The evening times., 1899-10-21
FOR NAVAL WAR RECORDS.
Superintendent Rawson's Annual Es-
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Inmates Submitted.
E. X. Rawson, Superintendent Of the Ma
val War Records, has submitted to the
Secretary of the Navy his annual report
and estimates for the Office OF Naval War
Records. and the department library for
the fiscal year. 1S00-1901. The report says:
Since my last annual report, the eighth
and ninth volumes of the Official Records
OF the Union and Confederate Navies IN
| the War Of the Rebellion have been print
ed, and the eighth is in process of distri-
button. The ninth will be distributed by
the end OF the calendar year. and the tenth
compiled shortly thereafter. An attempt
will be made to issue the eleventh volume
and to print part of the twelfth by the
end Of the present fiscal year, July /, 1900,
although with the force at the disposal of
the Office this may not be accomplished.
With the completion of the twelfth VOL
ume so per cent Of the entire work will be
finished, the series in all probability not
exceeding twenty-six to thirty volumes. -
An expert proofreader at a salary OF
81, 200 is greatly needed, and the request is
made that one be assigned to the work.
Regarding the proposed estimates the re-
port says:
Il have made the request in my esti-
mates for an additional appropriation for
the publication of these records, as will be
seen, increasing the amount asked for from
S19, 900 TO $23, 900. The amount allowed by
Congress-$19, ,000-for the last fiscal year
(Which was less than that allowed for the
fiscal year ending 1898, viz, $20,S00 is in
adequatae, and there will probably be a
small deficiency. This request has been
rendered necessary:
First By the increased cost of the
printing and binding of these volumes.
Second By the fact that by the decision
of the Department much more care has
been taken and slight additional expense
has been incurred in the preparation of the
illustrations for them. including not only
the reproduction of types OF ships, but also
the Enclosures of sketches and contempor-
aneous drawings accompanying the reports
OF officers forwarded to the Department
The number of these illustrations for any
one volume can not be foreseeen.
Third. By the maps, which are carefully
prepared for this work. These are of great
service in calculating the text and making
these volumes valuable to readers in all
parts OF the country to whom aliases and
maps are Impossible or access, as well as
for the convenience of naval officers, to
whom these volumes are of primary inter-
est. In these maps are placed the names
OF the important places found in the text
and they are the most accurate of all maps
of their size of the coast lines and scenes of
naval operations, great care being taken to
verify the geographical names by reference
to the maps of the Coast Survey and to the
text of the records.
THE question of introducing these maps
into the volumes as published or of waiting
for the completion of the whole work was
seriously discussed by this office. and the
conclusion reached that the expense would
be less and the value to the reader and his
torian enhanced by their introduction into
the current volumes
During the past year conference was
held with the officials Of the War Depart
ment library. by which the purchase OF
duplicate books has been avoided Add-
tions 10 the library numbering 10S9 vol
umes We're, added last year. Among the
books added were a valuable lot On the
Philippines Contributed by the Govern
ments naval attache al, Paris. A number
OF engravings and photographs of naval
subjects were also added 10 the library a
card system of catalogues which is changed
every six months. has taken place of the
old style catalogues, and il has been found
very satisfactory.