S. N., still rides the clouds,” confi
dently exclaims the Grand Rapids
Herald, w-hile the Trenton Evening
Times declared “ ‘John Rodgers’ has
become one of the Navy’s ennobling
traditions.” The Baltimore Run com
mends the dead hero’s unswerving de
votion to duty, courage, simplicity and
honesty, all of which he had in re
markable measure. And such charac
teristics are rare enough to make the
man who has them rank far above
those whose chief claim to fame is
mere superficial brilliance,” continues
this paper. The Bloomington Daily
Pantagraph desires to “pay the
.tribute of praise and appreciation to
Comdr. Rodgers, who met his death in
his ‘line of duty’ no less than if he
had fallen in action with face to the
foe."
** * *
Calling attention to the bravery that
was his even in his younger days, the
Passaic Daily Herald recalls how. "as
! a young ensign, he was one of the
1 first men of the Navy to go up in the
air as ‘the tail of a kite.' as he ex-
I pressed it. testing the lifting power of
; a huge kite.” and also notes that “hf
! was one of the first two naval officers
! who learned to fly." This paper also
t records the fact-that with his passing,
i “for the first time since its beginning,
1 the United States Navy today is with-1
out a John Rodgers in its officer per-1
I kept my associates in tobacco for a
month, while I was trying and dis
carding them, one after the other.
