Show tu r NAVY or WHAT IT CONSISTS according to the nai na y al register for 1859 our navy consists consist s of 86 vessels of which 10 are liners 10 fri frigates aa tes 21 sloops of war 3 bris brigs 1 schooner 8 propellers est 1st class 6 do ad class 9 do ad class 2 propeller tenders 3 side wheel steamers class 1 do ad class 3 do ad class 1 side N heel tender 3 store ships 5 receiving hips I 1 the he officers of the navy are 81 captains on the active list 36 on the retired list commanders on active and 17 on reserved list lieutenants on active list and 36 on reserved list 60 surgeons surg bons eons 64 pursers 24 chaplains chaplain 12 masters mastero in in the line of promotion on the active list 1 on the reserved list 10 not DO in the line of promotion on the reserved list 2 passed midshipmen on reserved lit list I 1 midshipman on active duty 12 professors of mathematics 47 graduates of the naval academy academe acting midshipmen at annapolis academy I 1 second master 40 boatswains boat swims 44 gunners 48 carpenters 41 sail makers the marine corps is is officered by b I 1 colonel I 1 lieutenant colonel 4 stair staff officers 4 majors 14 captains 20 0 first and 19 second lieutenants the engineer corps consists of 21 chief 33 first assistant 23 second assistant and 63 third assistant engineers g in the office of the secretary there abc employed twelve clerks clerk s and tivo messengers at a salary of including that of the secretary in that of the yard and docks one chief with eight clerks at an annual salary of 14 in in the bureau of construction one chief with twelve clerks at a salary of in in the bureau of ordnance one chief and six six clerks at a salary of in m the bureau of medicine one surgeon and four clerks clerics at a salary of besides the above there are in in the employ of the d department department eleven navy agents nine nine naval constructors and eleven coal hemp and timber agents during the year 1858 1859 fifty eight officers resigned thirty died and fourteen wore eie dismissed |