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Show HAS WIDE EXPERIENCE 1 IMPORTANT P08T8 HELD BY '.M REAR-ADMIRAL BR0WN80N. Naval Officer Who Resigned at Chief of Bureau of Navigation Hat Won Pralte Both as Execu- tlve and Fighter. Washington. near-Admiral Wlllard Herbert Ilrownson, who has resigned ns chief of tho bureau of navigation after n difference of opinion with President Hoosovolt, is an offlcor who has proved numerous tlmos that ho combines both tho qualities of n fight-or fight-or nnd nn executive. Ho has had a particularly wide experience and has held somo very Important posts, both . ashore and nflont, In all of which ho has won prnlso from those who havo had occasion to pnss upon his work. Ilrownson, who attained tho rank of rear-admiral In 1005, had Just como t from command of tho Asiatic fleet ' when ho wns nppolntcd to tho bureau of navigation last spring. As n midshipman ho headed a dar-ing dar-ing "cutting out" party which dofcatcd a gang of Mcxlcnn pirates; as a com- 'H mander ho handled tho crulsor Detroit when It broko tho Ilrnzlllan blockado In 1S9 1; ns a captain ho commanded tho Ynnkco during tho Spnnlsh-Amcrl-can wnr. Ho tins boon tried equally thoroughly In other lines of duty. Ho hns dono sclcntltlc work for tho const survey; ho wns in tho hydrographlc odlco far four years In Important post-lions; post-lions; ho wns commandnnt of endcta at tho naval academy and ho was superintendent of thnt Institution from 1902 to 1904, when ho mndo a rocord for efficient work; ho wns sonfnbrond in 1898 to purchase ships of war for this country, doing his work so well that ho wns thanked by tho navy do- partmcnt. Ono of Ilrownson's most Interest-Ing Interest-Ing adventures camo to htm whon, as a midshipman, ho was attached to tho I old Mohcgan on tho Pacific station. Ho :jH was at that tlmo 22 yearB old, having been born at Lyons, N. Y in 1845. Ho .H wns graduated at tho naval academy In 18C5. Tho Mohegan was cruising 'H near Mazatlan, Mexico, whon tho clt- lzena of that port appealed to Capt, Lowo, tho commnnder, for protection against a crow of pirates who woro killing, innocent citizens, looting un- H protected towns nnd committing dop- rcdatlons of frightful barbarity nil along tho coast. Capt. Lowo promised that ho would deal with tho pirates, and he soon thereafter located them in a cluster of tropical lagoons, almost Inaccessible bocauso of donso vegetation. Tho plrato captain had worked his vessel Into a snug position, whore ho bolieycd hlmsolf snfo from all attacks, having got wind of tho fact that tho captain of tho American man-of-war was look-Ing look-Ing for him. Hut ho mado a mistako in his calculations as to tho kind of men who woro in command of the ves-sel ves-sel flying Old Olory. Whon Cnpt. Lowo discovered whoro tho plrato craft was hidden ho dotalled Midshipman Brown-son, Brown-son, with a boat's crow, to attack them. It was a desperato command that Ilrownson undertook, tho small boat pulling up to tho schoonor un- jjjH protected. Hrownson's boat, however, was permitted to rench tho schooner 'H unmolested. Tho pirate ship wns ut-tcrly ut-tcrly silent nnd deserted. Tho momont, howevor, that tho Amorlcan sailors, headed by Drown-son, Drown-son, climbed over tho rnll n volley of 9H gunshots was poured upon thorn from Wtk tho limbs of tho trees near by. The flr? plratos had arranged an nmbush In )3E thlB fashion, tho whole crow being 'fS& under covor nnd Invisible Henllzlng ifaA that ho could do nothing In tho way fcffifc of reaching tho pirates, Hrownson's fifVft? quick mind instantly conceived a plan Jg for defeating thorn. Ho prderod hla ' men below decks to cscnpo the plratos volleys and immediately started a dozen Urea In tho vessel's hold. As soon us tho craft was well oblazo Ilrownson gnthered up hla dead and . i wounded four men got them nnd jlvi his crow into his boat and pullod away .i from tho ahip. In n short tlmo tho '-'tar? schooner wns a mass of flamed, tho ,CS l pirates being marooned In tho swampy land without ammunition, food or 'Jpr anything except tho clothing thoy hnd 'iPl on, All tholr booty wns lost with their mi ship and thoy thomsolvus woro easily' killed or captured by tho Mexican au thorltlcs. The people of Mazatlan pro- 'If Bonted Ilrownson with a qllver 'survi H ico as an expression of tholr thanks.. |