the military student, especially on account of the accuracy and completeness of the details of description, the orders quoted, and the maps used for illustration. There are sixteen maps in all, a very generous supply for the five articles comprised by the work. J. P. W.

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Gen. S. Herbert Lancey, the well known military writer, sends us the following correction from his invalid

retreat in sunny Florida: "Gen. J. P. Farley's interesting article on 'West Point-Past and Present,' in the February issue, contains an error which I wish to correct, and I do so on the authority of Gen. Robert E. Lee himself, in a private letter to me. Gen. Farley says Lee had distinguished himself as aide-decamp to Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War. And yet Gen. Lee was not then, nor at any other time or place, an aide-de-camp to Gen. Scott. In the Mexican War ne served on Gen. John E. Wool's staff as chief engineer, and as such often came into close relations with Gen. Scott, yet was never a member of his military family. It will be remembered that Harper's Weekly charged Col. Lee with remaining on Gen. Scott's staff in Washington, D. C., as long as possible to get information to carry into the Confederate service. Col. Lee was not then on staff duty, but had recently been promoted from lieutenant-colonel of the Second Cavalry to colonel of the First Cavalry (March 16, 1861,) and was simply in Washington on leave of absence from command of the Department of Texas. At my request, finally, Harper's Weekly withdrew the charge and expressed regret at having been led into the error, as it had caused the editor to do Col. Lee an injustice."

Rear Admiral N. Mayo Dyer, U. S. Navy, was born in Provincetown, Mass. At an early age he entered the merchant service, in which he was engaged from 1854 to 1859. He then became employed by a mercantile firm. in whose service he remained until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Thirteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. His natural preference being for the naval branch of the service, he sought and obtained a transfer, and on May 2, 1862, entered upon his first active duty in the Volunteer branch of the Navy, as Acting Master at the Boston Navy Yard. His next duty was in the West Gulf Squadron, where he early earned distinction for his gallantry and the intelligent discharge of his duties. in recognition of which he was, on May 18, 1863, promoted to the grade of Acting Ensign, and appointed to the command of the Eugenie, a vessel engaged in the duty of blockading the harbor of Mobile and in dispatch service. On January 12, 1864, he was advanced to the grade of Acting Master, "in consideration of gallant and faithful service," as stated by the secretary in the order accompanying his promotion. In July, 1864, he obtained a two months' leave of absence, but upon his arrival at New Orleans, en route for the North, he learned of the probable early attack upon the harbor and forts of Mobile, and immediately relinquished the privileges of his leave and, returning to the squadron off Mobile, at the earliest opportunity, preferred a request to the commanding officer of the fleet to be assigned to active duty. His request was complied with, and he was placed in command of the Metacomet, on July 19, 1864, a vessel which was destined to take a prominent part as the consort of Admiral Farragut's flagship. the Hartford, in the passage of the forts and the capture of the rebel fleet. In this event it was his good fortune to receive in person the surrender of the Confederate vessel Selina. Upon the fall of Fort Morgan he availed himself of his leave, at the expiration of which he was attached to Admiral Farragut's flagship, the Hartford, remaining on duty on that vessel until its return North. in Deember, 1864, when he was assigned to the command of the Rodolph. with which vessel he co-operated with the forces under General Granzer in their operations against the Mobile from Pascagoula, rendering important service in this connection in Mississippi Sound and Pascagoula River. In the

subseuent advance upon Mobile, in the spring of 1865, he had the misfortune on April 1, to lose his vessel by contact with a torpedo in Blalaly River, after he had rendered conspicuous service in the general attack. On the 22d of the same month he received his commission as Acting Lieutenant, and upon the surrender of the rebel fleet under Commodore Farragut, in the Tombigbee River, May 10, 1865, Lieutenant Dyer was selected to command, successively, two of the surrendered vessels, the Black Diamond and the Morgan. In June following he was temporarily in command of the Elk, and in July was given the more important vessel, the Stockdale, with which vessel he was ordered to proceed to Mississippi Sound, to afford protection to the people along the shore and to cultivate the most possible friendly relations with those lately in rebellion. In September, 1865, the Stockdale having been directed to be placed out of commission, Lieutenant Dyer was transferred to the Mahaska, at Apalachicola, but the following month was detached from this vessel and ordered to command the Glasgow at Pensacola. In April, 1866, he was detached from the Glasgow, and ordered to report to the Bureau of Navigation at Washington. where he remained on special duty until May, 1868. Having been mustered out of the Volunteer service, he was commissioned as Lieutenant in the regular navy, on March 12, 1868, and in July was ordered to the Dacotah in the South Pacific squadron. joining at Valparaiso, August 27. On December 18. 1868. he was pro moted to the grade of LieutenantCommander. The Dacotah having been ordered to San Francisco, upon her arrival there Lieutenant Dyer was ordered to the command of the Cyane, with which vessel he proceeded to Sitka, Alaska, on special duty, running there until March, 1870, when he was ordered to join the Pensacola at San Francisco, but remained on duty on that vessel but a short time, when he was detached to the Ossipee, which proceeded in July on a short cruise to Lower California and the Mexican coast. It was while the Ossipee was proceeding north from the Mexican coast that they encountered a hurrican which left a rough and troubled sea. During the subsistence of the gale, and while the vessel was making sail, a man fell overboard from the maintopsail yard, the halyards having carried him away from the yard while he was engaged in hoisting the top

sail. In his descent the man struck in the main chains, was knocked senseless. and, falling into the sea, was soon rapidly drifting astern. Lieutenant Dyer was taking an observation on the poop-deck, when he observed the accident. Immediately turning a bowline in the end of a boat fall, he jumped into the sea and succeeded in reaching the man and sustaining him until both were rescued by a boat's crew. For this act of heroism he was publicly thanked by the commander of the fleet, Commodore W. R. Tayler, and in addition was awarded a medal. In September, 1870, he was ordered to the South Pacific Station, from which station he was detached and ordered home, Aug. 22. 1871. He was attached to the Boston Yard from Nov. 7, 1871, to Sept. 1, 1873. and for the two succeeding months was on duty at the Torpedo School, Newport, R. I. On Nov. 24. he was ordered to command the torpedo boat Mayflower at Norfolk, for duty on the North Atlantic Station. From the Mayflower he was transferred to the command of the Pinta. In February, 1876, he was detached from the Pinta and ordered to the New Hampshire as executive officer, the vessel then being fitted out for the permanent flagship at Port Royal, S. C. In December, 1876, he was detached from

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the New Hampshire and ordered to equipment duty at the Boston, remaining until 1879. He was attached to the receiving ship Wabash 1 879-'81, and to the Tennessee, 1881-83. was advanced to the grade of Commander in April, 1883, and ordered to duty in connection with the Light House Board, remaining on that duty until 1887, when he was ordered to the command of the Marion on the Asiatic Station, 1887-'90. He was then placed on waiting orders for several years, his next active duty being at the Naval War College, Coasters' Harbor Island, R. I. After serving another brief period as Light House Inspector he was in July, 1897, commissioned as Captain and ordered to the command of the protected cruiser Philadelph ia. the flagship of the Pacific Squadron, and stationed at Honolulu. In October, 1897, he was transferred to the command of the protected cruiser Baltimore, and in March, 1898, he was sent to the Asiatic Station with ordnance supplies for Dewey's fleet, the timely arrival of which contributed So materially to the famous victory of Manilla Bay. Commander Dyer participated in the glorious Naval battle, and remained on duty at Manilla until March, 1869, when he was invalided home. He was retired from active service on Feb. 19, 1901.