Navy - Promotions, 1898/1914
- Containers:
- Box 12, Folder 35
- Scope and content:
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1898 July 9 order to report to the USS Delmonico; note giving the time of the "Sword presentations & c to officers of the Navy"; 1902 appointment and commission as Pay Inspector in the Navy, with the rank of Commander; 1903 appointment order to be on a "Navy Examining Board" and a Congressional Bill (S. 5693) from the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session "To provide for the promotion of Pay Director William Wilson Galt...to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Pay Corps of the Navy upon his retirement from the service" (1914). Correspondence in regard to promotions, including letters of recommendations.
Access and use
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