Officers on Special Service January 1, 1899 |
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LIGHT HOUSE BOARD |
Commodore Francis Higginson Chairman |
Commander Charles Allibone Ninth District Commander Franklin Hanford Tenth District Lt. Commander Duncan Kennedy Eleventh District Commander Uriel Sebree Twelfth District Commander George Reiter Thirteenth District vacant Fourteenth District Lieutenant Ambrose Wyckoff (ret) Fifteenth District Lieutenant James Helm Sixteenth District |
LIGHT HOUSE INSPECTORS |
BOARD OF INSPECTION AND SURVEY |
Commodore Frederick Rodgers President |
BOARD ON PROMOTIONS |
RADM Montgomery Sicard (ret) Chairman |
PRIZE COMMISSIONERS |
FISH COMMISSION VESSELS |
ALBATROSS (Steamer) Lt. Cmdr. Jefferson Moser FISH HAWK (Steamer) Lt Cmdr. Richard Davenport |
Lt. Commander James Cogswell First District Commander Harrison Colby Second District Captain Edward Shepard Third District Lt. Commander Adolph Marix Fourth District Commander Charles Thomas Fifth District Commander Conway Arnold Sixth District Lieutenant Nathaniel Usher Seventh District Lt. Commander Albion Wadhams Eighth District |
STATE NAUTICAL SCHOOL SHIPS |
ST. MARY'S (sail ship) Cmdr. William Reeder SARATOGA (sailing ship) Lt. Cmdr. William Barnette ENTERPRISE (cruiser) Cmdr. Frederick Wise |
NAVAL ATTACHES |
Lieutenant John Colwell London Lieutenant William Sims Paris, St. Petersburg Lieutenant Albert Key Tokio and Pekin Commander Francis Barber (ret) Berlin, Rome, Vienna |
RADM Lewis Kimberly was one of five officers recalled from retirement to serve as prize commissioners during the war with Spain who remained on duty as of Janury 1, 1899. |
RADM Lewis Kimberly (ret) Portland, ME RADM Andrew Benham (ret) District of Georgia RADM John Irwin (ret) District of South Carolina Commodore William McCann (ret) Southern District of New York Lt. Commander Socrates Hubbard (ret) Eastern District of New York |