Show 0 5 0 9 0 00 O 0 OiO oO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 00 oO 00 g J fROM SEAMAN 6 9 g g To rr 0 Ad A Admiral d mIra 1 I g 9 oo San Francisco Call Cal CalT ERES HOPE ahead for the Jack Jacktar jackI THERES T I tar taro He mar be rear rr admiral admirl yet has done it f Seaman and rear re admirals those were the shores shor of an uncrossed gulf gl until the Norwegian sailor sailorman man nian performed the miracle miracle Forty Fory year years ago he started out in life wear wearing wearing ing lag the blue blouse of ot the common sea seaman seaman sa saman man and this month he retiree from active service having won the big but buttons buttons buttons tons and epaulettes of rear admiralty Theres hope ahead for the the jack tar ta He has been een used to look upon him himself himself himself self as once a sailor s a sailor He has been ben satisfied to be sure sur He has for tor that very verO reason been known kown I as a the theY jolly joly tar Those Tho days das are over for tor him For in the light of ot what Far has done the tars ambitions arc arca awakened a The navy of the United Unie States is not notable notable able ablo for the fact that according to ex en existing law there Is no promotion from the ranks to an officers commission In the army many promotions from the ranks take place every evry year but no noon noone on one can c become a commissioned officer in the line lne of the navy without grad graduating gd graduating from Annapolis True there are still sun a few officers in the service wh who ho were transferred from the volun olun volunteer volunteer teer t r to the she establishment at atthe atthe atthe the close of the civil chU war But these thes entered the volunteer navy nay not as en enlisted enlisted n listed men m n but as officers they have hae 1 always been officers On Sept 2 last however an officer of er erwa was wa withdrawn from active service serie and placed on the retired list who is I a a remarkable exception to this rigid rule He Ho is a man of foreign parentage who has risen step by step from the lowly grade gade of seaman saman to the rank of rear admiral the highest hl hest rank attainable by b American naval officers except in such cases as those of Farragut Porter and Dewey for whose especial benefit as asa asa asa a reward for distinguished public services the te grade rade of o full ful admiral has been successively created to expire however hower wih with the death deth of the incumbent Incumbent bent l en t J i The exceptional l officer in question is Oscar TV Wo who is unique in 1 our navy There was WH a somewhat sim similar similar ilar case several years yeas ago ngo when in 1895 1891 J K Ie Winn retired retire as a a comman commander commander der dee He too first entered the service as a an enlisted man and ad served as such for eleven months but his case was aas a quite different dlce rent from not only because he reached no further I than commander but for other rea rca sc ns with wih the exception of Winn Inn was the only man mn to achieve tile the peculiar distinction of obtaining a corn cori mission from the enlisted ranks All An Anthe the the other line lne officers of oC the navy en entered entered entered as officers His experience was the result of a remarkably brilliant war war record combined combine with ith recognition of his conduct by his superiors Born in Texas of Scandinavian par parentage parentage parentage Far who wIo w o had been beena a sailor lalor from boyhood at the outbreak of or the civil war de tIe decided te cEded to cast cst his lot with wih the north I and on en April Apri 24 1561 1161 almost as soon sn indeed as Fort Sumter had been ben fired fre upon enlisted an as a common se seman s man nau nin in the United States tte navy na Of sturdy build he was wae a likely Jack jc tar but b no more so s apparently than tha thou of others He e was friendless ns Je obscure Speaking with th a strong for foreign forg sign eign accent ac ent he was wa given even less le g consideration than if he had ad been a atypical atypical typical Yankee Yanke of the Gloucester fish fishermen fishermen ermen or New Bedford Bedfor whaler class cla But Bitt he soon on showed that he had bad the stuff of which old Vikings were made Being Bein Immediately drafted to the big steam stem frigate Wabash at that period regarded as one of the finest and most formidable war vessels afloat he lie soon sn found tou himself attached to the North Atlantic blockading squadron off of the Carolina CaUna coasts coats and the dull dun moments became scarce sc He had fighting ga galore g galore lore loreo On board the Wabash he took tok part pt Jn in I the t attacks attack on Forts Hatteras and and in the te battle batte of Port Royal Roal He also was a member of every everyone everO everOne everyone one ne of the boat expeditions and they were many man which the Wabash sent out outon outon on various missions during 1861 1161 and I 1862 1862 His gallantry was always con conspicuous I I e GE S But he could not always escape un unscathed unI unscathed scathed from these many hazardous ex en experiences I and finally on one of these expeditions which landed lande four how howit howitzers it to assist assis in covering the retreat or orthe f the army armO at Pocotaligo N C he was w severely wounded After the engage engagement meat ment m nt he was brought t tack t ida his 11 tin hin hinand n nand and thence transferred to the New York Tork naval hospital whre where her he lay a long while disabled Upon his recovery he was honorably discharged from Crom the I navy but as an soon oon as his health was well wel restored in February 1863 his appetite for war whetted rather than lessened by his hard experience he re reenlisted reenlisted enlisted and was wa promptly again sent to the front where the hardest kind of I lighting fighting was the order of the day This time he was assigned to the I monitor Catskill and on this doughty little ironclad he took part in all an the engagements before Charleston S So C during the balance of 1863 and the early erly part of 1864 On August 17 1863 1563 he exhibited the heroism which combined combIne with wIh his pre previous prevIous previous excellent record won for him his commission and opened up the career carer which has just closed in honorable re retirement retirement with the highest rank and good pay for life Ufe On that day the Catskill was actively I engaged with the formidable forts and andI batteries at Charleston harbor Get Getting Getting I ting Ung In she was ms soon the favored target of a terrible converging fire lire was at the wheel and al at although alI though shot shell shen and a nd shrapnel were I hurtling and bursting all aU about him he continued to steer ster as coolly as though doing by trick on a peaceful I sea se Commander George Gerge TV Wo Rodgers one of the navys most mot gallant galian anat officers and Paymaster J C Woodbry ry who was acting as his aid were wee both killed by side but he continued unmoved at his post of duty and steered the esel to safety when she shewa sheWa wa withdrawn His conduct on this occasion was so conspicuously meritorious m that it I at attracted traded tr the attention of the higher of officers officers officers and strong as is the sentiment In the navy against the forecastle in invading g the ward room rom efforts were in inaugurated inaugurated to reward him suitably for his hL behavior In such a trying time He added still sun more lustre to his rec roe record ord or in the following month Septem September ber her ISO 1863 when he was wa a member of the tIme disastrous storming party which the fleet landed to assault Fort For Sum ter Here H re too he distinguished ed him himself himself self by by his gallantry I th e o 1 who ho Fa n OItS mette mettle was cap after wa a Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen wisp commanded a division of t thy tbt bl Ck adI n et off oc the coast const of or so Carolina C Ammen by b the way ys s jirm rp personal friend and b I 1 y of General Generl Ulysse Ulysses G nt once nce O saved avel s th the la latte from rom frowning when both h i yore r in int swimming in Ohio t I Aided by b I 9 an H recommendations tons Ot H t f in August Augst 1 1164 was wa appointed an act ing ensign He was wa now nw an and ad his of or hi first the duty dut ordnance as such suc schooner was wa the te command Henry Hnry se James Jame His Hi fighting was w not nt by bF b any means mean over and a an before the th close c of oC the te war he wr participated in several I more mere notably noby ID lie the te Chowan and Black Bla Water Vater rivets rivers and nd the battle and capture of C Fort Fisher by the combined combine military mit and naval forces in January ISO u As A a result reul of his hi line fine fD war wr record was selected selete as a one of the volunteer officers to be b retained pena perma permanently neatly in the navy nao and on o March 12 after passing an examination h he be was commissioned lofe an ensign in the regular establishment From that time on he lie has ha ha passed suc sue successively by strict seniority through all al the intermediate grades gades up to and inclusive of that tt of captain which was his last rank on the list He reached rache the grade gade of rear admiral saral on the day of his retirement by virtue of the law passed pa two years ago which permitted officers officer who served I during duping duIn the civil ehU war to retire rt with wt the t tank rank and pay of the next higher grade Rear captain admiral admirl Is Use the te grade g next Dt gade above 44 naval career since the civil civi war however has not always ane led aw through trough flowery paths He has h ever ner had to contend with wih a certain pru dice which exists exist in the navy naTY against Pu officers who are not graduates gradus e o An Annapolis A This prejudice Prudi gu has ha been bea b 0 par marked marke In his ease owing pr to the fact that he h did di not enter eater even eve the te VOlunteer service as an ocer but as asan asan asan an enlisted man The social Ilal gulf In Inthe inthe the Ute navy between forward and an aft a In is Ina I Ia isa a vast one and naval officers wish it to be b kept impassable The only bridge they tbt permit and even that reluctantly l I an Annapolis education separating the enlisted period from the commis commissioned slone At one time a certain number of o enlisted naval apprentices wore were given given iv iven en appointments to Annapolis but the practice was wa Of the few who h graduated three thre are still on th the active list Commander W v P Day Da Lieutenant Ii Commander J 3 E Roller Roler and W V H Ho H Two are on nn the tho th retired list Lieutenants T O G C Salter Saler and Samuel Seabury Sabury These wih with ith and Wina are ar the only enly American naval officers who have ever been enlisted men All Al but and Winn graduated from Annapolis F renholt alone aone has reached rhe the high highest est grade Ide in the te service While nc Rear Admiral Ammen was chief of the bureau breu of navigation aton dur during durIng ing tag the seventies received some fairly good details but 1 as a a gen cn general oral eral era 1 thing g the berths he had d drawn awn were ere undesirable He was W not Bt always wanted as a shipmate by Annapolis AnU bred officers for aside from fr the prejudice dice against forecastle experience his hi foreign accent was wa very marked marke his education was below beloW the naval acad academy ad ademy academy emy standard and his manners maD were slow in acquiring the polish desired dered Many officers too thought of numbers of enlisted d men of oC their own ow n acquaint acquaintance ance whose heroisms had been quite had as great get if I not greater geter than and their other qualifications qua ton for tor a commission better 4 w s S Hence Henc personal peron friends trind in inthe inthe the tIme navy ny have been n comparatively few His Rs Ei ships ship have hare hav usually been or bC 1 th which Wh do 40 not offer all the enjoyments en or advantages of the te regular cruises rather limited rega acquaint acquaintance ance anee at first with wIt ordnance aD and other technical subjects also al militated mUtate to tome some me extent against his bis bl assignment to ships where he would be b called cne upon to act a t as an instructor to others His first duty dutO after the war was on pa pathe n the small monitor Shawnee Shawe and then at ae at the Boston Boton navy na yard ya In Ia 1866 1865 l he e ewas was ordered to the Purveyor and in the one year ear 1867 to the reedy receiving ing ships New Hampshire and Ohio and the Idaho Idah He was wan wa bandied about abut with wih very ver little cere care ceremony ceremony mony and only on two occasions corn com completed cm a full ful cruise cruIs in one vessel ve In IniS iS he served sered on the Ashuelot in Asiatic waters and in the latter water later year was attached to the Norfolk navy yard following in close order by duty on the cruiser Shenandoah the receiving ship Relief the flagship Minnesota Minnet the practice ship Supply and in 18 1671 back again gain to the Norfolk nav nay nav yard yar He spent a year there ther and then from 1877 to 1879 was as placed In charge of the naval niter alter nier depot at Maiden Malf Mass He made a full ful three years cruise in the gunboat Monocacy in Chinese waters from 1878 to 1882 18 Finally in 1882 18 he was wa assigned to duty on the old steam frigate Wabash the same vessel vesel upon which he h saw his first naval service as 88 a seaman in I the stirring days two decades dede previously He remained l on the th old ol Wabash WA h which had ended her active days day and been converted Into a receiving riving ship at Boston Boton until 1889 18 except tor fr about abut one year yer when he was wa attached to the steam Swatara on the North Atlantic station staton 0 Most of his later years ye have en spent on the Pacific coast ct He corn com commanded cm mande the gunboat Plata Plat in Sitka Alaska for a couple of years and af afterward Ye a cupe served as lighthouse inspector for the tile northwestern district with wih headquarters arters at Portland Ore Pre His last sea service which he corn com completed cm shortly shorty before his h retirement was in command of or the t monitor stationed in Ma Manila Ma Manila nila nUa bay by Curiously enough his first frt and last duties dutes an an a in the navy naO were as itS the commanding officer of a vessel the schooner Henry James in II 1861 and the in 1201 1901 and both vessels were ere In hos bos hostile tile tUe waters vaters for the was wa frequently under Filipino fire tre Admiral is tall tal wen ell built buit and with wih the blonde hair and blue blueeyes blueeye blueeyes eyes eye of the typical Norseman He H is socially inclined and while a light lighthouse lighthouse house hous inspector made himself quite popular with wih the people of Oregon and Washington He is known kown too to in San Francisco having served on a court martial martal at Mare Marl island i not very verv meg lunar ago prior to his lila departure to assume command of the He has a sop SOi in the na navy v Pas PaR r ll i Assistant Surgeon Surgen Ammen Fa named name for his hi friend and ben benthe the late Rear Admiral Admirl life has ha been UT un volumes are summed w uJ u iri ir th quent sentence e eFrom From seaman to tn r war i a |