The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-30
sEcRE ,ARY MEYER HAS A PLAN WHICH WILL GO INTO EF-
 FEcT ON DEC. 1.
All Acts of Reform Will Be carned Out Except AboIshing the Equip ment Bureau, Which Is Left
 to Congress.

Washington. Nov. 29.-Heeding tAe cry for reform in naval affairs, Sec. ietary Meyer day after tomorrow will iraugurate the most sweeping changes iE the navy department since the es- tabiishment of the bureau system in 1S42. Himself a receiver of banks and manufacturing companies in New England in times past, he hopes to put the department on a business basis beyond the dreams of the pre- decessors.
 The keynote of his reforms is the subordination of the bureau chief of the past.
 Summarized, the essential changes in the Meyer D In are:
 The selection of four responsible advisers on subjects within the four groups into which duties of the de partment sell, bo be known as the aide for ma. rial, the aide for pes.. sonnel. the aide for operat shs7 rrr fleet and the aide fer, r,dnspectjo
 Grouping of the bareaus int divisions of material and pers 4. according to dhe nature of the du. ties
 Establishment of division suf ope- ration of the feet
 Establishment of comprehensive inspection system
 Establishment of modern and ef ficient cost keeping system in the navy department and a; navy yards.
 Separation Of navy yard work into two division of hulls and machinery.
 Abolishment of the board of con stuction.
 Alolishment of the bureau ot equip mont.
 Hcnceforih the officers who fight the ships are to have more influence in the navy department.
 Chosen men from among them arc to be the official eyes and ears of the secretary. laden with full responsl. bility for their reports, but not uts hands.
 The secretary will retain his ad- minisirative and executive power for his own exercise and that of the as sistant secretary of the navy.
 All the reforms go into effect De cember 1, except the aboishing of the bureau of equipment, which con gress alone can do.
 The aide for operation of the fleet will be Rear Admiral Richmond Vain wright, commander of the third di vision Of the Atlantic feet the aide for personnel, Rear Admiral w. I. Potter, now chief of the bureau of navgation; the aide forsmaterial will be Rear Admiral William Swift. com mandant of the Boston Navy Yard, and the aide for inspection will be Captain Aaron Ward, recently super visor of the New York harbor, who will become rear admiral on Jan. uary 9.
 Captain Reginald Nicholson, mem ber Of the Board of Inspection and survey, will be made chief of the hrseau of navigation, vice Potter.
 The sperry board was created to report how the various conflicting or ders and regulations of former Sec retary Newherry's uncompleted re- forms could be reconciled. Then came the Leutze board. which was asked to make recommendations con corning the concentration of the bu 1esu of steam engineering with other bureaus. q step undertaken by New berry.
 Finally Secretary Meyer appointed the Swift board to consider the re ports of the other board and to make recommendation for the improve ment of the business methods of the department. With these reports as I hasis. Secretary Meyer has evoly. cd his phn for reform.