Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-20
From the New York Herald of Sept. 10.
Complete List OF the Names OF Naval or
neers Reported by the Retiring Board.



Complete List OF the Names OF Naval or
neers Reported by the Retiring Board.
WASHINGTON, Sept l6, 1855.
Annexed is an official copy of the retired list
and dropped officers Of the navy, reported by the
Board of Naval Officers recently convened in
this city by order of the President, in accordance
with the act of Congress passed at its last session.
and approved on the 26th of February last;
CAPTAINS RETIRED ON LEAVE PAY-s2, $780,
Charles Stewart, Stephen Cassn, George G..
Read, L. Ap Catesby Jones, David Conner, John
ID. Sloat, Charles w. Skinner, Joseph Smith,
David Geisnger, John Percival, William v.
Taylor. Charles Boarman, William Jameson,
Henry w. Ogden, Hugh N. Page.
CAPTAINS RETIRED ON FuRLoUGH PAY--Sl $50.
--Jessee Wilkinson, Foxhall A. Parker, Philip +.
Voorhees,, William ID. Salter, Thos. nj. Newell,
Thomas Paine, Joseph Smoot, Ben amin Page,
William X. Latimer, Henry Henry, John IL.
Graham, William lnman, Stephen Champlin,
Lewis l.. Simmons, Harrison ii. Cooke, Horace
b. Sawyer.
John T. Zantzinger, Urah F. Levy, William
Ramsay.
COMMANDERS RETIRED on LEAVE PAY.-Sl 800.
John r.. Young, Ed. w. Carpenter, John l..
Saunders, John Stone Payne, James Glynn,
Robert Richie, Elisha Peck, Timothy G. Ben
ham, Oscar Bullus, Charles -. Jackson, Cad
wallader Ringgold, t. Darrah Shaw, Robert ID.
Thornburn, Samuel Lockwood, Amasa Paine,
John Manning, John Calhoun.
COMMANDERS RETIRED ON FuALoUG Pay
S9O0.-Joseph p. Jarvis, Charles T. Plat, Will
liam Nj. Armstrong, William +. Shields, Joseph
Myers, Thomas f. Gedney, Henry Bruce, John
5. Nicholas, Thomas j. Manning, Andrew h
Long, William Green, George Adams, Isaac S.
Sterrett,, Francis B. Ellison, Lloyd b. Newell,
Frederick A. Neville, Henry X. Hoff, Murray
Mason.
COMMANDERS DROPPED FROM THE SERVICE
| Frederick Narnum, Samuel w. Lacompte, Thos.
Pettigru, John S. Chauncey, zachariah +. John
ston, William S. Ogden.
LIEuTENANTs RETIRED ON LEAVE PAy.-Sl,-
| 200.-Jonathan W. Swift, Jonathan ID. Ferris,
James S. Palmer, George Hurst, James +.
Miller, Henry Darcantel, Benjamin More Dove,
Bernard J. Moeller, Henry Wake, George M.
White, George l.. Seden, Stephen Decatur,
Charles Thomas, Richard l.. Love, James b.
Lewis, John Hail. Melancton B. Woolsey, Robt.
/ B.. Riell.
| LIEUTENANTs ON FURLouGH Pays $780,
Frank Ellery, James Nj. Watson, Junus J.
Boyle, VIM L. Hunt, John P. ellis, Simon C.
Bissoll, John G. Carter, John J. Glasson, Henry
A. Steele, A. Ii. Kitty, Robert Handy, WIN.
Chandler, Alexander Gibson, James M. Gilss,
Bushrod w. Hunter, George r. Gray, John p.
/ II
Albert A. Holcomb, Chas. Hunter, Henry C.
tlagg. Peter Turner, W. d. Porter, Gabriel G.
| Williamson, Matthew P. Maury, Samuel r.
Knox, Edward G. Bowers, John N. Mafiitt
Domnick Lynch, Augustus S. Baldwin, Alexan-
der Murray, Fabns Stanly, Francis Lowry,
Matthew G. Perry, Van Rensselaer, Morgan
James A. Doyle, Matthias c. Marin, John S
Taylor, John +. Abbott, John P. Decatur, VIM.
B. Fitzgerald, Maurice Smons, James Higgans.
LIEUTENANTs DROPPED FROM SERucE.-Wm
| A. G. Farragut, Hillary III. Rhodes, Lawrence
| Pennington, William II. holland, James Noble
| J. t. McDonough, Richard w. Meade, John l.
Ring, Daniel F. Dulany, I. B, Walbach, l.. b
Avery, Thomas Brownell, Washington A. Bart
| lett, A. Davis Harrcll, S. Chase Barney, Thomas
Alexander B. Rhind.
MASTERS RETIRED on LEAVE PAY.-Robert
Knox, Francis Malaby, John Robinson.
MASTERS DROPPED FROM SERyIcE.-Julius A
| Bohrer.
PASSED MrpsmPMEN RETIRED on LEAVE PAY,
| S600.-William w. Low.
MnsHIPMEN RETIRED ON FuRLouGH PAY,
| S300.-Samuel Pearce.
MrnsHIPMEN DROPPED FROM SERyIcE.-John
Madigan, jr, George A. Stevens, Peter Wag-
ner, jr., John p. Hall, David Ochiltree, Augustus
/ Mclaughlin, Francis G.. Clarke, j. Howard
March, Edward A. Selden, Nathaniel r. West
/ Allen ,. byfens, Edmond shepherd, william IL.
Mercer, Charles Gray, George s. King, Joseph
A. Sewell, Charles b. Smith, Edwin f. Gray.
Commodore John Thomas Newton is ordered
TO the command Of The Navy Yard at Kittery,
Maine, vice Captain Joseph Smoot, placed on the
retired list, on furlough pay.
Commodore Stringham, just returned from the
command Of the squadron in the Mediterranean, is
to take command next month Of the Boston Navy
Yard, vice Commodore Gregory, whose term Of
command has expired. He has built and launched
the new steam frigate Merrimac quicker than any
Of the six frigates.
The New York Navy Yard will be next month
under the command Of Capt. Bigelow, relieving
Capt. Boarman, retired on leave pay.
Commander Charles t. Platt, who commanded
the Albany, of Havana, when Crittenden and
his fifty comrades were shot on shore, has been