New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . am H. Stayton, the junior member of the firm ofRochfort & Stayton, attorneys for the Recorder, took upthe practice of law in New York after a service of overthirteen years in the navy. Mr. Stayton was born inSmyrna, Delaware, March 28, 1861. He attended the pub-lic schools in his native State, and in April, 1877, appearedbefore a board of examiners, who were, by a competitiveexamination, to select a candidate for appointment to theNaval Academy. There being but one congressional repre-sentative from Delaware, the examination
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . am H. Stayton, the junior member of the firm ofRochfort & Stayton, attorneys for the Recorder, took upthe practice of law in New York after a service of overthirteen years in the navy. Mr. Stayton was born inSmyrna, Delaware, March 28, 1861. He attended the pub-lic schools in his native State, and in April, 1877, appearedbefore a board of examiners, who were, by a competitiveexamination, to select a candidate for appointment to theNaval Academy. There being but one congressional repre-sentative from Delaware, the examination was open to allboys in the State between the ages of fourteen and passed the best examination, was appointed to theNaval Academy, and began his course there in June, 1877,graduating in i88r. He then performed two years serviceat sea on vessels of the North Atlantic squadron, and in1883, with other members of his class, was ordered up forexamination under the provisions of a law which had justgone into effect, and which provided that there should be. WILLIAM H. STAYTON. retained in the navy only enough cadets from each class tofill the vacancies which had occurred during the precedingyear. After this examination fifteen out of the more thanone hundred members of the class were selected for reten-tion in the service, and Mr. Stayton, standing sufificientlyhigh to exercise a choice of corps, selected the MarineCorps, and was appointed a Second Lieutenant on the istof July, 1883. After a short period of duty in New Yorkand Washington, he was ordered to the Hartford, theflagship of the Pacific station, and remained attached to herfor three years, during which time he read law and paidspecial attention to the proceedings of court-martial. Onthe expiration of his cruise he was selected for duty asassistant to the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, andremained on that duty until April, 1890, when he wasassigned to represent the government interests in the prose-cution of
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