The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-10
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Mr.. Charlton said the navy always re-
ceived q hearty greeting in the south.
| Inere has never been time In the history
OF the country, he said, when the navy did
not have its share of brave and honest gen.
tlemen who carry with them their devotion
TO their country's honor.
ABUsINEss SPEECH.
Col w. W. Gordon addressed himself to
the business features Of the occasion. He
| looked upon it as a new era in the history
OK the South Atlantic coast.
| I'VE have been endeavoring and have
brought about such a state of things" he
said, that in case of trouble with any
foreign country we will have a protection
tnak Will not desert us at that moment
notwithstanding our vast seacoast, it would
Dc almost impossible for a foreign power
| 70 land armies of any Importance
upon our shores. 4 burned child breads the
| fire, and we. on this seacoast, have a better
knowledge Of what the danger is" Col.
Gordon would have IL borne in mind that
THIS Is the third city 10 commercial impor-
lance in the country. The commerce Of
Savannah is equal to the united commerce
OF all the ports on the Atlantic seaboard
from Baltimore to Galveston, excepting
only New Orleans.
by digging out our narrow river,n he
said, I'VE are seeking to incre se our i'm
portance. With a little stream fourteen
feet deep, eighteen miles from the oceaD,
we were comparatively safe, but now
with a much greater depth we propose to
dig and dig-in fact, IL is a ground hog
case. and we have got to dig. l hope to see
the day when the navy of this country will
be protection TO fleet of merchant ves>
sells flying the United States flag In every
port In the world.
THE wINDUP.
]. r. Saussy, ESQ.,, replied to repeated
calls and made one Of his bright and witty
speeches, saying many good things. He
said he wanted it understood that there are
no more loco focos in this country, but that
we are all for the old flag and
an appropriation. Mr.. Saussy said the
people Of Savannah naturally have an at
lection for the navy because they origin
ally came from the FLEET" anyway.
Three cheers were given for Admiral
Gherardi at the close of Mr.. Saussy's speech.
Capt. Crowninshield of the Kearsarge
was called for and responded. He discussed
the subject OF the navy. If we must have
navy in time of war, che said, " we must
first have one IN time Of peace. The time
has gone by when we could improvise a
navy In an emergency. Now two, three or
four years is not too long IN which to build
shield discussed the uses Of
navy In time of war, both offensive and
defensive. A foreign nation would not
mind losing two or three warships to capture
one OF our large seaportS, he said, which
would have two consequences, a heavy in
demnity upon the city and lasting dis
grace upon the country. He closed by say
ing that he would always remember the
pleasant time he had spent In Savannah.
After repeated calls Mr. A. Sybrandt
sung =" The Palms" in French. Mr.. Sybandt's
singing won great applause.
More speeches might have been made, but
President Minis, with a rap OF his gavel,
announced the meeting adjourned sine die
The officers were taken In charge by the
committee and escorted back to the De Soto
1t was greatly regretted that, owing to an
unfortunate misunderstanding, q number
of the officers OF the Philadelphia, who
were to have arrived from Tybee, failed to
land in time to take the proper train for the
city, and did not arrive until late in the af-
ternoon.
A DRIVE TO GREENWICH.
In the aftern Don Admiral GherardI and
the officers were driven to Greenwich park,
where little private entertainment was
given by party OF gentlemen to the Yisi-
tors
From to II o'clock last night the public
reception to the admiral and his officers
took place in the parlors of the De Soto.
There wasn't as large an attendance as was
understanding as to the date of the recep.
ton. Many who heard of the reception
after it was over said they were under the
impression that it was to take place to-
night. The admiral and his staff stood
on the west side of the parlor.
Mayor McDonough was master of cere-
monies and did the honors of introduction
to the admiral, while the committee looked
after the other officers. Admiral Gherardi
made a friend of every one who shook his
hand by the gracious. cordial and unassum-
ing manner in which he received and the
kind words he had for each.
TO BE SHOWN THE CITY TO-DAY.
To-day at 10 o. clock the naval officers will
be given carriage drive around the
city. At O'Clock they will view the
bicycle race from the De Soto. At
o'clock they will occupy seats on the
verandA and view the trades display. At
ter the trades display the officers will at
tend the opera by invitation of the adj
miral. The curtain will not go up until
their arrival.
The Kearsarge was visited by hundreds
OF people yesterday, who were greatly in
terested in the historic old cruiser. The
principal attraction, or course, was the gun
which sunk the Alabama. The blue jackets
got off in squads to take in the city. That
they had a good time on shore Is almost
needless TO say.
The admiral and bis officers were escorted
in carriages to the Telfair academy
where they spent nearly an hour in admir-
ing the statuary and paintings.
The Vesuvius has not yet arrived, but is
expected almost any time. 1t is thought
she put in omewhere for a day on account
a beam and cannot stand very rough
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