TOCOMMODORE JOSEPH SMITH,U. S.N.,CHIEF OF THE NAVAL BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS,This Volume is Dedicated,AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTEOF RESPECT FOR HIS OFFICIAL CHARACTER,AND AS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENTOF HIS UNIFORM ATTACHMENTAS A FRIEND.
TO
COMMODORE JOSEPH SMITH,U. S.N.,
CHIEF OF THE NAVAL BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS,
This Volume is Dedicated,
AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE
OF RESPECT FOR HIS OFFICIAL CHARACTER,
AND AS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF HIS UNIFORM ATTACHMENT
AS A FRIEND.