The sun., 1907-12-25

mlral BrcwnsOn. Who was disincllnsd 70 rs-
tain HIS position as q bureau chief a. long
a. there was any question aSftO his legal
right to do 80.
Although resigninR from his burean ofEios.
Admiral Brownson retains his rank and
ttSie on the retired list OF the navy. He was
born July 3. 1s4S. at Lyons. N. ". was grAdu-
ated from the Naval Academy in 1895, and
has been actively engsNed in naval work
ever since. The incident in his career
which brought him into greatest promi-
nence occurred at Rio de J&nsirO in 1888.
when, in command OF the gunboat Detroit.
he steamed under the shotted guns Of the
Brazilian rebel bRttleships Aquidaban and
Esmeralda and despite the protests Of the
armorclads conveyed two American mer-
ohant vs.sels through the blockading line,
breaking the blockade and putting an Snd
70 tho naval rebellion under AdmiralB MellO
and Da Cana.
One of the rebel battleships fred a shot
across the bows OF the Detroit. Brownson
responded with a six pound shell, which.
however. went too high. Then the Detroit
circled the Brazilian and at BrOwnson's COM
mand a marine fired a musket ball in the
sternpost Of the battleship. Admiral Da
CANA. the rebel leader. sought to surrender
10 Rear Admiral BenhAtn. commanding the
American naval force. but the tender Of his
sword was rejected.
When Mr.. Roosevelt was Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy he was particularly in
innate with Admiral Brownson. In the
Spanish war Admiral Brownson commanded
the auxiliary cruiser Yankee. Afterward
he commanded the battleship Alabama
and was superintendent of the Naval
Academy. When ne reached the rank Of
Rear Admiral he commanded the armored
cruiser squadron which brought Presi
dent Roosevelt from New Orleans to Hamp-
ton Roads He took that squadron to the
Philippines and became commander-in
chief Of the United States naval force on
the Asiatic station.
Commander Winslow saw conspicuous
service in the Spanish war, when he was
attached 20 the gunboat Nashville. In a
cable cutting expedition in small boats
under Winslow's command he was shot
through the hand. and enlisted men in his
boat were badly wounded by the Spanish
Rre. but Winslow stuck to the work until
the cable had been raised and cut. Com
mander Winslow commanded the cruiser
Charleston, which conveyed Secretary and
Mrs Root from the United States around
South America in 1903. He was appointed
recently 20 be Assistant Chief of the Bureau
Of Navigation Mrs. Winslow is a daughter
Of the late Henry o. Havemeyer
The controversy over the command of
the Relief recalls the case of Major-Gen.
Leonard Wood. who at the beginning of
the Spanish war was an army surgeon with
che rank Of Captain. He entered the volun-
teer service as Colonel of the Rough Riders,
of which MIR Roosevelt was Lieutenant
Colonel. was transferred to the Regular
line as a Brigadier-G General when the army
was reorganized. and after a bitter con-
troversy his promotion to his present rank
of Alajor-General was confirmed by the
Senate
Surgeon-General Rixey is on terms of
great intimacy with President Roosevelt,
hut not more so than was Admiral Brown-
son Up TO a week ago the relations be-
tween the President and Admiral Brownson
were exceedingly close. Admiral and Mrs.
Brownson accompanied the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt ON the Mayfower from
Washington to Hampton Roads to see the
Atlantic feet depart for the Pacific.