LIEUTENANT COLONEL COMMANDANT

ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
Commissioned 17 October 1820.
Born Virginia.
Stationed Head Quarters.



CAPTAINS

RICHARD SMITH
Commissioned 13 March 1812.
Major by Brevet, 18 June 1814.
Born Maryland.
Stationed New-York.

R.D. WAINWRIGHT
Commissioned 29 September 1812.
Major by Brevet, 3 March 1823.
Born South-Carolina.
Stationed Boston.

WILLIAM ANDERSON
Commissioned 18 June 1814.
Born Pennsylvania.
Stationed Norfolk, Virginia.

SAMUEL MILLER
Commissioned 18 June 1814.
Major by Brevet, 24 August 1814.
Born Massachusetts.
Stationed Philadelphia.

JOHN M. GAMBLE
Commissioned 18 June 1814.
Major by Brevet.
Born New-Jersey.
Under orders.

SAMUEL E. WATSON
Commissioned 28 March 1820.
Born Virginia.
Stationed Portsmouth, New-Hampshire.

WILLIAM H. FREEMAN
Commissioned 17 July 1821.
Born Connecticut.
Stationed New-York.

J.L. KUHN,
Pay Master.
Commissioned 28 June 1823.
Born Maryland.
Stationed Head Quarters.

CHARLES R. BROOM
Commissioned 7 March 1824.
Born Delaware.
Stationed North-Carolina 74


FIRST LIEUTENANTS

LEVI TWIGGS
Commissioned 18 June 1814.
Born Georgia.
Stationed Philadelphia.

JOHN HARRIS
Commissioned 18 June 1814.
Born Pennsylvania.
Stationed Boston.

THOMAS A. LYNTON
Commissioned 18 April 1817.
Born Virginia.
Stationed Norfolk, Virginia.

RICHARD T. AUCHMUTY
Commissioned 18 April 1817.
Born Rhode Island.
Stationed Head Quarters.

JAMES EDILIN
Commissioned 18 April 1817.
Born Maryland.
Stationed Frigate United States,
Pacific Ocean Squadron.

P.G. HOWLE,
Adjutant & Inspector
Commissioned 18 April 1817.
Born Virginia.
Stationed Head Quarters.

ELIJAH J. WEEK,
Quarter Master
Commissioned 3 March 1819.
Born Pennsylvania.
Stationed Head Quarters.

JOSEPH C. HALL
Commissioned 3 March 1819.
Born Maryland.
Stationed Navy Yard,
District of Columbia,
commanding.

WILLIAM W. DULANY
Commissioned 19 June 1819.
Born District of Columbia.
Stationed Frigate Constellation,
West India Squadron.

THOMAS S. ENGLISH
Commissioned 11 August 1819.
Born Massachussetts.
Stationed Philadelphia.

HENRY W. GARDNER
Commissioned 30 September 1819.
Born Massachussetts.
Stationed Frigate Constitution,
Mediterranean Squadron.

THOMAS B. BARTON
Commissioned 17 October 1820.
Born Pennsylvania.
Stationed West India Squadron.

GEORGE W. WALKER
Commissioned 3 March 1821.
Born District of Columbia.
Stationed New-York.

CHARLES GRYMES
Commissioned 20 July 1821.
Born Virginia.
Stationed Head Quarters.

GEORGE D. BREWERTON
Commissioned 17 September 1821.
Born New-York.
Stationed Philadelphia.

WARD MARSTON
Commissioned 30 October 1821.
Born Massachusetts.
Stationed Boston.

CHARLES C. TUPPER
Commissioned 21 January 1822.
Born Indiana.
Stationed Head Quarters.

A.A. NICHOLSON
Commissioned 27 May 1822.
Born South-Carolina.
Stationed North-Carolina 74,
Mediterranean Squadron.

JAMES M'CAWLEY, Jr.
Commissioned 6 October 1822.
Born Pennsylvania.
Stationed Sloop Hornet.

BENJAMIN MACOMBER
 Commissioned 2 April 1823.
Born Rhode-Island.
Stationed Corvette Cyane,
Mediterranean Squadron.

A.N. BREVOORTE
Commissioned 26 September 1823.
Born New-York.
Stationed Sloop Erie,
Mediterranean Squadron.

SAMUEL S. COEJEMAN
Commissioned 3 March 1824.
Born New-Jersey.
Stationed Sloop Peacock,
Pacific Ocean Squadron.

ANDREW ROSS
Commissioned 1 October 1824.
Born Louisiana.
Stationed West India Squadron.

WILLIAM A. BLOODGOOD
Commissioned 1 December 1824.
Born New-York.
Stationed Boston.


SECOND LIEUTENANTS

RICHARD DOUGLAS
Commissioned 10 May 1822.
Born Pennsylvania.
Stationed Philadelphia.

JOB G. WILLIAMS
Commissioned 10 May 1822.
Born Massachussetts.
Stationed Philadelphia.

CHARLES F. SPERING
Commissioned 10 May 1822.
Born Pennsylvania.
Stationed Sloop Ontario.

ALVIN EDSON
Commissioned 10 May 1822.
Born Vermont.
Stationed Boston.

HORATIO N. CRABB
Commissioned 10 May 1822.
Born Pennsylvania.
Stationed Corvette John Adams,
West India Squadron.

JOHN LOWRY
Commissioned 10 May 1822.
Born Virginia.
On sick Furlough.

HENRY B. TYLER
Commissioned 3 March 1823.
Born Virginia.
Stationed Frigate Constitution,
Mediterranean Squadron.

JOSEPH LE C. HARDY
Commissioned 3 March 1823.
Born New-York.
Stationed New-York.

GEORGE F. LINDSAY
Commissioned 1 April 1823.
Born Virginia.
Stationed New-York.

WILLIAM A. RANDOLPH
Commissioned 30 July 1823.
Born South-Carolina.
Stationed Head Quarters.

LANDON N. CARTER
Commissioned 26 May 1824.
Born Virginia.
Stationed Mediterranean Squadron.

JOHN G. REYNOLDS
Commissioned 26 May 1824.
Born New-Jersey.
Stationed Portsmouth, New-Hampshire.

HENRY W. FOWLER
Commissioned 26 May 1824.
Born New-York.
Stationed Head Quarters.

WILLIAM T. BOURNE
Commissioned 1 October 1824.
Born Massachussetts.
Stationed Norfolk, Virginia.


PAY OF THE OFFICERS OF
THE U.S. MARINE CORPS

Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
$75 per month. 6 rations per day.

Captain
$40 per month. 3 rations per day.

First Lieutenant
$30 per month. 3 rations per day.

Second Lieutenant
$25 per month. 2 rations per day.


VESSELS OF WAR
of the
UNITED STATES NAVY
1825

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LINE OF BATTLE SHIPS

Independence, 74 Guns.

Washington , 74 Guns.

Franklin , 74 Guns.

Columbus , 74 Guns.

Ohio , 74 Guns.

North-Carolina , 74 Guns.

Delaware , 74 Guns.


FRIGATES, FIRST CLASS

Constitution , 44 Guns.

United States , 44 Guns.

Guerriere , 44 Guns.

Java , 44 Guns.

Potomac, 44 Guns.


FRIGATES, SECOND CLASS

Congress , 36 Guns.

Constellation , 36 Guns.

Macedonian , 36 Guns.

Fulton Steam Frigate, 30 Guns.


CORVETTES

John Adams , 24 Guns.

Cyane , 24 Guns.


SLOOPS OF WAR

Hornet, 18 Guns.

Ontario, 18 Guns.

Erie, 18 Guns.

Peacock , 18 Guns.

Alert, , Store Ship [rates], 18 Guns.


BRIG

Spark, 12 Guns.


SCHOONERS

Nonsuch , 12 Guns.

Porpoise , 12 Guns.

Dolphin, 12 Guns.

Shark, 12 Guns.

Grampus, 12 Guns.

Beagle , 3 Guns.

Fox , 3 Guns.

Terrier, 3 Guns.

Steam Galliot Sea Gull, 3 Guns.

Decoy, Store Ship, 6 Guns.


GUN BOATS

Nos. 95, 72, 76, 67, & 8, of one gun each.


ROW GALLEYS

Sand Fly, Gallinipper, Midge, Musquito, & Gnat, .





Now on the stocks at the different Navy Yards,
five Line of Battle Ships,
and five Frigates of the first class.


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Information derived from Sherburne's LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE CHEVALIER JOHN PAUL JONES, A CAPTAIN IN THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THEIR REVOLUTIONARY WAR, New York, 1825.



ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S. MARINES
1820 to 1830


1820
Marines participate in the capture of seven slave schooners off the African coast.

1821
Archibald Henderson assumes commandancy of the U.S. Marine Corps
Marines participate in the capture of six pirate vessels at Cape Antonio, Cuba.

1822
In Cuban waters, Marines participate in the capture of three pirate vessels, the recapture of a pirate prize vessel (a Dutch sloop), engage a number of pirate vessels in exchanges of fire, and land in pursuit of pirates at Cape Antonio, Cuba.

1823
Operating from a new base on Key West, Marines continue to engage pirate vessels in exchanges of fire, capturing one pirate vessel, and to land in pursuit of pirates on Cuban shores.

1824
Marines from the Boston Navy Yard subdue a riot at the Massachussetts State Prison in Boston.
Commodore Porter lands with Marines at Fajardo, Puerto Rico, to avenge an insult to the American flag.

1825
Marines fight a fire on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and exchange fire with a pirate vessel off the coast of Puerto Rico.

1826
The Mameluke hilt is prescribed for Marine officers' swords.

1827
Marines participate in the capture of four pirate vessels & engage pirate vessels in exchanges of fire off the coast of Greece, land & burn the pirate town of Miconi in the Cyclades Islands, and capture moored pirate vessels on Andros, Greece, in the Aegean.

1828
Marines participate in the capture of an Argentenian privateer at St. Bartholomew Island, West Indies.

1829
Marine Corps Headquarters at the Center House, Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., catches fire, destroying numerous irreplaceable records of Marine Corps actions up to that time.

1830
Marines participate in the capture of a slave brig off Cape Haitien, Haiti.

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Information derived from A CHRONOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, 1775-1934, Historical Branch G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., 1965.




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