278 OBITUARY. 
During the World War Mr. Seabury was consulting marine engineer with the Foun- 
dation Company at Savannah and New Orleans. Since 1919 he was engaged as a consulting 
naval architect. 
Mr. Seabury became a member of the Society in 1894. He died April 7, 1922. 
URIEL SEBREE 
ASSOCIATE 
Rear Admiral Sebree was born in Fayette, Mo., on February 20, 1848, the son of 
John P. and Louisa Dailey Sebree. He obtained his early education in the schools of Fayette. 
On July 23, 1863, he was appointed a midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy, An- 
napolis, Md., from the Eighth Missouri District and graduated in June, 1867. 
His subsequent service in the Navy was of a very varied character but, due to the stag- 
nation in promotion, resulting from the decrease in officer personnel after the conclusion of 
the Civil War, he was one of that large and distinguished group of officers who spent a sub- 
stantial part of their active career in the grade of Lieutenant, not being promoted to the 
grade of Lieutenant Commander until March 26, 1889. His subsequent promotions were 
Commander, February 24, 1897; Captain, October 9, 1901; Rear Admiral, July 8, 1907. 
Although compelled to spend so large a portion of his active service in grades below 
that of Commander, his great ability and marked enthusiasm for his profession caused him 
to be assigned to many very important duties, among the most noteworthy of which were 
those in connection with Arctic Expeditions,—notably, the Arctic Relief Expedition on the 
U. S. S. Tigress in 1873, under Commander Greer; and the Greely Relief Expedition of 
1884, under Commander Schley. 
He was the first Executive Officer of the U. S. S. Baltimore, one of the earliest ves- 
sels of our so-called new steel Navy, and served as Executive Officer of that vessel under 
Captain Schley, his old commanding officer on the U. S. S. Thetis during the Greely Relief 
Expedition. 
Among other assignments to duty prior to attaining flag rank were two tours of duty 
at the U. S. Naval Academy; duty as Lighthouse Inspector and Secretary of the Lighthouse 
Board; member of the Board of Inspection and Survey; and sea service in command of 
various coast-survey vessels, the U. S. S. Wheeling of the Bering Sea Patrol, the U. S. 
Battleship Wisconsin; also duty as Chief of Staff of the cruiser squadron, and duty as Gov- 
ernor of the Samoan Islands. 
After reaching flag rank he was assigned to duty as Commander of the Second Divi- 
sion of the Pacific Fleet from 1907-9, and in 1909-10 he served as Commander-in-Chief of 
the Pacific Fleet. 
Admiral Sebree was an officer of the highest type and always had not only the confidence 
and highest esteem of his seniors, but the very genuine affection of his colleagues, both 
juniors and seniors. On no duty were his manly and officer-like qualities more highly ap- 
preciated than as an instructor at the Naval Academy, where his influence for good in 
moulding the character of the midshipmen with whom he came in direct contact was espe- 
cially notable. 
He was particularly interested in everything connected with his profession, and this in- 
