The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-16
COLONEL NOW
Local FayOrite Gets High
Rank.
Lieut.. Col. Henry C, Cochrane, U. S.
NJ. G., Goes Up Step in
the Service.

ne lOilCWInS article from Lne DOS
on Herald will be read with interest
by the many friends of Colonel Coch-
-ane, the Marine Corps officer who de-
ivered the Fourth of July Grafton here
in 1894:
Lieut-Col Henry Clay Cochrane, U /
5. VI. c., commanding the marine bar
racks at the Boston Navy Yard, re-
ceived official notice yesterday of the
approval by the navy department of the
that he be promoted
to a colonelcy. The Christmas present,
so to speak, was one day late. Except
ing the formality of the President
which will be written prop
ably within two weeks, the notice yes
terday stands for the new and highly
priced commission.
The promotion is due to the retire.
ment of Col. Robert w. Huntington.
The list of colonies in order of preced-
ence is now James Forney, Percival e.
Pope, Robert L. Meade, Charles +. VIII
liams and Henry Clay Cochrane.
Col. Cochrane's promotion has been
well earned. after 81 years duty In the
corps, with a year and a half of duty
in the navy before he entered il. He Is
one Oh Lut ulSLluBulSlltAl OAAGtAS VI bAAN
service, on account of conduct in the
civil war. and in the Spanish-American
war. With regard to travel and nOta-
BILE experience. he is certainly excep-
tional. In 1889 President Carnot made
him a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
He is the only officer in the marine
corps bearing the cross of the Legion.
Col. Cochrane was transferred from
Of ha Naurunrf fR 4
barracks to the Boston station last
April. His service here has been very
highly esteemed. He has made great
improvements in the barracks and the
naval prison already. with more in
progress. After 80 years of repairs
barely sufficient to keep the quarters
in condition to fit to live in, Col.
Cochrane has brought about pronOunc-
ed and perfectly manifest changes Tor
| the benefit of the men of the garrison
and the modern reputation of the yard
/ The naval prison is as clean and sweet
/ as the main ward in the City Hos
pital.
The barracks have been overhauled
doors have been cut through; the old
uneven brick walk under the porch
/ fronting on the parade ground has beer
supplanted by asphalt pavement; anc
there have been many other changes
which are cOmmendable.
Col Cochrane was born IN Chester
Pa. He was appointed second lieuten
ant in August, 1861, but lacking tn
required age could not be commits
stoned: so he volunteered for duty II
the navy until of age, and served a
acting masters mate from September
1861: at the battle of Port Royal, No
vember. 1861; at the capture of Fernan
dina and Jacksonville. March, '62
served with Farragut's West Gu
squadron 80 to SO: commended 70
GOODNESS and courage in action nea
Fort Morgan. Mobile bay. SO; appoint
: ed second lieutenant while on blockad
, off Mobile. 90; sent by Admiral POI
ter on expedition 10 suppress SNUG
Cling of contraband goods into Ken
1 tucky. commended for ''remarkabl
service" and great courage and enel
| gy' in recapturing desperadoes; o
hagships Black Hawk and Tempes
1866: commended by Admiral Lee &c
! arduous and special duty, first HeJ
tenant August. '65; in charge of reb'
admiral. Raphael Semmes, prisoner
war. SO; commanded so marines o
six-mile expedition midnight. Dec. j
sc. to the burning ship New Ironsldes
commended by Gen. Zeilin, command
[, ant of the corps, for duty during cho
era epidemic, '67-"The moral couras
: displayed by yourself and command
as praiseworthy as the most conspicl
: Gus gallantry on the field OF battle.
1851, with Pacific fleet, cruising
POLYNESIA: at Fiji Islands Novembe
j. go; at Honolulu September, 10; Va
paraisO. July. II; marine barrack
A--.,A1;e- -. OF m Glnnr, Pl
.. mouth. North Atlantic. West Indie
Centennial exposition, rs to rs; cor
3. mand of United States arsenal
- Washington, d. c., July, ~, duriI
labor riots; commissioned capital
- March. 10; marine barracks, Broo
lyn, '79: Norfolk, 80; feet marine OF
Ger on flagship Lancaster on Europe'
ID station, 'S1-'S4; at bombardment
Alexandria, Egypt, by British tie
July. 50, and landed with 20 marines
assist in suppressing arson and pillag
at coronation of Alexander III.
Moscow, May, SO; expedition from NJ
York to restore order on isthmus
o Panama, 'S5; marine barracks, BostC
W so. and sent to Paris exposition. co
K. handing marine detachment; July
so. participated in exercises at gra
of Lafayette, introducing the custom
m the q. a. II. into FRANCE TeCtlFeu X
= medal and letter of thanks from Am
lean exhibitors, and cross Of the Legi
Il of Honor: marine barracks. Mare l
and. California, '90-'91; in BehTing 5
81: feet marine officer. Pacific STATE
1896; orator at joint celebration
IeR the independence of the United sta
,ef and proclamation OF the republic
Ter Hawaii, at Honolulu, July 4, 81
ter of thanks from President Dole
services to Hawaiian people and lep
of MOlOkai: naval war college at Ne
Ct port, '96-'9S; promoted major Feb.
- 1898: second in command under HI
A tington at Guantanamo. For loo G.
- tinuous hours the marines took part
the famous Mauser and Lee concert
III Col. COchrane was present at
= % bon bardment OF ManZanillo and
n the last gun fired between Americ
and Spaniards in Cuba.
Mai. COchrane was designated
military governor Of Manzanillo.
the signing of the peace prot1
changed the arrangement