Over three hundred guests attended a dinner given by the American University club last night at the American Club in honour of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell Major L. Basset, after an announcement in which he expressed the regret of the American community that it was necessary for Admiral Yarnell who is to retire shortly to leave Shanghai, presented the guest of honour with a certificate of honorary membership in the American Club.
Admiral Yarnell was born near Independence, Iowa, October 18, 1875 and was appointed to the S. S. Yorktown, he was transferred to the Asiatic Station where he served he served in torpedo boats and destroyers and commanded the U. S. S. Dale on the Asiatic Station. Made engineer officer of the flagship Connecticut during the cruise of the battleship fleet around the world in 1908, he was placed on the staff of Admiral Osterhaus as Fleet Engineer and was on the U. S. S. New Jersey im 1914 at the occupation of Vera Cruz. From 1916 to 1918 Admiral Yarnell was in command of the U. S. S. Nashville in Mexico and on patrol duty at Gibralter, He was on the staff of Admiral Sims in London from December 1917 to September 1918.
Later in command of the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla and on the staff of commander Destroyer Squadrons from 1920 to 1922, he served as commander of the naval air station at Hampton Roads and of the aircraft squadrons, Scouting Fleet from 1922 to 1926. After commanding the ail craft carrier Saratoga in 1927-28, he was appointed Chief of Bureau of Engineering in the Navy Department. After commanding the aircraft squadrons of the U. S. Fleet from 1931 to 1933 he was made commandant of the Fourteenth Naval District at Pearl Harbour where he served until 1936 when he assumed command of the Asiatic Fleet. Admiral Yarnell was graduated from the U. S. Naval War College in 1915 and served on the staff in 1916 and again in 1926. After an aviation course at Pensacola in 1926, he was appointed Naval Aviation Observer.
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