Attended the funeral of Colonel Harris. His death gives
embarrassment as to a successor. The higher class of marine officers are not
the men who can elevate or give efficiency to the corps. To supersede them will
cause much dissatisfaction. Every man who is over-slaughed and all his friends
will be offended with me for what will be deemed an insult. But there is a duty
to perform.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the
Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866,
p. 31
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