Draft autobiography entitled "An Admiral's Yarn," covering boyhood; Naval Academy days; Early naval career in the Spanish-American War; Years as student, staff member and president of the Naval War College; Major naval commands as Chief of Staff to CO, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, 1919-1921, Chief of Staff, CO Battle Fleet, 1927, CO, Battleship Division Two, 1928-1930, and CO Cruisers, Scouting Force, 1933-1935, and retirement years as Governor of the Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa., 1937-1941.

Typescript copy.