Show A Mt Pleasant correspondent asks Was Rear Admiral Sampson of United States navy a captain or commander of a United States navy vessel during the war of the rebellion or civil war Does the United States ever commission commis-sion a lieutenant of the navy and place him in command of a naval vessel ves-sel independent of a captain or in other words are not all war vessels properly under cummand of a bap tain The above are controverted points To the first question the answer is No Rear Admiral Sampsons r cord I c-ord of promotion is Acting midshipman midship-man September 24 1837 midshipman June 1 J661 lieutenant July 1G 1862 litutenant commander July 25 1866 commander August 3 1874 captain Marfh 26 1888 He was promoted to rtr admiral this year The answer to the first part of the sc rod question is No A vessel maybe may-be under command of a commander + < j r |