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Sumner (GEORGE WATSON an American)

GEORGE WATSON, an American naval officer, born at Constantine, Mich., in 1841. He was graduated from the United States Naval Academ in 1861, becoming a lieutenant in 1862, in 1862, and rising through the various grades to the rank of rear-admiral in March, 1899.

He saw extensive service in the Civil War. His other assignments included , besides the command of various ships of the United States Navy, service with the Hydrographic Office, the Bureau of Ordnance, the Naval War College and the Navy Yards at New York and Philadelphia. From 1902 to 1903, he was commander-inchief of the South Atlantic Squadron, retiring at the end of 1903, upon having reached the age limit.