Word: midshipman
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Captain Southerland was graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1872, and immediately after entered the navy as a midshipman. In 1896 he became a captain, and during the Spanish-American War served on the Cuban coast in command of the U. S. S. Eagle. Captain Southerland has written a number of scientific papers, among which are "Azimuth Tables," "Nautical Monograph No. 4," and "The North Atlantic Cyclone of August, 1883." He has just completed the tour of the world with the Atlantic squadron as commander of the New Jersey...