Show r RUTH S W SERVICE ERVicE R r IN S ANISH r AND T TH THE BOXER WARS I Warrant Machinist t Fi FE Fr dIk r Ruth uth one of the attaches of the Salt Lake p val ival recruiting station was with Capt Bowman McCalla on the cruiser N Newark wark She was commissioned on May ray Xay 21 1898 and Ruth remained at attached attached at- at t. t ched to the cruiser until she was ras put out of t commission at Boston last Julyk July k When the Boxer trouble in China serious proportions McCalla Avas as sent to Peking He took t 10 ma- ma es and Ruth accompanied the ex- ex Later he went to Tien Tsin Tam o force became part of the British Admiral Seymours Seymour's forces made an unsuccessful attempt to the Chinese capital and relieve the ithe- 4 i Seymour had under him the sea wats war war- jars s of sev several ral nations but his forces jete e insufficient ent He was wasco compelled to at tr at to to It It was jn in this ex- ex l edition that McCalla and his men es es- es distinguished themselves and later teter ater were rewarded with official commendation com corn from Vice-Admiral Vice Seymour himself |