Late in life, he also became an author and published a book on his family's genealogy.

He was awarded the Navy Cross for his service during World War I, as commander of the battleship Georgia of the Atlantic Fleet.

[1] He was promoted to rear admiral in 1921 and made Governor of the Virgin Islands, a position he held only until 1922.

In 1927, while a commandant of the 16th Naval District, he exposed a plot by "communists" to destroy a shipyard at Cavite.

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