The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-05-17
CAPT. ". B. CA||P|ERTON .
IS NOW IN COMMAND
OF NAVAL STATION
WAS APPOINTED FROM TENNES-
SEE IN 1871 AND Gradual
ED FOUR YEARS LATER.
SERVED IN SEVERAL CAPACITIES
Has Sailed in Many Seas and Done
Duty for Uncle Sam In Many
Cllmes.-Was In the. Queens yubi-
Ice In London In 1897.


Ice In London In 1897.
In making the announcement Of
the assumption of command at New
port by Capt. William B. Caperton,
the Newport Herald has the follow
ing to say Of his record and duties:
capt. Caperton entered the Naval
Academy in May, 1871, having been
appointed from Tennessee. He
graduated in 1875 and made his first
criuse from that time to 1877 In the
Hartford and Powhattan Of the
North Atlantic feet. He made a
short cruise In the Constellation In
1871, visiting the Paris exposition of
that year. From that time to 1880
he cruised on the North Atlantic sta
tion and to the West Ttidiess in the
flagship TehRssssaeaes fa and agaihf liz the
Fowhattan.
From 1880 to- y1sSs Ne served on
the Coast Survey steamers aerney
ana Bacher along thssc6ast tos Texas,
florida, Key Westb ainrboss r1the eAk-
Ianlic coast, the mississippi ffvet ~
Baton Rouge, New York fharbor and
It's approaches, of Newport, New
'Lond5n, Fishers Island and Gardner's
bay. From 1883 to 1881 he cruised
to- China via the Suez canal in the
Ossipee. saIe- was transferred to the
flagship Trenton; on the China sta.
ton. and served on her from 1885 to
1886, returning to the United States
in the U. s. Ossipee in 1887. Al.
From that time to 1889 Captain
Caperton was inspector of steel at
the Homestead Steel works and the
Linden Steel works In Pittsburgh.
From 1889 to 1891 he was secretary
of the steel inspection board at
Washington. In 1891 he served as
secretary to the Bruce Board on
navy yard reorganization. From
1891 to 1854 he served on the mont
tor Miantonomah, Vesuvius, and the
Training Ship Essex on a North At
lantic, West Indies and European
cruise. From 1895 to 1896 he served
in the office Of Naval Intelligence at
Washington.
IN 1896 he Joined the Brooklyn
and took part in the Queen'c :ubi-
lee in London, in 1897. He was
transferred to the Pacific station
and placed on the Marietta, making
a cruise to Alaska, and later to Gen.
trail America and South America. on
the Pacific coast. In 1898 he came
around to the Spanish war in COM
pany with the Oregon on the Mariet-
ia as navigator and after Spanish
war he crcuised in the West Indies
and along the Central American
coast. ts Ntts
Captain Caperton was inspector
Of ordnance from 1899 to 1901 on
duty in the naval gun factory att
From 1901 to 1904 he
was on the Prairie land from 1904 TO
1867 hel was lighthouse inspector for
the Mississippi river. This was the
18th district and is from Cairo, ILL.,,
TO st. Paul and up the Illinois river
% tie head of navigation.
"He took command of the Den.
yer At the League Island Navy yard
early in 1897 and In company with
he Cleveland made passage to
Manila via the Mediterranean and
ne Suez cnal. He commanded the
Maine, 1908 to 1909. He took COM
nand of her in 1908 at Cavite P. l.,
ind in company with the Alabama,
10Th making special service squad
on, he returned to the United States !
through the canal After returning
Captain Caperton served on the
xaine when she was flagship Of the :
special service squadron under eRar
Admiral Conway H. Arnold. From |
900 to 1910 Captain Caperton served |
Is the Naval secretary Of the light !
louse board and from 1910 (Oct-
,ber) he served as a member of the