[2] He was placed in charge of a draft of men sent to Mare Island, California, to serve as crew for USS Mohican (1883), and reported aboard that vessel on 16 February 1892.

He completed that period of sea duty in October 1894, and for a year thereafter was in charge of the Branch Hydrographic Office, San Francisco, California.

He attended the Conference of Officers at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, resuming his inspection duties in September 1908.

He was assigned duty as General Inspector of South Carolina at the works of William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in October 1909, and assumed command of that battleship at her commissioning on 1 March 1910.

[2] On 5 February 1918, he assumed the duties of Commandant, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, and remained in that assignment throughout the latter months of the war and until 10 April 1919.