The evening times., 1899-07-24
THE NEW NAVAL REGISTER.
Changes I'm the Rank and Position
of OMfcera.

Changes in the Rank and Position
of Officers.
Notable changes in the rank and position
held by officers OF the navy are shown in
the new Naval Register consequent
upon the Personnel act of the last Con-
gress. For the first time since the Civil
War the Register contains no list OF en-
gineers, this corps having been merged
with the line. The rank of commodore
has disappeared, and instead of six rear
admirals, as the January Register report
ed, there are now eighteen, with Admiral
McNair, superintendent of the Naval
Academy, at the head. and Admiral Ben
jamin F. Day as the junior officer. At the
head of the Register is Admiral George
Dewey, this rank and office not having ap-
! peared there since the death of Admiral
Porter, ten years ago. More space is given
the Admiral in the Register than any 9TH
er officer.
/ With the grade of commodore no longer
existing, that of captain is now the next
highest to rear admiral, and OF the cap
tains there are seventy in the navy, head
ed by Capt. Alex H. Mccormick, with
Capt. Albert S. Barker, late commander of
the Oregon, as second in ranksi In this list
there are a number of engineers, who be-
come part OF the line in the new order of
things. In the commanders list there are
112 officers, with Charlesy He Stockton,
president of the naval war college. as SEN
ior officer, and Dennis w. Mut;en, who is
under suspension, at the bott6Al. George
Cowie is the ranking officer OF the 110
lieutenant commanders. and Henry 1.
Mayo brings up at the foot. The list OF
lieutenants has been almost doubled and
numbers now 300. Lieut.. Charles c. Rog-
;e md I tat,f krl
gelsang the junior. The remainder of the
line is composed of 1872 lieutehants, junior
grade, and 107 ensigns. fts
The number of officers In the Marine
Corps also shows a decided Increase since
January last, when the annual Register
| was published There are now forty-one
captains, with 1our vacancies to be filled;
| fcrty-fve first lieutenants, with numbers
| Of places in both grades which will be fill
ed by competitive examination from civil
| ians.
| In the last six months there were thirty
| four designations in the naval service, OF
which nine -tenths were cadets who had
| failed at Annapolis There were twenty
seven retirements in the same period, in
Guiding one commodore, one captain, and
| three lieutenants the remainder being stan
officers. Two Marine Corps officers also
retired, and nineteen officers of all branch
es of the navy died. One marine officer,
| Captain Webster, was dismissed. By the
signing of the Peace Treaty it became nee
essary to discharge all the volunteer Off
GERS then carried on the Register, and
since last January there have been muster
ed out two lieutenant commanders, sixteen
lieutenants, twenty-three lieNsenants junior
grade, thirty-six ensigns. thirty-five pay
officers, two medical officers, twenty six
engineers, forty-six assistant engineers,
and thirty-one marine officers.
In the distribution of ships it is shown
that while the Asiatic station has more
vessels attached to it than any other sta
| ton, the home fleet is probably more for
! midable because of the type of vessels
Admiral SIMPSONS command is composed
| of all ships in commission. of which three
are battleships and two armored cruisers
| Under Admiral Watson. at Manila, there
are twenty war vessels, or more than dou-
BILE the number ever attached to that sta
| ton before. Nearly all are small ships
but there are formidable fighters also
among Them, the Oregon, the two monitors
| Monterey and Monadnock, and the cruisers
Baltimore and Charleston.
Seven vessels comprise the Pacific fieet
under Admiral Kautz, including the Iowa
and flagship Philadelphia. Three vessels
| form the South Atlantic Station, the Chica-
go. Montgomery, and Wilmin sSQn, although
tbC IL uON VII LIE <AtllC84 ux5dSl, dllE
will not remain in South American water:
more than few weeks after arrival there
On special service are nine vessels, and two
are unassigned, one of which is the Olym.
pia, homeward bound with Admiral Dewey
| Four wooden ships comprise the training
service squadron and two are used by tht
Annapolis naval cadets.
Eleven ships are ranked as first rate
eighteen are regarded as second rate. in.
! ri 1udi tha poip o,l 4,
! all the others of the steel class are thirC
rate. There are. however, over 100 vessel!
| classed as fourth rate, among them tht
| cruisers. yachts, tugs and other vessels O
the auxiliary navy, and hescaptured Span
I ish gunboats. Six sailing sailing ships arr
yet a part of the service.e There are alst
seven receiving ships, and ten unservicea
BILE vessels. Eleven frst-eIass. battleship.
are building. or authorized. sthree armoret
| cruisers, one protected cruiser, six unpro
tected cruisers, and thirty-fve torpedo
boats