Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1919 — LIEUT. COMMODORE BRENNER VISITS CAPTAIN TUTEUR [ARTICLE]
LIEUT. COMMODORE BRENNER VISITS CAPTAIN TUTEUR
The following item was taken from the Sunday Indianapolis Star: “Lieutenant Commander James E. Brenner, U. S. N.. of Rensselaer, Ind., has been in Washington for a few days awaiting a new assignment after (having had long service as chief engineer on the cruiser Albany. His new assignment will be as chief engineer on one of the big battleships. Commander Brenner was on the cruiser Albany on twenty-two trips across the Atlantic, the cruiser acting as a convoy to carrying American soldiers to France. He was graduated from Annapolis academy in 1913 and has had rapid advancement. Before he became interested in the navy he had served in the Indiana National! Guard, being second lieutenant of the Rensselaer company. While in Washington- he called on Capt. Arthur Tuteur, of Rensselaer, and other Indiana friends.
