Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — Capt. Hobson Praises Rensselaer Citizens and the City. [ARTICLE]

Capt. Hobson Praises Rensselaer Citizens and the City.

Capt. Richmond Hobson, who delivered an address at the chautauqua last night, in a talk with John O’Connor asked that the latter convey a message through the columns of The Republican to the people of Rensselaer, thanking them for the reception tendered him last evening. Mr. Hobson parised the city and its citizens very highly and stated that lie had never seen in all his travels a cleaner or more beautiful little city than Rensselaer. Mr. Hobson is well acquainted with Admiral Bradford with whom John O’Connor made his trip arou.id the globe under and said that when he got back to Washington he would remember Mr. O’Connor to the admiral and tell him of the reception that he received here. Mr. Hobson had a severe cold while here and labored under difficulties while delivering his address last evening but his reception here almost made him forget that he had a cold. Mr. Hobson also wants to correct a mistaken impression of Rensselaer people who thought that many of his men were lost during the battle of Santiago and says that he did not lose a single man who was on the Merrimac at the time.