Lazarus Lowrey Reamey

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Commander (retired) Lazarus Lowrey Reamey (15 February, 1849 – 25 May, 1914) served in the United States Navy.

Life & Career

Reamey was born in Pennsylvania and was appointed to the Naval Academy from the same state, a member of the Class of 1870. At some point not recorded in the Register of Officers, he resigned, but was restored to the Active List by an Act of Congress in 1872.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Ensign, to date from 13 July, 1871. Further promotion to the rank of Lieutenant on came on 2 February, 1881.[2]

Reamey served several times as an aide, Flag Secretary, or Flag Lieutenant. From 1882 to 1883 he was Flag Lieutenant in the European Squadron. From February to March 1884 he commanded Thetis, purchased for use in the Greeley Relief Expedition, on its passage from Britain to the United States.[3][4] In 1889 Reamey survived the loss of screw frigate Trenton in Samoa, then spent over two years as Flag Secretary in the Asiatic Squadron. This was followed by service as Aide to the Secretary of the Navy from 1894 to 1895, and Flag Lieutenant, once again on the Asiatic Station, from 1895 to early 1898.[5]

During the Spanish-American War, Reamey commanded two ships on coast defense service. He commanded monitor Montauk from May to July, 1898, and ferry-gunboat East Boston from July to September.[6][7][8][9]

Reamey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander on 3 March, 1899. In early 1900 he served as Executive Officer of battleship Texas before being placed on the Retired List on his own application under Section 8 of the Act of March 3, 1899 on 30 June, 1900. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Retired List as of this date, and died in Washington DC 14 years later.[10][11][12][13]


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Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
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Aide to the Secretary of the Navy
28 Mar, 1894 – 24 Nov, 1895[14]
Succeeded by
Philip Andrews
Preceded by
David G. McRitchie
Captain of U.S.S. Montauk
2 May, 1898[15] – Jul, 1898[16]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. New York Herald 12 June, 1872, p. 5.
  2. Hamersly. Living Officers 1898. p. 165.
  3. Hamersly. Living Officers 1898. pp. 165-166.
  4. Brooklyn Daily Eagle 15 March, 1884 p. 6.
  5. Hamersly. Living Officers 1898. pp. 165-166.
  6. Evening Star (Washington, DC) 30 April, 1898 p. 2.
  7. Evening Star (Washington, DC) 5 July, 1898 p. 2.
  8. Evening Star (Washington, DC) 2 September, 1898 p. 1.
  9. Boston Evening Transcript 6 July, 1898 p. 8.
  10. Register of Officers, 1900. pp. 16-17.
  11. Register of Officers, 1901. pp. 90-91, 140.
  12. The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 24 February, 1900 p. 9.
  13. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 238.
  14. Hamersly. Living Officers 1898. pp. 165-166.
  15. List and Station, July 1898. p. 9.
  16. Evening Star (Washington, DC) 5 July, 1898 p. 2.