Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-11-30
SALUTE memory
|. OF DEAD ADMIRAL
Naval Guns TO Pay Last
Tribute to J. J. Read
Tomorrow.

0nl0rr0W.
Tomorrow from eight IN the morn.
ing unit. sunset flags ut Marine bar
racks and at the Navul station will
be at half mast, and beginning at
neon thirteen minute guns will be
fired from the sulutlng battery at
the naval station cut Of respect to
the memory Of the late Rear Admiral
John JuGcph Read. who Gied at
Mount Holln, y. j.. October "a.
The order issued at Washington on
October rs requires that al naval
stations shall comply with the in.
stru tor, the day after its receipt,
! aud Hawaii will be the last to honor
the memory Ct the dead admiral. All
vessels in hC.ne waters wore their
I oluIs at half mast upon receipt Of
the order.
: The deceased was a warm personal
! friend Of Rear Admiral Rees, com
handing this station, and he was
| best man at the Rees Wedding "a
I years ago.
The late Rear Admiral Read was
born in Mount Holly, n. j. on Juno
I17, 1872. and entered the naval ser
/ vice Cf the United states as an act
ing midshipman On Sept. q, 1858.
In March. 1861, at the outbreak OF
| the civil war, he was detached from
duty under instructions at the Naval
| Academy and assigned to duty at
the Navy Yard. New York, y. Y, and
shortly afterwards. in May, 1861, he
was assigned to duty on board the
| L. 5. $. Potomac. lie was promoted
| to ensign on Nov. %, 1862, and In
| December, 1852. wac detached from
duty on board the Potomac and as.
signed to duty on board the Hartford,
remaining attached to that vessel
during the period Of her service as
| the flagship Of the West Gulf block
| aiding squadron, of viii h Admiral
David ID. Porter was in command.
He participated in all the battles en-.
gagged in by that squadron along the
| Mississippi river while under the
command of Admiral Farragut, 1862
60. In August. 1863, ne was de-
tached from the Hartford and as,
signed to duty on the South Atlantic
lblockading squadron. remaining en-
gagged upon that duty until August
l1S64. He was promoted to lieuten
ant on Feb. 22. 1864. and served In
that grade on board the L. S. $. New
Ironsides, II. X. Cuyler, and dc
Soto from August, 1864, to May
1866. He was promoted to lieuten-
ant commander on July 20, 1861
and subsequently served in that
grade on beard of the L. S. S. Rhode
Island, Susquehanna, Michigan, Ian
caster. Gueriiere, Portsmouth, Yer
mont, Kearsnrge, and Richmond
l1SG6-1SS7 lie was promoted to
commander on the 18th day of De
cember, 1877, and served on duty In
the Bureau of Yards AMI Docks from
July. 1878. 10 June. 1873; as in
spector Of the Fifteenth Light House
District fICm July, 1879, to July
l1SS3: in command Of the U. S. S
Michigan from August, 1883, tc
April, 1887; as inspector of the
Fourth Lighthouse Distri t from
March. 1891, to May, 1892, and as
lnspe tor CT the Eleventh Light
House District from July, 1892, tc
May. 1898. He attained the rank OF
captain on April 81, 1898, and SUB
sequently served in that grade IL
command of the U. 5. receiving shll
independence from August, 1894 t'
February. 1895; in command of tn
U. S. S. olympia from February
1895, to July, 1897, and in com
mand of the receiving ship Richmond
from April 1898, to December 1900
covering the whole period OF TN
Spanish American war. He was pro
NOTED to the grade of rear admlra
on Nov. 90, 1900, and in that grad
/ his most important service was a
commandment of the Navy Yard
Portsmouth, \. H., from April !
1901, to August |. 1903; rs chair
man CT the Lighthouse Board
Washington, d. C., from August III
1903, to June II, 1904, and on spt
cial duty ms member Of a boar
convened at the NAVY Department
from June /, 1904, to Jnly -, 1901
this being his last a.tive duty. o
June II. 1904. he was transferre
I to the rtired list of officers of tn
/ N,y,, unCn attaining the statutOr