The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

Saracens. 1t appears that 'he ni''
title of admiral in the English navy
was merely honorary, and that the
dnt,es now encumbent upon au oincer
of that rank were imposed later on
The Office of lord high admiral was
first put in commission in Eng lana I'D
1eeOl the first incumbent being the
Duke of York: and since then there
has been a regular succession OF
these officers in the English navy.
The office of admiral was not Gre
ated for the navy of the United STATES
until the second year of the clVii
war. Up to that time the grade OF
canta,n was the highest in the service,
although the title Of commodore haa
baen Given to commanders of squad
rons and naval stations. The grace
of rear-admiral was created on July
10Th. 1862; that of vice-admiral. on
DECEMBER 2lst, 1864, and the otie OF
admiral. the highest OF all, on July
25th, 1866. The rank OF admiral IN
our navy corresponds to that OF gen
eral of the army; vice-admiral TO
acknowledgement. and rear-admirnl
TO nsior-general. The pay per an
num of admiral is $4,000; the sea
nav of vlce-admiral, $4,000 ana OF
rear.admiral $1,000. AS everyone
knows. tue general management ana
direction of our naval affairs rests
entirely with the Secretary OF Inc
NAVY and the navy department.
The first American admiral was
> David G.. Farragut. The success
sive grades of rear-admiral, vlce-ad-
miral and admiral were created Dy
, congress for the sake OF honorlng Inc
distine uished Farragut for bis bril-
: liant exploits during the CIVIL war.
h The rank of vice-admiral was mace
!. snecially for him in 1864, as reward
u for his services at Mobile, and two
r Years later be was made a full admir-
nj And never was the title bestoW-
ed upon a Drawer soldier or more
fearless commander. Farragut was
y native of Tennessee, where he was
1t horn In 1901. He came from hght-
y inc family, and his father was said
n TO have been O man who never knew
,e what fear was. Young Farragut en-
,s tered the navy when less than ter
renrs old; and two years later, wher
y the second war with England broke
= ont. he was on the Essex, when sh'
'e engaged the Phoebe and the Cherut
r in the harbor of Valparaiso, one o
or the bloodiest actions every tough
IS: nnon the seas. From 1872 up to tn
n breaking out of the civil war, Farra
= gut was on duty constantly IN al
parts of the world, serving under tn
stars and stripes. Though south
cd erner by birth, when the civil wa
in hogan. he at once sided with th
oh cause of the Union. In 1862 he wa
placed in command of fleet to re
lid duce the defences of New Orleans
,rs Farragut led the fight on bis flagship
nil Hartford, destroyed the Confederat
on feet and compelled the surrender
I'D the city.
On, But the greatest achievement
led Farragut was the battle OF Mooi
ice Bay. which occurred 10 August 1866
nj The Confederate feet before Mobl
DC; consisted OF the iron-clad ram lei
- '"a nessee and three modern gun-boat
rcr Opposing these, Farragut had SIEVE
rro sloops-of- war, including the Har
The ford. and four iron-clad monitor
osc In q short while after the fight beg'
re- tho fire became very heavy al
ons destructive, and Farragut mount'
un- the rigging of his vessel to see ov
not the smoke and direct the iirln
pom Observing this, captain Drayton Sc
en- up q quartermaster with piece
oo' lead-line which he passed aroul
'Ioi Farragut's body and made him I,
are a,a to the mast. There, IN this perilo
,he position, and lashed to the mast,
INV old hero shouted his orders to his m
,ose below. while shot and shell flew thu
nci. and fast around him. The war-slo
He'd BROOKLYN in front of him was seen
stop suddenly. Farragut asked
Col. cause of this, and when told II
III a torpedoes were in the way, he shout
.,,au back: oh the torpedoes! Ft
,, bells! Captain Drayton, go ahea
lach Jouett, full speed!" And so
Con- Hartford, with Farragut dashed to
rom rigging, passed the Brooklyn to
-gest head of the line and led the fleet i
him. Mobile Bay, where the Federal
,em . won brilliant victory. On his
49,. turn TO New York he was givel
os grand reception, and purse OF 81
""' 900 was presented to him for the
inc chase of home. He died at 70
not mouth n. H., in 1870, while
sived deeds have been immortalized
story and song by grateful peo
q the The second naval officer CT
~ ir United States upon whom the it'll
y " admiral was conferred was David
Si"p' Porter, to which rank be was RAJ
'ven- August 18th, 1870. Like Farra!
that Porter had been brought up on
main seas, commencing his naval caree
er be early as 1924, when he accompn'
and his father, Commodore David POI