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Nov. 16, 1862; promoted to captain, Feb. 10, 1869; commanding receiving-ship Bos- ton, 1870; commanding Pensacola (second rate), Pacific Squadron, 1872-74; com- missioned as commodore, Feb. 4, 1875; commanding Naval Station, Port Royal, S. C., 1877-78; commandant Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1879-82; promoted to rear-ad- miral, July 2, 1882; commanding Pacific Station, 1883-84; retired, March, 1884. Address, 1614 19th St., N. W., Washing- ton, D. C.
HUGHES, George T .:
City editor the Mail and Express; born Nov. 26, 1871, at Troy, N. Y .; graduated from Union College in the class of 1893, of which he was the valedictorian; joined the staff of the Mail and Express in Oct., 1893. and has remained with that news- paper continuously in various capacities up to the present time (1903); became city editor in Oct., 1902; member of Phi Beta Kappa and Union College Alumni Associations. Residence, 9 Clarke Ave., Jersey City, N. J .; office, Mail and Ex- press, New York.
HUGHES, Rupert:
Author; born Lancaster, Mo., Jan. 31, 1872; son of Judge Felix Turner Hughes, for many years president of the K. & W. Railroad, and Jcan Amelia (Summerlin) Hughes; educated in the public schools of Keokuk, Ia., until 1896; thereafter at St. Charles College, Western Reserve Acad- emy and Western Reserve University, graduating from latter with second honors and degree of A. B., 1892; spent a year in graduate studies at Yale University, tak- ing the degree of A. M .; in 1893 came to New York and was reporter for six months on the New York Journal; latel editor of Storiettes; 1895 to 1898, assist- ant editor of Godey's Magazine, and also for part of the time of Current Litera- ture; from 1898 to 1901 assistant editor of the Criterion and contributor to the lead- ing magazines; in London from May, 1901, to Nov .. 1902, with the Encyclopedia Britannica Company; from Nov., 1902, to Oct., 1903, in New York with the same company as assistant editor of a World History. In Jan., 1897, joined the Seventh Regiment; during the Spanish-American War was acting captain in the One Hun- dred and Fourteenth Regiment; since Feb., 1900, first lieutenant of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, the American Social Science Association, and the Lambs, the Strollers and the American Dramatists' Clubs. Author of "American Composers," 1900; "The Musical Guide" (two volumes), 1903; "The Love Affairs of Great Musi- cians" (two volumes), 1903; "Songs by Thirty Americans," 1904; "Gyges' Ring," 1901; "The Whirlwind" (novel), 1902, and the following juveniles: "The Lakerim Athletic Club," 1898; "The Dozen from Lakerim," 1899; "The Cruise of the
Lakerimmers," 1903. Author also of many dramatic works, of which the fol- lowing were produced: "The Bathing Girl" (Denver and New York, 1895) ; "The Wooden Wedding" (London, 1902); "In the Midst of Life" (in collaboration with Dr. Holbrook Curtis, New York, 1902); a musical farce, "Tommy Rot" (New York, 1902); "Alexander the Great" (in col- laboration with Collin Kemper, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1903); he has composed various published songs, including a Riley Album. Address, 59 East 59th St., New York.
HUGHES, Thomas Patrick:
Clergyman, orientalist, author, jour- nalist; born at Ludlow, England, March 26, 1838; educated at Ludlow Grammar School, Islington College; took special studies at Oxford; an incorporated fellow of the Punjab Oriental University; re- ceived degrees of B. D., 1876; D. D., 1886; LL.D., St. John's, Annapolis, 1897; or- dained to ministry of the Church of England by bishop of London, 1864; as- sistant at St. Silas's Church, Islington, London, 1864; missionary and chaplain, Peshawar, Afganistan, 1865-85; chaplain at the base of operations, at Peshawar, during the Afghanistan War; government examiner in Oriental languages, 1870-84; called to rectorship of St. Saviour's Church, Lebanon Springs, N. Y., 1885; associate pastor of All Souls' Church, New York, 1888; rector St. Sepulchre's Church, New York, 1888-1902; associate rector Epiphany Church, Brooklyn; 1902; literary editor of Commercial Advertiser, 1897; associate editor of The Churchman, 1890-96; associate editor Literary Digest, { 1896; editor Sunday Reading, 1897; lectur- er in New York public schools. Author of "A Dictionary of Islam," "Notes on Mo- hammedanism," "Ruhainah, the Maid of Herat," "Government Text Books in the Afghan Language," "The Poems of Abdur Rahman," "American Ancestry," "Heroic Lives in Foreign Fields," "The Stage from a Clergyman's Standpoint;" also author of literary articles in the New York Sun, Herald, Commercial Advertiser, Mail and Express, Independent, Forum, North American, and other journals and papers; has published short stories under the non de plume of Evan Stanton; a contributor to the Evening Globe, London, and the Civil and Military Gazette, India. Ad- dress, 398 Rugby road, Flatbush, N. Y.
HULICK, William Henry:
Born Easton March 3, 1853; graduated from Lafayette College; civil engineer, 1871-3; is vice president of the Warren Foundry and Machine Company and the Thomas Iron Company. Address, 160 Broadway New York.
HULL, Charles A .:
Vice-president and secretary of New York Fire Insurance Company; born in
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Brooklyn, May 26, 1848; son of Aurelius B. and Sarah (Tucker) Hull; graduated from Yale College (academic), 1869; en- tered the insurance business in the fall of 1871, in the office of the Continental Insurance Company, and on Feb. 21, 1876, became secretary of the Howard Insur- ance Company, of New York, continuing in that office, to which was later added that of the vice-presidency, until 1888, when the company went into liquidation; then for a short time was an agent for insurance companies in the City of New York, and on Feb. 10, 1892, became vice- president and secretary of the New York Fire Insurance Company in New York, the position he now holds; was a member of the Board of Education in Brooklyn during the first mayoralty of Seth Low in that city; has been identified with re- ligious and missionary enterprises con- nected with the Congregational Church. Address, 72 Wall St., New York.
HULSE, Hiram Richard:
Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born Middletown, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1868; gradu- ated from Episcopal Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1896; ordained deacon Trin- ity Sunday, 1896; priest, Dec., 1896; vicar of the pro-Cathedral, 1896-99; rector of St. Mary's Church, Lawrence St., 1899; examining chaplain of the diocese of New York. Address, 101 Lawrence St., New York.
HUNT, Charles Wallace:
Mechanical engineer; born in Candor, Tioga County, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1841; son of William Walter and Elizabeth Bush Hunt; married Frances Martha Bush, Jan. 24, 1868; Katherine Humphrey, July 1, 1889; educated at Cortland Academy, Homer, N. Y., scientific course; 1864-65, special agent War Department to care for freedmen escaping from Confederate to Union lines; 1884-85, trustee public schools; 1896-1902, president S. I. Cham- ber of Commerce; 1898, president Amer- ican Society of Mechanical Engineers; business: manufacturing machinery, and engineering work
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in construction of wharves, docks, storage warehouses, pow- er stations, etc .; branch works in Ger- many and England; president C. W. Hunt Company; McCaslin Machine Company; Wallace Company; vice-president Rich- mond County Savings Bank; member American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers, American Institute of Mining En- gineers; American Institute of Electrical Engineers, New York Society of Electri- cal Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Franklin In- stitute, New York Chamber of Commerce, Staten Island Chamber of Commerce; au- thor of numerous technical papers; mem- ber of Engineers', Hardware and Staten Island Clubs. Residence, Stapleton, N. J .; business, West New Brighton, N. Y.
HUNT, Livingston:
Pay inspector, U. S. Navy; born in Louisiana; appointed from New York as assistant paymaster, Oct. 29, 1881; passed. assistant paymaster, Nov. 24, 1891; pay- master, Oct. 10, 1896. Cruises: U. S. S. Alert, Oct., 1883. to 1886, China Station; U. S. S. Portsmouth, July, 1889, to June, 1892, training-ship; U. S. S. Dolphin, Feb., 1895, to Nov., 1897, home station; U. S. S. New Orleans, April, 1898, to Nov., 1898, im Spanish War. Other duties: various de- tails in Washington and elsewhere; pay- master of the Navy Yard, Washington; general inspector, Pay Corps, April, 1902- 03; general storekeeper, Naval Station, Cavite, P. I., which is present address.
HUNT, Richard Howland:
Architect; son of Richard Morris Hunt; was born at Paris, France, in 1862; he was educated at the Institute of Technology and finished his studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, with a view to following his father's profession; from a small sketch. left by his father he completed the new wing for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. and of his individual works may be men- tioned Quintard Hall and Hoffman Halk at Sewanee University, Kissam Hall at. Vanderbilt University, the Schmid House, "Idle Hour" for W. K. Vanderbilt, and the Schieffelin mansion. He also devotes attention to architectural designs for large office buildings; his first wife was Pearl Carley, daughter of Francis D. Car- ley, and three children from this union are named: Richard Carley, Frank Carley and Jonathan Carley Hunt; he was again married in 1891 to Margaret Livingston Watrous, daughter of S. Otis Livingston. Member of the American Institute of Architects, the Architectural League, the Beaux Arts Society, professional bodies. and also a member of the Players' Club and of the Century and other prominent literary and social organizations of New York City. Address, 28 East 21st St., New York.
HUNT, William Henry:
Consul at Tamatave; born at Hunt's Station, Tenn., June 29, 1869; educated at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., and at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass, Came to New York in 1896, and was em- ployed in the banking firm of Messrs. Price, McCormick & Co .; was prominent- ly connected with the work of St. George's Church, Stuyvesant Square, and was for two years a secretary of Dr. Seth Low's Men's Bible Class. He sailed for Mada- gascar in Jan., 1898, to act as secretary to Mr. Gibbs, then U. S. consul; was ap- pointed vice-consul at Tamatave, May 20, 1899; appointed consul by President Mc- Kinley, Aug. 23, 1901.
HUNTER, John:
Widely known as one of the leaders of the turf in America; was born at Hunter's:
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Island, Westchester County, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1833, his place of birth being the estate and mansion of his grandfather, who was one of the leading men in the State poli- tics of New York at an early date, and for twelve years a member of the State Senate. His father was Elias Desbrosses Hunter, and his mother was Ann Munro, a daughter of Peter J. Munro, secretary of legation for John Jay when he went to Spain as U. S. minister in 1780. He re- ceived his education for the most part from private tutors, the only exception to this being six months of study in the grammar school of Columbia College; after completing his schooling he made no effort to engage in business, professional, or public life; the heir to a valuable es- tate, he had both no desire or occasion to engage in avocations of this character, and found the care of the property con- fided to his charge sufficient employment to keep him engaged; public life has nev- er had any attractions for him. Demo- cratic in his political views, he has avoid- ed any marked activity in political affairs or aspiration for office, the only position to which he was ever elected by the peo- ple being that of presidential elector in 1884 for New York State in the election of Grover Cleveland; outside of his personal property and business interests his chief occupation has been in connection with the turf, with whose progress in America he has been identified since 1856, and has done much towards the development of the American thoroughbred horse and aided essentially in freeing . the 'race- course from the evils which early sur- rounded it; he succeeded August Bel- mont as president of the Jockey Club; this position he resigned in Dec., 1894, and was succeeded in it by August Belmont, Jr .; was also chairman of the Board of Control until it went out of existence; he married Miss Annie Middleton, daugh- ter of Henry A. Middleton, of South Caro- lina, and has had a family of eight chil- dren. Address, 308 West 125th St., New York.
HUNTINGTON, Frederic Dan:
Bishop; born in Massachusetts in 1819; educated at Hopkins Academy and Am- herst College, where he was graduated as valedictorian in 1839; he then studied in the divinity school of Harvard Univer- sity, and in 1842 became the pastor of the South Congregational Church of Boston; in March, 1860, he was confirmed in the Episcopal Church, at Cambridge, and or- dained deacon in Sept .; called to Emanuel Parish, which had been organized in Bos- ton, where he was in charge for nine years; elected bishop by the diocese of Central New York, 1868; consecrated in. Boston, 1869; has written many pamph- lets, sermons, orations and addresses. His most important writings are: "Sermons for the People," "Christ in the Christian Year," the Grahame Lectures, Brooklyn; the Bohlen Lectures, Philadelphia; "Per-
sonal Religious Life in the Ministry," and "Helps to a Holy Lent." He holds the degrees of S. T. D. and LL.D. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.
HUNTINGTON, H. E .:
President Pacific Electric Railway Com- pany, Los Angeles Railway Company and Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway Com- pany; first vice-president Southern Pa- cific Company; director of Newport News Shipbuilding & D. D. Company, Newport News Light & Water Company, Old Do- minion Land Company, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, Pacific Steel & Wire Com- pany, Minnesota & St. Louis Railway Company, Iowa . Central Railway Com- pany, Toledo, St. Louis & Western Rail- way Company, International Banking Corporation, Greene Consolidated Copper Company, Union Trust Company of San Francisco, San Francisco National Bank, Farmers' & Merchants' National Bank of Los Angeles, Cal .; Occidental & Oriental Steamship Company, and about forty other corporations. Is a member of the Metropolitan and City Mid-day Clubs. Residence, Oneonta, N. Y .; office, 25 Broad St., New York.
HUNTINGTON, William Reed, D.D .:
Clergyman; born in Lowell, Mass., Sept. 20, 1838; son of Elisha Huntington, M. D .; graduated from Harvard College, 1859; rector of All Saints' Church, Worcester, Mass., 1862-83; since then rector of Grace Church, New York City. Address, 804 Broadway, New York.
HUNTLEY, Charles R .:
Second vice-president and general man- ager of the Buffalo General Electric Com- pany; born West Winfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1853; educated in public schools of Utica, N. Y .; entered business in the employ of the Standard Oil Company in Dec., 1877, at Bradford, Pa .; member of School Board three terms, 1881; member of city government, two terms, 1882; entered the brokerage busi- ness, 1883; left Bradford, 1888; accepted position with Brush Eletric Company at that time; it consolidated in 1893 and is now what is known as the Buffalo Gen- eral Electric Company, of which he is vice-president and general manager. Vice-president and general manager of the Cataract Power and Conduit Com- pany, an organization which has the dis- tribution of Niagara Falls power; member of park board, City of Buffalo, one term; vice-president Peoples Bank; treasurer Buffalo & Niagara Falls Electric Light & Power Company, and of the International Acheson Graphite Company; vice-presi- dent of the Western New York Water Company. President National Electric Light Association. He is a member of Buffalo, Press, Country, Park and Ellicott Clubs; in politics was a Democrat until
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1896, since which time Republican; mar- ried to Miss Ida L. Richardson, 1878. Ad- dress, Buffalo, N. Y.
HUSTON, Joseph F .:
Colonel, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; graduated from the Military Academy and promoted to second lieutenant, June, 1873; on frontier duty at Fort Ripley, Minn., 1873 to 1877; at Fort Brown, Tex., 1877 to June, 1881; promoted first lieutenant, June 28, 1878; was on frontier duty in Kansas, 1882; at Fort Reno, I. T., 1883; at Fort Leaven- worth, Kan., to May, 1885, and at Fort Assinniboine, Mont., 1885; captain, July 15, 1890; major Nineteenth Infantry, May 5, 1899; lieutenant-colonel, First Infantry, April 15, 1902; transferred to Nineteenth Infantry, June 26, 1902; colonel, Nine- teenth Infantry, 1903. Address, Vancouver Barracks, Wasn.
HUTTON, Mancius Holmes, D.D .:
Clergyman of the Reformed (Dutch) Church in America; son of the late Man- cius Smedes Hutton, D. D., and Gertrude (Holmes) Hutton; born New York, 1837; educated in the private school of Profes- sor Robert M. Brown; graduated at the University of the City of New York, 1857; he studied theology in the theological seminaries of the city and at New Bruns- wick, N. J .; first settlement was in the Reformed Church of Mount Vernon, N. Y., just outside the present city limits of New York; thence was called to the pastorate of the Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick, N. J., which he has now served for about twenty-five years; was president of the General Synod of his denomination in 1886, and has been president of its board of foreign missions the last eight years; is also chaplain of the New York State Society of the Cin- cinnati and one of the chaplains-general of the general Society of the Cincinnati; he is now (1903-4) president of the board of superintendents of the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick; has pub- lished no books, but is author of innumer- able contributions to theological reviews and other periodicals. Residence, 26 Union St., New Brunswick, N. J .; office, 25 East 22d St., New York.
HUXFORD, William P .:
Captain and brevet major, U. S. Army; born New York; appointed from New York; civil life; retired; private and cor- poral, Company D, Fourth Michigan In- fantry, June 10, 1861, to Aug. 15, 1862; pri- vate, Company B, and sergeant major, One Hundred and Sixty-second New York Infantry, Sept. 6, 1862, to Jan. 3, 1863; captain, One Hundred and Sixty-second New York Infantry, Jan. 3, 1863; hon- orably mustered out, Oct. 12, 1865; cap- tain, Forty-second United States Infan- try, July 28, 1866; accepted, Oct. 13, 1866; retired, Sept. 10, 1868, disability resulting
from wound in line of duty; brevet rank, brevet major, March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious service in the assault on Port Huron, La .; he has been for many years recorder of the District of Columbia Commandery of the Loyal Legion. Ad- dress, Kellogg Building, Washington, D. C.
HYDE, James H .:
Vice-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States; son of Henry B. Hyde, the founder and late president of the society; was born New York, June 6, 1876; he is a graduate of Harvard University of the class of 1898; on Nov. 2, 1898, he was elected sec- ond vice-president of the society, and on May 10, 1899, elected vice-president. Is president of the Alliance Francais; gave $30,000 to the Cercle Francaise of Har- vard for the promotion of study of French literature, and the French government has recognized his munificence by confer- ring on him the cross of the Legion of Honor; vice-president Mercantile Safe De- posit Company. National Bank of Com- merce, Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company, and an officer in many other companies. Member of Union, University, Metropolitan, Harvard, Coaching and other clubs. Residence, 9 East 40th St .; office, 120 Broadway, New York.
HYDE, John McE .:
Lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army; born New York, Nov. 1, 1841; appointed from New York; civil life; private, Company A, Seventy-first N. Y. S. M., June 16, 1861; discharged, July 30, 1861; second lieuten- ant, Thirty-eighth New York Infantry, Jan. 11, 1862; first lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1862; .honorably mustered out, June 22, 1863; first lieutenant, Thirty-eighth New York Infantry, June 29, 1863; honorably mus- tered out, Oct. 14, 1863; first lieutenant, Thirty-ninth New York Infantry, Dec. 22, 1863; lieutenant colonel, Jan. 27, 1865; hon- orably mustered out, May 15, 1865; second lieutenant, Thirty-third Infantry, Sept. 3, 1867; transferred to Eighth Infantry, May 3, 1869; first lieutenant, March 26, 1878; captain and assistant quartermaster, Oct., 1889; resigned line commission, Dec. 16. 1889. Brevet rank, brevet lieutenant col- onel Volunteers for gallant and merit- orious services at battle of Cold Harbor, Va., colonel Volunteers for gallant and meritorious services in front of Peters- burg, Va., engaged in the first battle of Bull Run Va. (wounded); engaged at the siege of Yorktown, second battle of Bull Run (wounded) ; Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; engaged in the action of Morton's Ford, battles of the Wilder- ness, action of Po River, battles of Spott- sylvania Court House, North Anna, Tolo- potomy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Farmville, and capitulation of Appomattox Court House, Va .; major quartermaster, July 13, 1899; lieutenant colonel 1903. Address, St. Paul, Minn.
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HYDE, Miles Goodyear:
Physician, author; born Cortland, N. Y .; son of Frederick and Elvira (Goodyear) Hyde; after preparing himself for col- lege at Cortland Academy he entered Yale in 1861, graduating there, 1865; in charge of the academy at Moravia, N. Y., 1866-7; graduated at Geneva Medi- cal College in 1868, and received A. M. from Yale; the same year began medical practice in Cortland; married at Solon, N. Y., June 30, 1870, to Julia Elizabeth Boyd; demonstrator of anatomy, 1872-74; professor of internal anatomy, 1874-78 in College of Medicine, Syracuse University; president of Cortland County Medical Society in 1875; re-elected in 1876; dele- gate to American Medical Association, 1876; for a number of years, surgeon to Elmira, Cortland & Northern Railroad; removed to New York in 1888. Author of numerous stories and articles contributed to current literature; also of the novel "Mary Markham," published in New York, 1903. Address, 68 West 107th St., New York.
HYDE, Salem:
Merchant; born near Westbury, Cayuga County, N. Y., June 22, 1846; son of Elisha H. Hyde and Mary (Botsford) Hyde; mar- ried Anne P. Cheney, daughter of Tim- othy C. Cheney, a prominent citizen and one of the early pioneers of Syracuse; came to Syracuse in the spring of 1864. Jan. 1, 1879, became member of the firm of Sperry, Neal & Hyde, now Neal & Hyde, wholesale dry goods dealers; vice- president American Exchange Bank; trus- tee Onondaga County Savings Bank; president associated Charities of the City of Syracuse; was the first commissioner of jurors appointed for Onondaga County, serving six years and recently resigning. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.
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1DE, Mrs. Fannie Ogden ("Ruth Ogden") :
Author; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1853; daughter of Jonathan Ogden; is of Colonial descent; educated at George C. Brackett's School, Brooklyn. Was a contributor of poems and prose to maga- zines previous to the publication of her first book; married to Charles W. Ide in 1874; is a writer of juvenile stories. Au- thor of "His Little Royal Highness," 1887; "A Loyal Little Red Coat," 1890; "Cour- age," 1894; "Little Homespun," 1896; "A Little Queen of Hearts," 1898; "Tattine," 1900; "Loyal Hearts and True," 1900; "Friendship." 1903. Address, 43 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
IDE, George E .:
President of the Home Life Insurance Company of New York; was born Brook- lyn, N. Y., May 10, 1860; educated at the Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute of 12
that city and Yale University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1881; he was with the large banking house of Dominick & Dickerman, of New York, from the time of leaving college until 1890, when he was appointed secretary of the Home Life; two years later he was elected vice-president, and on May 1, 1894, he succeeded to the presidency of the com- pany; he is a director of the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, the Corn Exchange Bank and the Larchmont Na- tional Bank; is a member of the Univer- sity and Larchmont Yacht Clubs and the Hamilton Club of Brooklyn. Address, 18 West 25th St., New York.
IDE, George Elmore:
Rear-admiral, U. S. Navy; was born in Zanesville, O .; sent to Naval Academy in 1861; in the summers of 1862 and 1864, while a midshipman, cruised after Con- federate steamers Tallahassee and Flori- da; in 1870 went to Greenland on Juniata in search of Polaris survivors, and the same year took Virginius filibusters from Santiago, Cuba, to New York. He served on various ships, including the Kenosha, which, in 1871, escorted the English bat- tleship Monarch to Portland, Me., carry- ing remains of George Peabody, philan- thropist. Commanded the United States steamer Justin off Santiago, during Span- ish War; took United States steamer Yo- semite to Guam in 1899, carrying governor of island and surveyed the harbor in view of making it a cable and coaling station; in 1900 commanded United States steam- er New Orleans on Manila station; thence to Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., as cap- tain of Yard until retired as rear-admiral, United States Navy, on Sept. 26, 1901, after forty years service. Member of Met- ropolitan, City. New York Athletic and New York Yacht Clubs, and the Sons of the American Revolution. Address, 1128 Madison Ave., New York.
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