Adelbert Althouse
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Adelbert Althouse
|birth_date = {{birth date|1869|5|23}}
|birth_place = Channahon, Illinois
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|5|17|1869|5|23}}
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Adelbert Althouse.jpg
|caption =
|party =
|order = 29th
|office = Naval Governor of Guam
|term_start = December 14, 1922
|term_end = August 4, 1923
|predecessor = John P. Miller
|successor = Henry Bertram Price
|order1 = 27th
|office1 = Naval Governor of Guam
|term_start1 = February 7, 1922
|term_end1 = December 8, 1922
|predecessor1 = James Sutherland Spore
|successor1 = John P. Miller
|nationality = {{flag|United States}}
|alma_mater = United States Naval Academy
|nickname =
|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
|branch = {{nowrap|File:United States Department of the Navy Seal.svg}} United States Navy
|serviceyears =
|unit =
|commands = USS Brooklyn
|battles = Spanish–American War
World War I
|mawards = Navy Cross
}}
Adelbert Althouse (May 23, 1869 – May 17, 1954) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 27th and 29th Naval Governor of Guam. Prior to his Governorship, he served on ships in the Navy and participated in both the Spanish–American War and World War I. He earned the Navy Cross for his actions commanding {{USS|Brooklyn|CA-3|6}} and serving as Chief of Staff for the Commander and Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet during the World War. As Governor, he focused on reforming the island's education system. He modeled a new system after that of co-educational California but also outlawed the speaking of the Chamorro language at schools in an effort to improve the English language skills of the local children. Most of his education reform took place in his first term.
Life and legacy
Althouse was born in 1869 in Illinois.{{cite book|title=Herrinshaw's National Library of American Biography|year=1909|publisher=American Publishers Association|location=Chicago|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urzTAAAAMAAJ&q=Althouse&pg=PA107|editor=Thomas William Herringshaw|editor-link=Thomas William Herringshaw|accessdate=1 March 2011|page=107}} He died on May 17, 1954.{{cite news|title=Valor Awards for Adelbert Althouse |url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=9090 |accessdate=1 March 2011 |newspaper=Military Times |agency=Gannett Government Media |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714094840/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=9090 |archivedate=14 July 2011 |url-status=live }} In 1930, the Navy named a Guamanian school, the Adelbert Althouse School, after him.{{cite web|title=Photo #: NH 987 |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h00001/h00987c.htm |work=Online Library of Selected Images |publisher=Naval History & Heritage Command |access-date=3 March 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212042329/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h00001/h00987c.htm |archive-date=12 December 2012 |location=Washington, D.C. |date=9 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}
Naval career
Althouse entered the United States Naval Academy on May 21, 1887,{{cite web|title=US Navy Officers: 1798-1900 -- "A" |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/books/callahan/reg-usn-a.htm |work=Officers of the Continental U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900 |publisher=Naval History & Heritage Command |accessdate=3 March 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509074026/http://www.history.navy.mil/books/callahan/reg-usn-a.htm |archivedate=9 May 2011 |location=Washington, D.C. |date=7 April 2006 |url-status=dead }} graduating in 1891. He was commissioned as an ensign on July 1, 1893. He achieved the rank of lieutenant in 1900. The same year, he served aboard {{USS|New Orleans|CL-22|6}}.{{cite journal|title=Stations|journal=United States Congressional Serial Set|year=1900|issue=3982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EI03AQAAIAAJ&q=Adelbert+Althouse&pg=PA152|accessdate=3 March 2011|page=152}}
As a lieutenant, he served as a watch and division officer aboard {{USS|Massachusetts|BB-2|6}}.{{cite news|title=Fire Directed at the Colon|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SpI-AAAAIBAJ&pg=1552,1481207&dq=adelbert+althouse&hl=en|accessdate=3 March 2011|newspaper=Boston Evening Transcript|date=11 October 1901|agency=The Boston Transcript Company|location=Boston|page=1}} During this time, he participated in the Spanish–American War.{{cite news|title=Commander of Indiana Was Not Notified by Schley That Cereva Was Coming Out-Try at Colon|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HBAbAAAAIBAJ&pg=4018,5719572&dq=adelbert+althouse&hl=en|accessdate=3 March 2011|newspaper=Pittsburgh Press|date=11 October 1901|agency=E. W. Scripps Company|location=Pittsburgh|page=1}} In 1901, the navy assigned him to {{USS|Constellation|1854|6}}. As a lieutenant commander, he served as navigating officer aboard {{USS|Vermont|BB-20|6}}.{{cite book|title=The Navy|year=1908|publisher=Navy Publishing|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_CHgDAAAAYAAJ|quote=Althouse.|accessdate=3 March 2011|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_CHgDAAAAYAAJ/page/n416 31]}}
During World War I, Althouse served as chief of staff to the commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet and commanded {{USS|Brooklyn|CA-3|6}}, for which he received the Navy Cross. He retired with the rank of Captain.{{cite journal|last=Sorensen|first=Stan|title=Historical Notes|journal=Tapuitea|date=1 June 2010|volume=V|issue=22|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:conEaYQj8LwJ:americansamoa.gov/tap2010/Tapuitea100601.pdf+Adelbert+Althouse+site:.gov&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj4InykD-jieA1cVgrdoEiiJa874gGq-y_pBXFin2Zf4V9FJX131rZuw5qQDweiiHx8Xno8x3cVQ-IJTq5t2XUAT6GnubhU1hw0bbELHynCDqsX0zEqUQ-w2YGP4x1lsnEHpN8r&sig=AHIEtbSCQaq6gI6pGjVJap4K1HR49r8fJQ&pli=1|accessdate=3 March 2011|page=5|publisher=Government of American Samoa}}
Governorship
Althouse served two terms as Naval Governor of Guam; he served his first term from February 7, 1922, to December 8, 1922.{{cite web|title=Naval Era Governors of Guam |url=http://guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |work=Guampedia |publisher=University of Guam |accessdate=1 February 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711134857/http://guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |archivedate=11 July 2011 |location=Guam |date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead }} During his first term, he made significant changes to the Guamanian education system. In an effort to promote the spread of English among local children, he burned a large number of Chamorro-English dictionaries and banned the use of Chamorro in the classroom and on playgrounds.{{cite web|last=Clement |first=Michael |title=Language Policies |url=http://guampedia.com/us-naval-era-language-policies/ |work=Guampedia |date=29 September 2009 |publisher=University of Guam |accessdate=1 March 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711135044/http://guampedia.com/us-naval-era-language-policies/ |archivedate=11 July 2011 |location=Guam |url-status=live }} Due to a shortage of classrooms, classrooms were made co-educational. He based the new system on the educational system of California and demanded that teachers stick to a rigid syllabus.{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Robert|title=Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam|year=1995|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=0-8248-1678-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEn9J3tXFS8C&q=Adelbert+Althouse&pg=PA147|accessdate=3 March 2011|page=147}} His second term took place from December 14, 1922, to August 4, 1923.
References
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Category:United States Naval Academy alumni
Category:American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
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