The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-29

Faure. congratulating him upon having been
chosen president of the French republic and,
secondly, having expressed the opinion that
the armenian agitators were pestiferous lot
and more responsible for the troubles in Asia
Minor than the Turks. After short stay on
waiting orders, which meant a reduction in
land was ordered in May, 1896, to the Mare
Island navy yard, where he has since re-
NAMED.
Rear Admiral Joseph N. Miller now COM
handing the Pacific coast station. is stout,
short mild-looking old sailor, with pleasant
lace and eyes that have the calmness of the
sea. He was born in Ohio and has been in
having entered Uncle Sans service in Octo-
Der. 1851. During the Civil war he saw
lieutenant on the Perry when it captured the
privateer savannah; which held Letter of
Marque No. l." and also captured several
other prizes. In July, 1862, he was commits
stoned lieutenant commander, and was execu-
tive officer of thel Passaic when it was en-
gagged in the attack on Fort McAllister, March
8 1868. and was commended for gallantry.
Miller commanded the Nahant in an attack
on Fort Sumter May JIG, 1864. and his part
in the two attacks on Fort Fisher won the
official praise of his superiors. Since the war
and in 1876 he ran a line of deep-sea soundings
from Honolulu to Brisbane. Australia. In the
same year he made an. investigation of the
state of affairs in Samoa, which led to Ameri-
can Intervention. Miller was commissioned as
a commodore in April, 1884, and March q,
1897 he became rear admiral. After his pro-
motion to the latter rank he was given COM
mand OF the European station, and his flag
flew from the cruiser Brooklyn during the
queens jubilee celebration.
AS the head of the board of strategy. Rear
Admiral Montgomery Sicard plays an inn
portant part In the conduct of the war. Ad-
mlral Sicard was in command of the North
Atlantic station when the war began, but
President Mckinley desired to have the
benefit of his advice in every detail of the
war, and hence Sicard was transferred to
the fleet given to Sampson. The admiral is
one of thee best sailors in the navy. He has
lived on blue water ever since he was ff-
ter teen years 500 Old and that is as long ago
1851 In 1850 he was lieutenant, and when
the war broke out he served with the West
ern gulf blockading squadron. He helped to
lombard Forts Jackson ana st. Philip and
the Ghalmette batteries, and aided In the
destruction of rebel fotila and TRANSPORTS
April "a, 1862. He was also with the feet
that passed the Vicksburg batteries and en-
gagged with the ram Arkansas. In 1864, while
lieutenant commander, he took part in two
attacks on Fort Fisher and was engaged in
the naval and land assault on the same fort
In January, 1865, and later assisted in the
bombardment of Fort Anderson. After the
close Of the war he was assigned to duty
at the naval academy. August, 1881, he be-
devoted himself especially to the study of
ordnance, in which he has reputation as
an authority. His rank of commodore came
July TO- 1894, and April of last year he
became a rear admiral. when he was as
signed to the command of the North At
lantic squadron.
AS chief of the naval examining board,
Rear Admiral Edmund O. Matthews has
charge of the examining of men who apply
for promotions. This duty was assigned
him upon the retirement Of Rear Admiral
Lester A. Beardslee Admiral Matthews
having previously been chief of the bureau
of yards and docks. Rear Admiral Matthews
was born in Maryland but was appointed
to Annapolis from Missouri When the war
between the states occurred he was an in
structor in mathematics at the academy, bu~
was assigned to the steam frigate Wabash
as lieutenant, and while serving on that ship
he assisted in the capture of forts at Hat
teras inlet. Illness preventing arduous sea
service, he returned to the naval academy as
Instructor in seamansh1p, and later as head
of the department of gunnery. Since then he
has devoted his time almost entirely to the
study of gunnery and torpedoes, and has held
important posts where his knowledge was of
advantage. He has only seen fourteen years
of sea service since he joined the navy. On
July q, 1894, Capt Matthews became a COM
modore, and June 10, 1897, the commodore be-
came a rear admiral.
The Washington navy yard is under the di-
rection of Rear Admiral Charles S. Nor