SPECIAL ORDER No. 40. NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., November 15, 1895. 1. The session of the Naval War College for 1896 will commence on the 1st day of June, and terminate on the 1st day of October. 2. It is the intention of the Department to detail twenty-five officers, twenty of and above the grade of lieutenant, and five below that grade, for attendance during the session. 3. From this class it is proposed to select five officers, upon the recommendation of the college, to continue the work of the college during the winter, and to prepare for the next year's session. 4. The officers detailed will therefore be selected when possible from those who have a year or more to serve on shore duty. 5. The location of the principal problem of the session of 1896 will be the Gulf of Mexico. 6. The construction of a war chart and defense plan of the Nantucket Sounds will be completed, and the general strategic consideration of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays will be begun. H. A. HERBERT, Secretary. OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTE, 1896. Elected at the regular annual meeting, held at Annapolis, Maryland, October 11, 1895. President. REAR-ADMIRAL S. B. LUCE, U. S. N. Vice-President. CAPTAIN PHILIP H. COOPER, U. S. N. Secretary and Treasurer. LIEUTENANT J. H. GLENNON, U. S. N. Board of Control. LIEUT.-COMMANDER B. F. TILLEY, U. S. N. LIEUT.-COMMANDER CHARLES BELKNAP, U. S. N. LIEUTENANT C. E. COLAHAN, U. S. N. LIEUTENANT J. P. PARKER, U. S. N. LIEUTENANT H. G. DRESEL, U. S. N. PROFESSOR N. M. TERRY, A. M., Ph. D. LIEUTENANT J. H. GLENNON, U. S. N. (ex-officio). NAVAL INSTITUTE PRIZE ESSAY, 1897. A prize of one hundred dollars, with a gold medal, is offered by the Naval Institute for the best essay presented on any subject pertaining to the naval profession, subject to the following rules: 1. The award for the prize shall be made by the Board of Control, voting by ballot and without knowledge of the names of the competitors. 2. Each competitor to send his essay in a sealed envelope to the Secretary and Treasurer on or before January 1, 1897. The name of the writer shall not be given in this envelope, but instead thereof a motto. Accompanying the essay a separate sealed envelope will be sent to the Secretary and Treasurer, with the motto on the outside and writer's name and motto inside. This envelope is not to be opened until after the decision of the Board. 3. The successful essay to be published in the Proceedings of the Institute: and the essays of other competitors, receiving honorable mention, to be published also, at the discretion of the Board of Control; and no change shall be made in the text of any competitive essay, published in the Proceedings of the Institute, after it leaves the hands of the Board. 4. Any essay not having received honorable mention, may be published also, at the discretion of the Board of Control, but only with the consent of the author. 5. The essay is limited to fifty (50) printed pages of the Proceedings of the Institute. 6. All essays submitted must be either type-written or copied in a clear and legible hand. 7. The successful competitor will be made a Life Member of the Institute. 8. In the event of the Prize being awarded to the winner of a previous year, a gold clasp, suitably engraved, will be given in lieu of a gold medal. By direction of Board of Control. J. H. GLENNON, Lieut., U. S. N., Secretary and Treasurer. ANNAPOLIS, MD., Dec. 31, 1895. FOR LAND AND MARINE BOILERS. UNIFORM THICKNESS, EASILY CLEANED, UNEXCELLED FOR STRENGTH. CORRUGATED FURNACES. Sole Manufacturers in the United States. The Continental Iron Works, 96 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. and Dearborn Streets, Chicago. 197 Congress Street, Boston. 610 N. 4th Street, St. Louis. OVER 12,000 IN USE. Old Colony Building, Van Buren 40 N. First Street, Portland, Oregon. 21 and 23 Fremont Street, San Francisco. Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing Co., Denver, Col. Sales Agents: Frazer & Chalmers, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Helena, Montana. 92 & 94 First Avenue, Pittsburg. 15 N. 7th Street, Philadelphia. |