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BARTLEY, Elias Hudson:
Chemist; born Bartleyville, N. J., Dec. 6, 1849; early life spent on farm in Illi- nois; educated Princeton, Ill., high school; graduate of Cornell, 1873; instructor at Cornell, 1874-1875; professor of chemis- try, Swarthmore College, 1875-1878; winter of 1877-1878 lectured at Philadelphia, be- fore Franklin Institute; removed to Brooklyn, 1879; graduated Long Island College Hospital 1879; lectured on phy- siological and practical chemistry in this college, 1880-1885; then became professor of chemistry and toxicology; 1882 chief chemist of Brooklyn Health Department; also consulting sanitarian to hospital for nervous diseases and visiting physician to Sheltering Arms Nursery; dean and professor of organic chemistry in Brook- lyn College of Pharmacy since 1892; mem- ber of medical and scientific societies; president American Society of Public An- alysts; contributed articles to Wood's
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Household and author of "A Text Book of Medical Chemistry" (1885). Address, 21 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn.
BARTON, Clara:
Philanthropist; born Oxford, Mass., about 1830; received education at Clinton, N. Y .; taught school, subsequently found- ing free school, Bordentown, N. J .; 1854- 1861, clerk in patent office; during war attended wounded soldiers; 1864, appoint- ed by General Butler "lady in charge" of hospitals of army of James; 1865 at An- dersonville, Ga., engaged in identifying graves of Union men; later in charge of search for missing Union soldiers; 1866- 1867 lectured on war experiences; 1870 as- sisted in establishing military hospitals for wounded of Franco-German war; 1871 in charge of supplying work to poor at Strasburg; 1872 of distribution of supplies to poor of Paris; 1881 president of Red Cross Society, of America; 1883 appointed superintendent, treasurer and steward of reformatory prison for women, Sherburne, Mass .; 1884 in charge of relief expedition for flood sufferers of Ohio and Mississippi rivers; also delegate to Red Cross Confer- ence, Geneva, Switzerland; distributed re- lief during Russian famine, 1892, Ameri- can massacres, 1896, Cuban war, 1898, and Galveston disaster, 1900. Address, 19 East 58th St., New York, N. Y.
BARTOW, Howard Key:
Clergyman; born at Astoria, Long Is- land, Aug. 12, 1875; son of Jacob Field Bartow and Anna Key (Steele) Bartow; graduated in class of 1900 at General Theological Seminary; 1900-1901, curate at Christ's church, Rye, N. Y .; 1901 to date, curate at church of the Holy Com- munion, New York city; married Feb. 3, 1903, to Miss Florence A. Gragin, of New York City. Address, 353 West 20th St., New York.
BASSETT, Ebenezer Don Carlos:
Diplomatist; born Litchfield, Conn., 1833; educated at Connecticut Normal School; taught fourteen years in Phila- delphia; 1869 U. S. minister to Hayti; since 1879 Haytian consul in New York city. Address, 35 South William St., New York, N. Y.
BASSETT, Edward M .:
Congressman; born Brooklyn, Feb. 7, 1863; educated in Brooklyn public schools and Watertown, N. Y., high school; grad- uated at Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 1884; graduated at Columbia Law School, New York City, in 1886, and ad- mitted to the bar in that year; practiced law in Buffalo, N. Y., 1886-1892, and since that time in New York City; Brooklyn Board of Education, 1899-1902; member of House of Representatives, represent- ing the Fifth Congressional District, Bor- ough of Brooklyn, State of New York. Address, 135 Broadway, New York City; residence, 1716 Newkirk Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y.
BASSETT, Frederick Brewster:
Lieutenant U. S. Navy; born in and ap- pointed from New York; naval cadet, May 19, 1884; ensign, July 25, 1890; lieutenant (junior grade), June 5, 1898; lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Richmond, 1888; Charles- ton, 1890-1894; Naval Academy; 1894-1896; Thetis, 1896; Marietta, July, 1896-1899; Bureau of Ordnance, 1899-1901; Puritan, Aug. 1, 1901, to 1903; U. S. S. Bancroft to date. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
BATES, Alexander B .:
Rear admiral U. S. Navy; born in New York; appointed third assistant engineer, 1863; Sangamon, North Atlantic Station, Feb., 1863, to Sept., 1863; Mattahasset, North Atlantic Station, Oct., 1863, to May, 1865; promoted to second assistant engi- neer, May, 1864; Ticonderoga, European Station, Aug., 1865, to Oct., 1868; commis- sioned, July 25, 1866; Franklin, European Station, Dec., 1868; Galena, North Atlan- tic Station, April, 1869, to May, 1869; Dic- tator, North Atlantic Station, June, 1869, to July, 1870; Mare Island, June, 1871, to April, 1873; League Island, April, 1873, to November, 1873; Dictator, North At- lantic Station, Nov., 1873, to Dec., 1874; promoted to first assistant engineer, Jan. 1874; Adams, June, 1875, to. July, 1875; Montauk, North Atlantic Station, Nov., 1875, to July, 1876; Mare Island, July, 1876, to Aug., 1878; Lackawanna, Pacific Station, Aug., 1878, to Sept., 1881; Ex- perimental Board, New York, March, 1882, to Oct., 1882; Vandalia, North Atlantic Station, Nov., 1883, to Aug., 1884; Ports- mouth, N. H., yard, April, 1885, to Feb., 1886; Vandalia, Pacific Station, Feb., 1886, to Jan., 1889; Mohican, Pacific Station, Jan., 1889, to April, 1889; Minnesota, May, 1889-1891; special duty, Nov., 1891, to Oct., 1892; Yorktown, special service squadron, Oct., 1892-1895; commissioned chief en- gineer, June, 1892; U. S. S. Bennington, 1895; sick leave, June, 1895; U. S. receiv- ing ship Franklin, Nov., 1895-1897; U. S. S. Texas, Sept., 1897, to June, 1899; pro- moted to commander, March 3, 1899; navy yard, League Island, Sept. 5, 1899, to 1903; commissioned captain Sept. 17, 1902; retired with rank of rear admiral, 1903. Address, Binghamton, N. Y.
BATES, Chas. F .:
Lieutenant U. S. Army; born in Mich .; appointed from N. Y. a 2nd Lt. of 25 Inf., July 9, '98; accepted, Sept. 23, '98; 1st Lt., March, 2, '99; previous regular service: Pvt. Co. A., 8 Inf., May 2, '98 to June 7, '98; volunteer service, Pvt. Co. B, 71 N. Y., Inf., June 16, '98 to July 8, '98. Present address, Fort Niobrara, Neb.
BATES, James A .:
Captain, U. S. Army; born Scotland and appointed from New York; private com- pany F 12th N. Y State Militia; first lieu- tenant 12th N. Y. Infantry, Dec. 10, 1861; captain, Dec. 14, 1862; captain veteran re- serve corps, March 15, 1865; captain 43d
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infantry, July 28, 1866; breveted lieuten- ant colonel, March 2, 1867; retired Dec. 15, 1870. Present address, 201 T St. N. E., Washington, D. C.
BATTEN, Loring W .:
Educator and minister; born Gloucester County, N. J., Nov. 17, 1859; educated in the public schools, private tutor, Harvard College (A. B., 1885), Philadelphia Divini- ty School (1887) University of Pennsylva- nia (Ph.D., 1893); positions, rector of St. George's Church, Phila., 1887; instructor in Hebrew, Philadelphia Divinity School, 1888; instructor in English Bible, 1890; professor of Old Testament Literature and Languages, 1891-'99; rector of St.
Mark's Church, New York, 1899; clubs and societies: Oriental Clubs of Phila- delphia and of New York; American Ori- ental Society, Society of Biblical Litera- ture and Exegesis, Harvard Club of New York; The Century Association, The Club, The Clericus; principal writings, contri- butions to The Bible as Literature, Crow- ell & Co., 1896, Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible, Scribner's; and to numerous scientific periodicals. Author . of "The Old Testament from the Modern Point of View." Jas. Pott & Co., 1899. Address, 232 E. 11th St., New York.
BATTERSHALL, Walton Wesley:
Clergyman; was born in Troy, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1840; his father was Ludlow An- drew Battershall, who was a prominent merchant of Troy, for many years presi- dent of the Union Bank of Troy, and one of the founders and trustees of the Troy University; his mother was Eustatia Ward Battershall of Albany Co., N. Y .; he graduated from Kimball Union Acad- emy in 1858; after studying two years at Troy University, he entered the junior class of Yale University, from which he graduated in 1864; he studied for the min- istry of the Protestant Episcopal Church under the Rev. Henry C. Potter, and was ordained deacon in St. John's Church, Troy, by the Bishop of New York, on June 16, 1865; afterwards he entered the General Theological Seminary in New York City, from which he graduated in the class of 1866; on Nov. 30, of this year, he was advanced to the Priesthood by Bishop Horatio Potter and was for two years assistant minister of Zion Church on Madison Avenue, New York; his first rectorship was St. Thomas' Church, Ra- venswood, Long Island, which he held one year and from which he was called to the rectorship of Christ Church, Roch- ester; he remained there five years. dur- ing which he was a member of the Stand- ing Committee of the diocese of Western New York; on Aug. 1, 1874, he accepted the call to St. Peter's Church, Albany, N. Y .; he is still rector of this historical and influential parish; in 1877, Union Uni- versity conferred on Mr. Battershall the degree of Doctor of Divinity; during his rectorship of St. Peter's, Albany, he has been continuously a member of the Dio- cesan Board of Missions and a delegate
to the Triennial Convention of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church of the United States; for about twenty years he was one of the trustees of Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y .; the last two years he has been archdeacon of Albany; for the last eight years, during July and Aug., he has had charge of St. Andrew's Dune church, at Southampton, Long Island; in 1897, he published "Interpretations of Life and Re- ligion," (A. S. Barnes & Co., New York) and in 1899, the initial chapter, "The City of Albany," in "Historic Towns of the Middle States" (C. P. Putnam's Sons, New York); he has contributed occasion- ally to the North American Review and other periodicals and has delivered Bac- calaureate sermons before Hobart, Union and Trinity colleges; on Yale Bicentennial Sunday, Oct. 20, 1901, he preached in Trinity Church, New Haven, a sermon entitled, "The Old Faith and the New Knowledge;'' (The Yale Bicentennial Celebration, 1901); he was married, Oct. 13, 1864, to Anna Davidson, (daughter of Fletcher Williams) who died Sept. 25, 1872, leaving three children, viz., Fletcher Williams, who married Maude Goodrich Fiero; Cornelia Smith, who married Dr. Harry Seymour Pearse, and Anna David- son, who married Russell Agnew Griffin. Address, Albany, N. Y.
BATTLE, George Gordon:
Lawyer; born North Carolina; gradu- ate of University of Virginia; admitted to bar, 1891; has been assistant district attorney of New York County; member Calumet and other clubs. Office, 170 Broadway, N. Y.
BAYLES, James Copper, M. E. Ph. D .:
Journalist and scientist; born New York City, July 3, 1845; received instruction in technical studies; 1862 enlisted in U. S. Army as lieutenant of artillery; resigned 1864, owing to bad health, and took up journalism; 1865-7, editor of New York Citizen; 1868-9, editor of New York Com- mercial Bulletin; 1870, editor of The Iron Age; 1874, began The Metal Worker; ex- perimented successfully in electro-metal- lurgy and microscopic analysis of metals, results appearing in articles in "Transac- tions of the American Institute of Min- ing Engineers;" investigated sanitary conditions in New Jersey, lecturing on sanitary topics in New Jersey; 1883, presi- dent of New York State Sanitary Asso- ciation, and commissioner for establish- ing sewer systems and making sanitary improvements in Trenton; commissioner and president Health Department of New York, 1888; at present consulting engi- neer for Borough of Manhattan, N. Y. City, and editorial writer for New York Times; active member of American In- stitute of Mining Engineers and twice president (1884 and 1885); 1886, non-resi- dent lecturer in Sibley School of Engi- neering at Cornell; charter member of American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers. Author of "House Draining and
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Water Systems" (1876), running in 7 editions, first standard American work on mechanics of hygiene; lectured on numer- ous topics before American Institute of Mining Engineers: "The Study of Iron and Steel" (1884), "Causes of Industrial Depression" (1884), "Industrial Competi- tion" (1885), "Iron Manufacture in the Southern States" (1885), "The Engineer and Wage Earner" (1885), "Professional Ethics" (1886), "The Shop Council" (1886). Address, 41 Park Row, New York.
BAYLIES, Edmund Lincoln:
Lawyer; was born in New York City, Dec. 2, 1857, of colonial ancestry; re- ceived his early education at Philips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, and after a three years' course, was gradu- ated in 1875; he then entered Harvard University, and was graduated A. B. in the class of 1879, receiving the degree of LL.B. from the same institution in 1882, his legal training being supplemented by a course at Columbia Law School, in New York City, from which, in 1882, he received an LL.B., and the same year was admitted to the bar; after complet- ing his education he took a trip around the world; on his return he pursued the practice of law with energy and success, and is now a member of the distinguished law firm of Carter & Ledyard, noted for its excellent management of large estates and its success as counsel for important corporations; he also occupies a leading social position in New York; he is a director in many important institutions; also vice-president of the Mexican Tele- graph Company, vice-president of the City Real Property Investing Company and trustee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, and trustee of the Greenwood Cemetery; he is a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, of the Bar Association of the City of New York and of the Knickerbocker University and City Clubs of that city; married, 1887, Louisa Van Rensselaer, a direct descend- ant of the original patroon of Rensselaer- wyck; in 1902 he was appointed a sec- retary to the Special Embassy of the United States to the Coronation of King Edward VII. Residence, 20 West 36th St .; office, 54 Wall St., New York.
BAYLIS, Robert Nelson:
Electrical engineer; born Englewood, N. J., March 16, 1867; educated at pri- vate schools preparatory to entering Ste- vens Institute of Technology, from which he graduated with the degree of M. E. in 1887; entered employ of South- wark Foundry & Machine Co., Philadel- phia, Pa., as apprentice; C. & C. Electric. Motor Co. as draughtsman and engineer, became chief engineer and factory mana- ger of the C. & C. Company; in charge of the Walker Company's exhibit at the Atlanta Fair, and later became chief elec- trical engineer of the same company; de- vised the ingenious "reaction" brush in 1898; established with his brother the
firm of Baylis Company, manufacturing various mechanical devices and special- ties; member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and board of ex- aminers American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Residence, Englewood, N. J .; office, 140 Washington St., New York.
BEACH, Daniel:
Lawyer; born Tyrone, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1830; his parents were Obadiah and Mary Lang Beach; he was educated in neigh- boring academies, at Alfred University and Union College; he taught school in his native county and in New York City, and served as commissioner of schools of Schuyler County, N. Y .; he studied law and graduated at the Albany Law School; in 1862 he married Angelica Church Magee; he is general counsel and vice-president and director in several cor- porations, including the Fall Brook Rail- way and Coal Companies, and the Mor- ris River Coal Mining Company; he has the following degrees from Alfred Uni- versity, A. M., 1885; Ph.D., 1886; LL.D. 1902, and from Hamilton College, LL.D., 1888; in 1885 he was elected regent (for life) of the University of the State of New York. Residence, Watkins, N. Y .; office, Corning, N. Y.
BEACH, Francis H .:
Captain U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from N. Y. Cadet at U. S. Mil- itary Academy, Sept. 1, '83; graduated June 12, '87; actual rank: Add. 2d lieut. 1st U. S. Cav., June 12, '87; 2d lieut. 6th U. S. Cav., Oct. 5, '87; promoted first lieu- tenant, Jan. 24, 1895; captain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Chickamauga Park, Ga.
BEACH, Harlan P .:
Minister and educational secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions; born South Orange, N. J., April 4, 1854; son of Joseph Wick- liffe Beach and Mary Angeline (Walkley) B .; married Lucy Ward, daughter of Sam- uel D. Ward, for years controller of Chi- cago; graduated at Yale College in 1878, from which institution he received the honorary degree of M. A. in 1901; gradu- ated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1883; was missionary in China near Peking from 1883 to 1890; the following five years was a representative in the United States of the American Board of Foreign Mis- sions, pastor in Minneapolis and teacher in the School for Christian Workers at Springfield, Mass .; from 1895 to the . present he has been the educational sec- retary of the Student Volunteer Move- ment for Foreign Missions; in that ca- pacity has superintended the work of mis- sion study in 623 institutions of higher learning in the United States and Canada; has edited or written twenty-six text- books, of which he is the sole author of "The Cross in the Land of the Trident" (India); "Knights of the La- barum" (Missionary Biographies) ; "New Testament Studies in Missions," " "Geogra-
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phy and Atlas of Protestant Missions," two volumes, and "Princely Men in the Heavenly Kingdom" (Biographies of Chi- nese Missionaries); is a member of the Bureau of Missions, the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of New York, the American Ori- ental Society, the American Geograph- ical Society, and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; and is a constant speaker and writer upon missionary themes. Address, 3 West 29th St., New York.
BEACH, John N .:
Merchant; born Lodi, Seneca County, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1837; received public school education, also attended Ovid Academy, Ovid, Seneca County, N. Y .; studied at Hamilton Col., later engaging in retail dry goods business; 1867 came to New York, beginning wholesale dry goods busi- ness; 1872-9, partner in firms P. Van Volkenburg & Co.,
Van Volkenburg, Beach & Co .; also later of Tefft, Weller & Co .; is director of Hamilton Loan and Trust Co .; vice-pres. of Mercantile Acci- dent Insurance Co .; president of Dry Goods Chronicle Publishing Assn. ; member of Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. City; of- ficer of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn; has received A. M. from Hamilton College, 1893; married, June, 1870, Mary Linnette Nelson, of Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y. Address, 320 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
BEACH, William D .:
Major, U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from N. Y. Cadet at Mili- tary Academy, from July 1, '75, to June 13, '79; actual rank, 2d lieutenant, 3d cav- alry, June 13, '79; 1st lieutenant, Nov. 17, '83; service, at Ft. Fred Steele, Wyo., from Sept. 30, to Oct. 24, '79; on Colorado Ute Expedition to Nov. 27, '79; at Fort Fred Steele, Wyo., to July 3, '82; on leave from April 10 to June 10, '81, and from April 25 to May 25, '82; at Fort Apache and Camp Hentig, Ariz., to Oct. 9, '82; at Fort Grant, Ariz., and Mexican Border, to Nov. 22, '83; member of Rifle Teams of Dept. of Ariz., and Div. of Pacific, in '83; at Fort Thomas, Ariz., to June 8, '84; on leave to Aug. 28, '84; at the U. S. Mili- tary Academy as Instructor of Drawing, from Aug. 28, '84, to Aug. 28, '88, and as instructor of cavalry tactics from Aug. 28, '85, to Aug. 28, '88; on leave to Dec. 4, '88; at Camp at Eagle Pass, Tex., from Aug. 1, '89, to -; staff positions occupied, post adjutant, A. A. Q. M., A. C. S., A. S. O., A. O., A. E. O., at Fort Fred Steele, Wyo., from Aug. 31, '80, to March 31, '81, and from Oct. 1, '81, to May 31, '82; A. A. Q. M., A. C. S., A. O. O., A. S. O., at at Camp at Eagle Pass, Tex., from Aug. 1, '89, to -; battles, skirmishes, etc., Colorado Ute Expedition, '79; scouting from Fort Fred Steele, Wyo., '81; from Camp Hentig, Ariz., '82, and on Mexi- can Border, '83; commands held, troop at Fort Apache and Camp Hentig, Ariz., from July 3, '82, to Oct. 9, '82, and on
Mexican Border to Nov. 22, '83; captain, Aug. 16, '92; served in Spanish-Ameri- can War. Address, Lemon Bldg., Wash- ington, D. C.
BEACHAM, Joseph W., Jr .:
First lieutenant U. S. A .; born in and appointed from New York; graduate Cor- nell University, 1897; private and ser- geant Astor battery May 30, 1898; second lieutenant first infantry April 10, 1899; first lieutenant twentieth infantry Feb. 2, 1901. Present address, care of Adjut- ant-General, U. S. A., Washington, D. C.
BEAMAN, Charles Cotesworth:
Lawyer; born at Houlton, Me., May 7, 1840; he was the son of Rev. Charles C. Beaman and Mary Stacy; both families were of old New England stock; he was prepared for college at Smithville Semi- nary, in North Scituate, R. I .; he entered Harvard University, and was graduated in 1861; he afterwards received the degree of A. M .; he was graduated from the Law School of this University, and in 1866 he was admitted to the bar in New York City; as a member of the firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman he has been a con- spicuous figure in the legal world of the metropolis; in 1871 he was appointed Ex- aminer of Claims at the State Depart- ment, Washington, and in 1872 he was Solicitor of the United States before the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Geneva, in the Alabama claim cases. Address, 18 East 10th St., New York.
BEARD, Augustus Field:
Clergyman; secretary of American Mis- sionary Association since 1886; born Nor- walk, Conn., May 11, 1833; graduated Yale, A. B., 1857; A. M., 1860; D. D., Syracuse University, 1870; has had charge of Central Congregational Church, Bath, Me., 1862-9; Plymouth Congregational Church, Syracuse, 1869-1883; American Church, Paris, France, 1883-1886, and for- eign secretary for France of American and Foreign Christian Union; he is a member of Yale University Corporation. Office, Congregational rooms, 4th Ave. and 22nd St., New York.
BEARD, James Carter:
Artist, author; born Cincinnati, June 6, 1837; lawyer by profession, but now illustrator of books and periodicals; draw- ings of birds and animals his specialty. Address, 464 Classon Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BEARDSLEE, Lester Anthony:
Rear admiral U. S. Navy; born in Lit- tle Falls, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1836; appointed acting midshipman, March 5, 1850; sloop Plymouth, East Indies, May, 1851, to Jan., 1855; participated in one battle and sev- eral skirmishes with Chinese army at Shanghai, during this cruise his ship the Plymouth served under Commodore M. C. Perry, and he was thus a member of the party who, with Commodore Perry,
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made the first landing at Kurihama,
Japan, July 14, 1853; Naval Academy,
Oct., 1855, to June, 1856; promoted to
passed midshipman, June 20, 1856; steam frigate Merrimac, special service 1856- 1857; sloop Germantown, East Indian Squadron, 1857-1860; promoted to master, Jan. 22, 1858; promoted to lieutenant, July 23, 1859; sloop Saratoga, coast of Africa, 1860-1863; promoted to lieutenant com- mander, July 16, 1862; monitor Nantucket, North Atlantic Squadron, Jan. to May, 1863; participated in attack of the iron- clad fleet on the defences of Charleston harbor, April 7, 1863; steam sloop Wa- chusett, special service on coast of Bra- zil, cruising for rebel privateers, Oct., 1863, to Jan., 1865; participated in cap- ture of rebel steamer Florida, at Bahai,
by Wachusett, Oct., 1864; commanded prize steamer Florida, from Oct., 1864, and brought her to Hampton Roads, Va .; steam sloop Connecticut, special service, West Indies, 1865; commanded steam gun- boat Aroostock, 1867-1868, taking her to East Indian Squadron from Philadelphia; commanded steamer Saginaw, Pacific Squadron, Oct., 1868; executive of steam sloop Lackawanna, Pacific Squadron, 1868- 1869; commissioned as commander, June 12, 1869; Hydrographic Office, Navy De- partment, 1869-1870; steam tug Palos, April, 1870, to Jan., 1871; took her to East Indies; Hydrographic Office, Jan., 1871- 1872; navy yard, Washington, May, 1872, to April 1, 1875; member of United States Board for testing iron, steel and other metals, April, 1875, to April, 1879; com- manding sloop Jamestown, Alaska, April, 1879, to Oct., 1880, during service in Alas- ka, made many surveys and corrected many errors in charts, making several important discoveries of new land and waters, of these the most important was the discovery in Aug., 1880, of a large bay on the northern side of Cross Sound, while on a cruise in the chartered steamer Favorite, settling various wars and dis- putes among the Indians; this bay is situated at a location where according to all charts, there is solid land only; in the Favorite, he steamed some thirty miles up this bay, surveyed, charted and named it Glacier bay, on account of a great gla- cier at its head, which had been several times discovered by parties going over- land and through inland streams, in ca- noes; by Lieutenant H. Clay Wood, U. S. Army, on return from a goat-hunting expedition in Mt. St. Elias, with Wil- loughby, a pioneer miner, and possibly others; promoted to captain, Nov., 1880; leave of absence, 1882-1883; commanding receiving ship Franklin, 1883-1884; com- manding steam frigate Powhatan, June, 1884, to June, 1886; Torpedo Station, 1887; waiting orders, 1888; commanding re- ceiving ship Vermont, July, 1888-1889, to Nov., 1891; commanding Naval Station, Port Royal, S. C., Nov., 1891, to 1894; promoted to commodore, Aug. 24, 1894; commander-in-chief of Naval forces on the Pacific from July, 1894, to Aug., 1897; promoted to rear admiral, May 21, 1895;
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