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CONFIRMED BY MR. LONG.
CrOwninshield TO Leave the Nayi-
CATION Bureau in March.

VIII Ee Given Command OF the Eu
ropenn Station-Given Credit for
the BHttIeShip OreEon's Famous
! Trip by the Secretary oT the Navy.
| Secretary Long today formally annouuc-
| ed that Rear Admiral CrowuiushieId is 10
be detached from the Bureau OF Navira-
/ tion, Of which he is now chief. iu March.
and given the command OF the European
station.
The Secretary declared that Admiral
CrowHinshield Is 10 be detached at his
own request, and not on account Of out
side pressure Mr.. Long gave 70 the pres
ent head Of the Navigation Bureau all the
credit for the trip Of the Oregon around
J Cape Horn TO reach the West Indies. in
/ lsSS. and said that the relations between
Rear Admiral CrownInshieId and Presi-
! dent Roosevelt when the latter was As
| sistaHt Secretary OF the Navy. had been
most cordial Il is given out at the Navy
] Department that Rear Admiral Crownin-
shield asked 10 be relieved from duty at
/ the head Of the Bureau Of Navigation
| last summer.
! 1t is not intended as a reward said
| Secretary Long when discussing the pro-
! posed assignment this morning. nor can
\ IL be considered as a promotion. for the
/ Chiefship Of the Bureau Of Navigation is
/ perhaps the highest position in the de-
I partment- Rear Admiral Crowninshield
/ viii take command Of the European feet
/ in March Rear Admiral J. p. Cromwell.
now in command Of that station. VIII be
placed on the retired list in February
/ Regarding the reported friction between
/ Rear Admiral Crowninshield and Ar
/ Roosevelt, Secretary Long said:
| Nv hen the war with Spain broke out
I the Oregon was at san Francisco When
/ the battle Of Manila occurred. resulting in
a complete victory. there was no work
I for the vessel TO do IN the Pacific. and
/ Rear Admiral CrOwninshield suggested
/ that the oregon should be sent around 10
l join the fleet IN the West Indies. Presi-
I dent Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary
/ Of the Navy, agreed at once that the idea
I was an excellent one, and the project was
carried out, how successfully everyone
knows
Rear Admiral Taylor has been decided
unon to succeed Admiral Crowui1shield %
continued the Secretary. He viii be
made Chief Of the Bureau Of Navigation.
He was also my choice four years ago,
but declined 20 accept the position. pre-
ferring 10 be placed in command OF the
Indiana When Captain Crowui1shield
was selected four years ago the position
had been offered 90 Sampson Sicard and
Taylor, all Of whom preferred other as
sisnmeuts- Rear Admiral Sicard had been
promised the post held BY Rear Admiral
Buuce, IN the command Of the North At
lentic Squadron; sampson desired sea
duty as did Taylor. and Cr0wninshleId
was accordingly made Chief Of the Bureau
Of Navigation II is a hard position 70
hold concluded Secretary Long and I
don't imagine that a man has ever held
IL aEd been popular
( When asked whether Rear Admiral
Taylor would accept the position al the
head cf the Bureau Of Navigation. Sec
rotary Long smiled and inIimated that he
would be obliged TO- Rear Admiral Taylor
Is n9w member OF the general board,
of which Admiral Dewey Is president