| Show forbidden presents some 0 of the naval officers who accompanied compa nied the cruiser brooklyn to the queens queen a ceremonies have unexpectedly fallen into trouble and a way out has not yet presented itself one on da day in I 1 ondon london a party of officers were being shoil through various buildings buil dinge by the keeper of the queens privy purne while making the rounds he be ordered that some medals be struck off and gave one to each of his guests as a souvenir all of them accepted the present presen tp and brought the pretty little trinkets home after returning to this country one of the officers became worried orfed by the fear that he had bad transgressed the rules and regulations he made a statement of the case to the secretary of 0 the navy and received a reply that such cuch a medal enen een if pre dented as it souvenir could not be so ac cepter without a special act of congress the other officers of the brooklyn who accepted these medals are arc ho however mever holding on to their gifts and saying nothing about them new york world |
