. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . d fromApril 21 to Oct. 20, 1867, he was on leave of absence inEurope. From 1S67 to the present time Colonel Lang-dons duty has called him to numerous important posi-tions, and his service has been at posts in various parts ofthe country, mainly in the Southern States. He was pro-moted major of the Second Artillery March 20, 1879,and lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment Dec. 1, has been engaged in the suppression of election dis-turbances, the suppression of railroad riots, and has beenon several occasions inspec
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . d fromApril 21 to Oct. 20, 1867, he was on leave of absence inEurope. From 1S67 to the present time Colonel Lang-dons duty has called him to numerous important posi-tions, and his service has been at posts in various parts ofthe country, mainly in the Southern States. He was pro-moted major of the Second Artillery March 20, 1879,and lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment Dec. 1, has been engaged in the suppression of election dis-turbances, the suppression of railroad riots, and has beenon several occasions inspector of militia encampments, aswell as a member of important courts and boards, all ofwhich are too numerous to detail in this limited was promoted colonel of the First Artillery Jan. 25,1889, joining it at San Francisco, and with his regimentwas transferred to New York harbor in May, 1890. Hetook station at Fort Hamilton, where he is now in com-mand of his regiment, that garrisons all the forts in NewYork harbor. 236 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NA VY {regular). REAR-ADMIRAL JAMES L. LARDNER, (deceased). Rear-Admiral James L. Lardner, belonging to awell-known Pennsylvania family, entered the navy fromtint State in May, 1820. As midshipman he made along cruise in the Pacific,—first in the schooner Dol-phin, anil then in the Franklin, eighty-gun ship, andflag-ship of Commodore Stewart. His next service wasin the appropriately-named new frigate Brandywine,which carried home General La Fayette, the nationsguest. The vessel afterwards went t> the Mediterranean,hut came back in 1820, and became the flag-ship ofCommodore Jacob Jones in the Pacific. In that ship, inthe schooner Dolphin, and in the Yinccnnes, heserved until June, 1830, nearly three years of that timebeing navigator of the Yinccnnes, in which he circum-navigated the globe. Commissioned lieutenant May 17,1828. In [832 was attached to the schooner Experi-ment, and in 1833-34 served in the Delaware, eighty-
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