Arizona republican., 1898-05-06
THEY ARE ALL OLD SEAMFN.

THEY ARE ALL OLD SEAMEN. War Service is Nothing New to Com modore Dewey's Officers Washington, May 5.-The men in command of the fleet in As,atic waters have all seen long service at sea. Sev-
 eral of them were in the navy during the civil war Their recent achieve
 ment at Manila does not surprise thcs= who know them we'll Their further victories will not surprise the people Commodore George Dewey. in con- mand of the fleet, entered the naval academy on the same day and the same year with Commodore Howell They were graduated in the same class. Dewey's first sea duty was on
 the Wabash, with the Mediterranean
 squadron. Then he was attached to
 the Mississippi with the west gulf
 squadron, during which time he was
 present at the capture of New Orleans
 In 1862. He was in the engageme
 With the cCnfederates below Donald
 sonville in 1863, and present at two
 attacks On Fort Fisher. The year af-
 ter the close of the war he served
 on the Kearsarge, attached on the
 on the Kearsarge, attached to the
 Colorado in the same station. On be-
 ing assigned to shore duty he was
 ordered to the naval academy. and
 later to the command of the Narraean-
 sett on special service.
 On promotion he was again sent to
 this ship, and after serving on light
 house inspection duty was made sec
 retary of the lighthouse board In
 1862 he commanded the Juniata and
 soon after the end of this cruise was advanced to the rank of captain. 4
 year later he became captain of the Dolphin, one of the first ships of the new navy, and for three years, from 1885 until 1888 he was in command Of the flagship Pensacola on the Euro pean station. On the expiration of his cruise he was made chief of bureau of equipment, where he served until 1893, when he became a member Of the lighthouse board. He is now com mander-in-chief of the Asiatic sta tion.
 Captain Charles " Gridley of the Olympia, the flagship, was appointed from Michigan, was graduated in 1863, and assigned to the steam sloop Oneida, where he served for two years. He was at the battle of Mobile bay. He was made a captain a year ago.
 Captain Nehemiah M. Dyer of the Baltimore served in the merchant ser vice from the age of IA to 20, enlisted in the Fourth battalion of rifles Massachusetts volunteers, and was with Banks division, army of the Pc tomac. In April, 1862, he was appoint ed an acting mate in the navy and assigned to the Cuyler, on which ship he served in the west gulf squadron until he was, for gallant conduct in capturing and burning the confederate schooner Isabelle, promoted to actingI ensign by Admiral Farragut and ap- pointed to command the Eugenia While attached to the Ossipee, on the Mexican coast, in 1870, he rescued a sailor from drowning by jumping overheard, for which he was com mended by the secretary of the navy. He has commanded several vessels in the last twenty years.
 Captain Joseph B. Coghlan of the
  was promoted two years later, and | was assigned to the flagship Brooklyn, | where he served for two years. He 1 was executive officer of the Pawnee n 1867. and on the steam frigate Guer- -iere in 1868. He was made a captain n 1896.
 Commander Benjamin P. Iamber- ton, the second ranking officer Of his A. of nanding the Boston, was graduated from the naval academy in 1865. HeI was promoted to the rank of com nander in 1885, and from 1888 to 1889 was commandant of the Norfolk navy yard. He then commanded the raining ship Jamestown for two years md then went to the bureau of yards md docks.
 Commander Asa Walker of the Concord, has been in the naval service ;inoe November 21, 1862. He has served fifteen years at sea and elgh- cen years on shore or special duty. Ie was named to the Concord May 22
 Commander Oscar w. Frencholt of he Monocacy was one of the volun- eers in the navy during the civil var. He was appointed to the Mono .acy October 24, 1896. He has been fifteen years at sea and sixteen years ,n shore or special duty.
 Commander Edward P. Wood of the 7etrel is from Ohio. After four years n the naval academy he became a October 1, 1863. He ook charge of the Petrel December Is, 1896, and on July 13, 1897, was -aised to the grade of commander. He las been eighteen years at sea and fifteen years on other duty.
 Captain Daniel B. Hodgson, com handing the McCulloh, is a native of New York. November 12, 1897, he completed his thirty sixth year as an officer of the revenue marine, which le joined at Baltimore in 1861, with he commission of third lieutenant. n his thirty-six years service Cap- ain Hodgson has spent twenty-four ears and fourteen months on Atlantic 'oast stations, seven and a half years n the lakes, two and a half years on