TABLE OF CONTENTS. Report of the Solicitor, 71-78. Report of the Judge Advocate General, 79–93. Report of Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy, 95-99. Bureau of Yards and Docks, report of chief, 101-111. Report of Superintendent, United States Naval Observatory, 145-164. Report of Hydrographer, 165–174. Bureau of Ordnance, report of chief, 175-189. Bureau of Construction and Repair, report of chief, 191-222. 3 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE To the PRESIDENT. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., December 1, 1913. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the annual report of this department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, including operations to date. There are now on the active list of the Navy 3,635 officers, of whom 342 are officers of the Marine Corps. The total enlisted strength is 51,500 men of the Navy and 9,921 marines. The story of the year's work by this patriotic body of efficient defenders of the Republic is replete with examples of courage, devotion, sacrifice, and progress. Happily the country has been free from war, but the Navy has no holiday. Alert, prepared, equipped for any emergency, the 65,000 men composing the personnel demonstrate that when called upon they are always ready for duty. Fit and under strict discipline, men, drawn from the very flower of our country, need no tocsin of battle to call them into action. Always prepared, the country knows now as it has known in every crisis that what Mr. Lincoln called "the web-footed" arm of the service is busy in peace so that it may be in readiness for national defense. these The men who compose the Navy, and upon whom the country leans, are earnest to prevent war. Their advocacy of an "adequate Navy" is prompted by their faith that the surest guarantee of peace is a Navy strong enough to command world-wide respect. Few know the splendid spirit of patriotism that animates them and the magnificent esprit de corps of the rank and file of the American Navy. It was never in such a high state of efficiency as to-day. Indeed the labors of the year have witnessed such unremitting attention to all that goes to keep a fleet in condition as to have improved the efficiency of every man in the service. In considering the needs of the Navy the Secretary has given less thought to the guns than to the men behind the guns. The interests of the personnel have been constantly in mind. While none can ap |