Captain Charles H. Smith, of the Light-House Tender "Rose," for rescuing a boy from drowning in the Christiana River, Wilmington, Delaware, September 17, 1877. Awarded November 23, 1877.

Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary,
Washington, D. C., March 12, 1878.
To
Captain Charles H. Smith,
Master Light-House Tender "Rose,"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a life-saving medal of the second class, which has been awarded to you, under authority of the seventh section of the Act of Congress approved June 20, 1874, in recognition of your services in rescuing from drowning, on the 11th of September, 1877, a boy named Thomas Walsh, who had fallen from a wharf at Wilmington, Delaware, into the Christiana river.

The witnesses of the affair testify that you plunged from the deck of your vessel in your clothes and, under circumstances of peculiar danger, seized the drowning lad as he was sinking for probably the last time, handed him up to the people on the wharf, and then swam back to your vessel. In this perilous action your modesty was no less conspicuous than your bravery, and in addition to the pleasure I have in sending you the medal which commemorates your gallant behavior, there is the equal pleasure of knowing that the Department is also honored by such conduct on the part of one of its officers.

Very respectfully,
John Sherman,
Secretary.

Edward Nordall, seaman on board the revenue steamer "Tench Coxe" for rescuing an unknown man from drowning in the Delaware River, June 3, 1877. Awarded November 23, 1877.

Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary,
Washington, D. C., March 12, 1878.
To
Edward Nordall,
Seaman on board the revenue steamer "Tench Coxe,"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a life-saving medal of the second class, which has been awarded to you, under authority of the seventh section of the Act of Congress approved June 20, 1874, in recognition of your services in rescuing an unknown man from drowning in the Delaware river, on the 3d of June, 1877.