Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-20

Officers on the active list are llll
commissioned and 597 warrant officers.
on the retired list, SIS commissioned
and "a warrant officers The enlisted
strength allowed by law IS 44.500 men
and apprenticed seamen.
The marine corps consists Of 267
officers and 9,3t3 men. Major General
George p. Elliott is the commandant
Besides one admiral. George Dewey,
there are % rear admirals.
The navy yards are at Brooklyn
Charlestown. Portsmouth. Kittery. OPP
posite Portsmouth; Philadelphia, Mare
Island. Washington. d. c., and Puge.
sound There are l9 naval stations In
this country and It's possessions.
According 20 tho last official orders
Of the department the distribution OF
the navy was:
Atlantic feet. drst squadron, Rear
Admiral Charles S. Sperry command
ing. First division. Connecticut mag
ship). Kansas. Vermont and MiEne-
sofa.
Second division. Rear Admiral Rich
ard wainwright commanding, Georgia
(1agship). Nebraska, New Jersey ana
Rhode Island
Second squadron. third division. Rear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder command
ing. Louisiana nagship). Virginia.
Ohio anc Missouri
Pacific fieet. Rear Admiral wiliam
T. Swinburne commanding. First
squadron. first division, West Virginia
(nagship). Colorado. Maryland and
Pennsylvania
Second division. Rear Admiral Uriel
sebree commanding. Tennessee (nag-
ship. California. South Dakota and
Washington.
Second squadron. third division. Nil
Waulkce and St Louis: c. G. Rogers
commander OF the Milwaukee. Albert
Gleavcs commander OF the St Louis.
Fourth division, no vessels assigned.
Third squadron. first division. Rear
Admiral Giles b Harbor commanding.
Rainbow Chagship). Charleston. Chat
tanooga. Cleveland Denver and Gal
weston; second division. Concord,
wilmington, Helena. Nill8lobos. Callao
and Samar
Il IS interesting IN this connection
especially IN view Of the leap which
the United states navy has made. 90
rccur 20 the early history OF the de-
partmcut The origin OF tho depart
mont dates from oct t3. 1875. At that
time congress authorized tho equip
mcnt Cf two cruisers mounting re-
spccuvoly ton and fourteen guns. BE.
fore the end OF that year fifteen YES
sells of from twenty 20 thirty guns
were authorized This affairs OF The
navy were then referred 20 a "marinl
committee" The navy department
was created in 1898. Benjamin Stod
dart being the first secretary
At the end OF 1864 the navy tool
a back scat for some time. Congress
cut down appropriations and uava
affairs were at low Cbb. In lS66-S
ONLY n few vessels were authorised
Five monitors of from 1000 20 600
IONS were ordered and about a dozel
wooden cruisers. Several old vessel
were orde~ % 10 be repaired. II wa
at this time that we were tho laugh
msst0ck of uu the civilized worll
Iu 1881 "a board was appointed 10
tho secretary of the navy 90 recon
moud the needs OF the service TIA
board recommended tho construcuo
of sixty eight vessels uf various type
Congress was not iu receptive moo
at tle time and made appropriation
f0r only two, but az tho noEt sossio
be- Increased tho number tl FOUR ht
reduced thc slzr which the board l1
recommended % also mad. cut
E tha number of officers recommends
, and thls DncctuaIN blocked PROMOTE
for com years Work uu 1--WE monitor
T which bad begun iu tHa seventies $50
. stopped
. Iu 1859 interest was revived by "a
D appropriation Df 100000, ana tha uo'
q session of congress made am addition