wars branch predecessor successor allegiance nationality office rank order term_start article_title term_end name
spanish -- american war world war i united states navy frank freyer robert coontz united states of america 1912 american naval governor of guam 15px commodore 15th january 21 , 1911 george salisbury -lrb- governor -rrb-
 january 30 , 1912 george robert salisbury
george salisbury -lrb- governor -rrb-

george robert salisbury was a united states navy commodore who served as the 15th naval governor of guam .
though he originally served as an engineering duty officer , he eventually stopped being a restricted line officer , and retired from the navy as a commodore .
as governor , he rolled back a number of educational reforms and encouraged a new ranch system .
he also took drastic measures to control the leprosy epidemic on the island , removing the infected to philippines .
he was briefly called into service during world war i before retiring .
