Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13

cisive majority. His administration won
high praise He introduced the system of
competitive examinations for local appoint
mentS. He was reelected. Later he was
elected president of Columbia College. TO
which he literally contributed, being a man
of wealth. In 1897 he was a candidate din
dependent) for mayor of Greater New York
but was defeated.
Capt. A. Il. Nahan.
Captain Mahan was born in New York
city, and graduated from the Naval Acad-
envy in 1859 when he was twenty-nine years
of age. He came from duty in Brazilian
waters when the civil war broke out. and
served on the Congress and the PocahOntas
gaining his lieutenancy in 1861, acting as
instructor at the Naval Academy for d
year, and then continuing his sea duty on
the Seminole and the James Adger until
the close Of the war, which brought him
promotion to the grade of lieutenant com
mander- In the years succeeding the war
Captain Mahan saw a vast amount of rou-
tine service in varied fields. In 1885 he
was appointed captain, and next year was
made president of the Naval War College.
After forty years Of service he was re-
tired in 1896 at his own request, in order
that he might devote himself 10 liter
airy productions. In May last he returned
to the naval board of strategy until peace
was made.
THE Influence of Sea Power Upon His
tory came ont in 1892 to an instant sue
cess Two years later appeared Il he IN
fluence of Sea Power Upon the French
Revolution and Empire" in the spring of
1897 The Life of Nelson, the Embodiment
of the Sea Power of Great Britain" and
III December of the same year Captain
Mahan's latest work TO be published in book
form. THE Interest Of America in Sea
Power, Present and Future"
The ''sea-power" volumes have been
translated into French, German and Japa-
nese. Degrees came to the author from
oxford and Cambridge, and he is an Ii. d.
of Harvard and Yale.
Capt william Crozier.
Captain Crozier is an ohioan, forty-four
years of age, the son of Judge Robert Gro
Zier of Kansas, Captain Crozier passed
through West Point, graduating in 1876,
and at once began to see active service, in
the 4th Artillery, with General Crook in
his campaigns against the Sioux and Ban
nocks. After three years in the west he
was for five years instructor in mathemat-
les at West Point and then, in 1881. entered
the ordnance department. In 1890 he re-
ceived his captains commission.
In 1883 Congress made appropriations for
the establishment of a gun factory at Wa
tervliet arsenal and for various efforts to
rehabilitate our coast Notifications Lieu
tenant Crozier was sent to Europe to find
out the latest things that had been done in
improving the machinery of coast defense
and to make any purchases he might deem
wise.
At the outbreak of the war with Spain
Captain Crozier was appointed as major
and inspector general of volunteers and
served from May II to November 30 when
he was honorably discharged at his own
request to resume his professional duties
Captain CroZier some years ago found
that the guns in our coast forts could not
be handled under the hail of fire from the
secondary batteries on modern battle ships
and that our coast guns were for this rea-
son practically useless He set to work to
remedy this vital defect, and with the help
of General Burlington perfected the Buff
fngton-Crozier disappearing gun carriage
which Is now universally used in our coast