Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16

and distant service" Ten days after
ward he sailed, with instructions to
go fifty miles due east Of Cape Cod
and there open his sealed orders.
At the indicated spot Commander
Taussig broke the seal, and read tho
following document-a paper so impor-
fant in history, marking as it does the
1rst instructions any American naval or
army officer had received for engaging
directly in hostilities with Germany.
hat it is worth quoting in full:
Op-10 NAVY DEPARTMENT
Office Of Naval Operations, -
Washington. d. c.
Secret and Confidential.
To: Commander, Eighth Division, d.
stroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, U. s. 8.
Wadsworth. Flagship.
Subject: Protection of Commerce near
the coasts Of Great Britain and Ire.
land.
l. The British admiralty have request.
ed the cooperation Of a division Of Ameri-
can destroyers in the protection Of COM
merce near the coasts of Great Britain
and France.
z. Your mission is to assist naval
operations Of entente powers in every WAY
possible.
3. Proceed to Queenstown, ireland. Re.
port to senior (navaD British officer pres.
ent, and thereafter cooperate fully with
the British navy. Should it be decided
that your force act in cooperation with
French naval forces your mission and
n,nf ~
miralty authority remain unchanged.
Route to Queenstown.
Boston to latitude so N.-Long, 20
W. to arrive at daybreak then to
latitude so N.-Long. II w. thence
to Queenstown
When within radio communication Of
the British naval forces off Ireland. call
G OK and inform the vice admiral at
Queenstown in British general code Of
your position course and speed. You will
be met outside of Queenstown.
4. Base facilities will be provided By
the British admiralty.
8. Communicate your orders and opera.
tions to Rear Admiral Sims at London and
he guided by such instructions as he may
gives Make no reports of arrival to Navy
Department direct.
JOSEPHUs DANIEL1.
No happier selection for the COM
nand Of this division could have been
made than that of Commander Taus-
sig. In addition to his qualities as a
sailor, he had certain PERSONAL assoc
Citations that made him particularly
acceptable to the British naval au-
thorities. In 1900 Commander Taus-
sig, then midshipman, was a mem.
Der of the naval forces which the
United States sent to China to CO.
operate with other powers in putting
Town the Boxer rebellion and rescu-
ing the .besieged legations in Picking.
Near Tientsin this international force
saw it's hardest fighting, and here
Commander Taussig was wounded.
While recovering from his injury,
The young American found himself
ying on a cot side by side with an
English captain, then about forty
years old, who was in command of the
Centurion and chief-of-staff to Ad-
niral Seymour, who had charge of
he British forces. This British off,
,er was severely wounded; a bullet
lad penetrated his lung, and for a
period he was unable to
lie down. Naturally this enforced
made the two men
friends. Commander Taussig had had
many occasions to recall this associa-
ion since, for his wounded associate
vas Capt. John r. Jellicoe, whose ad-
in the British navy had
oeen rapid from that day onward.
On this same expedition Capt. Jelli-
zoe became sincere friend also Of
capt. McCalla, the American who
the Nework and the Amer
can landing force; indeed, Jellicoe's
:lose and cordial association with the
American navy dates from the Boxer
expedition. Naturally, Taussig had
Jellicoe's career with the ut
most interest; since he was only
twenty-one at the time, however, and
the Englishman was twice his age. it
had never occurred to him that the
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