Photo #: NH 50445 (complete caption)
Senior Navy Department Officials and Officers
Standing in front the Navy Department's Main Navy Building, Washington,
D.C., 27 December 1920, prior to a visit to Mrs. George Dewey.
Standing in front row are (left to right):
Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, Jr., Chief, Bureau of Ordnance;
Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, (SC), outgoing Chief, Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts;
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels;
Assistant Secretary Gordon Woodbury; and
Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Chief of Naval Operations;
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, General Board;
Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, General Board; and Major General
John A. Lejeune, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps.
Standing in second row are (left to right):
Rear Admiral George R. Clark, Judge Advocate General;
Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, (SC) incoming Chief, Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts;
Rear Admiral Robert S. Griffin, Chief, Bureau of Engineering
(with white beard, standing between Adm. Coontz and RAdm. Badger);
and
Rear Admiral Thomas Washington, Chief, Bureau of Navigation (standing
between RAdm. Mayo and MGen. Lejeune).
Standing in third row are (left to right):
Lieutenant Commander Lee. P. Warren;
Rear Admiral Richard H. Jackson, General Board;
Lieutenant Colonel L. C. Lucas, USMC (Retired);
Rear Admiral Charles W. Parks, (CEC), Chief, Bureau of Yards
and Docks;
Rear Admiral Edward R. Stitt, (MC), Chief, Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery;
Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, (CC), Chief, Bureau of Construction
and Repair;
Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, Director of Naval Intelligence;
Commander Martin K. Metcalf;
Rear Admiral William L. Rogers, General Board (in front of lamp
post); and
Commander Percy W. Foote, Aide to the Secretary of the Navy.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
![](h50445t.jpg) |