Chief Engineer Albert Aston. Born, Middletown, Conn., Dec. 29, 1838. Appointed Third Assistant Engineer from Connecticut, Feb. 21, 1861. Office Engineer-in-Chief, April 4, 1861—Nov. 21, 1865. Promoted to Second Assistant Engineer, Dec. 8, 1862, and to First Assistant Engineer, Dec. 1, 1864. Nov. 21, 1865, to the Swatara, West India squadron. June 12, 1866, detached and to special duty, Baltimore, until Nov. 7, when to duty at Bureau Steam Engineering. July 15, 1867, to the Quinnebaug, South Atlantic station; detached July 18, 1870. Special duty connected with boiler experiments, June 30, 1871—Feb. 5, 1874. Promoted to Chief Engineer, July 12, 1873. May 30, 1874, to the Wachusett, Home station; detached Dec. 30. June 4, 1875, to the Omaha, S. Pacific station; detached April 23, 1878. Receiving ship Franklin, Sept. 23, 1878—April 9, 1879. In charge Engineer’s stores, Portsmouth Yard, March 19, 1881. Died, Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 10, 1881. Total sea service, eight years; shore duty, seven years, nine months; in service twenty years, seven months.
Captain Kidder Randolph Breese. Born, Philadelphia, Pa., April 14, 1831. Appointed Midshipman, from Rhode Island, Nov. 6, 1846, and passed examination at Annapolis, Nov. 25. Detached March 9, 1847, and to the Saratoga, Home squadron. March 16, 1848, transferred to the St. Mary’s, then to the Brandywine, Brazil squadron. Dec. 6, 1850, detached, and three months leave. Feb. 1, 1851, to the St. Lawrence, European station; Aug. 14, detached. Oct. 1st, to the Naval Academy. June 8, 1852, promoted to Passed Midshipman; June 9, to the Mississippi, Japan expedition. April 25, 1855, detached, and three months leave. July 10, Coast Survey. Nov. 9th, warranted Master, with rank from Sept. 15, 1855. Promoted Lieutenant, Sept. 16, 1855. Nov. 27, detached from the Bibb, and to the Coast Survey Office. May 12, 1856, detached, and to the Bibb. Oct. 24, detached, and to the Coast Survey Office. Dec. 9th, detached, and to the Bibb. Oct. 15, 1858, detached, and to Preble, Paraguay expedition. Oct. 7, 1859, invalided, three months leave. Nov. 23, 1859, to the Portsmouth, African squadron, taking passage in the Mohican. Aug., 1860, transferred to the San Jacinto; detached Dec. 4, 1861, and to the mortar flotilla. Took part in the attacks on New Orleans and Vicksburg, 1862. Oct. 4, 1862, detached, and to the Mississippi squadron; commanded Black- hawk. April 18, 1863, commissioned Lieutenant Commander, with rank from July 16, 1862. Detached Oct. 6, 1864, and to the N. Atlantic Blockading squadron, as Fleet Captain. Commanded landing party of sailors and marines in the attack on Fort Fisher. May 2, 1865, detached. August 10, to the Naval Academy as Assistant to the Superintendent; detached Sept. 13, 1866. Commissioned Commander July 25, 1866. Nov. 14, special duty, member Board of Examiners of volunteer officers. June 22, 1867, to the Washington Yard as Inspector of Ordnance. July 20, 1869, detached and three months leave. Dec. 1, 1869, member of Ordnance Board. June 29, 1870, detached, and to command the Plymouth, European station; Nov. 26, 1872, detached. Dec. 16, special ordnance duty. June 4, 1873, detached, and to the Naval Academy as Commandant of Midshipmen. Aug. 9, 1874, commissioned Captain. Oct. 31, detached. Dec. 19, to the Coast Survey as Inspector of Hydrography. Detached June 3, 1875, and to command the Torpedo station. Sept. 2, 1878, detached, and to special ordnance duty. Jan. 17, 1879, detached and to command the Pensacola, Pacific station. June 1, 1880, detached and sick leave. Member of Board of Harbor Commissioners, Philadelphia, Feb. 15, 1881. Died, Newport, R. I., Sept. 13, 1881. Total sea service, twenty years, three months; shore duty, twelve years, one month; in service, thirty-four years, ten months.
Paymaster Samuel Tracy Browne. Born, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, March 23, 1837. Appointed Acting Assistant Paymaster, Sept. 30, 1862, from Rhode Island. Oct. 24 to the Montauk, South Atlantic Blockading squadron. July 3, 1863, invalided North. Feb. 5, 1864, to the Onondaga, N. Atlantic Blockading squadron. Appointed Assistant Paymaster in the regular service, March 9, 1865. Detached April 22. March 14, 1866, to the Ashuelot, Asiatic station. May 4, promoted to Passed Assistant Paymaster; March 22, 1867, promoted to Paymaster. March 31, 1869, detached and to settle accounts. Sept. 11, to the Pensacola Yard. Sept. 17, order revoked and three months sick leave. April 9, 1870, to Rio de Janeiro as Naval Storekeeper. April 19, 1873, detached and to settle accounts. May 18, 1874, to the Naval Academy as Naval Storekeeper; detached July 2, 1878, and to settle accounts. Oct. 14, six months leave, with permission to leave the United States. June 11, 1879, special duty at Washington, Examining Board; Aug. 9, detached. December 6, 1879, to the Powhatan, Home station. Died onboard the Powhatan at Newport, R. I., June 15,1881. Total sea service, nine years, five months; shore duty, five years, five months ; in service, eighteen years, ten months.
Cadet-Midshipman Charles Cabaniss. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, Oct. 14, 1859. Appointed Cadet-Midshipman from Virginia; entered Naval Academy June 21, 1876; graduated No. 22 in a class of 62 members, June 10, 1880. Aug. 17, 1880, to the Swatara, Asiatic station. Accidentally shot and killed, on board ship at Kobé, Japan, January 19, 1882. Total sea service, one year, ten months; shore duty, three years, six months; in service, five years, seven months.
Lieutenant Frederick Collins. Born, Millbridge, Maine, April, 1847. Appointed Midshipman from Maine; entered Naval Academy, July 22, 1863. Graduated June 6, 1867, No. 3 in a class of 87 members. June 10, to the Franklin, European station. Promoted to Ensign, Dec. 18, 1868. Detached and ordered to the Richmond, European station, Jan. 15, 1869; transferred to the Guard; detached Oct. 5. Jan. 4, 1870, to the Guard, Darien Surveying expedition. July 14 promoted to Master, with rank from March 21, 1870. Ordered to Tehuantepec Surveying expedition Sept. 9, but orders revoked Sept. 17, and on sick leave till Oct. 31. Nov. 18 to the Saginaw, Pacific station; transferred to Darien Surveying expedition until April 3, 1871, when to Pacific fleet. July 28 to special duty at Washington connected with the Darien expedition, but granted delay until Nov. 1. Promoted to Lieutenant, March 21,1871. Special duty with Darien Surveying expedition, Dec. 5, 1872. Detached May 13, 1873, and three months leave. Naval Academy Oct. 6, Department English and Law; detached July 30, 1874. Sept. 4 to the Plymouth, but order revoked Sept. 10. Nov. 23 special duty on isthmus Darien, leaving New York in steamer of Jan. 2, 1875. Detached May 31, and to special duty at Washington connected with the survey. Feb.11, 1876, detached, and to the Monongahela, Home station; July 5 detached. Hydrographic Office, Aug. 1—Sept. 19, when to command of the Coast Survey schooner Palinurus. Feb. 29, 1880, to training ship Saratoga. June 29, 1881, as member of Naval Advisory Board. Died, Washington, D. C., Oct. 27, 1881. Total sea service, nine years, seven months; shore duty, seven years, two months; in service, eighteen years, three months.
Mr. Ebenezer Pearson Dorr. Born in Hartford, Vermont, March 13, 1817. His earliest inclinations were for a seafaring life, and when only ten years of age he sailed from Newburyport as a boy before the mast. When hardly more than a boy he became an officer, and not long after, the commander of a ship. In 1838 he settled in Buffalo, and commanded different vessels engaged in lake navigation. In 1843 he gave up marine for insurance interests, becoming marine inspector of the Buffalo Mutual Insurance Company, and, later, agent for the New York Board of Underwriters, and for several prominent marine insurance companies. He held at different times the position of President of the Board of Inland Underwriters, President of the Buffalo Board of Trade, and a Vice-President of the National Board of Trade. Mr. Dorr was very active in obtaining more liberal regulations for wrecking in Canadian waters, and in securing the removal of the rocks in Detroit river. He may also be regarded as a pioneer in the meteorological work now performed by the Signal Service, as, at the request of Lieutenant Maury, he, for a long time, forwarded daily reports of the wind and weather at Buffalo. Mr. Dorr was well acquainted with many prominent naval officers, and was elected an Associate Member of the Naval Institute in 1879, and a member in 1880. He died in Aiken, S. C., March 29, 1881.
Lieutenant Henry Christie Hunter. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1847. Appointed Midshipman from New York. Entered Naval Academy, Sept. 22, 1863. Graduated June 6, 1867, No. 20 in a class of 87 members. June 10 to the Minnesota. Transferred to the Guard, European station, Sept. 15, and later to the Canandaigua. Oct. 15, 1868, transferred to the Ticonderoga. Promoted to Ensign, Dec. 18. Detached April 28, 1869. New York Yard June 11—Aug. 9, when to the Severn, Home station. Promoted to Master, March 21, 1870. Transferred to the Congress. Promoted to Lieutenant, Feb. 19, 1872, with rank from March 21, 1871. Detached March 18, 1874, and to the Receiving ship Colorado. June 4 detached. Sept. 4 to ordnance duty, Washington Yard. April 17, 1875, to the Tennessee, Asiatic station. Dec. 18,1875, invalided. Receiving ship Colorado Feb. 2— April 12, 1877; Supply, store-ship European station, as Executive, April 21—Sept. 14. Dec. n to the Tuscarora, but order revoked, and December 17 to the Receiving ship Independence. Mare Island Yard, May 20, 1878—February 25, 1879, when to the Alert, Asiatic station. Died on board, off Vries Island, June 10, 1881. Total sea service, ten years, three months; shore duty, five years, three months; in service, seventeen years, nine months.
Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, Carlile Pollock Patterson. Born, Shieldsboro, Miss., Aug. 24, 1816. Appointed Midshipman, Sept. 2, 1830, from the District of Columbia. Sept. 14 to the Brandywine, Mediterranean squadron. Warranted-as Midshipman, Nov. 1, 1831, with date from Sept. 2, 1830. Transferred to the Delaware, 1835. Warranted Passed Midshipman, June 15, 1836, with rank from June 4, 1836, No. 4. July 21, 1836, to the Washington Yard; Dec. 31 detached and leave of absence. March 26, 1838, to Coast Survey duty. Sept. 21, 1841, commissioned Lieutenant, with rank from Sept. 8, 1841. Detached April 1, 1842. April 5, to the Boxer, Home squadron; detached Jan. 9, 1844, and leave of absence. March 12 to Coast Survey duty, commanded schooner Phenix and steamer Walker; Nov. 22, 1849, detached. April 4,1851, granted furlough for one year with permission to leave the United States. March 16, 1852, furlough extended one year from April 4. March 2, 1853, furlough extended six months. Sept. 12, 1853, resignation accepted. Appointed Hydrographic Inspector U. S. Coast Survey in 1861, and Superintendent of the Coast Survey in 1874. Elected an Honorary Member of the Naval Institute in 1879. Died, Washington, D. C., Aug. 15, 1881.
Chief Engineer James Paddock Sprague. Born, Wyoming, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1837. Appointed Third Assistant Engineer, Feb. 17, 1860. August 25, to the Richmond, Mediterranean squadron. July 27, 1861, detached and to special duty at New York. Promoted to Second Assistant Engineer, Nov. 1, 1861. June 17, 1862, sick leave. August 23, 1862, to the Ottawa, S. Atlantic Blockading squadron; detached Oct. 2, 1864. Promoted to First Assistant Engineer, March 1, 1864. Galena, Home station, Jan. 25—June 13, 1865. Special duty connected with the Algonquin, at New York, July 28, 1865—March 10, 1866. Wateree, South Pacific station, June 1, 1866—Sept. 30,1868. Boston Yard, Nov. 19,1868—Sept. 26, 1870, when ordered to the Congress, Home station. Transferred to the Dictator; detached June 23, 1871. Promoted to Chief Engineer, March 5, 1871. Iroquois, Asiatic station, March 6, 1872—July 24, 1874. In charge stores, Washington Yard, Oct. 29, 1874—Oct. 22, 1877. Experimental duty to June 25, 1878. To the Naval Academy as Head Department Steam Engineering, June 26, 1878. Died at Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 15,1881. Total sea service, nine years, seven months; shore duty, nine years, five months; in service, twenty one years, seven months.
Lieutenant Commander Arthur H. Wright. Born in Ohio, Sept., 1845. Appointed Midshipman, Sept. 28, 1860, from Ohio, and entered Naval Academy. Sept. 30, 1863, detached, and Oct. 1, promoted to Acting Ensign. Dec. 12, to the Ticonderoga, detached Dec. 31, and to the Richmond, W. Gulf Blockading squadron. In battle, Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. Transferred to the Milwaukee, and when that vessel was sunk by torpedo, March 28, 1865, in Blakely river, he went to the Osage, which was destroyed in the same manner the next day. Transferred to the Cincinnati, S. Atlantic Blockading squadron. Aug. 16, 1865, to the Ticonderoga, European squadron. Commissioned Master, May 10, 1866; Lieutenant, Feb. 21, 1867; Lieutenant Commander, March 12, 1868. Detached Nov. 12, 1868. July 26, 1869, to the Rec’g Ship, N. Y. Yard; detached Aug. 9, and to the N. Y. Yard. Detached Sept. 12, and to the Naval Academy as instructor in the Deptmt. English. Aug. 11, 1870, detached. Sept. 28, to the Narragansett, Pacific station, as Executive. Detached April 25, 1873, and invalided. July 24, to the Michigan, on the Lakes, as Executive; detached April 27, 1874, and to the Swatara, transit of Venus expedition, as Executive. July 1, 1875, detached. Feb. 21, 1876, to the Michigan, as Executive; in command May 20, 1876 to July 26, 1877. Detached Jan. 31, 1879. Torpedo instruction, Newport, R. I., June 2 to Sept. 6th. Oct. 17, six months leave. June 4, 1880, Light House Inspector, 7th District. Died at Key West, Fla., of yellow fever, Nov. 5, 1881. Total sea service, twelve years, eight months; shore duty, five years, three months; in service, twenty-one years, one month.
Lieutenant Thomas Coke Terrell. Born, Connersville, Ind., 1847. Appointed Midshipman from Indiana; entered Naval Academy, Sept. 20, 1862; graduated No. 34 in a class of 74 members, June 12, 1866. Gettysburg, Home station, Nov. 20, 1866—Feb. 27, 1867. April 19, to the Guerriere, S. Atlantic station. Promoted to Ensign, March 12, 1868. Transferred to Quinnebaug, to Wasp, and again to Quinnebaug. Promoted to Master, March 26, 1869. Detached July 18, 1870, and to examination. Promoted to Lieutenant, with rank from March 21, 1870. Torpedo station, Oct. 17th—April 25, 1871. Michigan, on the lakes, May 15,1871—June 4, 1872, when detached, and to the California, Pacific fleet. Transferred to the Saranac. Detached May 23, 1874, and on sick leave. Rec’g ship New Hampshire, June 25—Jan. 5, 1875, when detached, and To the Brooklyn, S. Atlantic station. Detached June 19, 1876, and to the Wyandotte, N. Atlantic station. July 3, to command Wyan- dojte. July 24, 1877, to command Passaic; detached July 26. Oct. 31, to Hydrographic Office. May 16, 1879, detached, and to Wachusett, order revoked and waiting orders. Nov. 10, to the training ship Constitution. Nov. 29, 1879, detached and on sick leave. Pensacola Yard, Feb. 1, 1881. Died, Pensacola, Fla., May 16, 1881. Total sea service, nine years, eight months; shore duty, five years, nine months ; in service, eighteen years, eight months.