Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-11-16
NAVAL OFFICER So YEARS
Admiral Luce Gives Up Duty Fl
Years After Retirement
DREW SlI6,25O IN THAT TIME
Father OF The War College" And
Ora aedfalher OF NAVY" Cut OFF la
The laterest OF Economy

Secretary Meyer, of the Navy.
ended perhaps a remarkable naval
career when he directed yesterday
the retirement from duty of Rear Ad-
miral Stephen B. Luce, who has
drawn more Government pay on the
retired list than he has on the active
list, and has drawn more pay than
any other naval officer, says the Bal
timore Sun.
Admiral Luce, who has come TO
be known as the Grandfather Of
the Navy" is known as the Father
of the War College" That insti-
tuition he founded and, ever since
he was retired for age (62 years.
on March %, 1889, he has been
retained on active duty there. Dur
ing the twenty-one years and more
since his retirement, Admiral Luce
has drawn approximately SIG, $50
in cash, with allowances for quar-
ters, fuel and light in addition.
This is approximately SIG, $50 more
than he would have been paid during
this time had he been detached from
all duty upon retirement.
When cretary Meyer scanned
the list of retired officers on active
duty, to select some one to be dropped
in the interest of economy, his atten-
tion was attracted to the factIthat Ad-
miral Luce had been retired nearly
a quarter of century ago. He was
surprised when be estimated how
much money had been paid to the
officer after his retirement.
Admiral Luce was S3 years of age
last March and is the oldest naval
officer ever retained on active duty.
Before his retirement he had spent
forty-eight years in the navy, a rec
ord that yet remains unprecedented.
This gives Admiral Luce the rec
ord of having had sixty-nine years
of active service. fie entered the
service at the age of ID. He served
in the Mexican and Civil Wars with
distinction, being advanced one COM
plete grade for deficient and faith
full service" He was born in New
York March %. 1927, and was ap-
pointed from that State as Midship-
man in the Naval Academy October
Ia, 1S41.
Admiral Luce circumnavigated the
globe several times, spending a con-
siderable period on the Pacific and
Asiatic stations. He served on the
Pacific Coast during the Mexican
War, when he was a cadet midship-
man. During the Civil War he was
lieutenant on the trigate Wabash,
and later commanded the monitor
Nantucket and the double-ender So
noma, the Canandaigua and the Pom
tiac. During the latter part of the
war he served on the Atlantic block
aiding squadron. He founded the
Naval War College and was mainly
instrumental in the establishment of
the naval training station systems,
which lately has been developed to
large proportions.
Since his retirement he has lee.
tured on special subjects at the War
College. He has been one of the
editors of Johnson's Universal Cyclic
pedia and naval editor of the Stand
ard Dictionery. He has compiled a
volume of naval songs. His last spec
ial duty was as a member of the
Moody Naval Board, appointed by
former President Roosevelt in Febru-
airy, 1909. He was one of five re-
tired admirals who sat on that board.
The only other naval officer who,
in recent years, has drawn more Gov
ernment pay than Admiral Luce is
Admiral Dewey. BY act of Congress
Dewey was promoted from commo-
dore to full admiral on the active
list for life. His admiral's pay,
since March 2, 1899, has been SIG, 900
year and allowances for quarters
and fuel amounting to approximately
S1h. 600 a year