New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
,DNIRAL WALKER RETlRES
LEFT ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE
NAVY YESTERDAY.
avn DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN WAR
-, PEAcE-coMMANDER OF THE WHITE
sar,pRoN IN EUROPEAN WATERS
AND PEFoRAING MANY DlPLo-
MATIo MISSIONS

AND PEFNoRMING MANY DlPlO-
MATIo MISSIONS.
-r,rosAru TO THE TRIBUNE1
-r.s,,,rton. March 2o.-The active service OF
cr,r,es walker the most prominent officer
- .,o Navy. ended to-day through me opera
10 ,ha law which places a naval ofhcer
no" .o,;rod list when he reaches the age or SIX
| rong and distinguished has been the ser
=, Admiral Walker He mas rouhueu
v" hioblv creditabe official career OF io'
,on years which began as mcshiIhe' "
>coval Academy on october ., 1891. MS ser
"i' s,,i,g he war were important ana consplcu-
VICE -, md courage. Since the war he has
CUE s.ry,ce acoat and ashore 1t can De
see" ADMIRAL Walker that In all oihcia' posi-
81" W. a.eu ne IN a private capacity he mas Sno""
'" s.,,iss energy and fidelity OF ooA''''" -
ne .r,cter Few officers in the Navy d" s.,tro,
-, throughout the country Una" ,er-
His experience has been "'ue' q" ',,,,,tor
,,-,sted with important ciVn 'e'I ...r,arding
- naval officer in suhordina'c o." automatic
a. and IN his later years IN ull' ~, A.,
posiuo"'' ~, ruronean waters on the Sou'"
caIa'".' 0.,,1 In Hawaii. he has SHOWN sf
'..,,~once and force.
o,.rp FORTY YEARS OF shN' Ne
>,,vv Register shows that Au'',''S r
The o''S' Nd a total sea service OF soN n.tor
Walker .,,., months. and total shorc " 80, t1a
year ,-o,ty-three years and SIX .,,,s lie
o"'' .,,,,nloved five years ana So ,~oro Iowa.
W. ,t,,od TO the Naval Acao''"' .,o Light
N'N ,,,, duty Is that Of charn'@n lent SER
~ r,o-a Conspicuous ani'''7 v,-hi.a Squad
house , o,r,,and Of the famous " ''e a,,,,,
vices ls '" - g., European and South AM -,
ron on ~ - tho North Atlantic S'a''o' ,,,ral
waters 80 and in South America sorcote
" ,os intrusted with -,o;vea the
VAN -, missions For these -0 -. Tracy
olp'0''.' - President Harrison ana t1anau His
automatic experience "Hs - tho islands
-, a., the condition OF an."9 5 c,otes Of i'm
re-. he tn,portanco to the O'4l'0 ,,,, station
and OF 'e 1 p,yor Harbor as a coains 80,
proNl"- a,,,hered. OF his reports or ~ -, vas
VIII DC s,,d that President OleN ,,,a ,rue
&" ar,oved at what he pres'
-'s,.,or II affairs in that aua' -. I4e Is n
-, Walker is of Sco'eh - a-ly a e went
Aul'''' 90 ttampshire. but al an 20 ~. ~ his
20 Iowa anu sorfard became Senator - was
unee' 10 Naval Academy 10 49, ighteen
feinalHVU - vouncster october D. low - those
ApFo- md according to 'he ,,,ising ship,
IS sent 10 In leeu % the Acad-
days va" W., portsmouth Returning .,,,es he
the old s4ooP S,,e,e his course OF s'uN re-
envy al 10" =. the head Of his cl"S - ,,ade
was e'4 ,o,ashipman in ls0o' ,oon Fal-
came .ho brazilian station III - ,s,5 upon
- "a he frigate St. LAVE otirinr board.
nv M ....ooronendation Of sp Savv. number
the reooi n secretary of the NaN I,.i,er was
- ,acancies occurred III ny
.t.refore rapidly promoten'
prCORD IN THE WAN
.re War Of the Reoeho" no
At the ou ais first war service 49,, ~
was -. end later he was III . r,arracut in
Conn, Ir~,o,a and had snare 80 Jackson and
NV ssape of Forts ST. fh ,,pp.rroted 10 lieuten-
'he p,,,re Of Ne~-Orleans. - nut in COM
ant-coTnn anu. , DE Kalb. an ronc'do' is,
rn"nd Of me .S,o,ral Porters most N"'u oayaI
s-,,g the prolonged anu =, NAT active
ans 80, :, -ht Upper MISSISSIPPI ,o,rht not
W a,ous service the river - eneu1y-not
anu ~ hut the army OF ' hu, also
only the nav, ans and torpedoes' ~ ~,
oniy me and field batteries IN vic,<s-
si -, .oL mart in the operations piuN and in
- IN TWO attacks upon nc pns+ where, run
n-iliant action at Arkans"' C..nfaderate guns
the OF - she silencod the Cohieu a,,nloved
ming close H. oorder Walker was IA
lAeu'elle''' attached service. he VOC
reque"' -, ~ several vessels up os ann
an VNf ,iob destroyed worKs a 80 reduction
~, cove immediate assistant ava1 battery
80 1-,,,.sbt,rc by comnahul'e Army Corps in
OF no 10 aid the Fifteenth - I'D N the
sent on shoie ~ .,-onghold Transferred - 49,
the sieee "a coast in 1864. he coi''''' .r
NoI'n tded in the capture Oh " ordod the
aodtotelv after the warnd brazilian stations.
n1n,ut on the Eurobea', ne grace Of commaIlaes
olS ~ $50 was promoted 10 ,.ben the war services
ana I'D 100 o 81 thirty-one Nhel a. tho Navy Dc
At 1e officers were IrtIYardng the most de-
partment W. Vial promotion none M w, Walker.
serving by bat Of cso69paneement about
t YER ne received the maximum q"
sorfv numbers in his sl@u'' 10
-o' THE LIGHTHOUSE BOARD
-, rank at an early age piep", 49, -
-, ,,ar,ed training and experiences o,e that i'm
us va C,a,,r,ander Walker began 10 maj - &c
oO'i'S' h,e profession and the seTNloe ,-a,.ol
", ,es, of ability. lie serVeu a. ,drr,ral
s,arv for three years as assIS S IN $3.50 COM
Porter then as supefllilS 80 on special cruise 70
i.ea and Brazil. After Vu, a ae secretary OF
house inspector. he was vs. VS. and held that i'm
the Lignthousse nye wears There his cdPaCnSS ,1ed
Sroinistration had full s"ass e establshed It upon
we sant high plane of efhciencS;; AMER his
ro,ed 10 the grade OF captain - rosrd I'm 1873 he
nlcle " from the Lighthouse loatu rter the
detachnleHt n ~ leave Of absence 10 eItvi ~
soc,,ce of the Chicago. buI va Sncb was the
serElce "a an important capacity. out - road
Railroad IN az mon the directors OF lhf 10
bv his business qualities tns. 1rer was offered
Of his leave, the place Oh
him. -, Duties however he was
,s ~ command Of the Powhatah all1 - -
placed N chief Of the Bureau Of NaVga tlon; anu
q, Tho eyniration Of his four years o,cv az
a.. -oar,,otrted Captain walker oCCu
was teappolhts." ,oeice came at time OF unusuil
,novernent and energy in naval AM ~ Nv,
standing su for fifteen "a nn,iated wooden yes
was reduced few supra ct Us begun In
wells the building Of modern NJ ah,c% srcom-
all this work and IN me mart as the Secretary 5
principal adviser, both in planning anu III '~"''
ming. 49,. ,,-oda of commodore in
lssa and in October Of that year rs an aclnS Iea d
admiral he hosted his hag on w Ti,,ir, tbe
took command oil the Squadron OF $500 -
ar, orss nized force Of the steel yessc.s wICn
soon became widely known as tnS - w ~, ,aJo a
ron vim this comma nd Admiral Walker IhanT oa a
f,, he ad