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Goodrich (CASPAR FREDERICK an American)

CASPAR FREDERICK, an American naval officer; born in Philadelphia in 1847. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1864. He was appointed ensign in 1866.

He saw service during the Civil War, and served on several naval vessels from 1865 to 1871, when he again attended the Naval Academy. He commanded a detachment of sailors and marines, landed at Alexandria in 1882 to police the burning city, and during the same year he was naval attaché on the staff of Sir Garnet Wolseley during the Tel-el-Kebir ley relief ship "Alert" to New York. campaign. In 1884 he brought the Gree- After serving on special duty he was appointed president of the Naval War College in 1897-1898. During the Spanish- American War he commanded the "St.

Louis" and "Newark" and the "Iowa."

In 1905-1906 he was commander-in-chief of the Pacific squadron, and from 1907 to 1909 he was commandant of the Navy Yard in New York. He was retired in 1909. In 1918-1919 he was commandant of the Naval Unit of Princeton University. From 1914 to 1916 he was president of the Naval History Society.