Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
FOREIGNERSARE
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 tERn. 81 per cent
are native-born Americans. or the re-
naming per cent, only 1870 are aliens
and Of those 81 nave declared their in
tention Of becoming American citizens
and have taken out their first citizen
ship papers.
This Is one OF many interesting facts
diEuiged in the new book. Another
fact is that today the ships in the
navy which are fit for service have q
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 2,096, $50 tons.
The ships watch have been author
ICED but not yet appropriated for are
80 In number, and the total includes
six dreadnoughtS, two battle cruisers,
six seeond-class cruisers, 80 gunboats,
81 submarines, three ,gnnboatS, 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 II, 1858
are native-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, 8
are from Samoa, 8 from Guam, and 10
from Porto Rico. OF the other %, 10
have taken out citizenship papers, A.
are resident, and 5 nonresident aliens.
+ OF the "a, 500 enlisted men Of other
grades the showing is even better.
There are 1854 nativ e-born Ameri-
cans, 1876 FilipInos, 10S QUANTITIES, 76
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 of active officers
in the navy is about 1000 and Of
these 2l00 are Inc Officers, 730 are
staff officers, and 1850 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 AS rear admir-, |
ais, 40 commodores, Sc captains, 1903 |
rs lieutenants, SO en- |
signs, two former surgeon generals, 81
medical directors, 10 medical inspect. |
ors, SO surgeons, former paymaster
generals, AZ paymasters, 4S engineer
officers, naval constructors and 81
ID -, .,..
In the first line Of the Atlantic fleet
there are 20 l4-inch guns, "a 12-inch |
guns, and 307 guns of lesser calibers,
among them being full COM
plement of anti-aircraft guns for each
Of the ships except the North Dakota, |
which is now undergoing overhauling
at the League Island navy yard.
In the reserve battleship fleet the |
main batteries of the ships include 80
Pinch, % 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 CON-
pleted, while the seven submarines of
The new IN" class, are all nearing COM
pletion, and could be added to the sub
marine force within few weeks in the
event of an emergency. The MI is
also completed, while all of the Is 20"
boats were we'll under way.