Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1915 — NEW ‘CABINET'FORMED [ARTICLE]

NEW ‘CABINET'FORMED

BODY W[LL STEER THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 1 Secretary Daniels Ends “Aides” System and Sustitutes Council of Officers—All Units Represented. Washington, June 25 After an existence of six years the system of “naval aides” to the secretary of the navy has been abolished by Secretary Daniels. The naval aide plan was originated by George A. von L. Meyer, secretary of the navy under President Taft. For it has been substituted a naval council, to be designated as the “secretary’s advisory council.” The new “naval cabinet” will hold joint sessions with Secretary Daniels every Thursday and its composition will be as. follows: Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. Rear Admiral W. S. Benson, chief of naval operations. Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the bureau of navigation. Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, chief of the bureau of ordnance. Rear Admiral W. S. Griffith, chief of the bureau of steam engineering. Rear Admiral D. W. Taylor, chief of the bureau of construction and repair. Rear Admiral H. R. Stanford, chief of the bureau of yards and docks. Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, chief of the bureau of supplies and accounts. Rear Admiral W. C. Bralsted, chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery. Maj. Gen. George Barnett, com mandant of the Marine corps. Capt. Ridley M’Lean, judge advocate general of the navy. “I have learned to rely upon the men who will compose this council,” said Secretary Daniels. “The bureau chiefs touch at first hand every unit of the navy, and I have had almost daily conferences with them about the bi£ problems in their bureaus.”