Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-04-06 | Page 7 | Coghlan Pardoned

I COGHLAN PARDONED President R stores Captain to His Place at Head of List Washington April I 5Tim President today signed a pardon Ii I l the case of Capt Joseph B Coghlan who lost eleven number In 1 his grade some years ago as a result of an unusually sharp letter written by him to the detail de-tail ofllccr of the Navy department Ae one of the Captains at the battle of Manila bay Cap Coghlan was advanced ad-vanced so as to make up a good deal of the ground lost The Presidents action today malccs up the rest of the ground and places him at he I head of the list of Captains along with Capt Sand At the retirement re-tirement of Admiral Farquhar both will become Hear Admirals Capt Coghlun Is carried as an additional ad-ditional number In i grade and thus his advancement will not Interfere i with the promotions of the Captains below him te himPresident President RooHuvoltn action was influenced in-fluenced strongly by I letter from Hear Admiral Henry C Taylor the new chief of the Bureau of Navigation Naviga-tion who among others earnestly urged the restoration to Capt Cogh Ian of the lost numhars