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Show DANIELS. OVERRULES MILITARY SENTENCE ' WASHINGTON, July 16. Secretary Daniels has set aside the verdict of the j navy court martial that sentenced Rear : Admiral (then cap t alii, Victor Blue to ! loss of ten numbers in his grade and has restored him to his proper place on the navy list. The trial resulted from the stranding of the dreadnought Texas, which he commanded, on Block Island in September. 1917. This was made known today, coincident coinci-dent with the announcement that President Presi-dent Wilson had approved Admiral Blue's retirement from the navy for physical disability upon recommendation of a board of medical survey. Mr. Daniel? acted largely upon the recommendation of Admiral i high Redman, who during the war was in direct control of the Texrus, which Rear Admiral Blue commanded. |