Word: coontz
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shore service, will place the two former midshipmen in ranking command of the U. S. Naval forces afloat, Admiral Samuel S. Robison, sturdy, stocky determined, dark complex-loned with iron gray hair and a close cropped mustache, will become Commander in Chief of the U. S. Fleet, succeeding Admiral Coontz. And Admiral Charles F. Hughes, "huge friendly and dynamic," ruddy-complexioned and bushily mustached, will assume the second ranking command-that of the Battle Fleet...
...Rotorua, N. Z., Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Commander of the U. S. Fleet, was presented by a native tribe, the Arawa Maoris, with a casket for President Coolidge. The formerly cannibalistic donors expressed the hope that a treaty for world peace between the U. S. and Great Britain would eventually find in their casket a snug resting place...
...same day news was flashed from Washington that upon his return Admiral Coontz will surrender command of the Fleet to Admiral Samuel S. Robinson, and will be assigned as Commandant of the Fifth District Headquarters at Hampton Roads. He will then revert automatically to the rank of Rear Admiral...
Governor General Forster of Australia gave a ball for Admiral Coontz and officers of the Melbourne detachment of the fleet...
...Melbourne, on the day following their arrival, 2,000 sailors paraded, and were reviewed from the steps of the Federal Parliament House by Governor General Forster, the Earl of Stradbroke and Admiral Coontz. It was reported that 150 spectators collapsed (although it was a mild day) either from excitement, or from long standing and going without lunch. The parade was halted at one point while sailors rescued spectators injured as a street canopy on which they were standing collapsed...