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Show Chances Many to Win Gold Braid in Navy OF a total of .rUU7 offlcors la tho United Btatos navy. 1718 of them were at one Uino enlisted men and havo risen from the grado of apprentice uenniou to their prosout rank. This In the stiitomrut. nude yesterday at. the Salt. Lake rocnill lug offiio of tho U. 8. navy. Examination of the navy roster shows about 16 per cent of the ou listed men who no now officers were boatswain's mates or quartor-masters, quartor-masters, per otnt woro former ntembers of the flroroom gang or electricians, tad Co per cent wero giiuuers' mates. In addition to the commissioned officers, thoro are at pre Mat In the navy 2048 warrant officers, the rank Just below that of commissioned officer. Every one of these in a, former enlisted man According to the statistics, the list of former enlirtcrl nmn and the rank tbry n"'' h ld Inrtudc oii c.ip tin. twelve cutnmaadert, sveti Itu- ; tenant r rvnni indet ' , : , li' uten nit' MBlor grade. 479 lieutenants, ttinjor I grade, and 349 onatgns. |