| Show RADICAL CHANGES IN m DEPARTMENT Would Put it on Secy Seey Meyer Business Basis Beyond Dream Of His Ills Predecessors MAKE FOUR GROUPS ot or I Iut II tt Ho A At AI n pon No H 1 o ot or Construction no Sov N the tile then them f 1111 n 11 naval affair Secy ecy m 11 t r v 1 will ill Inaugurate Me If e th the W Ill In the navy nan ot of In p the nt 0 Irl In a the b burr bureS c I 5 formet eW Pr Ir of or and turn lorn roi r h hopes hO to put the then 1 n a business basin III beyond h Pr The Tue I i th l O Ma Is I the or T linn Hon of OY If t I hur U J changes In the thew w plan via lI art arc AI it 1 MI rte i 01 of t four flur responsible ad adl on 00 fl ts within the four r l idi h dutle of or the tho J depart doPart q i ir t I l b known n o OJ the aIde for foru forUA m Bi the ide Idl for the thea ther UA u S of r th the fleet neet and nd the a Je f r r P I I 1 I nl i IU LL IJ jH J itT I rg g of Ih lift Into two I JT e jui uj t I l ta and personnel I g I i i r tatUl IU of or their duthe dul 1 t f III ft of ot a division of ot off ofer nit h er f T 1 i of ot a ft modern ef of 0 u 11 H s 8 stem tem t T r of at a II modern ef tr eff eft f t 1 si S1 t Ic n In the l nay na y ya dr en ni a 1 j ai at r T II u l of ot work i 1 di fl U of hulls hulU and Md machin Ir V r I Th H i 1 I f tho th Ih bureau of ot eon on onI i I rj I ITI TIC TI T nl dI r f the iii of ot If i t nii 1 J vr ho fight the fillips are to have more Influence In the department Chosen Cho ell men man from rota ninon among them are nrc to tobe toiK lx iK the official eyes ef anti and ears of the N ee laden w with Ith full responsibility for forth or th their lr hut not Ills his hI hands hand II The secretary will wm retain hi his admin odium administrative I and executive power for hi hl own And that of the of the navy All reforms reform RO gu guinto O Into effect Dec 1 I except the lIle abolition of or the bureau of equipment which h Con press alono can enn do doThe i The Tho aide for operations for fot lh th the fleet nf t will be Hear Wain Van I wright commander of ot the third division I of or tho the Atlantic A fleet fi t The Tile aide for tor personnel will be near Hear Admiral VV V P I Potter now chief of ot ottIl the tIl bureau of ot navigation The aide for tor material will be Hear Admiral Kim Swift vit commandant of or orthe the Boston nos ton The Tue aide for Inspection will be bl Aaron ARron Ward rd recently supervisor sU of or the navy harbor who will l b become a r rear er admiral on ott Jan 9 Capt of ot the Nicholson a II member of ot the board of 01 and eurey will be made mode chief of or the bureau buu of ot navigation vice sice Potter totter When Mr dr Ir Meyer Myer office he found some In the depart department ment and In tn the due to changes S Instituted by Secy Seey afew a II afew few 8 weak before the close cloe of or hIs hie ad administration admInistration ministration Steps wore cre taken to t AC Op certain how far It was ivaa desirable to fol tol follow tollo follow 1 lo low r forms outlined 1 by Se Sew y New IV I terry r OF 01 0 BOARDS The s perry I rr board ai 11 e to re rt S pott lOti how liow the Ar ou or orders orden r den ders regulations but best be If it Then ThIll Ih lutro Luto wan wap to make In kl the th of or orthe the huit u of ot engineering with other oIlier bureaus a step undertaken by Newberry Finally hety f Meyer appointed the board to reports of Ut th the theother other and to make for tor the Improvement ut of lii ln methods of the th department With reports tn RS it a Mill I tevy Hf Meyer has baa evolved his hili plan of ot reform The found round that the bureau or of the department were wen Independent Indo tt It Itolle one olle and that h lie must all difficulties between them theta The idda am are to e him him on these thell points 1 If lf the th secretary seeks from Individual officers In whom he ha hin hili hiliO confidence O but who have hR no tie definite II II II It relation to the Ih organization lIon of the department Meyer today tota In ex ox explaining his hili reforms reforma he hf gets geta that may moy be bf good but that Ih t Is III not re responsible r Such recourse to Individual moreover no of ot con continuity of ot policy nor of re t to the tho Meyer Meter plan plait the board heart of ot construction becomes Utta and therefore will IK be b abolished a uit Thi board boor win wa created principally to sup vise slat ship chip designing mid to decide que In lii dispute between tho the bureau when whon their duties overlapped or one alit wished to 10 obtain more inure space apace 01 ot weight for tor Its purposes S In a ship hip de Under the now plan plait the lie operating o branch which deals deal directly with th the military use of ot the nut fleet t will original military features of or a new lIel construction In III with the general 1 of or which the new nel aide will Im be bea a 1 member Other officer Ohio also 11 0 will be called In III for tor advice and criticism cism clam both before and nIl after the tho n plans plane lons have hn been blen prepared by the tern nirol bureaus These Thae officers officer will be selected ted beca of or pronounced In ordnance cr et or torpedo work The bu bureaus roan will be railed called upon uton finally to prepare the actual plans plan and will be he responsible for their correctness With the growth of ot the buln o othe of I Ithe the deportment department Peer Iel Meyer found round duties dutle similar to tho of or the equip equipment ment meat bureau were vere performed by b the Ihl bureau bure u of supplies and accounts account con toli construction and repair and by b steam en in 11 this thia connection It Is ha to In tobe Inbe tobe be noted near Hear Admiral AV W S Cowe owl of form r President Is Ia now no the tile head of or the bu bureau bUIU reau IU CHANGES AT AV At Il the Mr Meyer ha hu decided to divide the single turing department established by Mr Newberry Into two divisions one of f r machinery and the other of ot hulls ac according cording to tho general practice In III Ihl ahi lil building In III this cone cOlin country t try snot d I with the naval dock clock yards lIn of ot and Germany CommAnd ut lid captains captIna at the yards will b kept there Ihen long enough to tc inure ron eon of ot policy polk and will willbe he be the till only representAtive of ot the de do department d at th the yards yarda Tho Th Newberry plan gave the enl r na nl oll at the yard po er that Sery Meyer lodges with the com corn I work vork or performance ir r Irregularities the different bu bureau bureaus reau Sec Meyer found been Inspected usually by officers of or those bureaus I tp directly to them No machinery hoe has ha existed E by 11 which Inde lode Independent pendent Inspection of ship shore hare eta sta stations blue and technical matters matter be load This ThIa Mr r Meyer Meer will wilt provide by 11 hl lii new hew division of ot Inspection bureau of or ind nO in the marine corps corpe and certain other branches of or tho the department not no IIO logically Included In Iii any an one of or the thi It four of or duties will be he placed l under tile Hie secretary II I |
