LIST Of the present Medical Directors of the Navy, on the active List, (or officers of the first grade of the Medical Corps with the relative rank of Captain,) with a brief sketch of the service of each. 1. LEWIS J. WILLIAMS. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in Maryland. Appointed Assistant Surgeon 25th January, 1842. Has had 38 years service, of which 15 years have been service at sea. On Com- modore Perry’s Japan expedition 1852-54. Commissioned as Surgeon August 30,1856. Served in the Mexican war and with Farragut in the battle of Mobile Bay. Now Director of the Naval Laboratory, Brooklyn, n. y. 2. MARIUS DUVALL. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in Mary- land. Appointed 25th January, 1842. Has had 38 years’ service, of which nearly 17 years have been at sea. Served in the Mexican war, and during the late Rebellion was at the attack on Fort Sumter and the bombardment of the works off Charleston. Fleet Surgeon South Atlan- tic Squadron 1868-9. 3. PHINEAS J. HORWITZ. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Pennsylvania as Assistant Surgeon Nov. 8, 1847. Has had 32 years’ service, nearly 8 years of which were at sea. Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 1866-9. 4. CHARLES MARTIN. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in New York. Appointed Assistant Surgeon September 5, 1848. Has had 31 years’ service, nearly 13 years at sea. Wrecked in the Jefferson off Patagonia. During the Rebellion served on the Cumberland in the engagement, with the Merrimac*. and engaged in two attacks on Fort . Fisher. Fleet Surgeon 1869-70. 5. FRANCIS M. GUNNELL. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born District of Columbia. Appointed Assistant Surgeon March 29,1849. Has had over 30 years’ service, more than 15 of which have been at sea. Served on the Niagara in the Atlantic Cable expedition. Wrecked on the Fulton. During the Rebellion served at the first action of the war at Aquia Creek ; at the capture of forts at Hatteras Inlet; at engage- ment of Roanoke Island; and with the batteries and fleet in Albemarle Sound. Fleet Surgeon North Atlantic Fleet 1872-4. 6. JAMES SUDDARDS. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in England. Appointed Assistant Surgeon from Pennsylvania May 17, 1849. Has had 30 years’ service, more than 15 of which have been at sea. Fleet Surgeon 1872-3 and 1873-5 in S. and N. Pacific Squadrons. 7. EDWARD SHIPPEN. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in New Jersey. Appointed Assistant Surgeon from Pennsylvania August 7, 1849. Has had 30 years’ service, over 13 of which were at sea. Served in the Paraguay expedition. Was on board the Congress when attacked by the Merrimac and injured by a shell, and served in the battles of Fort Fisher and Bermuda Hundred. Fleet Surgeon European Station 1871-3. 8. SAMUEL F. COUES. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed Assistant Surgeon February 25, 1851. Has had 28 years’ service, ne irly 14 years at sea. During the Rebellion served in the Gulf and Atlantic Blockading Squadrons. Fleet Surgeon N. A. Squadron 1875-6. 9. JACOB S. DUNGAN. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed Assistant Surgeon February 25, 1851. Has had 28 years’ service, nearly 14 of which were at sea. Served in the Paraguay expedition. During the Rebellion was in West Gulf Block- ading Squadron trom 1861-64. Fleet Surgeon Pacific Station 1876-77. 10. GEORGE PECK. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New York 25th February, 1851. Has had 28 years’ service, nearly 13 years of which were at sea. During Rebellion served on Blockade off Charleston; in operations against Rebel batteries on the Potomac; in capture of Hilton Head and Bay Point; in expedi- tion against Fernandina; on blockade of Savannah; accompanied Admiral Rodgers to convey the Monadnock to San Francisco. Medical Inspector and Fleet Surgeon N. A. Fleet 1872-3 President of Examining Board 1879. 11. JOHN M. BROWNE. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed Assistant Surgeon March 25, 1853. Has had over 26 years’ service, 11 years of which were at sea. Served in the Indian war, Puget Sound, and in the Paraguay expedition. During the Rebellion was on board the Kearsarge and engaged in the combat be- tween that ship and the Alabama in 1864. Fleet Surgeon Pacific Station 1872-6. 12. THOMAS J. TURNER. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed Assistant Surgeon March 25,1853. Has had 27 years’ service, 11 years at sea. Now Secretary National Board of Health. Fleet Surgeon Asiatic Station 1875-7. 13. JOHN Y. TAYLOR Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Delaware as Assistant Surgeon Sept. 26, 1853. Has had 26 years of service, nearly 14 years at sea. During the Rehellion was in the W>st Gulf Blockading Squadron and in the engagements with batteries at Vicksburg. 14. WILLIAM T. HORD. Medical Director. Rank Captain. . Born in Kentucky. Appointed as Assistant Surgeon November 1, 1854. Has had 25 years’ service, nearly 11 years of which were at sea. Served as volunteer on Gen. Nelson’s staff from Pittsburg Landing to evacuation of Corinth by Beauregard, and was on the Pawnee in the attack on Rebel works near Charleston. Fleet Surgeon N. A. Station 1873-4. Wrecked in earthquake at St. Croix, West Indies, November 18,1867. 15. ALBERT L. GIHON. Medical Director. Rank Captain. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed as Assistant Surgeon May 1, 1855. Has had 24 years’ service, 11 of which were at sea. Served at engagement with Chinese Barrier Forts, Canton river, 1856, and in the Paraguay expedi- tion. Fleet Surgeon European Station 1874-5. 16. The claims of the Senior Medical Director to the appointment of Sur- geon General in the Navy may be briefly stated as follows: I. Long and active service and acknowledged ability. 38 years' honor- able service, 15 years’ sea service. The greatest length of service entitles him to the increased pay on retirement. II. Active service during the Mexican war; in the expedition of Perry to Japan; with Farragut at Mobile; and the great variety of his service at the New York Hospital; at the Washington Navy Yard; on the Board of Examiners, Washington, and at the New York Naval Laboratory. Has two years to serve before retirement. The record of the proposed incumbent of the office, Medical Inspector Philip S. Wales, who ranks only with Commander, is as follows, viz: 23£ years’ service. 8| years’ sea service. During the Rebellion (1863) in hospital service; 1864-5 in blockade chasers; 1868 Examining Board; 1872-4 Washington, and from 1874-9 attending officers’ families, Washington.