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Admiral Pratt was a full admiral by virtue of his being U. S. Fleet Com- mander. By virtue of his new, coveted office, he retains that rank. But Admiral Hughes last week kicked himself down a step in naval rating to rear admiral. Last week the Navy Department announced the appointment of a new full admiral to take command of the Fleet: Rear Admiral John Valentine Chase, whilom member of the Navy General Board, who plans to confer over the Treaty Navy with his new chief before hoisting his four-starred flag above the flagship Texas...
Died. Maj.-General Henry Tureman Allen, 71, longtime soldier, Wartime com-mander of the goth Division which participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, post-VVar commander of the U. S. Army of Occupation in Germany, holder of decorations from five nations; suddenly, when he was stricken with apoplexy and fell 15 ft. from the porch of a residence at Buena Vista Springs...
...waited for an excuse to raise the U. S. flag over California. An Indian attack gave it to him. Quickly he assembled U. S. settlers, made Suiter's fort his base, marched the length of California, put an end to Mexican domination, was made provisional governor and com-mander-in-chief of California. He paused only long enough to name San Francisco harbor the Golden Gate. Meanwhile, the U. S. had declared war on Mexico and a General Kearney arrived in California to take charge. Kearney and Frémont quarreled so violently that a lieutenant named William Tecumseh...
Died. Douglas Haig, 66, first Earl Haig, 20th Laird of Bemerside, Com- mander-in-chief of the British armies in the War; in London; of heart failure...
Naval bigwigs congratulated Com-mander Charles E. Rosendahl of the Los Angeles exultantly. The test proving that floating filling stations are feasible, widened immeasurable the range of dirigible utility. Commercial dirigible interests eagerly proclaimed that transoceanic airship travel was a more immediate probability now that dirigibles may nose safely down to the vast smooth expanse of landing deck superimposed on aircraft mother ships. The flying deck of the Saratoga is 880 ft. long; the Los Angeles...