. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . During 18S4-85, Pay-Director Murray was on generalcourt-martial and board duty, and, for a period, at theNavy Pay-Office, Washington, D. C, but in September,1885, was ordered to the Navy Pay-Office at Baltimore,where he remained until April, 1889. In August of that year he reported to the Bureau ofNavigation for special duty in connection with the pro-motion of pay officers and other cognate matters. Whileupon this duty (August, 1890) he was again ordered tothe Naval Academy, and remained there until September20, 1891, whe
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . During 18S4-85, Pay-Director Murray was on generalcourt-martial and board duty, and, for a period, at theNavy Pay-Office, Washington, D. C, but in September,1885, was ordered to the Navy Pay-Office at Baltimore,where he remained until April, 1889. In August of that year he reported to the Bureau ofNavigation for special duty in connection with the pro-motion of pay officers and other cognate matters. Whileupon this duty (August, 1890) he was again ordered tothe Naval Academy, and remained there until September20, 1891, when he was detached to make a settlement ofaccounts, as he was then retired from active service inconformity with chapter iii., section 1444, of the RevisedStatutes. 37 290 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). REAR-ADMIRAL J. W. A. NICHOLSON, (deceased). Rear-Admiral J. W. A. Nicholson was born inMassachusetts, and appointed from New York February10, 1838. He was attached to the sloops Natchez and Warren, West India Squadron, 1S38-41 ; to the frigate Brandywine, Mediterranean Squadron, 1841-42; onspecial service, 1842-43. I le was promoted to passed midshipman June 20, 1844,and was with the steamship Princeton from 1844-46;Pacific Squadron, 1846-47 ; store-ship Fredonia, 1848 ;frigate Raritan, 1849-50; store-ship Southampton,Pacific, 1851-52. He was promoted to lieutenant April 24, 1S52; withsloop Vandalia, Japanese Expedition under Commo-dore Perry, from 1853 to 1855 ; participated in all of theofficial meetings with the Japanese on that expedition ;stationed on shore, with a guard from the Vandalia, atShanghai, China, for several months, to protect the for- eign settlement, while the contending Chinese were en-camped near by; at navy-yard, New York, 1856-57;with sloop Vincennes, on
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