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Show TO RETIRE IIOBSON. President Sends Special Message to Senate Recommending It, WftshlnKlcn, IMi 17 Tho President todiy aont to tho Senite 1 message recommending tho retirement of Naval Constructor Itkhmond V IIubHon, nnl In accordance with thla recommendi-tlon recommendi-tlon Hetntor nalllnger Imniedlntely In-ttoeluced In-ttoeluced a bill providing for Ml. Hob. eona transfer to the retlted list. In hla messsRe the Piealdent Blvea as his reason the trouble thit llnbsnn haa had with Ills eyea and ictttea the history ot that trouble, it api ears that In June. 1900 ho uu admitted to the nnval hospital at Yokohama, Japan, Ja-pan, when, according to tho iccnrils, he suffered from weakness of the eyes unci retinitis, which It waa Btated had Income innltncled whllo on duty in lopaltlns uhls at Hong Kong. In January, liOi ho was examined bj 11 tetlrlng board, which decided Hint his Incapacity was not ouch as lo Justlly hla letlrement. .tin ir-Mii'iue-lll, Tho PioBltlent s messate conclucleB as follows IVIthout suggesting thit anj Injustice haa been done by this Uncling nnd whllo In effect prnnounc-1ns prnnounc-1ns It cornet, Mr Ilobson stutcs In 11 letter addressed to tho Senetary of the Navy, Kebruiry t, noi, Hint 'tlio duly required 111 tho construction corps In connection with plans and blue-pilnts blue-pilnts and In connection with Inspection Inspec-tion and supet vision In tho elite lit shipyards and nnvv-anls reeiulicd Just the kind of uso of tho tye that In pain, ful nnd Irijuilous and would tend to thwart their recovery, that tho condition condi-tion of his eyea bus Improved since Ida return to the United Stntea. while on Bpecl-il duly not In tho usual line of work of tho construction bureau, but that undei theso favorable conditions tho Irritation and senalllvenesa continue con-tinue and show that he ahould not undertake un-dertake work that taxes the eyes In tho future' Ho accordingly asks Bucli legislation authoilzlntr lua letlrement an for disabilities Incurred In the line of duty. This request la approved by the Chief of Construction and by tho Secielury nf tho Navy. "In consideration of the foregoing, hut especially nf the gallant service rendered liy Mr llnbson In tho sinking of tho Merrlmno In the harbor of Santiago San-tiago during the recent war with Spain, I recommend the cnn tment of a f.i-vorable f.i-vorable measure for his letlrement ' |