| Flag Officers, January 1, 1899 |
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| The following is a list of the flag officers of the US Navy in January 1899. The list consist of only seven Rear Admirals (one awaiting Senate confirmation) and ten Commodores (also with one awaiting confirmation) on the Active List. It does not include officers who held flag rank solely because of their duty station, just those officers who had actually receievd permanent promotions. It also does not include retired line or staff officers with flag rank, even though a few were on active duty at the time. The list is in order of seniority. |
| Name Rear Admiral George Dewey Rear Admiral Frederick McNair Rear Admiral John Howell Rear Admiral William Sampson Rear Admiral Winfield Schley Rear Admiral Henry Howison Rear Admiral Albert Kautz* Commodore George Remey Commodore Norman Farquhar Commodore John Watson Commodore John Philip** Commodore Henry Robeson Commodore Silas Casey Commodore Bartlett Cromwell Commodore Francis Higginson Commodore Henry Picking Commodore Frederick Rodgers* |
| Date of Rank 11 May 1898 03 July 1898 10 August 1898 10 August 1898 10 August 1898 22 November 1898 25 December 1898 19 June 1897 21 July 1897 07 November 1897 10 August 1898 01 February 1898 11 May 1898 10 August 1898 10 August 1898 22 November 1898 25 December 1898 |
| Duty Station Commanding, Asiatic Station Superintendent, Naval Academy President, Examining & Retiring Boards Commanding, North Atlantic Station Waiting orders Commandant. Navy Yard, Boston Commanding, Pacific Station Commandant, Navy Yard, Portsmouth Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk Commandant, Navy Yard, Mare Island Ord as Commandant, Navy Yard, New York Waiting Orders Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island Commanding, Naval Station, Havana, Cuba Chairman, Light House Board Waiting Orders President, Board of Inspection & Survey |
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| Notes * - Officers awaiting Senate confirmation ** - Advanced in grade for war service |