Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1891 — REAR ADMIRAL JOHN IRWIN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

REAR ADMIRAL JOHN IRWIN.

Recently Promoted from Commodore to Rear Admiral. Commodore John Irwin, who has just been promoted to a Rear Admiral in the United States navy, has been in the service for forty-four years continuously. He was born in Philadelphia, Sept. 15,1832, and was appointed

from that State Sept. 9, 1847. He served on the Cumberland, St. Lawrence, John Adams, Fulton, Savannah and Wabash, from 1847 to 1863, and was at the capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet, Walker and Beauregard, Fort Royal Ferry and Fort Pulaski. Commanded the Newbern, Gettysburg, Yantie, Sabine and the Pensacola, in the North Atlantic and Pacific squadrons from 1868 to 1870. Was in command of League Island Station in 1872, Mare Island Navy Yard from 1879 to 1883. President of the Board of Inspection, California, from 1834 to 1888. He was promoted to passed midshipman in 1853, commissioned lieutenant in 1855, lieutenant commander in 1862, commander in 1866. captain in 1875, commodore in March, 1886, and rear admiral in May, 1891. He is now in command of the naval forts on the North Pacific coast.