GROWTH IN SHIPS, OFFICERS AND MEN. The following Tables, prepared by Capt. George H. Preble, U. S. N., which are copied from the Army and Navy Journal for Nov. and Dec., 1871, exhibit in a condensed view the expansion of the military and merchant marine of the United States, from 1816 to 1871 inclusive, as well as its condition in each year from 1816. TABLE I-Naval Vessels, Tonnage, Officers, Seamen, and Cost. Tonnage. 1,372,219 1,225,184 4,387,990 1,280,166 3,310,243 1,290,959 2,180,764 3,154,042 14,053,265 5,049,808 15,870,531 4,246,507 19,431,027 4,111.412 † Including 98 mates, temporary officers not eligible for promotion and not properly belonging to the Regular Navy, and should be classed as Volunteers. Including 130 mates, temporary officers not eligible for promotion and not properly belonging to the Regular Navy, and should be classed as Volunteers. TABLE III. Warrant or Forward Officers, and Marine Corps, 1816 to 1871. One brigadier-general since 1868. The senior officer has always been styled the lieutenantcolonel-commandant, colonel-commandant, or brigadier-general commandant. Since 1868, in the number of majors and captains is included those of the staff ranking with the line. At preser there are three staff officers holding the rank of major, and two that of captain. |