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Rear Admirnl = McNar diod suddenly
ui apoplcNv Yesterday afternoon ~ his rest
l"non m WashinGton lie had r"contit h ~"n
DETACHED from the superlntend"roy ~ ih"
Nlyll Academy and vas uu waiting orders
Ndulta, MoNiir vas the senior Rear Admiral
- the Nnvv. hclng ranked only hy Admiral
Drwcy lIc would have reached ia" rrtltirE
age ~ wears, on Jan. 10 ipni II N" sra."
of Admiral had not been revived fpr Dewey 5
benefit Admiral MoNair would have stood
li the head of tie list Hts last sea command
was On the Asllti. station, and b" consented
20 he detached from It before his tour oi duty
had expired o. give his friend Dewey chance
to nv hi- fag Dewey assumed command of
the Asiatic squadron In January. lsss' ana
within five months had won the notable victory
"f Manila BaN. which might have been McNairs
Adniral .MyNair had said frequently r.cehtlv
that he b licvcd he would not reach ule re-
tirinF ave His health has been very poor
for many months
After his return from the Asiatlc station he
was on waiting orders for short lme, ana on
July lj, isns. was appointed Sut'iintrnurn,, u.I,,
upon his duties AZ AnnaI oils Admiral ,s vera
and the officers OF the Spanish squadron de-
ns PRISONERS OF war. and Admiral MCNar was
charged with their care lie treated them
more as guests than as PRISONERS and ,orNtta
ana the other Spanish officers have taken "C-
caslun 10 express their appreciation OF his UNI
form courtesy and kindre>s.
In January last Admiral McNlir became
involved in n controversy WIN Representa-
tive Latf.n.er of South Carolina over IN" dis
ruissl # Il naval cadet ~ aIp"inted by the 'on-
DreSsmun MIR lattW'r Coulcnd"d wat thr
disri~s1l was unjust and said =" TO Admiral
Mc\air In the lattcrs quarters AZ NniuIoh~
There was a stormy scene. which was renewed
between the two IN the of'ice nf Secretary
Long To wfon Representative lattriner had
Comrlained of tho Admiral- action After
ward the dismissed cadet acknowlodGod that
he had been concerned In the offence when
caused his dismissal
Admiral McNair's health hns been falling
for a year or more Last spring he W.1 o.
tached from the supcrIutcndrn,v Of tn"
Academy on account II sickness and has been
on waiting orders since His death viii cause
the promotion Il Capt Mortimer l.. Johnson
10 the grade II Rear Admiral
Admiral NC\air was born In Pennsylvania
and appointed to the Naval Academy from that
State Sept n. lsj2 In 1850 he was asS!Hucd
To the steam friyat" MinneSota oi the Fast lndia
squadron Early in the Civil War L., went tn
the steam sloop IroquolS Of the West Gulf
squadron and paTicpatod In tho lombard
inents Of Forts Jackson and 81 Philip and 'hal-
rne'tn batteries. the engagements ~ Grand
Gulf. the passage. both wavS. of the WICK ShurG
batteries and the destruction otthc tonf"d"rat"
ram Arkan-as He served also in the war on
the steam sloops Junata and Seminole with the
South Atlantic hlockadinR squadron and par
tlcipat"d In both attacks on Fort Fisher. lilo
ranked as Lieutenant and Lieutenant Com
mander IN the war period. His first command
was the KeagsarSr. which sunk the Alabama,
serving on her from 1915 to 1915