The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-17

circumstances if IL believed tina. Hzngin
viii make a wts4 selection. ard y h rot
altogether insproh4bss but that some Pa
csfsc coast resenns captain rssy get the
appointment
In Port Townsend &c b not generally be-
ftevsd thai the department viii send the
Graft 20 Eertng sea this sammSr. a. IL
tsr1afef n some ct the recent dispatches
from Washington City. II - eonseDfsd
that the Grants plates are very thin ana
she has DO water fsehf compartments. In
and with the very best seznsa nshtp IL ~
Impossible TO prevent The cutters occa-
sicraiiy grounding. which would prove ex-
ceptsouaEiy dangerous 20 the Grant OF ac-
count Of her cid age.
The retiring list os captains and the
original date % their appointment IN the
service are az follows. Douglass Citing
er. iEz vas appointed captain Decenusr
- 1885, rrac@ss Martin. fsxz wss APP
pointed captain Ostober ]. fssg. Alfred y.
Davis. fssi. appointed captain July II.
fs6f: Afvan A. Fsagar. 1851. appointed cap
tain July II. 1854. Charles II. Searlmcrs.
Iva. appointed captain July Ii. 1850. John
Henriaues. iss5. appointed captain July 9.
fsss Louis G.. Shepard. f5ss. appointed cap
tain March IL, ;s7a. dead. Frank Barr.
ISL, appointed captain April -, isTf: Ed
ward L. Deane. 1875. appointed captain
February 2, is7z. sick: wentworth S. Sim
mons. 1851. appointed captain March IA,
i7s. sick; T. w. Lay. 1855. appointed captain
May n. $3.50. sick. Leander 81. kesne. 1855.
appointed captain July T. 1877.
The fsrst iieutenants 10 be promoted and
the date 81 their entry III the service are:
Charles y. Shoemaker. November D. 1876:
Oscar +. Hamlet. March s. ISL fte super
Intended the construction of the cutter
Rush at Port Blakeiey la fsss1; John Dem
nett. March s. 1871. now on the Rush IN
San Francisco: William j. Herring, March
3 lsal twas on this Coast twenty two years
awols William r. Gfigors. March 30 ls5S
twas on this Coast twenty-five years ago1:
William II. Roberts, March IL. fsS; Will
inn III. Hand, March s. 1871 twas on this
Coast twenty-five years ago1. David A.
Hall. March s. 1911 twas assigned TO this
Coast for duty on the Bear and Harley;
Francis futile, March 6. 1911 now on the
Grant ana has been on thia Coast twelve
years.: Thomas ID. Walker. March s 1911.
George II. Gooding. March s, Is7i twas on
the Corwin Tor a year or two); Samuel E.
Mcclure. March ). ISL twas on the Rush
and Bear for some years.. Henry b. Rog-
ers. October T. 1871 tcame out from New
York on tie Z. S. Grant and Is now on
the Torwtn nj Sitka)
The second iieutenants who are ad-
vaHced one rank are: Worth G.. Ross
January 4. fS7t tnow on the Woicott ut
80. Diego; Oria =. Myrick. January T.
is17 taow on the Rasl). William T.. Rey-
noids. May =, 1878 tnow on the Rush.;
Daniel p Forley. June I. 1873: Howard
Emery, September %. 1875: Francis NJ.
Dunwoody, May % isTs fnow on the
RUSH; Howard NJ Broadbent. June g.
1879 twas on the Bear and Corwin for
many years.; Percy NJ. Thompson. June 4,
lSs3, John e. Moore. June Z. 1850 twas on
me Rush three years ago.. Horace b.
West. June Z. 1850 ti1as been on the Coast
Coast ten years and 10 now on the Woi-
colt at San Diegol; John C. Cantweli.
June 7. 1850 tflas been on this Coast nine
years and served on several cutters);
David II. Jarvis. May .. 1851 (now on the
school ship at New Bedford and was on
this Coast five years ago): James l.. Sill.
May q. 1881
The third lieutenants to be promoted 70
second lieutenaneies are: Chester NJ.
White. May 10. 1sss (now on the Bear: w.
II. o. Hay. May 10. ISIS. J. II. Scott, May
-. lssl: r. ]. Haake. May 10. 1889; George
Nj. Daniels. May Is. 2sss trlow on the Bear:
ID. r. A d'Otte, May Is, 1889 inow on the
Corwinp; r. s. Van Boskerck. ir., May Is.
$3.50 tnow on the corwin); Francis A. Lee
Wis, May q. 1891 tnow on the Grant,: A.
X, Hasson. May e, 1881: S. B. winram,
jr., May q. 1891: Colvin 5. Craig. May e.
1881: James g.. Baliinger. May q, 1851 (now
on the Rush,.
The chief engineers to be retired are:
Frank Puisifer. September L. 1854; John
j. Roberts. August is. 1851: Eugene VAL
Ter. July IL. 1854: Daniel C. Chester. June
.. 1855. Marshal T. Chevers. July 90 1856:
Andrew l.. Harrison. July is, 1854 James
I. Weyson. OF Port Townsend. September
II. 1851; William G.. Whceies. October Il,
1s65: Malcolm c. MarsiIliott. first assistant
engineer. appointed April Z. 1856. and who
has been on the Pacific coast for twenty
years. will be placed on the retired list.
lie is now on the Grant
The first assistant engineers who will
be advanced TO chief engineers are: Ed
ward G. Schwartz. September IS. 1871 now
on the Bear, A. l., Broadbent, September
q. 1871 tnow on the Corwinl. Henry C.
Barrows. August 50. 1871: Samuel IL. Nc
Gee. August -, ISL twas on this Coast
sixteen years on the Hartley and Rush.;
William II. Blakemore. October "a. 1877
fsix years ago was on the Rush); Frank
Il. Randall. June II, 1874 (now on the
Rush.: H. c. whsteworth. June 10. 1870
(was on the old cutter Lincoln when sta
toned on Puget sound twenty years ago):
w. J. Phillips, January l.. 1851 tnow on
the woicott. who was also on the Lin
coin In lS7Ol.
The second engineers who are to be ad-
vanced to first engineers are. William
Robinson. October 20. 1853: n. f. Clutch
con, October 20. 1883 (was one time on the
Bear In Boring seal; K. j. Noonan, No
vemher -. 1883: III. l.. Boyd. March Q, Isss;
Phillip Littig. April IL. 1886: II. W. Spear.
March D. ISIS: Richard w. Champlain.
May 3. ISIS. W. c. Meyers. August ., 1885
fnow on the Hartley. O. n. Turner. May
q. lSsf lnow on the WoicotD.
Samuel Howard. second lieutenant, who
was pilot OF the Monitor when she bat
tied with Merrtmac Ia 1851. viii be retired
on half pay.
Washington City. March le-The death
of Capt. Shepard leaves q vacancy In the
revenue cutter service which ts likely 20
be filed very soon. Secretary Carlisle has
not yet given any attention 10 the matter
but IL seems TO be the general cpsni,n
among treasury people conyersant with
the situation that either Chief Sehu-
maker. commander OF the revenue cutter
Hudson. of New York harbor, or Capt C.
l.. Hooper, now commanding the Rush In
Boring sea. VIII receive the appointment
Both OF these officers have seen many
years service and are said To be thor
oaghiy competent TO fill the place.
Twain Insults an Alleged Hnmorist.
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