. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy. ^. COMMANDER ZERA L. STATES NAVY. 139 for several ^^ears. On March 12, 1868, he was trans-ferred from the volunteer to the regular service, re-ceiving the commission of Ensign, his promotion tothe grade of Master coming in December of the sameyear. Having been ordered home from the AsiaticStation in 1870, he was for the second time attachedto the receiving-ship Vermont at the New York NavyYard. His promotion to the grade of Lieutenant oc-curred on March 21, 1870. His next dut}^ was on theNarragansett, a vessel
. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy. ^. COMMANDER ZERA L. STATES NAVY. 139 for several ^^ears. On March 12, 1868, he was trans-ferred from the volunteer to the regular service, re-ceiving the commission of Ensign, his promotion tothe grade of Master coming in December of the sameyear. Having been ordered home from the AsiaticStation in 1870, he was for the second time attachedto the receiving-ship Vermont at the New York NavyYard. His promotion to the grade of Lieutenant oc-curred on March 21, 1870. His next dut}^ was on theNarragansett, a vessel engaged in surve3ing the Pa-cific Coast. He remained on this service till 1873,when he was ordered to dut} as recruiting officer atBuffalo. After serving for a period at the Philadel-phia Navy Yard in 1874, he obtained from the De-partment an extended leave of absence, and enteredthe merchant service as a commanding officer. Hisfirst duty in this line was as the Commander of thePacific mail steamship Colon, 1874-75, and his next asCommander of the City of Peking, 1876
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