ou, under
authority of the provisions of the seventh section of the Act of
Congress approved June 20, 1874, for the extreme and heroic
daring manifested by you in saving the life of Miss Edith May,
and endeavoring to rescue the late Miss Adele Hunter and Mr.
William T. Garner and his wife, under the circumstances of
peculiar peril and difficulty which attended the sinking of the
yacht "Mohawk," on the 20th of July, 1876.

The sorrowful catastrophe of that day will not soon be forgotten,
and will be all the more remembered for the noble manhood it
called into action. The vessel sank within four minutes. In that
brief time you saved one life from the sinking cabin. There you
re-entered, and remained until submerged, engaged in the
desperate and heroic efforts to save the others, escaping
yourself finally only by swimming upward through the broken
sky-light, guided by the faint light shed from the above through
the water. In sending you this medal, the highest recognition of
your conduct which the Government can give, it is felt that no
words can add distinction to the splendid gallantry which the
token seeks to commemorate and honor.

I have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully,
John SHERMAN,
_Secretary_.

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_Carl Fosberg, for endeavoring to save the late Miss Adele Hunter (p. 448)
and Mr. William T. Garner and his wife, at the sinking of the
Yacht "Mohawk," in New York Harbor, July 20, 1876. Awarded June 8,
1877._

To Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary,
Mr. CARL FOSBERG, Washington, D. C., September 22, 1877.
Quartermaster, Yacht "Madeleine,"
Care of Commodore John S. Dickerson,
No. 29 Cliff Street, New York.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a life-saving medal of
the first class, which has been awarded to you, under authority
of the provisions of the seventh section of the Act of Congress
approved June 20, 1874, for the extreme and heroic daring
manifested by you in endeavoring to rescue the late Miss Adele
Hunter and Mr. William T. Garner and his wife, under
circumstances of peculiar peril and difficulty, which attended
the sudden sinking of the yacht "Mohawk," on the 20