. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ifornia, serving at SanFrancisco to October 15, 1879, when he was ordered oncemore to Washington, D. C, and placed on duty in thequartermaster-generals office. He was promoted colo-nel and assistant quartermaster-general January 22, 1881. On being relieved from duty in Washington April 30,18S2, he was placed in charge of the general depot ofthe Quartermasters Department at Philadelphia, Penn-sylvania, which he retained until July 2, 1883, when thePresident appointed him quartermaster-general, with therank of brigadier-gene
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ifornia, serving at SanFrancisco to October 15, 1879, when he was ordered oncemore to Washington, D. C, and placed on duty in thequartermaster-generals office. He was promoted colo-nel and assistant quartermaster-general January 22, 1881. On being relieved from duty in Washington April 30,18S2, he was placed in charge of the general depot ofthe Quartermasters Department at Philadelphia, Penn-sylvania, which he retained until July 2, 1883, when thePresident appointed him quartermaster-general, with therank of brigadier-general, and he was ordered to Wash-ington, where he remained on duty until retired, by oper-ation of law, June 16, 1890. General Holabird was ever alert to the needs of thearmy, and while occupying the position of quartermaster-general introduced many reforms to improve the condi-tion of the enlisted men, supplying them with comfortsand conveniences which soldiers could scarcely havedreamed of a quarter of a century before. 26 202 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular;. COMMANDER EDWARD HOOKER, (retired). Commander Edward Hooker was born in Connec-ticut in [822, and bred to the sea in the merchant marine,commanding a ship when twenty-three years old. One ofthe earliest volunteers for the naval service in the CivilWar, he was appointed acting master in July, i86t. Hisfirst service was in the gun-boat Louisiana, and, whileattached to that vessel, he was severely wounded duringa boat expedition October 5, 1861. He was the firstofficer of his grade wounded during the war, and, as yearsroll round, these wounds are causing him serious incon-venience. He took an active part in the Burnside Expeditionwhile in the Louisiana. At New Berne that vesselfired the fust and last shut of the action. Soon afterthe capture of New Berne he became the executive-officer of the Louisiana. At the time of the Con-federate attack upon Washington, North Carolina, inSeptember, 1S62, the ship was fough
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