The Washington herald., 1907-12-15

on the Petrol TO please Emory, who mott
fed the commander of the offending ship
that the Petrol had light enough OF her
own. and II that searchlight again dis
turbed the slumbers Of the Yankees he
meant 10 clear for action. There was no
further foreign illumination OF the Petrol.
II was while his ship was lying some
where on the China station that Emory
won his wide popularity in the navy.
Close by lay a Russian ship, and in the
course of time the Yankee officers gave a
big dinner in honor of the Russians
When the hour came for the visitors 10
depart it was specially apparent that at
least one of them had taken aboard too
large a cargo Of American hospitality. He
seemed 60 be in danger of falling, as he
tried TO reach the companionway and to
steady him Emory's paymaster seized the
Russians arm. The latter. in his drunk
cnness, feeling that his dignity as an Off
Ger OF the Gar had been grossly offended.
drew a knife and slashed the payamster
across the breast. Fortunately. the knife,
though II cut through the coat. did not
penetrate the skin. In the ensuing ex-
element the Russians companions seized
the offender and dragged him to the boat
waiting for them.
Sends Challenge of HIS Own.
The junior officers of the American snip
were unanimously agreed that it was the
bounden duty of the p3ymaster to wipe
out the insult by chalening the Russian
to a duel The paymaster listened pa
uently 10 the hotheads. then discreetly
sought out his commander. who swore by
all the nine gods of war that he would
have arrested the paymaster had he been
so foolish rs 10 send a challenge And
then Emory sent a little challenge Of his
own 70 the Russian captain. demanding
of the latter that he make the knife
wielder apologize.
Back came a very polite note. convey
ing the intelligence that the young officer
would write a letter OF apology At once.
Back went word from Emory that letter
would not do; that the apology must be
made IN person on the deck of the ship
where the knife was welded. Another
polite note from the Russian commander.
ia which he said he was most sorry, but
such "A thing most positively couldn't be,
for the lieutenant was the nephew of the
admiral commanding the Russian fleet
Nephew or no nephew. Emory replied.
that lieutenant would either come aboard
MS ship and make fun apology or he
Emory would hold the Russian captain
personally responsible.
Having signed his name 70 this very
plain English, Emory donned his white
Kid gloves Qt IS "a passion with him to
wear this form of hand coveringl, went
up on deck and dispatched the letter 10
the Russian by his flag lieutenant Il
was not long thereafter before the Rus
sian lieutenant appeared before Emory
and his fellOW-Oh1cers and made pr0fuse
apologies. There is nothing like diplo-
macy. after ALL" Emory was heard to
remark. as he watched the figure OF the
shame-faced lieutenant disappearing over
the rail.
Known ns sPrince BILL"
Emory is known throughout the service
as Prince Bill" He got the nickname
in the days when he was so much of a
society man that his acquaintance were
on the verge Of forgetting that he was
an officer in the navy. Then ne took
even more delight than he does now in
rare raiment. Now he dresses in the
extreme OF fashion. and his clothes are
SO loud that most OF the people who live
in his street wear cotton In their ears
when the admiral is on shore duty. He
never appears on deck without white kid
gloves on his hands and he always looks
as if he had just stepped out Of a band
box He is easily the top notch -spick
and span man of the feet. Back In the
late eighties. when he was on the Euro
pean station he was often spoken Of as
the dude"
1t was Emory who commanded the Bear
in the Greedy relief expedition of 1854,
and the part that he played In bringing
Greedy back from an Arctic grave went
long way 10 convince his friends and
the navy at large that he really was in
the navy after all. and not altogether in
society. Seriously speaking. that expedi-
ton revealed his true worth as a naval
officer 10 his superiors.
While serving as Admiral Worden's
chief Of staff on the European station
Emory was one OF the three flag ship
officers to marry the rich nieces OF Mr..
Marsh. then Minister 70 Italy. Emory
was the first to capture a prize. then
Lieut. Aaron Ward, and last Lieut..
Johnny Broadhead.
OF the sixteen captains who will make
the cruise, the career Of Richard VAIN
wright, whose pennant flies from the
masthead of the Louisiana. is undoubted-
~ the most interesting from the popular
point OF view.
The son OF Commander Richard Vain
wright, who died near New Orleans Au-
gust 10. 1852, while commanding Farra-
CUTS flag ship Hartford, he was execu-
tive officer of the battle ship Maine when
she was blown up in Havana harbor In
February Of 1885, He was the kfst man to
leave the wreck. and for six weeks after
the disaster he slept on the Fern. or the
Mangrove, or the Bache, close to the
scrap pile that had once been a crack
fighting machine. He watched the recov-
cry of every pOwder-stained body, of
every piece of ordnance, Of every mis-
sile, and as each relic was recovered he
examined. it and received it on behalf
OF the government. One by one the Off
GERS Of the Maine were called back 10
Washington. but Wainwright remained,
experimenting the wrecking and endeav-
oring TO establish beyond peradventure OF
doubt the cause OF the explosion. On
the day that the last of the wreckers left
Havana harbor Wainwright heard that
the Spaniards were going to haul down
the American flag which hoated over the
wreck. His reply was characteristicallt
Wainwrightan:
Tell the officer in charge Of the guard -
he said TO the Interpreter. that If any
Spaniard touches that flag there'n be
another wreck in the harbor"
SwOre tn Have Revenge.
There is a story that on the morning
of February 10, in the harbor Of Havana.
"a inv loot-oG