TABLE OF CONTENTS. Report of the Solicitor, 147–150. Report of the Judge-Advocate-General, 151–159. Report of Board of Visitors to the U. S. Naval Academy, 161-163. Bureau of Ordnance, report of Chief, 339–354. Bureau of Construction and Repair, report of Chief, 355-483. 3 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 30, 1910. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the annual report of this department. The detailed operations and work of the different bureaus are not included in my report and may be found in the separate reports of the chiefs of the bureaus. NAVY DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION. In my last annual report your attention was not invited to the fact that the Navy Department organization, which you approved and which was put into effect on the 1st of December last, was, to a certain extent, the outcome of the final report of the commission on naval reorganization headed by Mr. Justice Moody, which report was submitted to the President on February 26, 1909. It is true that there are differences between the report of this commission and the organization which was adopted, but the general plan of Navy Department organization and the provision for the duties of the assistant secretary and the divisions of Naval Operations, Personnel, Inspection, and Material are the same. It is proper that this fact should be generally recognized, as well as the fact that the report of this commission has formed the basis of the changes made. RESULTS OF PRESENT ORGANIZATION. The present organization of the Navy Department (or so much as concerns the aids), which aimed to place at the disposition of the Secretary expert knowledge and information in order that he might keep in touch with what was going on, has now been in operation practically a year. In consequence, the business of the department has been. expedited and the Secretary is, without question, better informed on the workings of the department than has been possible under any previous system. It may be recalled that my last annual report explained the grouping of the different bureaus of the Navy Department into divisions and the appointment of four aids, who were to keep informed as to the working of each division and supply the Secretary with the necessary expert advice on the duties coming under those divisions. 5 |