New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-05

included cruises the frigates San Jacinto and
st. Louis in the Mediterranean. in the course Of
which he present at the celebrated kosZta
affair In Smyrna July 1853. After a short service
in the West Indies he crused In the frigate Merri-
mac in the waters Of northern Europe and In the
Cumberland on the west of Africa. He was
commissioned lieutenant in January. 1858. and was
attached successfully to the Dale In the African
Squadron, the Saranac and the Cyane in the Pa
cifc Squadron.
At the outbreak Of the war he was instructor in
gunnery to volunteer officers on the receivng-s ship
Ohio, and in January 1862 he was ordered to duty
executive officer of the sloop Dakota. and aJer
to the steamer Conemaugh, of the South Atlantic
Squadron. In 1862 he in command of the IRON
clad Louisville. of the Western fotilla employed in
breaking up guerilla warfare the Mississippi
River between Memphis and Helena. cooperating
with the troops of General Sherman's division and
General Carr's division and was commended by
Rear-Admiral Porter in official dispatches for his
services. Subsequently he commanded the steamer
United States in the search after the privatecr
Tacony and he also commanded the Naval Bat
TALON in the July riots in NewYork. He was sta
toned in the lower part of the city from Monday
the limits of his district, dispersng several dis
orderly gatherings. While in command of the gun
squadron. he performed various services against
the enemy in Stone River, S. C.. in conjunction
Stone River the Marblehead was struck thirty
times in the hull and lost three killed and six
Meade landed with hundred men,. captured two
guns and destroyed the batteries for which ser
Admiral Dahgren, who subsequently recommended
his promotion for gallant conduct in face Of the
After this he commanded the steamer Chocurua.
Of the West Gulf bockading squadron. under Adj
mral Farragut during which time he actively
engaged in blockading the Texas ports and harass-
sroyed seven blockade runners. and cut out of the
Caleasieu River and destroyed In the face Of ai
by the commander Of the squadron For three
years after the war he was on duty at the Naval
Academy, after which he commanded various YES
sells and cruisers in all parts Of the world ,s
schooner America for experimental purposes, and
sailed in that vessel when she beat the English
the Secretary OF the Navy in is2 for great judg
ment and skill in TGeg0iatnf Commercial treat, treaty
of a remarkable cruise OF 0O miles in the Nara.
hs e"a HS! &l5 visited hearty every
quarter Of the pase number OF ISL
outrages inflicted on. American citizens by the
natives of the Polynesian Islands-all accomplished
Kind He ~" was highly compmented offsiaiiy for
his report on american trade in the Pacific made
on duty at the New-York Navy Yard and in COM
mand Of the corvette Vandalia in which vessel he
commanding the squadron wrote OF that cruise
thar AS commanding officer Captain Meade
In 1888 he member of the boards of in
sc result Of Which, the Navy was cleared Ct
most of its obsolete wooden vessels and old hulks.
After short service as captain of the New-York
Navy Yard he received leave Of absence engage
in private business with the Missouri Pacific Rail
road Company in the West and South. In Sep
TENDER, 1857 he became commandant of the Wash
ington Navy Yard. and remained there several
years.
He succeeded to the command of the North At
lantic Squadron in August, 1894, upon the relin-
qushment of that post by Admiral Stanton. and
his strong personality manifested in the rapid
improvement made in the technical education of
the officers. then rather to their modern ships.
He had the honor TO command the squadron in
It's famous cruise in the waters of the Caribbean
Sea and along the coasts of Central and South
America. and during part of the time Assistant
Secretary McAdoo aboard the Columbia.
Serious friction began 10 threaten with Great
Britain while the squadron in these waters.
and the ships brought home. somewhat 10
the disgust Of the Admiral. who was at all times
ready for trouble with any Power. either Great
Britain or Spain. This trait In the end brought
the Admiral into contact with the Navy Depart
ment and even with the President. I'm unpleas
ant fashion, and really was at the bottom of his
retirement He quoted in The Tribune about
the time Of the Alliance AFFAIR crtcising Presi
naval regulations He expressed contemptuously
his dlsapprobation of the foreign policy of the
Administrator, saying that he was Union man
and an American and that the Administration had
M use for such. This brought on storm. and II
wae even rumored that the Administration was
nrevented from court-martalling its critic by lack
~ local mower to compel evidence to support the
interview However that may have been. the Adj
mraI being detached from active duty, applied
nromptIv granted and ne went on the reserve list