. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . next served in the Swatara, on the EuropeanStation, in 1868-69; anc a*: tne navy-yard, Boston, in1870, being thence ordered as executive-officer of theUnited States steamship Severn, from which ship hewent to the command of the Kansas, and was em-ployed in surveying duties. After another tour of serviceat the Boston Navy-Yard, he joined the United Statessteamship Powhatan in 1X72, and on December 12of that year was made commander in the navy. Hewas then stationed at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis,in command of th
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . next served in the Swatara, on the EuropeanStation, in 1868-69; anc a*: tne navy-yard, Boston, in1870, being thence ordered as executive-officer of theUnited States steamship Severn, from which ship hewent to the command of the Kansas, and was em-ployed in surveying duties. After another tour of serviceat the Boston Navy-Yard, he joined the United Statessteamship Powhatan in 1X72, and on December 12of that year was made commander in the navy. Hewas then stationed at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis,in command of the Santee, and in charge of buildingsand grounds for about six years; commanding thePortsmouth in 1878, and in command of Quinne-baug and Wyoming, European Squadron, from [878to 1881. He then became commandant of cadets atthe Naval Academy, in which position he remained fiveyears; commanding the Constellation on the practicecruise with the midshipmen in 1883 and 1884. He was commissioned as captain March 4, [886, andwas ordered to command the flag-ship Trenton, in the. Pacific. The country will long remember the wreck ofthe Trenton ami other vessels at Apia, Samoa, duringa dreadful hurricane. On this occasion, by good seaman-ship, Captain Farquhar saved the lives of the four hun-dred and fifty officers and men who composed the shipscompany. For his services on this occasion the Humane Societyof Massachusetts awarded Captain Farquhar its goldmedal, with a letter couched in very complimentaryterms. Captain Farquhar has probably 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. Commodo
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