Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
EFFICIENT WORK DONE AT SAN
FRANCISCO.
officers and Men Of the Army and
Navy Who Distinguished
Themselves.

The President has received report on
cases of gallantry and signally efficient per-
Torrance of duty by officers and men of
the navy in connection with the San Fran
cisco disaster. The report embodies ex-
tracts from letters and kilograms from Rear
Admiral Goodrich, commander-in-chief of
the Pacific squadron; Rear Admiral 3. H.
McCalla, commandant of the Mare Island
navy yard. and Lieut.. Col. Henry C.
Haines of the Marine Corps. In a letter
Admiral Goodrich refers to the Curtin
Hospital, called after the chief electrician
of the United States steamship Pike g. A.
Curt1n), who, after doing yeoman service in
endeavoring to arrest the progress of the
fire, took possession of a church hunted I'D
physicians and nurses and secured bed
ding, medicines and food. Forty or fifty
sick and wounded are constantly cared for
under its roof the admiral says and the
numoer OF cases runs up from 10 to $50
daily.
Special mention for excellent work is
made of Lieut. Commander George W. Will
liams of the navy, Marines B. A Forsterer
w. j. Mentally, j. c. w. Neimeyer Ernest
j. stephens and o. E. Gutman.
Admiral McCalla gave the following list
of officers and enlisted men from Mare
Island who either We're especially gallant
or sgnally effective in performing duties
in San Francisco:
Roll of Honor.
Lieut.. F. n. Freeman, Ensign Wallace
Bertholf. Midshipman John e Pond, Past
Assistant Paymaster II. Def. Mel, First
Lieut.. William E. Smith u S. M c.; Paul
kuget, gunner mate, first class, Perry
Charles Smith. chief quartermaster. &C
tive; Olaf Jansen, chief boatswain' S
mate, Leslie; J. A Curtin, chief cleo
trician; A. N. Fletcher chief quarter
master; A. Osinga, chief electrician; c.
T. Lehman, electrician, second class; j.
K. Evans, chief machnists mate, subma-
rlne hotliia seaman, quartermaster, second
class; a. Nj. Rice, fireman, second class,
from Independence; John Kenny, fireman,
first class, active, We're sgnally efficient
and especially gallant in performing duties.
Lieut.. Commander ]. II. l.. Holcombe,
Chief Boatswain d. Moriarty, John ].
Howe, gunner's mate, third class Ray
Nye, gunner's mate, second class. and c.
A ingalls, electrician, third class. at
tached to submarines; Fred. Peterson, sea-
man; c. II. Murphy, master-at-arms; R.
Z. Baker, water tender; - Jones' coal
passer; julius Smallbone, chief quarter
master, from independence, were signally
efficient in performance of duty.
Fl. =. Hoffman, seaman; Joseph Taylor,
chief water tender; Samuel Barton, chief
water tender; Carl Ebert, hospital stew
ard; w. j. Brown, quartermaster, third
class, from Perry; c. p. Walters. quarter
master, third class. Leslie; Hiram Ran
dolph, chief boatswains mate, Preble: II.
T. Johnson, chief boatswains mate Far
ragut; +. ]. Campbell coppersmth. indie
pendence were especially gallant, the lat
ter being injured while rescuing a child
from burning building.
Private Marine William P. Burton at
tached to Mare Island, assisted Lieut..
Freeman in dynamitng April 10 and 20,
most hazardous and efficient services.
Second Lieut. John p. White, now I'M
der charges for trial by court-martial, tenn
porarily released from arrest for this emer-
gency, commanded a section in the city.
Entitled to special commendation for
prompt, efficient control in this section and
prompt and thorough organization of relief
work
Kuget. Jensen and Smith are especially
commended by Lieut.. Freeman as standing
out prominently from body Of most gall
liant and efficient enlisted men.
The President also received letter from
Arthur II, Dutton, editor of the San Fran
cisco News Letter, regarding the work of
the force under Lieut.. Freeman. Mr. Dut-
ton says 1t is his firm opinion that the
naval force under command of Lieut.. Free
man saved the water front of San Fran
cisco from destruction.