. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . bably commandedmore vessels than any officer of his grade, but has heldno command afloat since that of the Trenton. InAugust, 1889, he was senior member of the Board ofVisitors at the Torpedo Station, Newport, and wasappointed a member of the Light-House Board in thelatter part of the same year, but did not serve long inthat capacity, as he was, on March 6, 1890, appointedchief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks at the NavyDepartment, as we have said above. Commodore Far-quhar is the holder of a gold medal from the NavalInst
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . bably commandedmore vessels than any officer of his grade, but has heldno command afloat since that of the Trenton. InAugust, 1889, he was senior member of the Board ofVisitors at the Torpedo Station, Newport, and wasappointed a member of the Light-House Board in thelatter part of the same year, but did not serve long inthat capacity, as he was, on March 6, 1890, appointedchief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks at the NavyDepartment, as we have said above. Commodore Far-quhar is the holder of a gold medal from the NavalInstitute, given in 1885, for an essay entitled Induce-ments for Obtaining Seamen in the Navy. Many ofthe suggestions contained in that paper have since beenadopted by the department. Captain Farquhar isuniversally regarded as one of the most accomplished,progressive, and trustworthy officers in the navy. Likeall men of capacity and courage, he is considerate tothose under him, while exacting prompt obedience toofficial orders. 142 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT, (dei eased). It seems hopeless, in the brief space allotted, to evenmention the points in the career of this distinguishedhead of our navy; but, fortunately, the whole country,and the whole world, indeed, is familiar with them, andeverywhere—from the Winter Palace at St. Petersburgto the fishermans hut upon the shores of the Pacific—hislikeness is to be found. Farragut was wounded in thebloody battle between the Essex and the British shipsPhoebe and Cherub, in March, iS14, when hiscommanding officer regretted that he was too youngfor promotion. He lived to command at New Orleans,Vicksburg, and Mobile Bay, and yet was only sixty-ninewhenhedied. But very much was compressed into thoseyears. lie served in three wars, as well as against theWest Indian pirates, and he observed the military andnaval operations of his time throughout the world withhis native sagacity,all of which
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