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Show PICTURESQUE ADMIRAL RETIRED I 9HBbCH3HH "io active career of Bear Admiral Joseph IsH Coghlun, United Statos navy, torminatod tho "7 i " O,,lor (lay. wl'on tho admiral, by many considered JsfiS!!'w tho most plcturcsquo flguro In tho Borvlco, rottred grjw under tho provisions of tho ngollmlt law. Atl- WW& I mlral cKl,lan nnB bcun ln tno ',avy id yoars, two Wt' I mo,,tnH ,3 dnyB' " no loaves It with the respect wmmJ&--'tr untl ft,r,'ct,on ci 1'ractlcally ovory man In thn do- Y'lMlt U T,1 'utur" ntl"lra! wns not quite 10 years of VSr j UK0 wnon ,l0 rc:olvt'l, appointment to tho M. r Naval Academy nt Annnpolls in I860, nnd wai sW only 20 years of ago whon, In July, G3, ho was BssBMaS- A niudo un nctlng ensign mid nsslgnod to duty on L board tho United States ptcnmshlp Sacramento. Ho served on board this ship during tho last years of tho civil wnr nnd soon after tho conclusion of hostilities was mado n lieutenant. From that time until ho was mado a captain In November, 1890, ho served with crodlt on numerous vessels of whut Is now known ns tho old' navy. In March, 1897, ho assumed command of ono ol tho plonoer cruisers of tho now navy tho Raleigh which vessol wns thon ono of tho vossols un- dor command of Commodoru Dowey in Asiatic wators. Coghlan commanded tho Itnlclgh In tho Battlo of Manila, and his ban dllnK of tho Bhlp was such that his was among tho first names consldoretl fci advancement In rank, as a result of that historical victory, Tho Ralolgh was ono pt tho first of Dowoy's ships to return to tho Unltod Slates, tho arrival if (be crulsor In Now Yoik being tho occasion of ono of i famous sorloo of dinners given In tho banquot hall of tho Union Lenguo club. It was at that dlniW that Admiral Coghlnn, then a captain, recited his famous poem on titled. "Hoeh dor Knlser," ,tho publication of which causod ,nn International stir fand Innumerable communications botweon tho stnto ' department A WafMuEtoiKjuid tho German foreign olllco In Berlin. MbibV ..o |