. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . SURGEON GENERAL PRESLEY MARION STATES 26l gress, then on the European station, and later at theCentennial Exposition at Philadelphia, where sherepresented the Navy. He was detached in 1876 andordered to the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, where heremained until he passed his examination for promo-tion to the grade of Passed Assistant Surgeon in ^^ then took station at the Norfolk (Va.) NavyYard as Attending Surgeon, where he served untilassigned to a three years tour of special dut} on theTallapoosa i
. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . SURGEON GENERAL PRESLEY MARION STATES 26l gress, then on the European station, and later at theCentennial Exposition at Philadelphia, where sherepresented the Navy. He was detached in 1876 andordered to the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, where heremained until he passed his examination for promo-tion to the grade of Passed Assistant Surgeon in ^^ then took station at the Norfolk (Va.) NavyYard as Attending Surgeon, where he served untilassigned to a three years tour of special dut} on theTallapoosa in 1879. He was on the flagship Lancas-ter from 1884 to 1887 on the European and SouthAtlantic stations, and on the Dolphin from 1893 to1896. During the Spanish War he applied for activesea duty, but his services were deemed so essentialin Washington that he could be spared only tomake a brief voyage to Cuba on the ambulance shipSolace. The twelve years of service not enumeratedabove were passed on special dut\^ as Attending Sur-geon at Washington. In 1888 he was promoted tothe grade of Surgeon, and in 1900 to that of Medica
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