 In 1889, he received an honorary Master of Arts degree from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.After his appointment as Assistant Naval Constructor, Dashiell was dispatched by the Bureau of Ordnance to construct an ordnance center at Indian Head, Maryland.The resulting facility, the U.S. Navy's first installation in Southern Maryland, has been in the forefront of naval ordnance development and testing for the United States.