The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-20

fccrs. and enlisted men Of the Naval Mill
Tia who served In the wa with Spain. and
w enlisted for not less han one year.
VINO served therein. as Wei as all for
% or officers OF the navy and graduates Of
be Naval Academy who have honorabIv
-eil the service. may be enroll Q under
'hC direction of the Pre- id,nt. ia tho re-
We IN the grades and rates held bv
.N I'D when hOnUglhly discharged or when
hey resigned As mod .,G The country
.s divided into convenient districts The
secretary of The Navy may designate a
sine officer of tho navy to assume charge
"' 'H- reserve force enrolled in any dis
-ri-t
In brief. the reserve as created shall
'- national establishments. knowing
nothing of state lines. Il is 90 be kept
prepared. SO that upon a breaking ou. of
var 0. can ne relied upon 90 resuond in
starijy 10 the call for service
The Naval Militia defends the inner
coast lire The naval reserve becomes a
part OF the navy itself The men of tho
.'s'fve viii he taken on shipboard. not as
an organization. hut as trained sailors
sent TO this or THAI ship as they shall he
wanted Lieutenant Commander SOuther-
ana. l. ) y. deals with this topic in the
cl"Sihg page Of his report. and [ hearth
commend his views Let MS hone thar
congress VIII proceed without DELAY To
enact legislation SO vitality needed"
Naval War College Matters.
The adminisjr ration of the Naval War
College at Newport is commended. the As
sistant Secretary remarking that he can
net but regard the conditions that prevail
from time TO time at the Naval War Col
Iese as sure index of the efficiency of
the navy itself"
Concerning the library and naval war
records. SIR. Haohett says.
An incentive 10 the performance Of
duty on the part of an officer Of the nav,
lies in the reasonable assurance that
when he shall have done ms work well
q record viii be made Of the fact. The
Nav Department may htly endeavor to
gather mp and preserve every material
record Of service that stands TO the cred
il Of its officers and men The library
serves a purpose that reaches into the
future. and accOmplishes ends whose i'm
portance may not lightly be estimated
The naval war records are compiled
from official papers. Documents and let
tiers are printed in full that relate not
only 10 the operations conducted by the
navy Of the United States. but also so fal
as ii is possible to obtain them &c the
dOings OF the Confederate Navy. Twelve
volumes thus far have been printed and
distributed. That light may be thrown
upon the material thus collected maps
have been added. together with plans and
sketches. and reports from original data.
The library bids fair to become in time
veritahle treasure house Of Information
regarding the naval history Of the Uni
ted States"
Portraits of Secretaries.
The augmentation Of the gallery OF
portraits Of former Secretaries Of the
Navy has proceeded satisfactorily until
eighteen have been secured for the De
partment reception room. and adjoining
apartments. This is a trife more than
one-EaH the number Of persons who have
filled the Office Of Secretary.
Recent additions are portraits OF Ben
jamin ". CrOwninshield who ives Score
tary from 1914 20 1913. and John Branch.
who filed the Office from 1929 10 1881
There have been secured excellent copies
by TeEuy Of these portraits. not without
merit as works Of art and an order is
now being executed for the portrait Of
John p. Kennedy. There remain TO be
obtained portraits Of the following Score
taries. Robert Smith. William Jones.
Smith Thompson. Samuel Southland.
Mahlon Dickerson. James K Paulding.
George Z. Badger. David Henshaw. Thorn
as ". Gilmer. William b. Preston VIII
liam A Graham. Nathan Gof jr and
William C.. Whitney. should descend
ant OF one Of the earlier iucumbents Of
the office here named desire 70 further
the efforts Of the Department in this re-
spect" Mr. Hackett remarks. he may
be assured that such assistance will be
welcome"
Guam and TuUuiIn-
The report Of Commander Seaton
Schroeder. L. s. y. who since July ]. 1900.
hos been Governor OF Guam. is included
IN the appendix. This officer. being need
Cd ss witness before the SchIey Court Of
Enquiry. was detached and ordered ZONE
IN the summer. Commander William
Swift. l. =. y. Of the Yorktown relieved
Commander Schroeder. and has been TEN
porarily acting as Governor. After Civ
ing his testimony Commander Schroeder
left the United States by steamer from
san Francisco in October on his return 10
his post OF duty The Governors pres
ence ia Washing on was Of service 20 the
department in afCrding an opportunity
for him 10 describe in person certain Il
the conditions that exist at his station.
The Island Of Tutuila. one Of the Sa-
moan group. in the pathway Of commerce
from San Francisco is described in an ap-
pended report from Captain TlIey com
handing the station. The natives con
JiEue 70 be content under the American
flag. and their condition has been main
tained much as it was when the United
states took sole possession. Such changes
as are effected have been bu- gradually
accomplished. with the result that peace
and good feeling prevail
The past year las been uucventfuI at
this station. the chief activity being the
building of a coal-slOrage shed and pier.
now about completed.
SMALLPOX PATIENT AT LARGE.