Benjamin McCandlish

Benjamin Vaughan McCandlish (June 3, 1886 – October 16, 1975) was a United States Navy Commodore who served as the 36th Naval Governor of Guam. McCandlish graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1909.^[1] As an ensign, he served aboard the USS Saratoga.^[2] During World War I, he commanded the USS Davis during its mission to escort troops to Europe through waters containing enemy u-boats. For doing so he received the Navy Cross as a lieutenant commander.^[1] During World War II, he led the Moroccan Sea Frontier from October 13, 1943 to August 1, 1945.^[3] He retired a Commodore.^[1] McCandlish served as Naval Governor of Guam from March 27, 1936 to February 8, 1938.^[4] McCandlish, along with others in the U.S. Naval Command, placed emphasis on basic hygiene education for the island's children, often in a dictatorial manner resented by some Chamorro.^[5] He discouraged a mission of the Guam Congress to the federal government, instead instructing them to look toward the numerous welfare agencies he had set up on the island. The Congress sent the mission regardless, and ceased to accept funds from the Navy.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Benjamin Vaughan McCandlish". Military Times. Gannett Government Media. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5ylYegwii. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
2. ^ Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps. 1914. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1914. p. 50. http://books.google.com/books?id=ih8PAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50&dq=%22Benjamin+Vaughan+McCandlish%22&hl=en&ei=U8rSTbWlAcjq0gG_g8SBDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Benjamin%20Vaughan%20McCandlish%22&f=false. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
3. ^ Cressman, Robert (2000). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 349. ISBN 1557501491. http://books.google.com/books?id=1EV4r9PlB8IC&pg=PA349&dq=%22Benjamin+V+McCandlish%22&hl=en&ei=XcrSTdHeAeby0gGApKzYCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=mccandlish&f=false. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
4. ^ "Naval Era Governors of Guam". Guampedia. Guam: University of Guam. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5tqqTg3k2. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
5. ^ Hattori, Anne Perez (2004). Colonial Dis-ease: US Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898-1941. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 178. http://books.google.com/books?id=i84sQCC-unkC&pg=PA178&dq=%22Benjamin+McCandlish%22&hl=en&ei=i8rSTbO7BoLq0gHIxLWEDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Benjamin%20McCandlish%22&f=false. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
6. ^ Maga, Timothy (July 1985). "Democracy and Defence: The Case of Guam, U.S.A., 1918-1941". The Journal of Pacific History (Taylor & Francis) 20 (3): 167–168. 

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Name	McCandlish, Benjamin
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Date of birth	June 3, 1886
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Date of death	October 16, 1975
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