CAPTAIN OF THE VENTURA.
NAVY DEPARTMENT'S CONGRATULATIONS. (UKITED TRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTBIC TEtEGHAPH—COI'YMOHT.) WASHINGTON, September 5. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr C. F. Adams, to-day eommended Captain W. R. Meyer, as an officer of the Naval Reserve. In a letter to Mm, Mr Adams said: "The Department notes with pleasure the highly efficient and seamanlike manner in which the Ventura's rescue of the Tahiti's passengers and crew was accomplished. The Department takes great ploasuro in commending your prompt decision, your efficient carrying out of your chosen mission and the successful issue of this humane undertaking, which is in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy and the American Merchant Marine."
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 8 September 1930, Page 5
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