The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-24
SHORT BUT BRILLIANT CAREEh'
A. s. Hay Had Just Been Appointed
 Assistant Secretary to President.

A. S. Hay Had Just Been Appointed
 Assistant Secretary to President.
 Washington, June 29.-Adelbert 5. Hay was the oldest son of the secretary of state and was born while the latter was living in Cleveland, O., about twenty-five years ago. His secono name is Stone which he bears in mem ory of the late Amasa Stone, his ma ternal grand sire He was educated in the private schools of Cleveland and prepared at St. Paul's academy in con cord, N H., for Yale.
 The stalwart figure of young Hay with the look of reserve power m ms face, undoubtedly went far towards se- curing for him the respect and consld- eration which is not always exhibited to one of his years. With this phy- sioue went a degree of personal bravery that though never recklessly or boast ingly evidenced was still manifested on more than one occasion An instance of this was shown at Gibraltar, 1ouhg Hay was on his way out to the Phlllp- pines, civilian passenger on an army transport carrying volunteer regiment to Manila. At Gibraltar the men had shore leave and when the hour for sa1l- ing arrived half of the volunteers were not aboard. The company officers rounded up those in Gibraltar proper but they could not go in uniform in chase of the roisterers who had founo welcome hiding place among the Spanish drinking housekeepers across the border Adebert Hay volunteered to act as provost marshal and he soon emptied the dives and dragged out the skulkers and drove them down to their ship
 An extended public career was scarcely possible for one of his years yet in the short time that elapsed pe- tween his graduation from Yale and ms death he had achieved a reputation worthy of emulation. Upon his return | from the Philippines trip above referred to he cast about for something to do. | The situation in South Africa had at | tracted his attention and it was hls own impulse that led him to volunteer to go to Pretoria to replace General Macrum. It was relized here that Pre- toria would be besieged and that an official status would be little protectlon | against this phase or Wdf.
 Then the expenses of livelihood III | Pretoria were far in excess Of the sal arv of the consulate so that he who 1 took the place served his country at personal loss. These considerations dld not deter young Hay and he went 1or- ward to his post and there succeeded in discharging as simple consul dlplo- matic duties requiring the exercise or the greatest tact and good judgment. The Boers received him with suspicion, knowing of his some time residence Tn England when his father was ampassa- dor at London. But this he soon dis pelled and in the end the Boers learned to trust him and they showed their gratitude for the many kindly ofnces young Hay performed for their sick and wounded comrades on the other side or the lines. On the other hand the Brit ish prisoners who filled the Boer places | of detention in the early stages Of the war owed many necessities and many l little luxuries to the American consul. Fever was epidemic in Pretoria, too, and the work of the consulate was ex- hausting but not until the wave Of war had passed over the place and the city was again safe and quiet did MT Hay feel that he could leave his post Long before he actually started away from Pretoria he had received permission from the state department to return to the United States on leave of absence He left South Africa last November and returned here by way of London Soon after reaching Washington he rendered his resignation as consul al | Pretoria, It had been for him an eX- pensive employment. In year he mac | spent his fathers salary and his own l Of course much of this disbursement
 was in the way of private charity, the calls of which in the siege and after
 wards were simply irresistible. Since
 his resignation MT Hay had entered into no regular employment though ne
 had devoted himself in part to asslst'
 ing in the conduct of his fathers per
 so11al business.
 However, by the irony of fate, there
 had just come to him one of those golden opportunities that he had seized
 unon gratefully and was about to ap'
 plv himself to it when his untowart end came It had been the proudes'
 recollection of John Hays life that he
 had served Abraham Lincoln as hls as
 sist ant private secreary. So 1t was tt
 be the lot of Adelbert Hay to serve l William Mckinley in like capacity
 ell had been offered and had accepted
 the position of assistant secretary tt
 the president a place now held by Ma
 for Pruden. The latter, after many
 years service at the white house, has
 been made a paymaster in the United
 States army. He was under orders tt report to the paymaster general for ser
 vice July next, when MT Hay was to have succeeded him.