Evening capital., 1907-11-11
HEW SECTION OF THE NAVY.
TORPEDO BOAT DIVISIOH Is
TABLISHED-COKMAEDER
MARSH IL CHARGE.
One FioiiHz 10 Be Sfsfioasd At TIE
Naval Academy.

4 oTE1idable digisiC8 u submarines
and ssrf2ee TORPEDO i5oats whiea vii
- useI Tor coast defense viii fe form
81 - tke airse Admiral EFans sails
out from Hampton Roads before ti5e
President on bis cruise - TIE Pacific
with Ebe Atlantic feet Tie torpedo
boat division which viii form = few
section - TIE naVy, w5lI ~ establish
- for eoasL defense. tgBe submarines
sfzgiored - tie Ezgzi AeadeSny. New
port. X. D.. and the torpedo DOats
uroFseE - AOrfgIE~
s011rnzHder Charles &. 1aTsi. son
1n-law ~ A1Usrzi Evans, WbO las
come - be recogDized IS = TORPEDO
BOAT expert. viii be in charge II f8e
lls5s5OE- T8is division viii n0t -
nseTiy = IosslDg organization. Dut i
sill also occupy d distinct glaes 10
-he Eaev Department. similar - t8e
separa.e tOrf.s ID and sDDuaFIne 1fFf-
sion reeentIy established IN the British
Eary. Tie forming ~ = reguzlT df-
yisIf8 has become = necessity. result
ing fgom tfe rapid growth u fbe
American Navy. which nov take Talk
- see01d ~ tonnage among ibe ~
vies - tbe world.
FogfOw1Hg 2 decision Eeeeutlg seae.s~
81 bg SeeFelary 1etcaif aDd Isseg 3 i
mfEag BsONDe0a, COsDwaDdsr li@f.s
rs beea desigDafed ~ supsFS ieg ts1e
division. and ~ lg belDg pg9vfaea
with quarters So fBe Bureau - &agi-
gatioa - fake gp ibe wofk. IL biz
neu dgtr Commander NarsD viii
Bori nndsF TIE GIreefiOD ~ nse Bg-
rszu ~ Nagl2atl0D. eEcep1 when fbe
vessels u his division aEe zesleEed -
the Atlantic feet. Niie1 lily viii come
BnIes tlis COfnuaEJ - Admiral Evans.
Amer ifse aflanf5e Beet leaves for ti5e
PaelGe Glle f0rpefiO division viii 80 iD-
lepenleCt - zDy Ot8eT floating con-
uaGL
C0nmaades Nassb's duties will be
reegv ep elsOge. bOfb 80 the Eagy
Department and - tire eea hea1gGart~
erg ~ fae different 0Oi3lzs ~ New
port, annapolis and norfolk, Tie
desired operations ~ tte new division
will not b. iu eOmplese working order
fOf a0nse fffne, owing ~ tie shortage
~ officers Tor command ~ flse vessels,
% nest FeDrDaFy, when ff5e present
senior class ~ she SaVaI Academy
wfIl BE- gfadgafed tfge department viii
~ abie a. have fDIf ggota u eDsiHDs
ana fuuS0T lienienanfs f0F ship com
- 4tffs# 4ltA Af4t 4S|tt ~et<sttf| fs+ ffWktssfr
cosnfuantie. g5ie Gfst suDmaFinc flo
tlila. composed ~ tie POrpO5se, shark
ard I,fnnger. with the ESca - tender,
has lnst been placed ~ commission ~
HenpCf. With ! ient. Charles 4. Sci
son ~ eDfBmand. Tie seeODd 0Cgilia,
nearing readiness. f. - ~ placed ~
commission - SewpOTf, under com
mand - Lieut., Charles T.. Courtney,
This fa composed ~ tbe VIPER aud
Cgttle6sh. viii the Hist - tender.
Within fiBe next few weeks they VIII
be joined - tie Octopus aU0 Tran
tnfs. which are being completed ~
fbe yards az quincy, Mass.
rnder ibis dfglsiO1 also viii De
plaeed tie reserve tOpFeliO 0Otllla ~
Norfolk, ~ command u Lieut. Louis
a.. EirbzFdsOD. Tie second and third
dotflIag sfe in tie Atlantic Geet ~
present. but upon the departure -
fhe baftiesblps and ti8e secoBd 1Otiija
for The Pacific Coast, the fbifd VIII
- detached ~ remain ~ tie Nagai
Academy. under command 81 Lieut..
81. q. Mitchell. - told, Commander
Marsh - ~ have under bis direction
seven summarizes zud twelve TORPEDO
boats ~ commission, divided into two
g0fflfas ~ SIX each, making total
u u1Befesn bOEget Wagsbipg.
Commander Marsh has been for some
time 4 member ~ fhe hoard ~ 1Dspec-
fiOp ard survey. JJe was appointed
~ ti,e Nayal Academy ffO1c Indiana ~
1878. and was commissioned . ROM
mgandef July ]. 1906.