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THE NAVY.
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The administration of the navy is effected by the Royal department
of the Navy with its »command expedition», the Naval Department,
and the General Staff of the Navy, all stationed at Stockholm. The
Minister for the Royal department of the Navy is, next to
the King, the highest chief of the navy. The department directs all
matters which according to the constitution belong to the navy, with
exception of matters of command which belong to the
»Kommandoexpedition» of the department.
The Navy yard at Stockholm.
The Admiralty is a collegial office, which under the Navy department
administers technical and economical matters belonging to the navy. It consists
of one chief (admiral) and six members (three commodores or captains, the chief
of the mining defense, the chief constructor of the navy, and one counselor),
who are the heads of the six divisions of the Administration: those of
inten-dancy, of artillery, of torpedoes, of mines, of construction, and the civil division.
In the administration are besides employed several officers, marine engineers,
and civil functionaries.
The General Staff of the Navy, organized in 1896, is under an admiral
and works on two divisions: that for mobilization and statistics, and the one
for communications, each under its chief (commodore or captain) and with
about fifteen officers together.
The personnel and material of the navy are disposed at two stations:
Karlskrona and Stockholm, each under a commander-in-chief. Under him
subordinate: 1 chief of the non-commissioned officers and sailors, the chiefs
of the schools of the station, 1 educational committee, 1 administration
office, officers of hygiene and sickrelief, 1 court-martial and others.
Sweden. 15
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