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On the 24th August, 1861, Commander Roger Perry, U.S. Navy. was dismissed from the service under a misapprehension in regard to his loyalty to the Government, from the circumstance that several oaths were transmitted to him and the Navy Department failed to receive any recognition of them. After his dismissal, and upon
his assurance that the oath failed to reach him and his readiness to execute it, he was recommissioned to his original position on the 4th September following. On the same day, 4th September, he was ordered to command the sloop-of-war Vandalia; on the 22d this order was revoked and he was ordered to duty in the Mississippi squadron, and on the 23d January, 1862, was detached sick, and has since remained unemployed. The Advisory Board, under the act of 16th July, 1862, did not recommend him for further promotion.
This last commission having been issued during the recess of the Senate expired at the end of the succeeding session, 17 July. 1862, from which date, not having been nominated to the Senate. he ceased to be a commander in the Navy.
To correct the omission to nominate this officer to the Senate at its last session, I now nominate Commander Roger Perry to be a commander in the Navy, from the 14th September, 1855, to take his relative position on the list of commanders not recommended for further promotion. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington, D.C., 12th February, 1863.
[1] Executive Journal, XIII, 129-30. Commander Roger Perry of Maryland was confirmed by the Senate on February 21, 1863.