See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• WILLIAM THOMAS SAMPSON (1840–1902)

SAMPSON (1840–1902)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PALMYRA

Palmyra, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, on the 9th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1840, and graduated at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of his class from the U.S . Naval See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 1861 . In this See also:

• YEAR

year he was promoted to See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and in the following year was made See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . He was executive officer in the " Patapsco " when she was blown up in See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston Harbor in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1865 . He served on distant stations and (1868–1871 and 1876–1878) at the Naval Academy, and became lieutenant-commander in 1866 and commander in 1874 . He was a member of the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

Prime See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

Meridian and See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

Time See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference in 1884, and of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Fortifications in 1885–1886; was See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the Naval Academy frcm 1886 to ago; and was promoted to See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and served as delegate at the International Maritime Conference at See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington in 1889 . He was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

Bureau of See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

Ordnance in 1893–1897 . About 95 of the guns employed in the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War were made under his superintendence . His See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt decisively in the See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of guns and See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour, and in the training of the personnel of the See also:

• NAVY

navy . He superintended the gunnery training and prepared a new See also:

• DRILL

drill-See also:

• BOOK

book for the See also:

• FLEET

fleet . In February 1898 See also:

• SAMPSON, WILLIAM THOMAS (1840–1902)

Sampson, then a captain, was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of Board of Inquiry as to the cause of destruction of the " See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine." At the outbreak of the war with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain he was placed in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the N . See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron, and conducted the See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade of See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba .

When it was known that See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• CERVERA, PASCUAL CERVERA Y TOPETE (1839-1909)

Cervera, with a Spanish fleet, had See also:

• LEFT

left the Cape Verde Islands, Sampson withdrew a force from the blockade to cruise in the Windward Passage, and made an attack upon the forts at See also:

• SAN

San Juan, See also:

• PORTO

Porto Rico . After his return to the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Cuba he conducted the blockade of See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, and the See also:

• SHIPS

ships under his command destroyed the Spanish vessels when they issued from the harbor of Santiago and attempted to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape (see SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR) . Sampson himself was not actually See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle, having started for Siboney just before it began to confer with See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Shafter, commanding the See also:

• LAND

land forces . He reached the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene are narrated in the chapters immediately following (Judg. xvii.-xviii.) . On the mythological interpretations, see further Ed . Stucken, Mitteil. d, vorderasiat . Gesells . (1902), iv . 54 (with references) ; Vol ter, Agypten and See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Bibel (See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 1909), pp . 119-132; A. f eremias, Alte Testament See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Lichte See also:

• DES

des See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien Orients (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1906), pp . 478 sqq., and the commentaries on the Book of See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

JUDGES (q.v.) . (S .

A .