Azimuth Tables, Giving The True Bearings Of The Sun At Intervals Of Ten Minutes Between Sunrise And Sunset For Parallels Of Latitude Between 61 N. And ... By S. Schroeder And W.h.h. Southerland
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Seaton Schroeder was an American naval officer, who made the Navy his career for almost 50 years. He was a naval advisor during World War I.
Background
Seaton was born on August 17, 1849 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, the son of Francis and Caroline (Seaton) Schroeder. His father was American charge d'affaires and then minister to Sweden and Norway from 1849 to 1857.
Education
Schroeder acquired most of his elementary education abroad. He entered the United States Naval Academy in September 1864 and graduated in 1868.
Career
By 1872 Seaton Schroeder had become a lieutenant, but because of the stagnation in the naval service during this period he was retained in this grade for twenty-one years. He first served in the Pacific Fleet in the Saginaw and Pensacola, and from 1869-72 in the Benicia on the Asiatic station.
In June 1871 he participated in the expedition of John Rodgers (1812 - 1882) against the Korean forts on the Salte River. In 1874-75 he served in the Swatara in her voyage round the world with the Transit of Venus expedition. After spending the next three years in hydrographic work in the Mediterranean, in 1879 he secured leave of absence to assist Henry Honeychurch Gorringe in transporting the obelisk in Central Park, New York City, from Egypt to New York, returning to his naval duties the following year.
He served for three years as navigator of the Fish Commission steamer Albatross, was transferred to the office of naval intelligence, and in 1888 was assigned to duty in connection with the construction and equipment of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, which he subsequently commanded until 1893.
In 1896 he was made executive officer of the battleship Massachusetts, holding the post during the operations off Santiago during the Spanish-American War. Appointed naval governor of Guam in 1900, he rendered most efficient service on the island, endearing himself to the native population. In 1903, when he was commissioned captain, he was transferred to Washington as chief intelligence officer. During the voyage of the Atlantic Fleet around the world he commanded the Virginia from Hampton Roads to San Francisco, where he was commissioned rear admiral in July 1908; during the remainder of the voyage he commanded successively the Fourth and Third Divisions of the fleet.
From 1909 to 1911, when he was retired by age, he was commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet.
During the World War he was recalled to active duty as hydrographer to the Navy Department. He collaborated with George M. Totten in writing Coasts and Ports of the Bay of Biscay (1876) and with Richard Wainwright in compiling Arctic Azimuth Tables (1881).
He died at the Naval Hospital, Washington, on 19 October 1922.
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Personality
An efficient, conscientious officer and a thorough seaman, imbued with a deep love of his profession, Schroeder expected scrupulous accuracy and strict attention to duty on the part of his subordinates.
Connections
Seaton Schroeder married Maria C. B. Wainwright, January 16, 1879, and had two sons and three daughters.