. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. nbureaus, whose chiefs are detailed officers of the Navy. Theseare: I. Bureau of Navigation, having the practical control ofthe ships and men in actual service, and including the Hydro-graphic Office and Naval Academy at Annapolis, but not theWar College at Newport. 2. Bureau of Yards and Bureau of Equipment, which has charge, among otherthings, of the Naval Observatory, the Nautical Almanac, andthe Compass Office. 4. Bureau of Ordnance. 5. Bt:reauof Construction and Repair. 6. Bureau of Steam Engi-neering. 7. Bureau of Medici
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. nbureaus, whose chiefs are detailed officers of the Navy. Theseare: I. Bureau of Navigation, having the practical control ofthe ships and men in actual service, and including the Hydro-graphic Office and Naval Academy at Annapolis, but not theWar College at Newport. 2. Bureau of Yards and Bureau of Equipment, which has charge, among otherthings, of the Naval Observatory, the Nautical Almanac, andthe Compass Office. 4. Bureau of Ordnance. 5. Bt:reauof Construction and Repair. 6. Bureau of Steam Engi-neering. 7. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, under whosesupervision is maintained a Museum of Hygiene, in the oldNaval Observatory, which is interesting to specialists. of Supplies and Accounts (the Navy Pay Office isat No. 1729 New York Ave.). 9. Office of the Judge Advo-cate General—the departments law officer. 10. Office ofthe Commandant of the Marine Corps, who is responsibledirectly to the Secretary of the Navy. By the time a ship is 184 RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE. Land Office Building7th StreetPage 195 built, equipped, armed, and manned, she has gone throughevery one of these bureaus. The models of ships, on view in the corridor near the entranceand on the next floor above, fomi an exhibit of great interest,graphically displaying the difference between the early woodenfrigates and line-of-battle ships and the modern steel cruisersand turreted men-of-war. These models ought not to be over-looked. The library, also, is well worth attention, on accountof the portraits of departed Secretaries, as well as for the sakeof its professional books. Secretary of the Navy performs such duties as the Presidentof the United States, who is commander-in-chief, may assignhim, and has the general superintendence of construction,manning, armament, equipment, and employment of vessels. The Navy Yard usually offers little to reward the visitorscuriosity outside of the gunshop, museum and trophies. Itstands
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