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Show I "DEAR OLD BEN" His intimate friends refer to him X affectionately as "Dsar Old Ben." His superiors describe him with the single ;Sk? ord "loyal." His subordinates call him "human." And, in brief, coupled with his record for steady advance-1 advance-1 went and absolute dependability, 'hich has made him the prototype v y 5n the navy of what Brig. Gen. Hugh & Scott, chief of staff, stands for in the army, thesa characteristics give per- Vhaps as good an idea as can be obtained ob-tained of the kind of man Rear Ad-ji: Ad-ji: miral William Shepherd Benson, chief ;s stt' ot naval operations, really is. pi But be not misled by the nick- name' or by the fact that he wa3 graduated in '77, and is nearing his . Eixtieta birthday, into picturing him j as a crotchety and bewhiskered old ioj.:, seadog; for after you have heard his ,rV friends ca" hira "0Id Ben" and have "-se'heard hoxv lle has spent 22 years at t i , eoa, circumnavigating the African ur' toast at one time and going to the f sr 'I xj" Arctic with the Greely relief expedition at another, meeting Admiral Benson Jut. ,'nclu(ies considerable of a shock. 0 In aPPearance "Old Ben" is a "fine upstandin' man" of fortv-five. He is "e , ta". well kuit, and compactly sinewy. His dark hair is closely cropped and lEll0WS traces ot ETaying. His mouth is large and friendly, and his eyes, cark arred an3 deeP set, snap with the light of instant comprehension, for you djQt 1 !"lve t0 say o thine to "Old Ben" more than once. |