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Up for sale is another of the autographs collected by San Diego City Clerk, Allen Wright in the 1920\'s and 1930\'s. All autographs are guaranteed authentic.
This is a very rare autograph of 4 STAR Admiral Clarence Stewart Williams(October 7, 1863 – October 24, 1951) who commanded the United States Asiatic Fleet.
During the Spanish–American War, he commanded the newly commissioned gunboat USS Gwin, which participated in the blockade of Cuba as a dispatch vessel. He was watch officer aboard the unprotected cruiser USS Marblehead from 1899 to 1900 and aboard the battleship USS Iowa from 1900 to 1901.He commanded the battleship USS Rhode Island from 1912 to 1915, including operations during the Mexican Campaign of 1914. During World War I, he served as chief of staff of the Battleship Force, United States Atlantic Fleet; as commander of Battleship Division 8, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; and as commander of Light Cruiser Division 1, United States Pacific Fleet, on detached duty in the South Atlantic Ocean.On October 14, 1925, Williams relieved Admiral Thomas Washington as commander-in-chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet and was promoted to the temporary rank of admiral. As senior American officer in the Far East, Williams directed the American military intervention to protect foreign nationals in China at the beginning of the Chinese Civil War.
A Very Rare signature.
