Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-04
NEW NAVY PERSONNEL.
Hundreds Of Nominations Rushed to the Sen.
ate for Immediate Confirmation.

Washington. March 3.-The secretary of
the navy is making strenuous efforts to
of all the officers of the navy affected by
the new navy personnel bill. He has had
board working, for the past "a hours,
a a .iii the exact &c, place that each
next act, and the clerks have been busiiy
engaged in preparing The nominations.
which number nearly 500 They We're SUD
mtted to the Senate: today. and it is eN-
pected that they will be confirmed en-
masse because of the short time remain
ing of this session of Congress.
As the nominations Went to, the White
House. today, from the navy department.
they were based on the standing of the
officers in the old register and no account
was taken of the effect of action or nom
many naval nomina tons now pending De-
fore that body. Thus in the list Of rear
admirals submitted. IL in number. which
list includes men who held the rank Of
bill, Schley stands two numbers In sd
vance of Sampson. This is precisely his
relative position on the existing reg Ster.
though , We're the re- Senate to confirm he
admrals;, as they were specially submit,
stand two numbers ahead of Schley.
Still both officers would materially SUI
fer were the Senate 10 disregard the
Presidents recommendation for their 4 l.
vancement on account of services rem
dered at Santiago. for instead of standing
almost at the head of the list of rear adj
mirais, they would respectively number
10 and u in that grade, making it imprO5-
able that either would ever be able to OBJ
tain the grade of full admiral under any
of the ordinary conditions that govern
promotions. The recommendation of the
President. however is not likely to be fo.
lowed, and then both will be rear al
mirals. with Schley two numbers in al
vance.
Dewey's name heads all the rest by vir-
>tue of the passage, yesterday. OF the spe-
cial act making him admiral of the navy
and increasing his emoluments from 5000
to $4,000 per annum. 1t is said that he
will outrank any officer in the United
States army. the fact being that the rear
admirals. of whom there will be IS. viii
rank with the major generals. who are
the highest al present in the army. While
this fact would carry with it the outrank-
ing of Gen. Otis by Dewey, 1t IL not likely
to interfere In the least with the status Of
Manila.
The is rear admirals to be nominated
are: McNair. Howell. Howison: kautz,
son, Schley. Casey, Sampson. Cromwell.
Higeinson. Picking. Rodgers. Kempff and
Sumner.
The first effect of the merging of the en-
~ arranged list of captains. for third on
the line of captains stands the name Of
George w, Melville. now engineer-in-chisf
With the relative rank of c a.nn
on the captains list are Rearicx, Al
drade, Low. Buchler and Robinson.
The list Of captains is headed by Nc
gon second; Cotton, third; and Robley D.
Evans. fourth. There are 20 captains ON
the list. Commander Book heads the list
in his grade, and there are Ill names f1l-
lowing his name in the list OF comman-
ders.
ed by Niles, and the lieptenants list by
Bouche. There are 10 lieutenant com
grades, and these lists have. perhaps
shown the greatest increase. on acc )unt
Of the addition Of the engineers.