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Clover served on the Phythian Board on the reorganization of the Navy. Subsequently, he was posted to the cruiser , serving as executive officer under Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, author of "The Influence of Sea Power upon History". In December 1895, he was appointed to the Board revising Naval Regulations. Subsequently, he commanded the in 1896-7.