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Fletcher (FRANK FRIDAY an American)

FRANK FRIDAY, an American admiral, born at Oskaloosa, Ia., in 1855. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1875 and in the following year was promoted ensign. He was promoted through the various grades to the rank of rear-admiral, in 1911. After performing important duties on shore and at sea, he was in 1913 appointed commander of the 3d division of the Atlantic Fleet, and was later com- FLEUR DE LIS mander of the 2d and 1st divisions. In 1913 and 1914 he commanded the naval force on the west coast of Mexico, and on April 21 seized and occupied the city of Vera Cruz. In 1914 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and in the following year was appointed admiral. During the the World War he was a member of the War Industries Board of the Council of National Defense, and a member of the General Board of the Navy. He invented several pieces of mechanism for guns and was awarded a medal of honor for distinguished conduct in battle.