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 10000
men. OF whom more than 81 per cent
are native-born Americans. or the re-
naming per cent. only 130 are aliens
and of those 81 nave declared their in
tention Of becoming American citizens
and have taken ont their first citizen.
ship papers. -. r. ~
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 tor service have a
total displacement OF approximately
100000 tons. and when those con-
tracted for or in process Of construc-
ton are completed the total tonnage
will be not less than 2,O96,G56 tons.
The ships watch have been author
ICED but not Yet appropriated for are
so in number, and the total includes
six dreadnoughts, two battle cruisers,
six secondclass 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 in the navy. and OF these 1858
are natiye-born Americans, 1853 are
naturalized Americans. and Of these
the big majority are Scandinavians
and lrishmen, while of the remaining
1876 petty officers 147 are Filipinos, s.
are from Samoa, from Guam, and 10
from Porto Rico. OF the other %. 80
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 Bliss native.born Ameri-
cans, 1876 Filipinos, 108 QUANTITIES. 76
Samoans, 81 Porto Ricans, S02 natrl.
rallied Americans, 2e2 nonresident and
SO resident alians, and 20 who have
taken out first citizenship papers.
The total number of active officers
in the navy is about 1000 and of
these POO are me officers, 100 are
staff officers, and 11S9 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, 100
commanders, Is lieutenants, 33 en-
signs, two former surgeon generals, 81
medical directors, 10 medical inspect.
ers, SO surgeons, former paymaster
generals, AZ paymastefs, 4S engineer
officers, 4 naval constructors and 8
chaplains.
In the first line ofDthe Atlantic fleet
there are 20 145nch guns, 81 12-inch
guns, and 800 guns of lesser calibers,
included among them being full COM
plement of anti-aircraft 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 80
12-inch, % 13-inch; and more than |
500 guns of other types.
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 M class, are all nearing com
pletion, and could be added to the SUBJ
marine force within q few weeks in the /
event of an emergency. The MI is
also completed, while all of the l6 20"
boats were well under way.