NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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healthiness of iron-clads and wooden vessels, 

 603 ; power and seaworthy qualities of the 

 Monadnock, 603 ; capacity of American navy- 

 yards, 603; English navy-yards, 603; Naval 

 Academy, 603 ; inadequacy of the buildings, 

 603 ; naval pension-fund, 604 ; navy pension- 

 roll, 604 ; expenses of the Naval Department 

 in 1861-'65, 604; table showing reduction of 

 expenses, 604; estimates for the year ending 

 June, 1867, 604. , 



VI. Vessels in commission, 529 ; seamen 

 in the service, 529 ; the European squadron, 

 529 ; the Asiatic squadron, 529 ; North Atlan- 

 tic squadron, 529 ; Gulf squadron, 529 ; South 

 Atlantic squadron, 529 ; North Pacific squad- 

 ron, 530 ; South Pacific squadron, 530 ; Naval 

 Academy, 530 ; character of future wars rela- 

 tive to vessels, 530 ; changes of a few years, 

 530; casualties during the war, 530 } trip of 

 the monitor Miantonomoh, 531 ; log of, 531 ; 

 report of Secretary Fox, 531 ; burning of the 

 Ironsides, 531 ; yacht-race, 531. 



VII. Number and condition of vessels, 526 ; 

 Admiral Farragut's European squadron, 526 ; 

 transportation to the United States of John 

 II. Surratt, 526 ; conduct toward the Cretans, 

 526; Asiatic squadron, Admiral Bell, 527; 

 opening of Japanese ports, 527 ; wreck of the 

 Wachusett and murder of the crew, 527; 

 wreck of the Kover, on the coast of Formosa, 

 and murder of the crew, 527; the Shenan- 

 doah at Calcutta, 527 ; the Monocacy sent to 

 Borneo to investigate the destruction of the 

 residence of the American minister, 527; 

 movements of other vessels, 528; North At- 

 lantic squadron, Admiral Palmer, 528; action 

 of Commander Eoe at the surrender of Vera 

 Cruz, 528 ; South Atlantic squadron, Admiral 

 Davis, 528; movements at South American 

 ports, 528 ; North Pacific squadron, Admiral 

 Thatcher, 528 ; movements along the coast of 

 Mexico, 528 ; the Lackawanna at the Sandwich 

 Islands, 529 ; the Ossipee takes commissioners 

 to Aliaska, 529 ; South Pacific squadron, Ad- 

 miral Dahlgren, 529; movements of several 

 vessels of the squadron, 529; movements at 

 Panama in anticipation of war in Colombia, 

 529 ; the Susquehanna takes General Sherman 

 to Vera Cruz, 529 ; exploration of a shoal in 

 the course of vessels to Europe, 529; cruise of 

 the Sacramento, 529 ; cruise of the Minnesota, 

 530 ; cruise of the Miantonomoh, 530 ; new 

 vessels built, 530 ; vessels on the stocks, 530 ; 



new navy-yards and stations, 530 ; vessels sold, 

 531 ; the Naval Academy, 531 ; naval appren- 

 tice system, 531 ; board of examiners of vol- 

 unteer officers, 531; rank of staff-officers, 

 531 ; transportation of food and clothing to 

 Southern States, 531; relief of contractors, 

 531 ; use of petroleum as fuel, 531 ; pensions, 

 531 ; resources of the Department, 531 ; esti- 

 mate for next fiscal year, 532 ; wire rigging, 

 532 ; dangers of navigation in the Pacific and 

 Indian Oceans, 532 ; new guns, carriages, etc., 

 532 ; sickness and death in the navy, 532 ; the 

 Marine Corps, 532. 



VIII. Eeduction of the force, 524 ; Euro- 

 pean squadron, 524; ships, 524; commander, 

 524; cruise of Admiral Farragut, 524, 525; 

 Asiatic squadron, 525 ; ships, 525 ; command- 

 er, 525 ; visits to Japan, 525 ; change of com- 

 manders, 525 ; North Atlantic squadron, 526 ; 

 ships, 526 ; commanders, 526 ; South Atlantic 

 squadron, 526 ; ships, 526 ; commander, 526 ; 

 North Pacific squadron, 526 ; ships, 526 ; com- 

 mander, 526; South Pacific squadron, 527; 

 ships, 527; commander, 527; earthquake on 

 South American coast, 527 ; tidal wave, 527 ; 

 standard for the navy, 527; Naval Academy, 

 527; surveys, 527; receipts and expenditures, 

 527. 



IX. Condition at the beginning of the year, 

 469; the English and French naval forces, 

 470 ; inadequacy of the American fleet, 470 ; 

 reorganization of the navy, 470; North At- 

 lantic station, 470 ; South Atlantic station, 470 ; 

 Pacific station, 470 ; Alaska, 471 ; Sandwich 

 Islands, 471; reconnoissance of the Pacific 

 islands, 471 ; European station, 471 ; Asiatic 

 station, 471 ; views of the Government in ref- 

 erence to the future of the navy, 472 ; estab- 

 lishment of the torpedo corps, 472; navy- 

 yards, 472 ; number of men in the service, 

 472 ; expenditures, 472 ; bill in reference to 

 assimilated rank between naval officers, 472 ; 

 views of the Secretary on the subject, 472; 

 report of the Board of Visitors to the Naval 

 Academy at Annapolis, 473 ; appointment of 

 A. E. Borie as Secretary of the Navy, 473 ; 

 succeeded by George M. Eobeson, 473 ; inter- 

 national university boat-race on the Thames, 

 473. 



X. General summary, 528 ; loss of Oneida, 

 528 ; number of vessels, 528 ; Marine Corps, 

 529 ; expenditures, 529 ; divisions of naviga- 

 ble waters into cruising-stations, 530 ; North 



