Show SILENT ADMIRAL 33 HONORED amiral sir arthur knyvet wilson wilson grand giaino commander of the bath grand commander of the iho victoria Vl cloila order and holder of the victoria cross who had just been appointed it a member of the ho committee of imperial defense would probably havo have gained fame as lit an inventor apart from tits his career lit in the british navy for several instruments of destruction in connection with battle 6 A i ti whips are aie the product pio duct of his brain ile iio Is also j 1 I 1 i en owned among ills ilia fellow and men as j being fonder fonde r of gun practice than preaching and lias haa thereby earned the nickname anio of tile the silent ile he is 17 67 years yeara of age and possesses mi an lion iron will and it a lough exterior lie ile Is IH extremely popular with jack tar running lord beresford lose close lit jn their afat affections egions by those who ought to know lie he Is regarded legard cd as tho the finest tactician and strategist live though lie ho himself hilli solf would modestly award this palm paint to the german admiral Adin lial voli on koester whom lie he considers the greatest of living commanders among ills his inventions the one for foi which he la Is best known la Is the double torpedo tube when sonie some one elso else suggested tile adoption of tile the steel net to protect ships frum from these terrible submarine weapons he in turn wont one better and invented auto automatic shears which attached to the nose of tile the torpedo cut through this defense not content with this lie he determined to outdo ilia his own invention and his net was the result ile ho is responsible for several other inventions of this kind torpedo warfare having always been tits his special study tug wilson as the popular admiral Is known among tits his friends has seen a great deal of active service lie ile entered the navy lit in 1855 and served in both the crimean and china wars lie he was present at tile tho boni bombardment bardi bont of alexandria tit in 1882 and fought at EN cl teb in 1884 ile he has acted its as a lord commissioner and campli comptroller of the navy commanded the channel squadron in 1901 03 and became admiral adin lial of tho the fleet lit in 1307 1907 this last appointment tippo intine lit was a signal honor bestowed upon him by king edward who although the veteran admiral had reached the age limit of 65 exercised ills his royal pre pierola roga tivo and promoted him to that position thus placing sir arthurs services tit at the disposal of his country for another five years it was during dining the battle of el teb while serving with tho the naval brigade that he earned that eliat most co eted little bit of bronze the victoria crus cross the battle had been in progress somo some time and tile the british square hitherto lilethe r to impregnable was broken by the repented repeated niad mad rushes of the dervishes derl halt a dozen Sou danese seeing tile the gap rushed lit in and capt wilson as lie ho was then tackled them single handed ilia his sword broko broke oft off at the hilt but nothing dismayed he continued to lay about with ills his strong fists disabling several of them and giving tile the rallying troops time to close up tip once |