The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-01-19
FIGHTING BOB'S"
LAST FIGHT DER
VETERAN SEA FIGHTER AND
NAVAL AUTHORITY PASSE
AWAY IN WASHINGTON.
ADMIRAL EVANS is DEAD.
Was Retired From Active Service
After Taking the Fleet Around
World.--spent Al, His t,te
in Navy.
ADMIRAL EVANS is e a

Washington. Jan. 5.--Rcar Admiral
Robbie; II. Ev,ns. known AS "Fiuht,n.
Bob" died suddenly at bis home in
this city. Acute indigestion ended
the career of ono Of the most ,opn.
lar officers in the navy he was i'll
only two hours. Admiral livans was
born G' Years ago in Floyd comfy.
Virginia.
AT his bedside at the time of his
death were his wife. his daughter.
Mrs. II |. Sewall and his duuGhtur-in-
law. Mrs. Frank r. Evans. wife OF
tho admiral's only son, "A li%cutenant~
commander in the navy. The only
ether member OF his Immediate fam
lily who was not present was MS
daughter. MIS-. Marsh. wife Of CAPTAIN
Charles G. Marsh, commanding the
armnroG cruiser North Carolina.
President TAFT was one OF the first
u express his grief aud cuudo!cuce.
He said:
'Admir9l Evans was one Of the most
successful squadron commanders We
have had in the navy for Il lCnS true.
He was y rigid discip;inarian. of
quick decision ana admirably advised
in tho intricacy of the machinery of
crlisor& and hattlcships add skilled IN
drilling them. | am deeply Affected to
hear Of his DEATH"
Entered Navy When E,oy.
Evans q a mere boy Wncn he was
sent - thc naval academy at Annap-
Oils HctOrc he had got far with his
studies the Civil war broke ont and
he went TO son and was assigned TO
blockade duty. 1t was in one OF the
attacks made by the Northern navy
Nlun the powerful d%cfenscs at Fort
Fisher. North Carolina. that young
Evans Received the wound through
tie Thigh inst made him a cripple
for lifC. ij" suffered three other
wounds. hnt as soon as he was dis
charged IRON the hospital he. again
plunged into the fighting aud served
unti' ,hr cud Of The Civil war with
s!Cat credit.
It was Evans who took the fittle
dispatrh bo1t Dolphin on a cruise
around The world to test the structur-
al strength Of this first product Nf the
infant steel ship building art OF the
United States. He always got the best
ships and the newest because his SUI
porior officers knew he could be
trusted to handle them safely and
develop their strong and weak points.
He wanted Il battleship and he got
one ot the best-the Iowa-which
represented the latest product Of the
American shin Yards.
Rewarded for ,Icroisrn.
When CcrVnla'S toot made it's final
dash through the b'oc&adins ships off
Santiago nn JUly >. 1898, Captain
Evans ship took a notable part in the
5G-mil" lInring fight that followed.
For his sa!lantry in this action he re-
promoted.
AS d full rcar admiral. Evans was
called upon to take tho Atlantic ieet
around the world. That brilliant
achievement was the first world cruise
of an armorcd fleet of that size and
power. Sixteen hattlcsh6ps made the
5000 miles cruise. i:y the time the
feet reached San Francisco the strain
had become so severe that Admiral
Evans was unable to leave his bed and
it was necessary to relieve hiu, from
the command at that place.
Admiral Evans will be buried in the
national cemetery at Arlington with
full naval hOnOrs.