Salt Lake Herald | 1908-12-12 | Page 4 | Earned His Honors

EARNED HIS HONORS An occurrence of ot the ican lean war has been be n revived in connection connection connection tion with tle appointment of ot Truman H Newberry as secretary of the navy nay After the smashing of fleet and the American warships were home homeward homeward ward bound an officer of ot the ther Yosemite noticed a steam yacht which had been converted into a gunboat and re rf remarked marked to a companion I wonder what craft that is isA isA A sailor who was busily engaged In scrubbing the deck nearby paused in his work looked up saluted and a d said I Beg pardon vardon sir I 1 can tell teU you It ItIs ItIs I Is the Dawn and then proceeded proceed to give details concerning the trim little I vessel How do you happen to know all about her my man queried the officer officer I own her sir said the sailor sa saluting saluting a Then he went back to his I scrubbing The common sailor on the Yosemite i was Truman H Newberry of Detroit millionaire who had his yacht acht convert converted ed Into a war vessel and enlisted as an ordinary seaman Now the man who applied the th scrubbing brush brus in Is Ia is secretary of the tile navy na naAn An American and a patriot