The National tribune., 1892-09-22
THE NAVAL VETERANS.
The Annual Meeting of the Old Salts at Bal
fiuaOre. Md.

The Annual Meeting of the Old Salts at Bal
timOre, Md.
The annual meeting Of the Naval Veterans As
ISOLATION held at Baltimore, Nd. sept. i6.
On the evening OF the day previous the veterans
were rendered reception and banquet. at which
the tnrs had q glorious time.
On tho forming Of the 10Th there n limited
attend,nce at the Lyceum when Rear Admiral w.
s. Wells called the Convention 10 order. The At
tendance afterward, however increased con-
sidcrably.
The gavci with which the meeting was called
pre- .ented TO Admiral Wells by The Fsrragut
Association last April while he visiting Provi-
dence. II is said to be made from timber formerly
in the house at which the Colonial patriots met In
Providence, and from which the Americans. dis
gused rs Indians. went TO bum the British vessel
Gaspcc. june I, l772. This was one of the first
open acts of opposition TO England before the Rev
ouiou.
Shpmate Reuben Story, of Louisville. Ky. pre-
Sei'ted Admiral Wells Cavsi-blosx made from
variegnted marble which Story had cut. Story was
the engineer on board the Lexington when she
went over the Red River dam at the head of Adj
gliral Porter'- feet
Admiral Wells read an encouraging report.
showing nm increase of over 1000 In the member
snip oil the Association during the past year. lie
spoke OF tho success Of the Association and the
recognition IL had rapidly gained He also said
that there was yet lnrge field 10 cover and good
progressive work could TIC done in bringing into
the membership the 1000 men who had served In
the Navy. but were not yet affiliated with the As
socation. He closed with glowing compliment
TO the Maryland Associate and cordially thanked
them for the reception they had given their ship
mates.
The Paymaster reported balance of s1s3 and
disbursements amounting to S429.37.
The position of Fleet Engineer created
The new officers Rear-Admiral. Il. :. O5bon,
New York; Commodore. F. 3. Allen, Hartford.
Conn. Capt. Cyrus Sears. Baltimore; Comdr., Y.
H. Lenman. Dayton, o.; Licut.-Comdr., V. ID.
Woodruff, Rockford. H.; Senior Lieut.. G. r.
Bragg. Mckinley. Mich; Lieut., Joseph W Nc
Clees. Philadelphia, Pa; Fleet Surg, a. Trego
Shertzer. Baltimore; Fleet Paymaster, Alex. G..
Fortier Buffalo. n. y; Chap, Samuel Aimun.
New York; Fleet Engineer. Samuel Bickerstaff,
Cincinnati o. Sec, George w. Bostwick, Brook
lyn, n. Y.
Votes of thanks were then extended to the Mary
land Association for its reception and invitations
were read from the managers of two theaters ask
ing the members to attend the performances, using
their badges and uniforms "a tickets Rev. Dr. A.
III. futile. of Mount Vernon NJ. z. Church, sent an
invitation to the association to be present at his
church on Sunday, when special services would
take place
bers of the Convention were taken down the river
OH the iceboat Latrobe. They were taken q
tour of inspection around the harbor, stopping at
the elevators at Locust Point, the works at Curtis
Bay. and the steel works at Sparrows' Point At
night the lower harbor alive with all sorts of
craft, the waters being illuminated by the search
lights from the Philadelphia, Dolphin and Vesu-
vius. The scene was a most picturesque one.
The next day was the last of meeting. and it was
celebrated by grand parade In the morning. In
which all the visitors and resident military partici-
pated. In the evening the naval bombardment Il
Fort Henry proved an entertaining spectacle. The
engedgment lasted an hour, and was enjoyed by
all who witnessed it.