Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-09


Away-Sketch OF His Career.
Rear Admiral C. R. p. Rodgers died yesterday
afternoon at his quarters at the Richmond He
had been in failing health for some time past,
and the news printed that he was at the point
OF death, SO that his friends were prepared for
the worst Since Christmas day, when he was
taken down with q serious attack OF indigestion,
he has been kept alive chiefly by the aid Of
strong stimulants. Yesterday morning he
rallied slightly for time and was thought to
be stronger than he had been for some days
before that, but he soon began to sink and con-
tinucd to grow weaker until the end came at
5:45 o'clock in the afternoon.
Admiral Rodgers was attended during his
last illness by his physician, DR.. Ri1ey. and
when the end came there were at the bedside
his medical attendant, his sons. Capt Rodgers
OF the army and Lieut. T. s. Rodgers Of tho
navy, his daughter, Mrs. Nelson, and his
daughter.in-law, Mrs. Capt Rodgers. Admiral
Raymond P. Rodgers, q. S. N, OF the Chicago:
Capt. Alexander Rodgers, U. 8. A., of the
fourth cavalry, who married a daughter Of
Senator Don C. Cameron. and has Just re-
turned from Rio Janeiro where he has been on
business connected with tho worlds fair;
Lieut. Thomas Slidell Rodgers Of the ord,
nance department Of the navy yard, and Mrs
Lewis Nelson Of New York.
The funeral services will be held at St. John g
Church at 1890 am. Monday, and the inter-
ment will be in Annapolis, where Mrs. Rodgers
Is buried. In accordance with his desires
there will be no military escort at the funeral
HIS LAST ILLNESS.
Rear Admiral c. R p. Rodgers had been dan
gerously i'll for O number Of days past and his
recovery was despaired of. He was i'll for
about ten days, having been taken with a seri-
GUS stomach and heart trouble that resulted
from the grip. He grew steadily worse and the
members Of his family who resided out of the
city were sent for, and by Thursday night his
brother. Capt. !. +. Rodgers, U. s. N: his
daughter. Mrs. Nelson, and his two sons, Capt.
ALEX. Rodgers Of the army and Lieut.. Slidell
Rodgers of the navy, were at the bedside Of the
suffering man.
Admiral Rodgers has made his home for q
couple Of years past at the Richmond. He was
the president of the Metropolitan Club and
made that his practical headquarters, and
among the members of that famous organiza-
ton, as well as in Washington society gener-
ally, he had many friends, who heard with sim
cere regret tie news Of his serious illness.
There were any number Of visitors at the Rich
mond to inquire after the condition of the sick
man. Mrs. Rodgers died about year ago.
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers was the
son Of Commodore George Washington Rodgers.
who died in Buenos Ayres in May, 1882. His
mother was a sister of the great Commodore
Perry. He was born in Brooklyn November
IA, 1919. He was appointed miishipman in the
navy October 5, 1888, and was actively engaged
In the Seminole war while serving on the
schooner Flirt andIn command of the schooner
Phoenix. He was promoted to be a lieutenant
in 1874, and was engaged in the blockade of the
coast of Mexico seven years later. and was at
the siege OF Vera Cruz and the capture Of Ia
basco and Tuspan.
In the years 1867 he was in command of the
steamer Bibb and the schooner Gallatin in the
coast survey. He was commissioned
served with honor and distinction on the
Wabash and as fleet captain, Rear Admiral Du-
points fleet, at the battle of Port Royal He
was In command OF the naval forces in the
trenches at the taking Of Fort Pulaski. He di-
rected the movement of the feet of gun boats
that was occupying strategic points on the
coast south of Port Royal. He commanded an
expedition to St. Augustine and up st. Mary q
river in March, 1862, and was feet captain on
the New Ironsides in the attack on the defenses
OF Charleston April 2, 1868, and in the opera.
tions of the south Atlantic blockading squad.
| ron. In 1868 he was assigned to the command
| OF the steam sloop Iroquois and was engaged
on special service until the close of the war.
He was commissioned captain July 26, 1866
| commanded the Franklin in the Mediterranean
| III lo6o-7O became commodore in August,
1870, and was on special duty in Europe in
1871, then chief of the bureau of docks and
yards, where he stayed until June IA. 1874,
when he was commissioned as rear admiral.
With the exception Of the years 1878. So when
he commanded the naval forces in the Pacific,
he was superintendent of the Naval Academy at
Annapolis until November IA, 1881, when he
was placed on the retired list
Rear Admiral Rodgers presided over the in
ternational congress in this city in 1885 for the
purpose OF fixing a prime meridian and a uni.
Yereal day.