. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . untry he visited, especially in Russia and October, 1S68, he was detached from the Franklin,and ordered as executive-officer of the Ticonderoga,on the same station. Upon his return home he was, in1869, appointed head of the department of ordnance atthe Naval Academy, and published a text-book on gun-nery, long used by the cadets. Lieutenant-Commander Cooke was commissioned com-mander in 1870. Served at the Torpedo Station andin command of torpedo-boat Intrepid, and afterwardsthe Alarm. Later he commanded the stea
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . untry he visited, especially in Russia and October, 1S68, he was detached from the Franklin,and ordered as executive-officer of the Ticonderoga,on the same station. Upon his return home he was, in1869, appointed head of the department of ordnance atthe Naval Academy, and published a text-book on gun-nery, long used by the cadets. Lieutenant-Commander Cooke was commissioned com-mander in 1870. Served at the Torpedo Station andin command of torpedo-boat Intrepid, and afterwardsthe Alarm. Later he commanded the steamer Swa-tara. He was made captain in 1881, while stationed atMare Island, California, and commanded the Lacka-wanna, on the Pacific Station, in 1884-85. He nextserved at the navy-yard, Brooklyn, in command of the Vermont, and afterwards as captain of the yard. In188S he took command of the Franklin, at 1890 he was relieved and ordered to New York asPresident of the Board of Inspection of MerchantVessels. L0F& 100 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular). COMMANDER PHILIP H. COOPER. Commander Philip II. Cooper is a native of NewYork, and was appointed to the Naval Academy fromthat State in September, i860. The exigencies of theservice at that period caused him to be sent forthfrom the Academy with his class, and with the rank ofensign, May 28, 1863. He saw war service at once, being attached to the steam-sloop Richmond, of theWest Gulf Blockading Squadron, up to 1865. He thenserved under the successive commands of AdmiralsFarragut and Thatcher, and participated in all the opera-tions connected with the battle of Mobile Bay, August 5,1S64; the reduction of the forts at the entrance, and,later, the defences of the city of Mobile. He was promoted to master November, 1865 ; madea cruise in the Powhatan, South Pacific Squadron,1865-67; during the cruise was commissioned as lieu-tenant November 10, 1866; served at the Naval Academy1867-69 ; commissioned as lieutenant-
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