Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
FOREIGNERSARE
SCARCE NNAVY

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 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
divulged 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
1,45G, 900 tons, and when those con-
ton are completed the total tonnage
will be not less than 2,096,656 tons.
The ships which have been author.
ICED but not yet appropriated for are
80 in number. and the total includes
six dreadnoughts, 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 in the navy, and OF these 1865
are native-born Americans, 175S are
naturalized Americans, and of these
the big majority are Scandinavians
and 1rishmen, while of the remaining
1876 retty officers 147 are Filipinos, s
are from Samoa, 8 from Guam, and 1G
from Porto Rico OF the other %, Is
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 1854 natiy e-born Ameri-
cans, 1876 Filipinos, 10S Guamites, rs
Samoans, 81 Porto Ricans, S02 natu.
rallied Americans, 222 nonresident and
SO resident ali+ns. and 20 who have
taken out first tltizenship papers.
The total number Of active officers
in the navy is about 1000 and of
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
paeity. These include f45 rear admir-
ais, 40 commodoTess $50 captains, 103
commanders, rs lieutenants, SO en-.
signs, two former surgeon generals, )
medical directors, 10 medical inspect.
ors, SO surgeons, 4 former paymaster
generals, Al paymasters, 4S engineer
officers, naval constructors and 8
chaplains. r.. =, 49,.
In the first line of the Atlantic fleet
there are 10 14inch guns, 81 12-inch |
guns and 307 guns Of lesser calibers,
Included among them being a 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 81 |
1a-inch, % 13-inch, and more than !
500 guns of other types. 49,
In the near futuresthe navy. will have |
three new OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mississippi, Idaho, and New Mexico. OF |
the new uestroyers the Davis, Allen,
Wilkes, and Shaw are all about COM
pleted, whine the seven submarines OF
the new IN" class, are all nearing COM |
Fiction, and could be added to the sub
marine force within a few weeks in the
event of an emergency. The MI is
also completed, while all OF the Is 20"
boats we've well under way.