Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-16

enlist in the regular army and navy !,
now appear foolish When there 10 |
the promise of something doing"
Jacky is only too ready to fight for
the chance to get in a fight. A de- |
crease in assertions promptly follow
cd the Presidents order, and we are
taking along as big n force as the
forecastles will accommodate.
And that busy man Brownson on
December t6 may take a rest Then
he can say: TITS up to you, Evans"
On the instant that the screws of
his fleet beat the waters of the
Roads, Evans becomes king. For
many weeks his position has been
something like that of a driver watt
| ing for his team to be brought out in
| order to take to the road. Most of
, the time he has been in Washington
| in order to be near The Department If
he were needed.
| Robley d. Evans, who was born in
Virginia of slave-holding family,
but fought on the Union side against
mis- own brother; who was the first
! Annapolis appointment from Utah;
VITO as STRIPPING saw Indian fight.
ing on the way to Salt Lake City to
qualify as o resident; who, with a
revolver he had kept and hidden un.
der his pillow, held back the hospital
Gurgeon who was going to amputate
9th his legs, which had been wound
ed at Fort Fisher; who was in Chile
on famous occasion; VINO comman-
ded the Iowa at Santiago-"Flghting
Bob Evans,"
A iacky was once asked what the
Admiral looked like. You cant
mistake him" was the answer. Hes
rot face that's cleared for action
all the time. All the furnishings arc
overheard; nothing but turrets and
guns, with the sun a-shining pleas
pntly on the guns-thats his smile. y
What the navy feels about Bob
Evans is that he will go in accord
ing to the rules of his day, as Jones
and Perry and Farragut and Dewey
did according to the rules of their
davs-and that is saying enough.
This is his last cruise: the close of
the career OF the last high officer who
over smellcd powder in the Civil
War. The head of the greatest fleet
, we ever assembled, he goes as only
E Rear Admiral to ports where Vice
/ Admirals and full Admirals whose
commands the forward turrot of his
5 flagship could easily sink will well
, come him.
In August next he Is retired, un-
less he should be made a Vice Ad-
miral. for no retired officer may
, servc anoat. BY our rule. all Vice
= Admirals and all Admirals find the
!, fountain of youth in the saters OF
70 victory. One such we have on the
. active list by the vote OF Congress -
D George Dewey.
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