Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919

Rear Admiral Chadwick served on various naval vessels, taught at the Naval Academy, and served as naval attache of the American legation in London, and as Chief of the Naval Intelligence Service and of the Naval Bureau of Equipment. He was among the officers appointed to investigate the destruction of the Maine, which action precipitated the Spanish-American War in 1898. In 1900, he was named President of the Naval War College at Newport and in 1903 Commander in Chief of the South Atlantic Fleet.

From the description of French E. Chadwick Collection, 1883-1918 (bulk 1883-1889). (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 479533730

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