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GILMORE, John O .:
President of the Colonial Trust Com- pany of Philadelphia. Address, 2020 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GILMORE, Walter O .:
Lawyer; born in Lycoming County. Pa .. Nov. 26, 1859; assisted in farm work and attended the public schools until seven- teen; his higher education was obtained at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., where he was graduated in 18$4. He subse- quently taught for a year as principal of Lenox Academy, Lenox. Mass,, and two years as principal of the Williamsport High School; during this period he was diligently reading law, and was admitted to the Willamssport bar in 18ST. In 1992 he was elected District Attorney, in which his experience in criminal practice after- ward brought him many noteworthy
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cases, and yielded him a wide reputation for ability and success as a trial lawyer. A Democrat in politicai faith, he served in 1890-1891 as Chairman of the County Committee; he is attorney for the Mont- gomery First National Bank and Solicitor for the Williamsport School Board. He is a thirty-second degree Mason. a Knight Templar, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. Address, Williamsport, Pa.
GILMOUR. Henry L .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman. dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Sergeant First New Jersey Cav- alry, Aug. 20, 1861; Hospital Steward, Feb. 28, 1862; discharged, Sept. 15, 1862; Hospital Steward United States Army, Oct. 17. 1862; discharged to accept ap- pointment in United States Volunteers, April, 1865; Captain and Commissary of Subsistence United States Volunteers, April 4, 1865; honorably mustered out, July 31, 1865; brevetted Major United States Volunteers, July 24. 1865, "for effi- cient and meritorious services." Elected Feb. 3, 1892. Address, 500 Perry Build - ing, S. E. cor. 16th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, Wenonah Gloucester County, N. J.
GILPIN, Hood:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 19, 1853; educated at the University of Penn- sylvania, where he was graduated in 1872. He subsequently read law in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia in 1874, and to that of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1877. He was appointed Assistant United States Attorney in 1875, and held that position till 1SS5; in 1882 he married Emily O. Hopkinson, and has three children, two sons and one daughter. Aside from his legal business, he is Manager of the Ches- apeake and Delaware Canal Company and of the Philadelphia Lying-in Charity, and is President of the Eighth Ward School Board. le is a member of the Union League and of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Address. 2603 South Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GINNER, S. G., M. D. . LL. D .:
Bishop of the Church of America. . In 1898 he incorporated the Church of Amer- ica; he can trace his ancestry as far back as 930 years before the birth of Christ -- 3,000 years. Address, Williams- port, Pa.
GITHENS, Benjamin:
Banker: born in Burlington County, N. J .; in 1861 he founded firm of Githens, Rexsamer & Co., of which he is still the senior partner. In 1900 he was elected President of the Corn Exchange National Bank: is a Director in the Philadelphia Warehousing and Cold Storage Company; Director Central Trust and Savings Com- pany. Residence, 327 South Sixteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GIVEN. T. H .:
President of the Farmers' Deposit Na- tional Bank. Address. Pittsburg, Alle- gheny County, Pa.
GIVEN, William B .:
Lawyer and capitalist; born near Downingtown, Pa., Sept. 25, 1856; edu- cated at the University of Michigan; then studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Columbia. Pa., in 1877; since his ad- mission he has steadily and successfully practiced law in Columbia, and for many years was Solicitor of that town. Aside from his professional duties he is largely interested in many industrial enterprises, being President of the Wilson Laundry Machinery Company and a Director in the Columbia National Bank, the Keely Stove Company, the Triumph Shirt Com- pany. the Columbia Water Company, the Columbia Gas Company, the East Colum- bia Land Company, the Triumph Em- broidery Company, and interested in the lace mill and the silk mill of Columbia, and the Lancaster County railways. He has been active as a Democrat in public affairs, serving on county and state con- mittees and conventions, and in a num- ber of national conventions; he served for six years in the Columbia Board of Ed- ucation, being for a time its President; was elected State Chairman of the new party organization, and was a candidate of his party for District Attorney in 1878, and for Congress in 1882. Address, Columbia. Pa.
GIVIN. Alexander Wallace:
Member of the Pennsylvania Cominan- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Sergeant 111th Pennsylvania In- fantry, July 22. 1862; First Sergeant, Nov. 1. 1843; Sergeant Major, Jan. 16, 1864; discharged for promotion, April 23. 1564; First Lieutenant 111th Pennsylvania Infantry. April 24. 1964; honorably mus- tered out. May 29, 1865; brevetted Cap-
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tain United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, "for meritorious services during the war." Elected Feb. 6. 1889. Address, 510 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GLASER, Lulu (Miss) :
Actress; born at Allegheny City, Pa .; studied music for a considerable length of time; afterward joined Francis Wil- son's Opera Company as understudy for Marie Jansen, and in turn took several rôles as leading comedienne with same company. Since 1900 she has starred suc- cessfully at the head of her own organi- zation, the last two seasons in "Dolly Varden." Address, Manhattan Hotel, New York; country home, Sewickley, Pa.
GLATFELTER, W. L .:
Banker; born April 27, 1865, in Spring Forge, Pa .; educated at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa. He is Chief Burgess and President of the .School Board. Married Miss Katharyn P .. Hol- linger on Sept. 15, 1887. Member of the firm of P. H. Glatfelter, Spring Grove, Pa .; President of First National Bank, Spring Grove, Pa .; Treasurer of York Manuafcturing Company, York Pa .; Pres- ident of Hanover Wire Cloth Company, Hanover, Pa .; Treasurer of Carroll Man- ufacturing Company, Baltimore, Md. Re- publican in politics. Address, Spring Forge, York County, Pa.
GLEASON. Edward B., S. B., M.D .:
Born Oct. 13, 1854, in Philadelphia; his mother was Margarette Baldwin, daugh- ter of Dr. William Baldwin of the United States Navy; his father, Dr. Cloyes W. Gleason. The Gleason family are de- scended from Thomas Gleason or Leesen, who took the oath of fidelity in Water- town, Mass., in 1654; a member of the family, Mary Esty, was one of the "Salem Witches" executed for witch- craft in Salem, Mass .; three of the fam- ily were officers in Captain Nixon's com- rany of "Minute Men" at the battle of Bunker Hill. He prepared for college in private schools in Philadelphia; was grad- uated from the Scientific Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1875, and Medical Department in 1978; elected Clinical Professor of Otology in the Medi- co-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia in 1695. Author of small books on "Dis- eases of the Nose and Throat" and "Dis- pases of the Ear." He has received ap- pointments as either Laryngologist or Aurist to the Philadelphia Hospital. the
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital. and the
Northern Dispensary. Fellow
of the American Academy of Medicine and of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia; member of the American Medical Asso- ciation and of the American Society for the Study of Tropical Diseases; he is a Mason and an Associate of the Pennsyl- vania Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots. President of the Ninth Ward Republican Club; has served a term on the School Board of that Ward, and in 1902 was elected to succeed Charles Roberts, deceased, as the representative of the Ninth Ward in the Philadelphia Common Council. Address, 2033 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GLENN, William James:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 7, 1861; Sergeant Major, Nov. 1, 1861; discharged for promotion, May 2, 1862; Second Lieutenant Sixty- first Pennsylvania Infantry, May 21, 1862; Captain, April 1, 1863; honorably mus- tered out. Sept. 7, 1864; Colonel Four- teenth Pennsylvania Infantry. May 12, 1898: honorably discharged, Feb. 28. 1899. Elected Feb. 5, 1890. Address, 133 Mc- Kean St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GLICK, Joseph Selig:
Editor; born Jan. 18, 1851, in village of Patzunel, Government Kovno, Russia; studied under Rabbi Ezekiel of Grinkis- hok; Yeshiva ( Rabbinical College) of Ke- dan and great Yeshiva of Rabbi Levi Jos- eph Gordon of Shavel; 1869, studied in Lechovitz, Government Minsk. Married Eva Rabinowitz. Moved to Bohuslav, Government Kiev, 1871; teacher of Tal- mud Bible, Hebrew, Russian. German. and penmanship: taught Government School; established library, book and jew- elry stores. Emigrated to America after the Russian anti-Jewish riots (iss)); gave Hebrew lessons; published Volksfreund, Hebrew weekly. His witty Talmudical discourses became popular among Rabbis and Hebrew scholars; published humor- ous magazine with puzzle department. Last five years filled out himself regu- Inrly a department in ancient Hebrew and Talmudical style; also Feuilletons and poems in Yiddish and Hebrew; estab- lished a second weekly. Jewish Post, April. 1903. Organized Porshe Zion, first Zionistie Society in Pittsburg, and be- came its President. Delivered and pub-
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lished many Zionistic lectures in his news-papers and in separate pamphlets; received highly eulogistic testimonials from the Zionistic leaders. Dr. Hertzl and Marmorek (Vienna). Rabbi Dr. Felzen- thal and Dr. A. Sane (Chicago); from the poets, E. Zunger and D. Greenberg, Mr. " G. Tunkle, editor of Daily Tribune, At- lanta, Ga., and many other highly promi- nent people from almost all parts of the world. Address. 154 Elm St., Pittsburg, Pa.
GLOVER, H. P .:
President of the Mifflinburg Bank. Ad- dress Mifflinburg, Union County, Pa.
GOBBLE, Aaron E .:
Educator and preacher; born Feb. 14, 1856, in Penn Township, Centre County, Pa., of Pennsylvania German parentage, descended from German, Huguenot and Swiss ancestors; educated in the public schools of his native county, Penn Hall (now Spring Mills) Academy, and Fran- klin and Marshall College; taught in the public schools. After graduating from college in 1879, became Professor of An- cient Languages in Union Seminary, New Berlin, Pa., and in 1880 its Principal. When, in 1887, Union Seminary became Central Pennsylvania College, he be- came its first and only President; when in 1902 Central Pennsylvania College was merged with Albright College at Myers- town, Pa., he was elected Professor of Latin and Hebrew and Secretary to the Faculty. He is an ordained clergyman of the United Evangelical Church and a member of the Central Pennsylvania Con- ference. Address, Albright College, My- erstown, Pa.
GOBIN. John P. S .:
Lawyer and soldier; born Jan. 26. 1837. at Sunbury, Pa .; on the paternal side he is descended from good old Revolutionary stock, his great grandfather, Charles Go- bin. being Captain in one of the Berks County associated battalions during the struggle for independence, serving in the Jersey campaign, and in the summer of 1780 on active duty on the frontiers of Pennsylvania; his grandfather, Edward Gobin, was a soldier in the War of 1812- 1814. Ho received an academic education, learned the art of printing, and was ad- mitted to the Northumberland County bar in 1858. When the Civil War threatened. before the firing upon Sumter, he ton- dered his services to Gov. Curtin, was
accepted, and on returning to Sunbury commenced the organization of what eventually was Company F, Eleventh Pennsylvania, being commissioned First Lieutenant; his company participated in the first fight at Falling Waters, and vol- unteered to remain in the service at the request of Gen. Patterson; after the ex- piration of the three months' campaign he reorganized the company, and Sept. 2, 1861. was mustered in as Captain of Com- Pany C, Forty-seventh Regiment; this command first served in Smith's division of the Army of the Potomac, but in Jan- uary, 1862, was ordered to Florida, and the regiment garrisoned Fort Taylor on the island of Key West, and Fort Jeffer- son at Dry Tortugas. In the summer of 1862 the regiment was sent to Hilton Head, S. C., to assist in the attack on the aproaches to Charleston, and partici- pated in the battle of Pocotaligo. In the autumn of the foregoing year the Forty- seventh was the first regiment which re- enlised under the so-caled Veteran order. Subsequently the comand participated in Red River expedition. At the battle of Pleasant Hill, Captain Gobin was espec- ially commended for bravery by Gen. J. W. McMillan, who recommended him to Governor Curtin for promotion. For ser- vices rendered in that campaign he was detailed by General Banks to conduct all the prisoners captured on the expedition to New Orleans. In July, 1864. the regi- ment came north. and joined General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. Pro- moted to the majority, Major Gobin par- ticipated in that famous campaign and the battle of Cedar Creek. Major Gen- eral McMillan, commanding the First Di- vision of that corps, wrote Governor Cur- tin, commending Colonel Gobin's conduct. In 1865 Hancock's Veteran Corps was organized. and the Forty-seventh was as- signed to it, Major Gobin having been promoted November 4. 1864. Lieutenant Colonel, and Jan. 3. 1865. Colonel of the Regiment. When the spring campaign opened, Colonel Gobin, having been bre- vetted Brigadier General. March 13, 1865. was placed in command of the Second Brigade, First Division. of the Nineteenth Army Corps, co-operating with Grant. heading for Lynchburg, where he re- ceived news of Lee's surrender, and the force returned. On the day of the ass- assination of President Lincoln they were ordered to Washington, and a picket. or rather skirmish line, was thrown around the entire city. The Forty-seventh par-
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ticipated in the grand review, and after it was over the regiment was again sent South. Ordered at first to Savannah, subsequently to Charleston. General Gobin was placed in command of that city. and at the same time made Provost Judge. All the courts having been sus- pended. he was the only judicial officer in that city during the reconstruction peril. and the regiment was finally dis- charged Jan. 9, 1866. Returning home. General Gobin resumed the practice of law at Lebanon. A member of the Grand Army of the Republic. the Loyal Legion, Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States, and a prominent member of the State Senate. Married Annie M. Howe in 1866 at Florida. He is a Director in numerous industrial institutes. Since 1884 he has been State Senator; is at the present time commanding the Third Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard.
In the war with Spain he served as Brigadier General of the United States Volunteers; was elected in 1898 Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. During the coal strike in 1902 he commanded the Pennsylvania National Guard. He has been a promi- nent member of the Grand Army of the Republic for many years; also Command- er-in-Chief from 1897 to 1898. Address, Lebanon, Pa.
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GOEHRING, John M .:
Lawyer; born October 13, 1848, in Alle- gheny City. Pa .; son of Charles L. and Eliza (Meek) Goehring; was educated at the Western University of Pennsylvania and Iron City College, Pittsburg; in 1876. graduated from the Law Department of Harvard College; was admitted to the Al- legheny County bar Nov. 18, 1876; elect- ed to the State Senate from the Forty- second Senatorial District in November, 1882. A Republican. Address, California Ave., Allegheny, Pa.
GOENTNER, Charles T .:
President of the Bryan Mawr National Bank. Address. Bryan Mawr, Montgom- ery County. Pa.
GOEPP. Philip H .:
Musician and author; born in New York City June 23, 1864; studied in Ger- many 1872-1877; prepared for Harvard in New York City; graduated in 1884 as A. B .: settled in Philadelphia; graduated at the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania: admitted to the Philadel-
phia bar; abandoned law for music in 1891; active as composer; author of books on music; commentator of orchestral pro- grams. organist, teacher and pianist; as- sociated with W. W. Gilchrist in carrying on the Manuscript (Music) Society of Philadelphia, of which he is Secretary. Author of "Symphonies and their Mean- ing." (Lippincott) in two volumes. Ed- itor "Annals of Music in Philadelphia" (Lippincott). Son of Hon. Charles Goepp. former Judge of the City Court of New York, and Martha Neil Cowpland Goepp; descended on father's side from German family of the Moravian community, on mother's from Pennsylvania Colonists. Independent Democrat. Address, 1510 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GOFF. Homer P .:
Manufacturer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 29, 1859; was graduated from West- ern University of Pennsylvania. Chair- man of Goff, Horner & Co., Ltd .; for past ten years engaged in the iron and steel business at Pittsburg; President of Pittsburg Pulley Company; President of First National Bank of Crafton; Presi- dent of Crafton Trust Company. He has been actively engaged in the iron and steel business at Pittsburg for the past twenty- five years. Address, Crafton, Allegheny County, Pa.
GOFF, John D .:
President of the Pennsylvania National Bank of Chester. Address, Chester, Dela- ware County, Pa.
GOLDEN. Michael A .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion. Private Sixth Pennsylvania Caval- ry Oct. 29. 1861; Corporal Jan. 3. 1863; · Sergeant April 10. 1863; First Sergeant Nov. 1, 1864; discharged to accept pro- motion May 18, 1865. First Lieutenant Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry May 19. 1865: transferred to Second Pennsylvania Pro- visional Cavalry June 17, 1865; honorably mustered out Ang. 7. 1865. Elected May 6, 1891. Address. care of Recorder of Loyal Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
GOLDEN. William Augustine:
Lawyer: born June 28, 1857. at Taney- town. Md. Son of William and Mary A. ( WivelD) Golden; was educated at Eagle- ton Institute, Taneytown. Md .: Berkeley Academy, Martinsburg. W. Va .. and Rock
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Hill College, Ellicott City, Md. Studied law with J. M. Gazzam and H. H. Mc- Cormick; was admitted to the Allegheny County bar Jan. 8, 1880. Address, 316 Dinwiddle St., Pittsburg, Pa.
GOLDSBOROUGH. Worthington:
. Pay Inspector United States Navy. Acting Assistant Paymaster (Master) Sept. 30, 1862;
Assistant Paymaster (Master) July 2, 1864; Paymaster (Lieu- tenant Commander) May 4, 1866; Pay In- spector (Commander) Nov. 24, 1891; re- tired (Commander) Oct. 9, 1896. Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Elected Oct. 19, 1SS7. Transferred to Commandery of California Jan. 1, 1891; transferred to Commandery of Pennsyl- vania. March 30, 1S03. Address, Cam- bridge, Md.
GONSER, John R .:
President of the Kutztown National Bank of Kutztown. Address, Kutztown, Berks County, Pa.
GOOD, Frank H., M. D .:
Born at Union Forge, Lebanon County, Pa., Sept. 26, 1855; was educated in' the public schools of his native place and at Palatinate College, Myerstown, Pa .; read medicine with Dr. J. C. Cooper, of Le- banon County; graduated from the Medi- cal Department of the University of Pennsylvania in the class of 1878; located in Reading, Pa., in which city he con- tiues to practice his profession. Address, Reading, Pa.
GOODMAN, E. P .:
Publisher; born in New York, Nov. 12, 1550. After graduating from New York College, entered mercantile pursuit and became a banker and broker. In 1893 re- tired and moved to Philadelphia, where he is actively engaged with his sons in business; is the publishing member of many social clubs and organizations and a popular patron of sportsmanship. Ad- dress, Drexel Building, Philadelphia.
GOODMAN, Joseph Earnest:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion, Private Twenty-eighth Pennsyl- vania Infantry Dec. 13. 1861; transferred to 117th Pennsylvanla Infantry Oct. 1, 1562; Sergeant March 1, 1843: First Ser- geant July 1. 1983: discharged for promo- tion Sept. 19, 1561. Second Lieutenant
Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 16, 1864; honorably discharged Aug. S, 1866. Elect- ed April 7, 1869. Address, 3309 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GOODMAN. Joseph Earnest, Jr .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion. Eldest son of Companion Lieuten- ant Joseph E. Goodman. Elected May 2, 1894. Address, 3309 Arch St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
GOODMAN, Samuel:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion. Second Lieutenant Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Oct. 15, 1561; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Nov. 13, 1861; honorably inustered out Aug. 3. 1864. Brevetted Captain, Major, Lieutenant Col- onel, and Colonel United States Volun- teers March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Ce- dar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain. Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Mill Creek Gap and Re- saca." Elected April 7, 1869. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GOODMAN, William Earnest:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion. Private Nineteenth Pennsylvania Infantry May 1S. 1861 mustered out Ang. 29, 1861. Second Lieutenant Twenty- eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 6, 1861; First Lieutenant Nov. 1. 1861; trans- ferred to the 117th Pennsylvania Infantry Oct. 1, 1862; Captain Oct. 27, 1864 honor- ably mustered out July 15, 1865. Brevet- ted Major United States Volunteers March 13, 1865. "for gallant and meritorious ser- Vices during the campaign in Georgia and the Carolinas." Awarded the "Medal of Honor" under resolution of Congress "for rescuing the colors of the 107th Ohio Vol- unteers from the enemy, at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 13, 1863." Elected April 7. 1869. Address. 140 Beth- lehem Pike, Chestnut Hill, Philallelphia.
GOODMAN. William M .:
Lawyer; born in Cumru Township, in Berks County, Pa., Dec. 10. 1836; was educated in the public schools and the Philomathean Aondemy, Birdsboro, Pa .: taught school for five years, and removed to Reading in 1962 to commence the study of law; was admitted to the bar on Aug.
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13. 1861; elected City Auditor on the Democratic ticket in 1866 for a term of three years; and in 1877 was elected Dis- trict Attorney. Is still actively engaged in liis profession. Address, Reading, Pa.
GOODNO, William Colby:
Physician; born in Kenosha, Wis. In 1870 was graduated from Hahnemann Medical College; afterward practiced in Philadelphia. At the Hahnemann Medical College, was in turn Demonstrator of Surgery, Lecturer on Microscopy, Histol- ogy and Pathol. Anatomy; has been Pro- fessor since 1885 of Pathology and Prac- tice of Medicine. Address. 1603 Walnut St., Philadelphia.
GOODRICH, Casper Frederick:
Rear Admiral United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Con- necticut, Dec. 9, 1861; Naval Academy, 1861-1864; graduated at the head of the class of 1864; attached to steam frigate Colorado, flagship European Squadron, 1865-1867. Promoted to Master. Dec. 1, 1866; steamer Frolic. European Squadron, 1867-1868. Lieutenant, March 12, 1868; sloop Portsmouth, and steam sloop Lan- caster, South Atlantic Squadron, 1868- 1871. Lieutenant Commander. Dec. 1S, 1868; Naval Academy, 1871-1873: Tennes- see, Asiatic Squadron, 1575-1876; Kear- sarge, Asiatic Station, 1876-1978; Torpedo Station, 1878-1880; Lancaster, European Station, 1881-1884; Naval Attaché staff of Lieutenant General Sir Garnet Wolseley, during the Tel-er-Kebir campaign, 1882; Special Inspector of Ordnance. 1584-1886; member of the Endicott Board of Forti- fications, 1885. Promoted Commander, September, 1SS4; in charge Torpedo Sta- tion, 1SS6-1889; commanding Jamestown, November, 1891, to September, 1892: com- manding Constellation, from September, 1892, to June, 1893; commanding Concord, June, 1893, to 1895; lecturer at Naval War College, 1896-1897; President Naval War College, 1897; Gold Medallist Naval Institute. Captain, September, 1897; com- manding St. Louis. from April 24, 1S98, to Aug. S, 1898; Newark, from Aug. S, 1898, to Sept. 1, 1899; Iowa, from Sept. 1. 1899, to June 10, 1900; during Spanish- American War had the first engagement with the batteries at Santiago while cut- ting cables, aided by the Wompatuck; fought the last naval action of the war at Manzanillo; lecturer at Naval War College from July 1, 1990, to 1901. Com-
manding Minneapolis, December, 1901, to 1903; Commandant at Navy Yard, Ports- mouth, N. H., since September, 1903. Ad- dress, Portsmouth, N. H.
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