The evening times., 1898-07-08
|EMM0NS S. SMITH, 7O5-7-9-1l Pcnna. Ave.

| lature of that State: was nominated by
| the President. and advanced. under spec
| ial act of Congress. to the grade of mast
| er. Commissioned a master. from Novem-
Der "a, Is1,: ordered to the Portsmouth.
| March Il. 1873. and upon arrival at Havre
| France. took charge of a squad of men
for duty at the Universal Exposition at
Paris.
An offer of the cross OF the Legion of
Honor was made him upon this occasion
by the French republic. but was declin-
ed. Upon completion of this duty he re-
joined the Portsmouth ana served in her
in the training squadron and returned to
the United States: detached from the
Portsmouth April ). 1851. and ordered to
the Bureau of Equipment and Recruit
ing. Navy Department. acting for a
while as naval aide to the Secretary of
the Navy: detached from this bureau
July 25 1857 and ordered to the monitor
Montauk: detached from the monitor
December 5. 1852. and ordered to the
Kearsage. North Atlantic squadron: de-
tached from the kearsas- and ordered
m the training ship Minnesota May 81.
1893. Commissioned lieutenant Junior
grade) March ,. 1883; detached from the
Minnesota October %. 1888, and ordered
to duty in charge of men, and on arrival
for duty in the Pacific squadron was as
signed as executive of the Onward;
transferred from the latter to the She
Aandoah. October H. 1854: took part
in landing at Panama. to protect
American interests. In the Spring Of 1885;
detached from the Shenandoah at San
Francisco, October s, 1856. and ordered to
Washington for examination for promo
ton. Commissioned lieutenant Nav ],
1884: granted six months leave of absence.
December 6. 1886; ordered to torpedo serv
Ice at Newport, r. l., May II. 1887. and to
Naval War College, August 30. 1857; de-
tached from War College. December 10,
1887, and ordered to duty in the Bureau of
Navigation. Assigned to the Office of Ma
val War Records. where he remained un-
til February. 1891: February 4, 1891. Joined
the Boston. of the squadron of evolution.
and when the Chilean troubles occurred
: the Boston was ordered to Valparaiso and
assigned to the Pacific squadron: was in
the Hawaiian Islands during the political
crisis there, and when the revolution took
place In Honolulu he commanded the ar
tiIlery of the landing forces for the pro-
lection of American life and property; de-
tached from the Boston at Mare Island
navy yard, November 4, 1893: assigned to
duty in the War Record Office. Navy De-
partment, December 16. 1898; detached Ju-
ly 2, 1885, and ordered to the Detroit. Ash
attic station; transferred to the Boston,
same station. January 2, 1897; the follow
ing November transferred to the York
town, and when that vessel went out OF
commission, December II, 1897, was or
dered to the Alert. Pacific station. as ex-
ecutive officer. and while that vessel was
in Acapulco, Mexico. was taken critically
i'll with acute appendicitis and sent to
Marine Hospital, Mare Island. for treat
ment Discharged from hospital March
"a, and granted six months sick leave.
1t is in connection with the situation
in the Hawaiian Islands that Lieut..
Young has come most prominently before
the public. While attached to the U. s.
s. Boston. at that place he wrote book
graphically describing the condition Of
affairs on the island.
In referring to the Hawaiian Islands
as a strategical position, he says:
"The importance of Hawaii as
strategical position Is no more mat
ter of opinion than is geometrical
axiom. 1t is a primal. incontroverti-
Bile fact. 1t is second in importance
to no other single point on the earth's
surface. England seized, and with
bulldog tenacity has held. Gibraltar
for its strategical value alone; but