Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
Foreigners ARE
SCARCE in navy

The United States Navy Year Book
for 1916. published by the government
and just made public. shows that the
enlisted personnel OF the United States
navy is composed of nearly $4,000
men, of whom more than 81 per cent
are natiye-born Americans OF the re-
naming 8 per cent, only 100 are aliens
and OF those 81 nave declared their in.
tention OF becoming American citizens
and have taken out their first citizen
ship papers. =. :..:.:u-
This is one of many interesting facts
diyulged in the new book. Another
fact is that today the ships in the
navy which are fit for service have a
total displacement of approximately
l,45C,000 tons, and when those con-
tracted for or in process Of construc-
ton are completed the total tonnage
will be not less than 2,096,656 tons.
The ships waich have been author.
lied but not yet appropriated for are
80 in number, and the total includes
six dreadnougdts, two battle cruisers.
six second-class cruisers, 80 gunboats,
81 submarines, three gunboats, one
transport, one supply ship, two fuel
ships, and two special type vessels.
There are now about 10000 petty of.
ficers i'm the navy, and of these 1865
are native-born Americans, 1853 are
naturaliZed Americans, and Of these
the big majority are Scandinayians
and lrishmen, while of the remaining
1856 petty officers 147 are Filipinos, S
are from Samoa, from Guam, and 10
from Porto Rico OF the other %, 13
have taken out citizenship papers, 4
are resident, and 5 nonresident aliens.
OF the $4,000 enlisted men OF other
grades the showing is even better.
There are. 31,ss4 natiS e-born Ameri-
cans, 1876 Filiplnos, los Guamites, rs
Samoans, 81 Porto Ricans, S02 natu-
rallied Americans, 222 nonresident and
SO resident aliens, and 20 who have
taken out first citizenship papers.
The total number CT active officers
in the navy is about 1000 and OF
these 2100 are line officers, 100 are
staff officers, and. 1880 warrant Off.
GERS. In addition to these there are
about 1000 retired officers, most OF
whom are fit for service in some ca
pacity. These include las rear admir-.
ais, 40 commodores, Sc captains, 103
IS lieutenants, 80 en-
signs, two former surgeon generals, 81.
medical directorsD 10 medical inspect.
ors, 81 surgeons, A former paymaster 4
generals, AZ paymasters, 48 engineer
officers, naval constructors and 8
chaplains. 800 81
In the first Hnaof the Atlantic fleet
there are 20 14-inch guns, "a Pinch
guns, and 800 guns of lesser calibers,
included among them being full COM
plement of antiaireraft guns for each
of the ships except the North Dakota,
which is now undergoing oyerhauling
at the League Island navy yard.
In the reserve battleship fleet the
main batteries OF the ships include so
12-inch, % 13-ineh, and more than
500 guns of otheritypes. Z
Z In the near future the navy will have
three new Observation-Disclosures
Mississippi, Idaho, and New Mexico. OF
the new destroyers the Davis, Allen,
Wilkes, and Shaw are all about COM
pleted, while the seven submarines OF
the new IN" class, are all nearing COM
pletlon, and could be added to the sub
marine force within few weeks in the
event of an emergency. The NIL is
also completed, while all Of the l6 20"
boats we've well under way.