George Robert Salisbury was a United States Navy Commodore who served as the 15th Naval Governor of Guam. Though he originally served as an Engineering Duty Officer he eventually stopped being a Restricted Line Officer and retired from the Navy as a Commodore. As governor he rolled back a number of educational reforms and encouraged a new ranch system. He also took drastic measures to control the leprosy epidemic on the island removing the infected to Philippines.
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