The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
.REORGANlzE NAVAL
 MILITIA INTO FOUR SECTION BATTALION
Commanding Officer is Or dered to Fill All Vacan-
 cies at Once.

Reorganization of the naval militia of the state into a battalion of four deck sections is announced in or ders, the step being made necessary by General Orders No. 153, Navy De- partment. The new lineup is as fol- lows, but where the offices are now occupied by naval militia officers their name is added to the grade:
 Headquarters Staff - Commander Ebenezer Hill; Lieutenant Command CT Clifford M. Peck; one lieutenant, engineer officer; Lieutenant Charles A. Maynard, navigator; one neuten- ant, gunnery officer; Lieutenant Ed ward B. c. Locke, signal officer; Pass ed Assistant Surgeon Willis H. Grove; three assistant surgeons, rank of lieu tenant junior grade; one passed as sistant paymaster Crank now held by Paymaster Edward c. Johnson); one assistant paymaster; one chaplain, rank of lieutenant commander; war rant officers as authorized.
 The staff chief petty officers, petty officers and other enlisted men are to consist of one chief boatswain's s mate, one chief quartermaster ,one chief carpenters mate ,one chief yoe- man and four yoemen, one chief com rnissary steward, four ships's cooks and bakers, one hospital steward and four hospital apprentices, first class; one cal bin steward, one cabin cook, one mess attendant, one wardroom stew ard, one wardroom cook, one mess at- tendant, for every four officers in the battalion one bandmaster and mus1- clans not to total more than IT men.
 Deck Division-One lieutenant, one lieutenant junior grade, one ensign. The enlisted strength may be divided as follows: Not more than six pet ty officers first class, one of whom may be made chief petty officer in any f01J chief master-at-arms, chief boatswain s. chief gunner's mate, chief quarter master not more than 12 petty officers, fl rst and second class combined, not more than 15 petty officers, second and third class combined. or the 10 petty officers of the seamen branch of a. deck division there! must be not less than four nor more than nine boatswain's mates and coxswains; not less than one nor more than three gunner's mates; not more than one chief turret captain. Deck diV1s1ons may enroll as a part of the ID petty officers mentioned above, the follow ing petty officers: Not more than one naaster-at-arras, two quartermasters, two yoemen, one carpenters mate, first. second or third class, one sail makers hate, one shipfitter, first or second class; one plumber and litter, B seamen, ordinary seamen, appren- tice seamen or landsmen. In add1- tion there may be enrolled one bugler- one ships cook, one hospital appren- tice and one shipwright-
 This provides for a deck division of 48 to so men. deck division consisting of more than 50 enlisted
 men may have one additional ensign. one additional petty officer of the sea men branch only for each five add1- tional enlisted men.
 Engineer Division-One lieutenant. one. lieutenant junior grade. one en- sign. three chief machinists' mates | three machinists' mates, first or sec ond class; one chief water tender three water tenders, three oilers, one blacksmith, one boilersnith, one cop | persmith; one chief electrician, three electricians, one radio electrician, one yeonan. one ships cook, 25 other en- | listed men, composed of 1remen and coal passers.
 The commanding officer of the na- val militia is ordered at once to i'll all existing vacancies and disrate any 1 in excess of the numbers authorized