The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-14
.BROWNSON TO Be
/. NAVIGATION CHIEF.
COMMANDER or AsIATIc STATION
TO ASSUME DUTIES AS HEAD
OF BUREAU.
NOTED FOR EFFICIENCY
In the Navy. In Which ne Has Lonq
5eryed-Ncw Chief Is Hero Of
Brush With Pirates That
Reads Like '.YciIcWs


Washington, y. c. May I3sAn IpsI
portani change In naval circles take i
place this week, when n ar Admiral
Willard II. Brownson recently III
command of The Asiatic station, AN
sumes his new duties as chief Of ne
bureau Of navigation. Rear AtimirtI
Brownson succeeds Rear Admir-
George a. Converse. who was +. tired
for age nearly year ago Rear All.
niral Converse asked to be relieved
his official duties at the time of Ills
retirement, bit ths pres dent asked
him q remain for q time, ais II was
deemed inadyisabIe then 10 wiihdTa~
Rear Admiral Brownson from The
command of the Asiatic station
Rear Admiral Brownson. the nes
aheif of nc bureau of navigation. has
4 high reputation In ths navy f0r ef-
DC ency, He was horn in New YnrS
md graduated from the navnl arafs
amy IN 1866. Since then he has sgen
Ill kinds Of service. He has Il rs
scientific work for the coast survey
was In the photographic offic fcv for
Years was commandani Of cadets III
he naval academy for four years and
of that institution from
1902 TO 1906, when he was assigned
70 the command Of the division N
cruisers, and took fhnn
around to the other side Ut 8Ias worl
where he succeeded the late Adm nral
Train in command of the Asiatia
fleet.
Had Stirring Adventures.
Few officers now III the navy hage
had NOR stirring adventures than
aas Rear Admiral fsrownsnn Whea
can IN tiai fAatFmaH In the ola sle !.
lfnsh with a gang Of pirates hat was
quite as exc ting and sensational as
my chapter in yellow fiction. The Mo
legan was cruising near Ma1atlal
Nexico, when he citizens Of that port
lpn aled to Captain Lowe. her CON.
for protection against q free
1ooter who was killing innocent citi-
.ents, looting unprotected towns and
committing deprcdat'ons all along the
'oast
Lowe promised TO look afscr the
lirates and soon located them some
yh re In an aim 81 inaccessible clus-
or of lagoons. When Cap' Love
discovered The snug harbor of tac pif
ties he detailed Midshipman Brown
on. with q boats crew, TO hint them
own.
When Brownsop reached their re
uge the pirat schooner appeared %
,e deserted She looked as II she bal
leen abandoned but the msment The
Yankee sailors cIamborcd over he
i'd Of the vessel they were attacked
~ yolley from the limbs Of the
rees and other dense vegetation
iround them. The pirates, finding
hat they we're pursued. had arranged
an ambush, aud climbed the tres
where they could command the deck
II heir schooner,
Realizing he could not capinre the
nnder such disadvantage
Brownson conceived a plan that was
equally enectiy ard much safer. He
lrdered his men below decks to es-
ape the CALLING fire hat was pourins
Town upon them and ia few mo.
neuts started dozen or more fires
n the hold OF tn vessel As socn
IS they we're fairly ais.ze he "a her
ii up his dead and wounded, hurried
hcm into his boat and got away from
he scene as rapidly as possible b
ore he was ohf OF hearing ta vct
.el was amass of flames and the pir
ties were marooned in the swa1a
yf.ho.t ammunition OF food All theis
.uppIies and the booty they hai
,rought away from their 10 ting eNpc
iuions were consum q with the stia
ind the local authorities we're able
@ capture or nj an Of them. The
leoule of Mazatlan expressed ther
gratitude by presenting Br7wHsal
with a silver rvice hcarirg nm a.
5ruurilie inscription