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306 Edward Fitzgerald Beale

THE FOLLOWING IS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF
GENERAL BEALE S PUBLIC SERVICES

Appointed Midshipman in the Navy, from Georgetown College,
December 14, 1836.
Ordered to duty on the Independence, the Receiving Ship at Phila
delphia, which served at the time as Naval School, in February, 1837.
Warranted, March, 1839.
Ordered to the West Indian Squadron, September 19, 1840.
Ordered to the Naval School, Philadelphia, in August, 1841.
Commissioned Passed-Midshipman and ordered to Porpoise, August,
1845.
Ordered to Frigate Congress as Acting Master, October 2, 1845.
Returned from Pacific and placed on waiting orders, June 2, 1847.
Ordered to Fortress Monroe as witness in Colonel Fremont s trial,
September 29, 1847.
Commissioned as Master, February 28, 1850.
Commissioned Lieutenant in Navy, August 3, 1850.
Resignation from Navy accepted, March 5, 1851.
Appointed in 1852 by President Fillmore, Superintendent of Indian
Affairs in California and Nevada.
In 1857 was appointed by President Buchanan, Superintendent of the
Wagon-Road Expedition from Fort Defiance, New Mexico, to the
Colorado River.
In 1858 by President Buchanan to command wagon-route survey
along 35th parallel from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to California.
1859-60, in charge of wagon-road construction on central plains.
1861, appointed by Lincoln, Survevor-General of California and
Nevada.
1865, resigned position of Surveyor-General.
1876, appointed by President Grant, Envoy Extraordinary and Minis,
ter Plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary.