found: Wikipedia website, viewed Dec. 15, 2011(Adolph Marix (April 24, 1848-June 11, 1919), was a German-born American officer in the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish-American War. The former executive officer of the battleship USS Maine, he served as recorder on the court of inquiry which investigated the ship's explosion in 1898. He eventually rose to the rank of vice admiral. He was born in Saxony; and in 1864 entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1868; [he moved through the ranks of the Navy], and in Mar. 1899, he was promoted to the rank of Commander [of the USS Maine])
