 Cluverius , now a lieutenant commander , was posted to the battleship USS North Dakota in March 1914 . From July to October 1914 , he took part in the United States occupation of Veracruz , commanding a battalion of bluejackets that was landed from the North Dakota . After returning to the ship he became its executive officer until July 1915 , when he became commander of the USS Dubuque . He was then posted back to the Naval Academy as an engineering instructor . 
