He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 8, 1883, and attended North Carolina State College for two years before entering the United States Naval Academy in 1900 and graduating February 4, 1904. He went to sea on the USS Missouri (BB-11).
In 1905, Passed Midshipman Bagley was transferred to the Asiatic Fleet and assigned to the gunboat USS Concord and later to the USS West Virginia (ACR-5). He was commissioned an ensign while on the Concord. In 1908, he reported to the USS Rhode Island (BB-17) of the Atlantic Fleet and made the voyage around the world as part of the Great White Fleet
In April 1909, he left the Rhode Island and spent a year with the General Electric Company in New York for a year of instruction. After this came service on the staffs of the Atlantic and Asiatic fleets. In 1914, he was a lieutenant on the USS Michigan (BB-27) in the Atlantic Fleet.
He got his first command in September 1915 when he took over the USS Drayton (DD-23).
--Cooter
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