Early Life and Career
Born in Saxony, he went to the United States while still a boy, and in 1864 entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1868.
In 1869 he was promoted to the rank of ensign, and in the following year was assigned to special duty on the USS Congress. He was promoted master in 1870, served on the USS Canandaigua with the North Atlantic Squadron during 1871-1872, was commissioned Lieutenant in 1872, and served thereafter on various ships in the North Atlantic and Asiatic stations until 1879, when he was assigned to service in the Hydrographic Office. In 1880 he was ordered to the training ship USS Minnesota, from which, in 1882, he was transferred to the sloop-of-war USS Brooklyn, then with the South Atlantic Squadron.
From 1883 to 1886 he served again on the Asiatic station, after which he was assigned to special service in the Judge Advocate General's office. In connection with his duties in this department he was sent to Australia (1888), and on his return (1889) was ordered to the recently re-commissioned training-ship USS Jamestown, from which he (1892) was transferred to the Hydrographic Office in New York.
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