Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-17
ADMIRAL MOORE
LOWERS FLAG At
NAVAL station
Guns at Honolulu Boom as He
Relinquishes Command at
Pearl Harbor
ANOTHER SALUTE GREETS
FLAG OF HIS SUCCESSOR
Admiral Boush Now In Charge;
Has Seen % Years Sea Ser
vice and 18 Years on Shore

Thirteen guns, fired at the Homo
lulu naval station at 10 o'clock this
morning, saluted the two-starred blue
flag of Rear Admiral G. B. T. Moore
as It fiuttered down the staf at Pearl
Harbor, seven miles away.
Three minutes later another 13-gun
salute b0omed in honor Of the flag Of
Rear Admiral Clifford J. Boush, as it
wss hoisted in front Of the admins
tration building at Pearl Harbor. The
officers of the station we're grouped
on the STEPS Of the building. and the
marine company was paraded behind
the flagstaff.
Admiral Moore read his order de-
tnChing him from command OF the
station, and his fisg was run down.
Admiral Boush read his order OF as
signment, and his nag was raised.
The two admirals then shook hands
with the officers. and the formal trans
fer OF command was complete.
Admiral Moore, the outgoing COM
mand mt. goes on the retired list the
twenty-ninth Of this month, at which
date he will have reached the age of
So. He has been in command at Homo
lulu since March 26. 1913. when he
relieved Rear Admiral Walter G.
Cowles. Admiral Moore came to
Honolulu soon after the smash-up OF
the drydock, and the long controversy
over the best methods of completing
the dock and the discussion as to finan-
cial liability for the disaster, took
place during his regime
HeadQnarters Of the navy were
nUve6 frum Honolulu to Pearf Harbor
during Admiral Moore's term Of Of
flee. Buildings and quarters we're COM
pleted, and, in fact, the entire naval
station came into being. Admir-
Moore was the first commandant to
fly his flag at Pearl Harbor, which is
destined to be one of the most inn
ro1tant naval bases of the United
states.
Admiral Moore came to Hawaii
from Olongapo, P. l., which st,tion he.
commanded He spent % years and
eight months in Eervice at sea. and
has had tribe over Is years on shore
duty during his long and eyentful ca
reei. He reached flag rank March IA.
1911, and had nine months sea SER
vice IN that grade
Admiral BousE, the new command
ant, has been rear admiral since
October %, 1919. Recently he has
been in command of the second diyi-
sion OF the Atlantic feet He has had
a trifie more than % years sea ser
vice and Is years and one month Of
shore duty. Admiral Boush Is q vir-
ginian, and will be retired August Is
OF next year
Admiral and Mrs. Boush and their
daughter Miss Geraldine Boush went
directly to Pearl Harbor, and are the
guests Of Admiral and Mrs Moore un-
til the latter leave for the coast in the
Manoa next Tuesday,
Admiral Moores naval record is as
follows:
He was born in Paris, Illinois, and
was appointed to the Naval Academy
from Illinois, being graduated IN 1873.
On July Is, 1874, he was promoted to
ensign from midshipman: and other
steps he has taken in his long service
are: Master. December IA, 1880; lieu
tenant, August 5, 1886; lieutenant-com-
mander, March 8, 1889; commander,
November 21. 1902; captain, July /,
ASVti anu car dNlulIdl, duuo - 1871.
In 1884 he served on the Alaska
and Shenandoah: Pensacola, 1874-5:
Passaic. 1876; Alliance, Monongahela
and Wyoming, 1877; Essex, 1879;
Franklin. 1901; Onward, 1878; Ga
lena, 1895: navy yard. Boston, 1886
s.: Alert, 1S87-90; Naval Academy,
1903; Newark, 1885; Naval Acad.
emy. 1867; naval station, Port Roy
al. 1878: commander Nantucket,
1898; executive officer. Alexander,
1898; Bennington, 1S98-1900; Montef-
ey. 1900-1: commander Brutus. 1901:
navy yard. Mare Island, 1904; naval
governor of Tutuila, Samoa. comman-
dant Of naval station and command
ing station ship. 1904-S;; navy yard,
philadelphia. 1908; commanding Colo
rado, 1909: Naval War College and
examining and retiring boards, 1910;
commandant naval training station.
San Francisco. 1911; Olongapo and
Cavite, Philippine Islands, 1912. and
Hawaii 1913.