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Mayo (HENRY THOMAS an American naval)

HENRY THOMAS, an American naval officer, born in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 8, 1856. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1876. After serving on various vess of the United States Navy, commanding at the Mare Island Navy Yard, and holding some appointments with the Navy Department, he was made rear-admiral in 1913. In 1915 he was promoted to vice-admiral and placed in command of the battleship squadrons of the Atlantic Fleet. In 1917 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, being promoted at the same time to admiral, and from then on took a prominent part in the operations of the United States Navy during the World War. Previously, in April, 1914, while in command of the United States naval vessels at Tampico, Mexico, co, he had demanded an apology from the Mexican Government for the illegal arrest of some United States naval officers and men.