Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1858, Oct. 15 | Born, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada |
1880 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
1895-1896 | Intelligence officer, Charleston on the China Station |
1896-1900 | Naval attaché, Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; and St. Petersburg, Russia |
1900-1902 | Duty in the Kentucky, Monterey, and Brooklyn on the China Station and on the staff of commander in chief, Asiatic Fleet |
1902-1909 | Inspector of target practice, Bureau of Navigation |
1905 | Married Anne Hitchcock |
1909-1911 | Commanded Minnesota |
1911-1913 | Student and instructor, United States Naval War College, Newport, R.I. |
1913-1915 | Commanded Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet |
1915-1917 | Commanded Nevada |
1917 | Promoted to rear admiral President, United States Naval War College Commandant, Second Naval District Sent on secret advisory mission to Europe |
1917-1919 | Commanded U.S. naval forces in European theater |
1919-1922 | President, United States Naval War College |
1920 | Published with Burton J. Hendrick The Victory at Sea. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
1922 | Retired from U.S. Navy |
1934 | Published “Promotion by Selection,” in Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, 60 (June 1934) |
1935 | Published Promotion by Selection in the Navy. Boston: Mass. |
1936, Sept. 26 | Died, Boston, Mass. |