Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-11-21

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United States civil service commits.
sion provided that all special
mechanics and civilian assistant In.
spectors of work and material lin.
Guiding armor, armov plate, ordnance,
marine engines, bulls, buildings.
dredging, etc) employed at navy,
yards, naval stations, and at private
shipbuilding and manufacturing es-
adjustments where work is done by
contract for the navy department.
should be appointed after competitive
examination before board of naval
officers, in the same manner as fore
men, master mechanics. etc.
The results OF the amendment of
November 20. 1900. are shown by the
following statements: Between No
vember, 1899, and November, 1900
in response to requests from the navy
department for craftsmen. the United
states civil service commission made
GA Qualifications, containing the names
of 1873 persons. or the Ga certifica.
| lions but 25 contained the full quota
of three eligibles for each place. OF
the 1873 persons certified. So were APP
pointed, 16 declined appointment SO
| were not qualified, and were already
in the service. The number of per.
sons certified, 1913, includes persons
who were certified for two or more
| places.
The department, owing to thei!n.
ability of the civil service com.
mission to certify a sufficient number
of eligibles during this period, was
| compelled to appoint Al craftsmen
! temporarily without formal examina.
ton. Such temporary appointments
were made with the approval of the
United States commission, but the de
lay in getting competen. persons by
this method was unsatisfactory. The
navy department held "a examinations
| from November 20. 1900, to November
| /, 1901. Six hundred and forty-four
applicants were examined. S74 failed
go passed. 129 were appointed to
existing vacancies, and 80 were APP
! pointed to subsequent vacancies.
Increase Of the Navy.
The navy today is a far greater
factor in our relations with the world
than it was before the recent national
expansion which now includes Porto
Rico, the Hawaiian islands. the vast
area Of land and sea In the Philip.
pines, and our obligations to Cuba. IL
we are to have a navy at all 1t must
be commensurate with these great ex-
tensions-greater in international
even than in territorial Importance
This necessarily involves the con-
struetion of more naval vessels, their
manning, exercise and maintenance.
The general board, OF which the
admiral is president recommends the
following increase of the navy:
-Four iirst-class battle ships; two first.
class Narmored cruisers: four picket
vessels of about $50 tons trial dis
placement, with a sea speed OF II
knots, with twin screws. carrying q
battery OF four 6-pounder and tw1
Colts guns and a complement OF 20
officers and men; six sheathed and
coppered seagoing gunboats of about
1000 tons trial displacement, with
moderate sail power similar to the
Annapolis class; six light-draft steel
gunboats of about 600 tons trial dis
placement, for insular service in the
Philippines; six light-draft, steel gun
boats of about 200 tons trial displace-
ment, not to exceed feet draft, for
insular service in the Philippines; six
steel sailing training ships OF about
1000 tons trial displacement; one col
lier OF 10000 tons cargo capacity and
sea speed Of ~ knots; 5000 enlisted
men, In order that they may be en-
listed and drilled in preparation for
the completion OF the ships; $50 ma
rines: an increase OF so per cent in
the number of naval cadets now al.
lowed by law, in order TO provide for
the Increase of officers needed for the
ships recommended above.
The board on construction recon-
mends: Three seagoing battle ships
of about 10000 tons trial displace-
ment; two armored cruisers OF about
1880 tons trial displacement six
gunboats of about 1900 tons displace.
ment: six gunboats of about 900 tons
displacement; six gunboats Of about
200 tons displacement; two GOLFERS OF
about $4,000 tons displacement; one
repair ship of about $500 tons dis
placement; six training ships of about
1000 tons displacement; four picket
boats OF about $50 tons displacement;
four tugboats
All the vessels thus recommended
are desirable In the prospective and
harmonious development OF our naval
force. A larger increase than usual Is
also desirable in view OF the fact that
nope was made last year. Some OF
the vessels above recSmmended' now
ever can better than others be o,..!h III
ted for the present from the list and
await appropriation hereafter. Among
these are the gunboats of 600 tons dis
placement, In case the picket boats
Of similar dimensions are authorized;
also the repair ship and portion Of
each OF the other classes OF smaller
war vessels. The department there
fore recommends: Three frstclass
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