th of July,
1876.

It is regretted that, owing to the inability of the Department to
discover your address, the medal could not sooner be forwarded.
In now sending it to you I recur to the circumstances of the
conduct it is intended to recognize and commemorate. The record
shows that the "Mohawk" sank within four minutes. During that
time and when the vessel was on her beam ends, you rushed down
into her cabin, where Colonel Crosby was already, and remained
there with him until the cabin was almost filled with water,
engaged in devoted though unavailing efforts to extricate the
unfortunate ladies from the furniture which had fallen upon them,
and escaping finally only by swimming upward through the broken
skylight, guided by the faint light which penetrated the water.
It must be noted that you were not bound by any tie of friendship
or kindred to those you tried to rescue, and that you were not
impelled by any consideration of reward, but solely by the
gallant instincts of manhood. Language has no power to add
distinction to heroism like yours, but in sending you this medal,
which is the highest tribute to your conduct that the Government
can bestow, it is a satisfaction to be able to express the
feeling that in men like you the traditional nobility of the
sailor is preserved.

Very respectfully,
John SHERMAN,
_Secretary_.

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_Report of the United States Life-Saving Service._

Treasury Department,
To the Honorable United States Life-Saving Service,
John SHERMAN, Washington, D. C., November 29, 1877.
Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C.

Sir:

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AWARDS OF MEDALS.

Two life-saving medals of the first class, and six life-saving
medals of the second class, have been awarded during the year
under the provisions of the act of June 20, 1874.

The medals of the first class were awarded to Colonel J. (p. 449)
Schuyler Crosby, of New York, at this date the American consul at
Florence, and Carl Fosberg, a seaman belonging to the yacht
Mohawk, in recognition of their extraordinary gallantry upon the