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...went to the Naval War College at Newport, and became a scholar there for two years. He left there to take command instead of applying a remedy. It will mean aid and assistance for our enemies instead of their destruction and downfall. It will mean defeat in war instead of victory...
...Commandant of the Narragansett Bay Naval Station and President of the Naval War College, when he was sent abroad with the rank of Vice Admiral, commanding the U.S. Naval forces in European waters. He held that post throughout the War, and for a time was in command of all the Allied vessels in the Irish Sea. His skill and tact were admired by the Allies. Late in 1918 he was given the temporary rank of Admiral...
...meanwhile Captain Hope of the British cruiser Repulse was putting on all speed at the command of Edward of Wales. The Prince, it seemed, had learned that one of the ship's operators was in a hurry to reach England in time for his father's funeral. Britons glowed at this new proof of their Prince's infallible democracy...
Having sustained a wound in the left cheek which will require a special surgical operation to save the sight of his left eye, Lieut. Col. Charles Kerwood, second in command of the Sherifian Escadrille, journeyed recently to Paris in search of expert medical attention. He is the first Sherifian to return to Paris, although during the rainy season in the Riff which is now commencing, it is understood that a two months' leave of absence from Morocco will be taken by a number of the American aviators...
Stafford was in command of Team B with Chauncey, Zarakov, and Howe for carriers. In the line, Doherty, Taylor, and Hoague on one side; E. H. Bradford, Simonds, and Daniell on the other, flanked Shapiro who was in the pivot berth...