Word: reared
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rear Admiral S. S. Robison, now on the general board, will become commander-in-chief of the battle fleet with the rank of admiral...
...Rear Admiral Thomas Washington, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, will become commander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet with the rank of admiral...
...greater part of the economic resources in Turkey, it might seem indeed that the United States must come in conflict with the rival claims of France and Great Britain. Turkey, with the smartness of a child, has admitted that she aimed at some such complication in giving to Rear-Admiral Chester railroad and harbor privileges previously promised to France and extensive oil rights held out at one time to Great Britain...
...accordance with naval regulations in 1919. Graduated in 1877 from the United States Naval Academy at the age of 22, he became an ensign in 1881. His promotion was steady, and at the outbreak of war with Germany he was chief of naval operations with the rank of rear-admiral. He made two trips to Europe during the war as a member of special commissions and in 1919 was the naval representative in drawing up the naval terms of the armistice with Germany, and was navel advisor to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace...
Graduated from Annapolis in 1877, Admiral Benson saw 47 years of active service before retiring in 1919. He was promoted to ensign in 1881 and from then until the outbreak of the war his promotion was steady. In 1915 he was made a rear-admiral and was appointed chief of naval operations. After his retirement in 1919 he was made chairman of the United States Shipping Board and in 1921 was appointed a commissioner on the Shipping Board by President Harding...