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court-martial, he was considerate of the weaknesses of human nature and 

 generous when these had been exhibited in offenses to himself. Many a 

 Subaltern officer and enlisted man was spared by Admiral Macauley 

 from extreme punishment and lasting disgrace, and that, too, occasionally 

 in the face of persistent ingratitude. This is all the more praiseworthy in 

 consideration of the fact that Macauley himself was passionate and sensi- 

 tive, as are most artistic natures ; and proud, as are 'most upright ones. 

 It was often a hard struggle in a mind like his between impulse and jus- 

 lice, nor was it always that exactly the right course to pursue was found on 

 the moment. But justice would assert herself after an adjournment for 

 time to reflect, and no man's honest cause was in danger from arbitration 

 by Admiral Macauley.* 



* The official record of Rear Admiral Macauley is as follows : 



Appointed midshipman September 9, 1841 ; ordered to Mediterranean squadron Feb- 

 ruary 17, 1842 ; warranted December 30, 1843 ; sent to Naval School November 12, 1845 ; 

 transferred from the Delaware to the Cumberland ; ordered to the United States ; February 

 2, 1848, returned to the Naval School ; detached on waiting orders July G, 1848 ; ordered 

 to receiving ship at Philadelphia September IG, 1848 ; ordered to the Const Itidion, war- 

 ranted passed midshipman August 10, 1847 ; detached on sick leave October 3, 1850 ; 

 joined the Independtnce October 1, 1851 ; detached and granted three months' leave June 

 30, 1S£2 ; ordered to the Saranac July 30, 1852 ; ordered to the Powhatan August 13, 1852 ; 

 promoted to Lieutenant September 14, 1855 ; warranted Master October 23, 1855 ; com- 

 missioned Lieutenant October 25, 1855 ; detached on three months' leave Febriiary 18, 

 1856 ; ordered to receiving ship at Philadelphia May 27, 1856 ; recommissioned August 25, 



1856 ; ordered to the Niagara March 21, 1857 ; detached on waiting orders November 27, 



1857 ; ordered to the Niagara February 1, 1858 ; detached on three months' leave August 

 19, 1858 ; ordered to the Observatory September 20, 1858 ; detached on waiting orders Feb- 

 ruary 22, 1859 ; ordered to the Supply August 4, 18V.) ; resignation accepted August 19, 

 1859. Commissioned Lieut. -Commander July 14, 1864 ; ordered to Navy Yard, Ports- 

 mouth, N, H., June 19, 1864 ; detac'hed on waiting orders August 17, 1864 ; ordered to the 

 Mississippi squadron September, 1861 ; detached on waiting orders August 2, 1865 ; special 

 duty at Philadelphia August 10, 18i5 ; promoted Commander September 27, 1866 ; ordered 

 to examination for promotion November 27, 1866 ; Fleet Captain and Chief-of-StafF 

 North Atlantic squadron February 15, 1867 ; commissioned March 14, 1867 ; detached on 

 Availing orders January 4, 1868 ; ordered to Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., August 26, 

 1868; ordered to the Naval Academy November 7, 1870 ; recommissioned from July 25, 

 1866, June 2, 1872 ; ordered to the Navy Yard at Philadelphia, August 17, 1872 ; promoted 

 Captain September 3, 1872 ; ordered to examination for promotion September 11, 1872 ; 

 ordered to be ready for sea October 16, 1872 ; ordered to command of the Hartford 

 October 22, 1872 ; commissioned February 10, 1873 ; ordered to command the Lackawanna 

 June 4, 1873; detached on waiting orders June 22, 1880; ordered to examination for promo- 

 tion June 30, 1881 ; promoted Commodore August 7, 1881 ; ordered to special duty Bureau 

 of Navigation September 29, 1881 : commissioned November 3, 1881 ; ordered to Hartford 

 October 16, 188 5 ; on waiting orders November 17, 1883 ; ordered to League Island Navy 

 Yard November 17, 1884 ; ordered to examination for promotion February 24, 188.1 ; 

 ordered to the command of the Pacific Station ; turned over the Pacific Station November 

 6, 1886 ; placed on the retired list January 25, 1887 ; given permission to leave the United 

 States May 23, 1887. 



Admiral Macauley died at his country home, "Mist," on Canonicut 

 Island, near Jamestown, R. L, on September 14, 1894, after a painful ill- 

 ness, so courageously and uncomplainingly borne that no act of his life 

 was more noble and heroic. 



