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Show CHADWICK'S ANCHOR. Ill wardroom and navy club thla unpuhllKhed lory I related of Admiral Ad-miral Kvana. When he waa given command of the battle ship Indiana hn dlacuvnred tha vaaael't atraatn anchor a l.r.oo pound plivn of mutal lanhe.l aunlnat the after auperatruo I ii re and In the "wake" of Ihe aflur 13liiih (una when Brad at eitrauia ranite ahead. "Curlou place to have that anchor!" an-chor!" waa Kvana' comment to tha officer who waa accotnpanyln( him on hla round of liiapecilon. "Order from the Chief of llureau of Kiiulpiunnt," wua the reply. Caiituln, now Hear Admiral, Chad, wick waa then Chief of tho llureau. Kvana had occasion to an to Waah IhKton tho followInK day and there met Chadwlck. "Sim hare. Chad-wick," Chad-wick," ho aalil, "that la a remarkable place you baye picked out for atowlng Ihe' tndlana'a atream anchor." ' Proper place!" mild Chadwlck. A few daya later tha Indiana went out tu ten! all of her ituna at all anKlea and cloTatlona. It came thu turn of the after 13 Inch kuiih, and the it roup of ollli era conipoalua the Iniaril of In- pci tlnn were on the brldno anil with Klaaae trained on the target, dime J three thousand yard away. The bin , ship quivered bh one of the great e. , went off Mi l lhr,.i-li Ihe , rK s ; sin. ,i.e ..iii. iIiIik went h ii r t : i r, k s I .-i.h heavily In the water flo hu died rt or so awny - ' Tint .v:l mut lave 'tuniMe. I said one of the In -1.. .1 l,ii b,,Ur,, I n'h nn turret If I ever aaw 1 j .Inst then a geyr h aped In , , ! fe j:.is from ihe target and , , ' U,e wind cine Ihe di.ti.m hiMjni of f, ' f.ir ll'iiii- i-li. II ) Tin- Hi.iuii ;.V..,1 l.limldy n, ,,, 1 -l"'t Ki el" II ,, ,1,,.;, ,r' j ' mi 'i h.-l In'n th" wji.-i an I tl..,. ,, Kvnn-i I ' r: ii lw h k ( ni., I,r." he anld q, ; l Which i.i.l mi!) Illii-i.ri.li-. .., - "I '- but Hie ier Of ; I,,,. r.M. tu ' 1-n k" mi ' era a lung ,n , l.ll.ie When tin s., all' nhei ,,,, I they en he iilTei n-l by lha LJst |