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UNITED STATES

II. Navy,

The navy estimates (financial years ending June 30), were as follows : —

Years. £ Years. £

1912-13 . . . 25,831,402 [ 1908-09 . . . 24,958,958

1911-12 . . . 25,405,220 ' 1907-08 . . . 23,719,600

1910-11 . ., 26,282,113 \ 1906-07 . . . 20,891,325

1009-10 . • . . 28,153,331 ! 1905-06 . ., 24,444,948

The control of naval affairs is vested in the Secretary of the Navy, a Cabinet officer, appointed by the President, with the approval of the Senate. The Assistant-Secretary, a civilian, also appointed by the President with the approval of ihe Senate, the chiefs of eight administrative bureaus, the Com- mandant of the Marine Corps, and the Judge-Advocate-General, are directly responsible to the Secretary, The administrative bureaus are : yards and docks, equipment, navigation, ordnance, construction and repair, steam engineering, supplies and accounts, and medicine and surgery.

The Government construr'tive and repairing establishments are at Ports- mouth, N.H. ; Boston, Mass. ; Brooklyn, N.Y. ; League Island, Pa. ; Washington, D.C. ; Norfolk, Va, ; Pensacola, Fla, ; Mare Island, Cal. ; and Puget Sound, Washington; and the naval stations are at Newjioit, R.I. ; New London, Conn, ; Charleston, S.C. ; Port Royal, S.C. ; Key West, Fla. ; New Orleans, La. ; Guantanamo, Cuba; Hawaii; Tutuila, Samoa; Cavite, P.I. ; Olongapo, P.I.

All warships, under the requirements of law, are built within the country and of home material. On January 1, 1912, there were 29 rear-admirals, 212 captains and commanders, 1,108 other line officers, 280 midshipmen, 309 medical officers, 201 pay officers. The enlisted strength allowed by bill, approved August 22, 1912, was 51,500 men. Marine Corps, allowed strength, on October 12, 1911, 332 officers and 9,521 men. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, were 129,278,166-99 dollars ; 1912-13, 123,151,538-76 dollars.

The following is a classified statement of the strength of the United States Navy. Old iron and wooden cruising vessels, several small gunboats converted from yachts and tugs, others taken from Spain and used in the Philippines for picket duty, and vessels appropriated for training ships and other pur^-oses, and vessels over 20 years old not reconstructed since 1900, are not included : —

Eflfective at end of

Buildi

g3

ng under Pro- ■anime for

1913

1913

1914

1910

1911 i 1912

Dreadnoughts

8

10

12

9

2 1

Pre-Breadnoughts ....

19

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—

— —

Old Battleships ....

6

—

— —

Armoured cruisers, 1st rate

10 —

—

—

— —

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2 '

—

—

— —

Monitors

4

—

— —

Protected Cruisers ....

15

—

—

Scouts

3

—

—

—

Destroyers

42

50

—

6

8 : 6

Torpedo boats (1st class).

24

—

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— 1 —

,, ,, (2nd and 3rd class).

6

—

—

— 1 —

Submarines

35

39

—

4

4 8

There are several old protected cruisers for subsidiary service, 1 non- effective 1st cIhss torpedo boat, 2 non-effective third-class and 24 gunboats for police duties, &c.

A table follows of the United States fleet of vessels built and building.

In the armament column, guns of less calibre than 5 inch are not given.

Ships in italics will not be comjdeted by the end of the present year.