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About every two years the flag officers of the Navy complete a tour of duty, are shuffled up and dealt anew to the chief naval commands so that they may gain experience in many posts. Last week Charles Francis Adams, new Secretary of the Navy, announced the first of the changes due this year. Chief among them were:

Vice Admiral William Veazie Pratt, present Commander of the Battle Fleet, will replace Admiral Henry Ariosto Wiley as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Fleet.

Vice Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton, Commander of the Battleship Divisions of the Battle Fleet, will replace Admiral Pratt as Commander of the Battle Fleet.

Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay Jr., budget officer of the Navy Department, will command the Asiatic fleet.