New Britain herald., 1917-12-18
SERVICE OF E ADM. C0WLES
] of Connecticut in Service
 Country Since 1869
Dec. 18.-The late A

Dec. 18.-The late Ad-
 E1ter Cleveland Cowles, a na-
 Eonnecticut and a brother of
 dmiral W. s. Cowles, U. s. N,
 of Pennington, had an inter-
 career of service which took
 pto nearly every corner of the
 4 His work for the country
 xupn after the Civil War and
 nued until within two years of
 aath a few days ago.
 mtral Cowles was born in Farm .
 pn, July ii, 1853, the third son ot
 mas Cowles and Elizabeth Shef-
 CoWles. He entered the United
 les Naval Academy at Annapolis as
 111idshipman in 1869, having been
 pointcd' by the late Congressman nliIs l.. Strong. He was graduated Aan honor member of his class Tn ", 1873, and was sent to sea on the [ononEahela" of the home squadron. laring this cruise he was appointed
 ensign.
 Tn 1876 Ensign Cowles went on pnrd tho "Juniata" and during the llowing summer joined the 'Coiora- nr, . receiving ship. The following Q0NWNS IIsluSAOEH0O "O ''AS &nn',. aa&phip of the Mediterranean ". on which he served for three Snar1 iIe returned to this country on hn sailing frigate "Constellation" and S,rns soon after appointed Q master. For tho ne<t two years he was sta toned at the hydrographic office In sNoshington and at tho Newport tor hodos station. .-..s
 For thTue years he served on board sAho Ilistoric ''Kcarsarge" and was then s1orodautaslS to sthe rank of Lieutenant ssf5o then studied ordnance technique in sSVoanspGton and worked for three :sl Ssa narx as a stoe, inspector. After an s3s1Anfim of two years, when he was on 5hnat,l tho ''K Kearsarge" and the "Bos- glons,. llc fcturned to his steel work SSl which kc was acknowledged to be Ins expert
 Iicu.enant Cowles then went to sea g1pr thc thrco years preceding he aApanisil war, and at one time. when @EafaticneS i!i a South American harbor' BSNn uuc,;e,li q revolutionary naval out Shrcak by the simple expedient of ask s4nr the commander of the rebel flag gr1iin. who had entered port at night, IN be quiet and let people sleep until The commander not only sobeyed but left tire harbor.
 n 1897 Lieutenant Cowles was snra nsferred to the Bureau of Equip slnent, Navy Department, as assistant tto the late Rear Admiral Bradford md while the latter was attending sfha peace conference at Paris in l89S 5hia assistant acted as chief of the ou- Sreau. The next year he was ordered S4o the Asiatic station, taking passage knn the transport "Solace' ana dolhs r,,,tv in succession at the Cavite Navy Yard and on board the "Pctrol' the .Newark'' and the Brooklyn. During this period he was Eromoteo Efo tf.e rank of first lieutenant anu Al' 1902 to commander. He then serVeu Tor a timeaas a member Of sEe boaro of Inspection and Survey or Vessels' In I 9O5 Commander CoWles was or dered to China, where he commanoeu lhn "Monitor", the "Monadnock' ana the "Rainbow'. He was later srans se ferred to the "Ohio' as chief of stan and in 1906 was recalled nome aho Kiyen the rank of captain.
 For a. wear Captain Cowles con- n,anded the "Franklin' at the Norfolk Navy Yard and then was given charge nf the battleship "Kentucky" on which vessel he made the famous crmse around the world under Admlral Bob" Evans and Admiral Sperry or Connecticut. He was commended py inc latter as one of the most efficient captains of the fleet
 Later Captain Cowles commanded Inc battleships Kansas" and "Con- necticut'' and the receiving ship Han rock'' at New York. In 1910 he ne- came .commandant of the naval station ct Honolulu
 He received the rank of rear ad- .mfral in 1911 and became commander of the Pacific fleet with the P1ttsburgh aa flagship. He filled this post while irouble was brewing between this country and Mexico. In 1914, as a rawarl fer efficient service he was ,,,so,nots ,f, .o the rank of full admiral a rank S1ich he held until retired oS Iau, ;r 13i5. after a service Of quar- ler of .. century at sea and elghteoE years ashore. fSdp,iral Co,vles died recently at Rec lands. Cal, leaving q widow ana soI ,I;,:, ;efan officer in tho Navy.