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At the time of his death CAPTAIN MOORE was acting under detail from the Revenue-Cutter Service as assistant inspector of the life-saving stations of the Eleventh Life-Saving District, with headquarters at Chicago, Illinois. He was born November 17, 1837, in Baltimore, Maryland, where he spent his youth and acquired his education. His school days, however, terminated at the age of 18, when he shipped as a sailor and there- after continued to follow the sea in the merchant service for eight years, having served in various grades on some of the celebrated clipper ships of that day engaged in the Pacific trade. On May 7, 1864, he entered the Revenue-Cutter Service as acting second lieutenant, was promoted to be first lieutenant July 11, 1865, and captain January 18, 1872. On the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, he was ordered to that Territory and there served as collector of customs for several years. He was also a member of a commission constituted for the purpose of determining the award of the Alabama privateer claims. For about ten years he was superintendent of construction of the Revenue-Cutter Service and also for the United States Life-Saving Service. In 1895 his health became quite seriously impaired and, at his own request, he was placed upon waiting orders, which enabled him to secure such rest and change of scene as were necessary to his re- covery. When war was declared with Spain in 1898, the younger officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service who were detailed for duty in the Life- Saving Service were ordered to vessels, and thus the assistant inspectorship of the Eleventh Life-Saving District - comprising all the stations on Lake Michigan - was vacated. To this important post CAPTAIN MOORE was assigned, and in that capacity continued to serve until his death. On the 17th of July he was stricken with a fatal shock of paralysis, which terminated his life one week later. Personally CAPTAIN MOORE was of a kindly and generous disposition, honest, firm in his convictions, and sincere in his personal attach- ments - a truthful, upright, and estimable citizen. As an officer he was scrupulously attentive to duty, precise, painstaking, and reliable. Whatever it was his to do he did with a whole heart, faith- fully, with the utmost attention to details, and when the work was done it was always well done. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Baltimore Sun 28 July 1899 The body of CAPTAIN GEORGE W. MOORE, of the United States Revenue Marine Service, who died in Chicago, last Monday, July 24, 1899, arrived in Baltimore, yesterday and will be buried today, July 28, 1899. He had been in Chicago as the inspector of life saving stations on the lakes. When he became ill, his nephew, LIEUT. JOHN C. MOORE, who was on duty in Baltimore, in connection with the rebuilding of the steamer, Forward, immediately left to care for his uncle. For many years, CAPTAIN MOORE was the superintendent of construc- tion for the Revenue Marine Service, headquartered in New York. He was born in Baltimore about 62 years ago and was appointed a second lietenant in 1864, then a captain in 1875. In 1867, he went to Alaska, which had just been purchased by this government from Russia, on the Steamer Lincoln. He was the first Collector of Customs at Sitka, Alaska. He remained in that capacity for two years and filled the position with great credit. The body was taken to the home of sister, MRS. SARAH BINNIE, 1807 Fairmount Avenue, Baltimore, which is also, his home. LIEUT. JOHN C. MOORE, also of the revenue marine service, a nephew of CAPT. MOORE, brought the body to Baltimore. The funeral will take place this morning at 11 o'clock, the service being held at Faith Presbyterian Church, Broadway and Biddle Street. Interment will be in Glendy Cemetery, adjoining Faith Church. The pallbearers will be officers attached to the revenue marine vessels, now in port. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================