Probable Appointment to Succeed Adm, Williams Teesoay, June 21.
Personal letters received here from Washington bring the news that when Admiral Williams retires from command of the America 1 Asiatic Fleet this coming Autum hhis successor will be Admiral Mark Bristol, who made an enviable reputation for himself as American 'H'zh Commissioner in Stamboul Admiral Bristol was born at Glassboro, New Jersey, in 1868. Te graduated from the Naval Acadeniy in 1887. He served through the Spanish-American war and was at Santiago, some years he was interested in the development of gunnery, torpedoes and aircraft and was in charge of Naval aeronautics from 1913 to 1916. doing much service convoy.
san troops to Europe, he commanded the battles Waters and, some months American High Com-The opinion American officers one of the most com-
Petent men in the service.
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