Ah192210 by atao99

In reply'address not the signer of this letter, but Bureau of Navigation, Navy DeDartment, Washington, ,D.C.

This Bureau has had %wo codemnues with repreeentatives of the Bureau o f the Budget, and it i s believed estimates substsntirilly a8 submitted to the Secretary o f the Nnvy , w i l l be submitted t o Ih0 Gon$retse. Xt ks Wd;erJt,ood tht heavings before the Naval Appropriations' Committoe sf Congress w i l l begin e a r l y in The Burem would apprsoinh suggestions from t h e Service November. as t o the personnel needs of i n d i v i k x f ships or stations with comments as to a e adequncy or imdeplaoy of t h e present .xllowmoe.

enliatmsn.ta for mer mbk were 696, a loss of 73 Tho largeat gaia f o r t h e Peek was made QVW the previous week. The b t n t i p n s ger&rt%XXyafrw a loss over the preceding by St. Louis. The t o t a l

week*

NAVY

Refor to No.

NO-IJIJ.

DEPARTMENT 1922,

B U R E A U OF N A V I q T & % e , WASHINGTON. 0. C.

Bureau of Navigation News B u l l e t i n

$4.

The following table shows t h e a u t h o r i z e d and p r e s e n t s t r e n g t h of the commissioned personnel: Total. auth. s trernth

Shortage Aotual o f allows t r e mth ance Sept so, 1922 (a 1

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Percentage o f allow-

anwe

LSNE:

Rear Admirals Ca ptaina Commanders Lieut-Godrs.

Lieutenants Lieuts, ( j g ) Ensigns Total

220

189 34.4 617 1433

38 5 770

1787

1 1

89 .o 85.9 89.3

153

eo. 1

354

1722

I _

560

75.4

4354

1145

79,2

34 55

2 15 33

69.4 66.3

1072

680

392

2282 5499

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UDICAL:

Rear Admira 1s Captnins Cm a n d e r s Lieut-Comdrs. Lieutenants Lieuts. (jg)

66.6

)

Total

1225

7 83

442

63.4

189

155

82.0

189

155

loo .o

63.9

DENTAL :

Lieut-Comdr Lieutenants Lieuts. (jg)

) )

Total

SU?l?LY : Rear Admirals Captains Commanders Lieut-C3mdrs. Lieutenants Lieuts (jg) Ensigns

Total

) )

1 1

92.4

57R

525

90.8

92.7

I _

6 60

602

D A a CONCERNING ENLISTED P3RSQNN& ( June 30th to October 9th, 1922)

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Total f i r s t ealistmente. 8322 Reenlistments. 35 65 Transferred t o F.N.R. 1 (0) and 1 ( d ) . 2769 Bonorable d i s c f z w g e s . . 80 '70 Ordinary discharges. 343 18 Inaptitude discharges. 608 Undesirable discharges , , , Bad Conduct discharges 559 301 Dishonorable discharges, 4 * 605 Medical Surveys. a , , 626 S p e a i a l &der, 1187 Deserters. Enlistments extended one year 998 two y e a r s . 800 three years 82 1911 f o u r years. 31. Number of e n l i s t e d men i n service, October 9 t h . , 86354 krnber of' e n l i s t e d men necessary t o e n l i s t 787 per week t o , m a i n t a i n strength of 86,000.

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In order t h a t Comn;andirg Officers mty . Hvdr iL* o g r s h i c I &or ma t io n. reap the b e n e f i t s of the Hydrographic Office, t h a t Office would be pleasdd t o receive marine d a t a , r o u t e , part f a c i l i t i e s , an3 c u r r e n t reports for each voyage and each p o r t v i s i t e d . These r e p o r t s permit of a v e r i f i c a t i o n of t h e information published or an file, 1

e 2 0 compass.

The Bureau i s planning t o modify all Sperry Mark I

and Mark I1 gyro compasses i n t h e ,Service, The modification will ccsnsist of the a d d i t i o n of the mercury b a l l i s t i o which i s a n attachment rep?.acei n g t h e f l o a t i n g ballistic p a r t of t h e Sperry compasses, Gyro camp.sses f ; . t t e d with t h i s attachment have shown greater r e l i a b i l i t y and accuracy

w3en subjected to r o l l due t o hmvy weather. There have been developed dui-iw the p a s t year t w o types of canpass eqaipmerrts which hqve in s e * ? v i wp r o w d set',af$ctory on d e s t r o y e r s , These a r e the Spetry Mark VI an3 the Arm &&rk I. The Bureau ( 7 7 ? n d e r . c 3 C%;TCons tp c t,i on C a r c 0 f f i 3 br_s_. recently received three requcnts from offioers f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n "when the new c'ass i n C i v i l Engineering i s farmed." The. Bureau has not issued orders convening a c l a s s i n C i v i l Engineering, and it is thought that w h a t is r e f e r r e d t o is the Corfespsndencc Course for o f f i c e r s of t h e Construction Corps

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m nob ddnu not the nIHnor of thlo lottar, but Bunau of Navlgatlon, Mw hportmsnt, Walahinpton, b. C.

The U,S,S. Sanfiibal is Hydr ograp hie Znfannzt ion. completing a survey on t h e east coast of' l$fsarrngua from Faloo Cape t o B~~-angmans Bluff. The U.S.S. Galveston Qf t h e Special'Servico Squadron r e c e n t l y cmplatsd a reconnbjmmwe of IIanznniXio, Cuba, The c h a r t of t h i s p o r t is being revisail frm the data received,

The Office recently rece%w&% f'r- t h e U.S.S. Stetrart a record of t h e soundings taken by t h e ascmb range finder i n s t a l l e d on the U.3,s. S t e m r t , from Gibraltar t b F W t 8wj.d. This gives ti c m p l e t e l i n e of soundings a t intervds SS XeBa thzn 3.5 n:inutes f o r t h e route taken by t h e U, S. S. Steirart from l?mport t o F o r t Said via G i b r a l t a r , Algiers , and Iialta,

-.:.? ~ I O X , e n t i t l e d "The k l i p s e of Jmerican Selzpovfer" has 3een sent out t o practiicaX2.y all t h e l i b r a r i e s in t h e Service. Tt is suggested t h a t a l l officers familiarize thornselves with t h i s boo!s, There hcs boon Tublislzed much misleading irrfmmtian, both Li book foim nnd i n mqpziiles, r e lating t o t n e r e s u l t s of t h e Limitation of i'xrnoments Co'Lfercnc@p If ifcval o f f k e y s can tlioraughly undershnd the facts i n t h e easa sild can m l r e these facts !'Lnot.~.i zs vide17 as p o s s i b l e rrhen opportv.nii;ies o f f e r a they vi11 be Q d i s t i n c f aid. ii> correctiiig general r,iisconce;:tiona nov prevaleat. It is beUeved. %hzt every ofPicer should have autlientic i n f o m t i o i i 2.5 t o the status of each country uiider t h e Limitations

Si r e c e n t ,mbl%cation by Capte%n P.

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Cr e a t y

In 8tinstahces, such 2.s the folloyiing, Z+i l o ;not only s i o f f i c e r , :.rho vras unnecessary but undeslratrlc to posses pssparCs. ordered t o the ITeear Cast far duty, obtained a camercinl L2zssaort i'roz,l tlie S k t e Department. Sometime later his wife cipplied tor 3 passport f o r the purpose of joining her husband, vho she s i d , m s an o f f i c e r of the IScvy on duty in Const,an.tiiiople, The S t a t e Deprtient, foviid a record of hit c a x ~ ? r i c npasspost l in its f i l e s a:?d r e i l i e d t l c t it ap?enred froxi their rccords tlzt h e m s not 211 officer of t h e llsv-; oil duty st Constant;inople but "zha*t he vas t r a v e l i n g k;i Europe f o r corzterc:.L

pryoaea,

Through Life-Saving I n s t r u c t i o n s by Captain C. B. Sculley. -of Captain C. Bs t h e courtesy of t h e American Xed Cross, t h e services Sculley vrere obtained f r e e of charge t o give life-saving i n s t r u c t i o n s t o t h e e n l i s t e d personnel of t h e I J v y Yard, Fhilsd.elp!iia, Fa,. The men who prove q u a l i f i e d a f t e r t h e completion of t h e course w i l l be given a c e r t i f i c a t e and it i s expected t h a t they wil-1 prove valcable t o t h e Service i n i n s t r u c t i n g others. Captain C , E, Sculley i s a member of t h e American Red Cross Personnel Life-Laving Corps. It i s believed t.ha2. Captain Sculley's s e r v i c e s could be obtained a t other s t a t i o n s with b e n e f i c i a l r e s u i t s , by a request t o the imericnn Red Cross, Headquarters, 17ashington, D. C.

iJet F i r s t Enlistments

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8600

Deductions include discharges f o r physical d i s a b i l i t y e x i s t i n g prior t o enlistment, f o r fraudulent, underage, and cancellat i o n of enlistment.

The zwbavei s bnscc! on ail e n l i s t e d strengLh of 86,000.

The answers t o t h e question on t h e F i t n e s s Repmts f i t n e s s report -crith regard t o preference f o r duty both ashore and afloat i s f r e q u e n t l y incompletely filled out, The B u r e m hopes that officers n i l 1 give a t t e n t i o n t o t h i s n a t t e r .

-The Gunner's t

Iiates S j t c a t i o n i s a n a l y z e d as follows: E l i w * .ti&

Ecc e s s10 Oct*

31. '78

G.M. 2c. G,l\il,3c. 50

B t e d . 1 Nov,

10 Oct.

I 0 10

3-25

Leaving an excess of 165 gunner's mates. The Bureau m n s i d e r s th2t t h e only e q u i t a b l e method of advancing men i n rc;tfrig, d t x i n g tke p r e s e n t personnel s i t u c i t i o n , is by s e n i o r i t y on t h e e l i a i l i t y l i s t t o t h e e x t e n t that t h e needs o f t h e s e r v i c e permit and pay o f t h e Navy alloas* Prece2ence on t h e list is detern-ined by d a t e o f examinztion on board, i t being presumed that men a r e examined only wnen q u a l i f i e d by marks i n s e r v i c e recozd. 'dhile t h i s netnod undoubtedly has nany &awb3cks, And f r e q u e n t l y r e s u l t s i n a n excess o f n;en being r a t e d on one s h i n \Yhile a & o r t a g e i n t h e same r a t i n g e x i s t s o n m o t h e r , y e t t h e Bure?u f e e l s that any a c u t e s i t u a t i o n can bo met by the Commznder-in-Chiaf o r Force ConBlander, and that a t t h e r a t e by which r a t i n g s a r e now a u t h o r i z e d t h J t no s e r i o u s s h o r t a g e i n any class o f r a t i n g s is l i k e l y t o a r i s e i n any u n i t .

The rssumntion o f issuing o f p e r m n e n t spaointments t o c h i e f ::ovever, uheu t h e 3 e t t y o f f i c e r s i s s t i l l well i n t o t h e futll.re, Bureau i s able ag%in t o a u t h o r i z e t h i s c l a s s of sdvancenent, t h e p r e f e r e n c e t v i l l be Fiven t o t h e men v i t h t h e l o nn g e s t s e r v i c e and t h e b e s t r e c o r d s , r a t h e r t h a n hv d a t e o f r e c e s 01' apers.