After the war he took command of multiple heavy units of the US fleet, before being appointed Judge Advocate General of the Navy in 1936.

When the Wilmington was placed out of commission on June 30, 1904, at Cavite in the Philippines, he was transferred to the USS Oregon (BB-3), a coast battleship on duty in Pacific and Asiatic waters, and served in that vessel until her decommissioning in May 1906.

He had additional duty from November 1908 until October 1910 as Naval Aide at the White House, serving both Presidents Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.

Detached from the Virginia In January 1914, he assisted in fitting out the USS New York (BB-34), and served as ordnance officer of that battleship from her commissioning, April 15, 1914, until June 1916.

In April 1918 he had temporary additional duty in Rosyth, Scotland, in connection with the storing of reserve ammunition for Battleship Division 9.

For World War I service he was awarded the Navy Cross with the following citation: In September and October 1918, shortly before the Armistice, he reported to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D.C., On October 27, 1918, he became executive officer in the New York, and served in that capacity until April 1919, and was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered to the British Fleet at the Firth of Forth, on November 21, 1918.

In June 1933 he assumed command of Destroyer Squadron Four, Battle Force, U. S. Fleet, and a year later returned to the Navy Department, to serve as Director of Naval Communications.

In June 1936 he was promoted to rear admiral and appointed Judge Advocate General of the Navy, a position he held for two years.