Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1917 — Promotion for Rear Admiral. [ARTICLE]

Promotion for Rear Admiral.

The title of rear admiral always seems odd to the layman, says the Springfield Union, but never more so than when it is worn by a naval commander who is at the front and, so far as one may gather from the vague Hints the cables carry, putting in good work against the enemy. Commenting on this, the Boston Transcript suggests promoting such officers to tbs title of “front admiral"