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Melville (GEORGE WALLACE an American)

GEORGE WALLACE, an American naval officer; born in New York City, Jan. 10, 1841. He entered the United States navy in 1861, rising through the various grades to that of Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. He accompanied the unfortunate "Jeannette" polar expedition in 1878; also that of the Hall relief expedition in the United States steamer "Tigress"; also the Greely relief expedition in 1884. In the "Jeannette" expedition he underwent the severest sufferings and hardships, but reached Irkutsk in safety. He became a rear-admiral in 1899, and retired in 1903.

He died March 17, 1912.