowninshield points out tn
/ great expense of maintaining such ship
in condition, with the result that afte
all they are nothing more than foatin
| houses. They should give way, he says
| 10 permanent barracks on shore. TIL
4 report shows that England, France
Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia an
| Japan have constructed such bar
racks. Therefore, it is proposed I
construct barracks al the New Yor
navy yard. at League Island, at Mar
A Island and at Boston.
Upon the subject of training of lands
4 men, the report states that the depart
4 fnent was led 10 undertake this by rea
4 son of a shortage of men to meet tn
demands of the navy. II is hoped tha
in the future the inflow of apprentice
will be sufficient to meet such needs, bi
meantime the department has bee
obliged to enlist several hundred youn
men, whom il is proposed to train f.
eight or ten months on board cruisin
ships 1t is calculated in this way
provide for the needs of the service fl
the next two or three years. The repo
J calls attention TO the failure of the pc
sonnet bill as amended to provide of
GERS sufficient to do the work of Il
!, navy. 1t is said that there are not nea
/ ~ enough officers available to train II
: men in gunnery. 1t is also submitte
- H.,
t be equalzed with that of the army. al
: that the state naval militia be federal,
: into a national naval reserve.