Elms

Ci of, a popular name piven to New Haren, Conn, Elmer, Horace, an American naval officer; born in Bridge ton, N. J., in 1847; entered the navy as acting midshipman in September, 1861; was promoted ome in July, 1862; ensign in November, 1866; master in December, 1866; lieutenant in March, 1868; lieutenant-commander, in April, 1869; and commander in March, 1885. During the winter of 1897-1898 he superintended the construction of naval ve els at Cramp’s shipyard in Philadelphia. When it became evident that war with Spain would break out, he was ordered to organize the naval force afterward known as the “mosquito fleet” for coast patrol duty. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 27, 1898.