The times., 1897-05-05
REAR ADMIRAL MEADE DEAD.
Could Not Recover From an Attack
of ApDendicItis.

died at 12:45 O'Clock yesterday at the
private sanitarium o f DR.. johnson at Sew
enteenth and X streets, this city The adj
miral was conscious until almost the last.
Surrounding his bedside were his wife, son,
Miss PattersonandDr Drs. Johnson and Wales
Admiral Meade contracted the grip while
in New York last February, and when he
came to this city TO attend the Inaugural
tion, the a.lment became so serious that
he was confined to his bed in the house
OF Miss Patterson, whose guests he and
Mrs. Meade were. About April l 1T was
deemed advisable TO remove the admiral
to the saDitarium and to treat him for
appendicitis, which had developed A
few DAYS ago the necessity for an opera
tion became so apparent that his physician
no longer della yed it, The abscess caused
by appendicitis was opened and found
to contain much pus. II was believed
at the time that the patient would recover,
but after "a days time he began to slowly
sink and he never rallied
His body was removed last night TO HOO
Vermont avenue, the home of Miss Patter-
sou, and he VIII be buried from it with
military honors. The interment will be
at Arlington.
Admiral Meade was popular and highly
esteemed man. and last fall was strong
candidate for the position OF commander
of the Grand Army OF the Republic He
came nearer than any Naval officer be-
fore him To securing the prize.
lie was born in New York, October,
1887, and was appointed a midshipInan
in the Navy from California, in October.
1850. His earliest service included cruises
on the frgates San Jacinto and st. LOUIS,
in the Mediterranean, during which he
was present at the celebrated Koszta
affair, III Smyrna, July, 1853. After a
short service in tie West Indies, he
cruised in the frigate Merrmac in the
waters of northern Europe, and in the
Cumberland. on the west coast of Africa.
He was commissioned lieutenant in Janu-
airy, 1858, and was attached successfully
to the Dale in the African squadron, the
Saranac and Cyane in the Pacific squad
ron
1T the outbreak OF the war he was in
structor in gunnery 10 volunteer officers On
the receiving ship Ohio, and in January.
1862. he was ordered to duty as executive
officer os the sloop Dakota to the steamer
ron In 1862 he was in command OF the
ironclad Louisville of the Western flotiIla.
employed in breaking up guerrilla warfare
on the Mississippi River, between Memphis
and Helena, cooperating with the troops
OF Gen. Shernan's division and Gen. Cars
division, and was commended by Rear Ad-
nliTaI Porter in official dispatches for Iis
services.
subsequently he commanded the steamer
United states in the search after the liri-
vateer Tacony. and he also commanded the
naval battalion in the July riots in New
York Ee was stationed in the lower Tart
of tne city from Monday to Saturday in
July, 1865. and maintained order in the
limits OF ais district, dispensing several
disorderly gatherings. While In command
OF the gunboat Marblehead OF the South
Atlantic blockading squadron he performed
various services against the enemy in S-aone
River, South Carolina. in connection with
Gen. Gilmove's outposts.
At one battle on the Stono the Marble
head was struck thirty times i'll the bull
and lost three killed and six wounded
nuring the engagement Commander Meade
landed with hundred men, captured two
guns and destroyed the batteries, for which
service he was officially thankedin general
orders by Admiral DahIgren, who subse-
quently recommended bis promotion FOR
| gallant conduct in face of the enemy
After this he commanded the steamer
| Chocura Of the West Gulf blockading z squad
ron, under Admiral Farragut, during which
time he was actively en- gagged in blockaiiiEg e
| the Texas ports and haraSsing the eneTny.
| In three months he captured or destroyed
seven blockade runners, cut out of the
! Calcasiuo River and destroyed, in the face
| OF a greatly superior force, the blockade
| runner Delphina, for which service hc was
| officially thanked by the commander of
| the squadron. For three years after the
war lie was on duty at the Naval Academy
after which he commanded various vessels
and cruised in all parts of the world.
During the summer Of 1870 he comma nd
ed the schooner America, for experiments al
purposes, and sailed in that vessel when
she beat the English yacht Cambria. He
was specially commended by the Secretary
of the Navy,in 1872, for great Judgment
and skill in negotiating a commercial
treatyin the Samoan or Navigator Islands,
as an incident of remarkable cruise OF
$4,000 miles in the Narragansett, entirely
under canvas During this cruise Com
| mander Meade visited nearly every quarter
of the Pacific, surveyed a number of
islands, made treaties a nd collected indem-
mites for outrages inflicted ON American
citizens by the natives of the Polynesian
IsIands--aIl accomplished without the loss
OF Iife or a casualty of any kind
In $50 he was a member OF boards If
inspection, survey and appraisemen5 of old
vessels, etc, as d result of which the Navy
| was cleared of most of its obsolete wood
en- vessels and old hulks. After a short
service as captain Of the New York navy
yard he was granted leave of absence 10
| engage in private business with the Mis-
| souri, and Pacific Railroad Company in the
West and South. In September, 1887, he
! became cOmmandant of the Washington
navy yard and remained there several
years.
He succeeded to the command of the
| North Atlantic squadron in August, 1894,
| upon the REIMBURSEMENT of that post by
| Admiral Stanton, and his strong person
| ality was manifested in the rapid improve
! rnent made in the technical education of
the officers, then rather new to their nod
| crn ships He had the honor to command
| the squadron in its famous cruise III .he
| waters of the Caribbean sea and the waters
| along the coast Of Central and South Amer
| ica. and during part OF the time Assistant
| Secretary NcAdoo was aboard the Column
| bia.
| Serious friction began to threaten Will
| Great Britain while the squadron was in
| these waters, and the SHIPS were brought
| home, some what to the disgust of the adj
miral, who was at all times ready for