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LEFT RODGERS 87 RODMAN Tripoli and from Tunis treaties abolish- ing the former tribute and forbidding the slavery of Christian captives. On June 23, 1812, he fired with his own hand the first shot in the war with Great Britain, and during the war he took 23 prizes. He died Aug. 1, 1838. RODGERS, JOHN, an American naval officer; born in Maryland, Aug. 8, 1812. He entered the naval service in 1828 and soon showed that he had inherited the bravery of his father, Commodore John Rodgers. He was in the war against the Seminole Indians and rendered excellent service during the Civil War. In Novem- ber, 1861, he took part in the battle of Port Royal, and in November, 1862, he led an attack on Drury's Bluff, on the James river, in which he was repulsed. He commanded the "Weehawken" in the attack on Fort Sumter, in April, 1863, and in the same year he captured the Confederate ironclad "Atlanta," near Savannah. He was promoted rear-ad- miral in 1869, and in 1877-1882 was super- intendent of the United States Naval Observatory. He died in Washington, D. C, May 5, 1882. RODGERS, JOHN AUGUSTUS, an American naval officer, born at Havre de Grace, Maryland, in 1848. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1868, and was appointed ensign in 1869, rising successively to the rank of rear-admiral in 1908. He saw active ser- vice during the Civil War and took part in the battle of Santiago, Cuba, in July, 1898. His various other assignments in- cluded service with the torpedo service, at the Washington Navy Yard, the Naval War College, the light-house service, etc. From 1904 to 1906 he was in command of the "Illinois," and from 1908 to 1910 he was in command of the Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Washington, retiring in July, 1910. RODGERS, RAYMOND PERRY, an American naval officer, born in Washing- ton, D. C, in 1849. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1868 and was appointed ensign in 1869, rising successively to the rank of rear- admiral in 1908. He served from 1893 to 1897 as naval attache in France and Russia, from 1897 to 1899 as executive officer of the "Iowa," taking part in the battle of Santiago, Cuba. From 1899 to 1901 he was in command of the "Nash- ville," seeing service in the Philippines, and in China during the Boxer troubles. From 1904 to 1906 he was in command of the "Kearsarge," from 1906 to 1909 chief intelligence officer of the Navy De- partment, and from 1907 to 1911 presi- dent of the Naval War College and commandant of the naval station in Nar- ' ragansett, Bay, retiring in December, 1911. RODIN, AUGUSTE, a French sculp- tor; born in Paris, France, in 1840, studied under Barye, and began to ex- hibit in the Salon in 1875. He has pro- duced great scriptural and symbolical groups, but is best known by his portrait AUGUSTE RODIN busts and statues, notably the busts of Victor Hugo and Balzac; though his "Apollo," "Young Girl," "The Kiss," and his panels are equally great. He is re- presented in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, by "The Hand of God," "The Bather," a bust of St. John and 18 other pieces. In 1904 he succeeded Whistler as President of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Engravers. He died Nov. 17, 1917. RODMAN, HUGH, an American naval officer, born at Frankfort, Ky., in 1859. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1880 and from the Naval War College in 1907. Having been promoted ensign, junior grade, in 1883, he gradually rose to the rank of rear- admiral in 1917. In the Spanish-Ameri- can War he served on the "Raleigh." Be- sides service on various United States vessels his assignments included service with the light-house department, at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., etc. From 1914 to 1915 he was superintendent of transportation, Panama Canal. From