This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV THE UNITED STATES NAVY: MEN AND MATEKIAL The personnel of the United States Navy underwent a very great expansion during the late war. On the 1st of April 1917, the establishment numbered 4376 officers and 62,667 men; by the 1st of November 1918, it had increased to 10,400 officers and 220 ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV THE UNITED STATES NAVY: MEN AND MATEKIAL The personnel of the United States Navy underwent a very great expansion during the late war. On the 1st of April 1917, the establishment numbered 4376 officers and 62,667 men; by the 1st of November 1918, it had increased to 10,400 officers and 220,000 men. Within the same period the naval reserve forces, which were practically non-existent in April 1917, had reached the imposing total of 20,000 officers and 285,000 men. No sooner had the Armistice been signed than demobilisation set in at an extraordinary pace. Twelve months later the reserves had disappeared and the regular establishment had been reduced to 160,000 officers and men, a total insufficient to provide complements for all the ships remaining in commission. At this date the authorities endeavoured to check the rapid wastage of man-power by launching a vigorous recruiting campaign. Apparently it did not meet with great success, for in March 1920 it was admitted by the Secretary that the establishment was down to 103,000 men. A few months before this he had informed the Naval Committee of Congress that the Fleet would be seriously crippled if its -personnel were reduced to 150,000. The gravity of the crisis which had thus arisen in regard to the supply of men was revealed by Rear-Admiral Washington, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, in his evidence before the committee in April 1920. The deficiency, he said, amounted to 3765 officers and 68,000 men. The recruiting staff had been enlarged to a figure never previously attained, but in spite of this the retirements, monthly discharges, and desertions far exceeded the number of new recruits enlisted. For the Battle Fleet alone a total of 1500 regular officers was required, ..
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