The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
ghe aaairta Daily Eae Saturaay oniug ouembr Il 1895
READY FOR TROUBLE
EGRETARY HERBERTTAIKs ABoJ
he NEW NAVY.

Uncle Sam Doesn't Expect to Need IL ut a
But II He Should He Would Need
Mighty Bad-wouid be an Ugly q.
Customer 10 stir up, What With Ne
Who are Potential Pau Joneses an,
Perrys and Farraxuts. and What VII.
| Guns and Ships Those Heroes Nere
Dreamed of.
| New York, Nov. 13-The fourth an
npal meeting OF the Society OF Navs
| Architects and Marine Engineers, whicf
! closed today after a two days session
was wound up tonight with a hanque'
| at Deimonico's. Covers We're laid foi
$50 guests. and ranged around the tabi'
at which President Clement A Griscon
presided were the guests OF honor. among
| whom were Secretary Herbert, Commo-
| dore Scaddard, eommsndant Of the navy
| Rear Admiral Erben, retired; Captain
Nartvago, of the Russian legation; C
| H. Daniels, Nathaniel c. Hsreschoff and
Charles H Cramp Of Philadelphia. Pres
ident Griscom toasted the president o.
the United States. which was drank
United States navy, which was respond
ed TO by Secretary Herbert. He spoke
briefly Of the country's magnificent mod
ern navy and of the skill and patriotism,
Of the men enlisted in this branch or the
nations defense. He spoke particularly
of the glorious record Of the American
navy, saying:
NAVAL HEROES.
''Take the personnel of our navy al
together line officers, staff officers AMI
enlisted men. and they are worthy OF
cur ships and our guns. and worthy, too,
of the heritage of glory left by Paul
Jones and Decatur and Bainbridge and
McDonough and Perry and Hall and 9TH
er gallant stars who made famous the
name of the American sailor in the early
history OF our country Our navy began
its career in glory and it has never yet
missed an opportunity of adding TO its
reputation. No more splendid pages will
ever be written than those which record
the deeds of the Confederate and Union
navies. of Buchanan and Semmes on the
one side. OF Winslow and Gushing and
Porter and Farragut on the other. Con-
slider for a moment the serices TO the
cause of the Union that were rendered
by the navy during the civil war. Con-
slider. too. the brave enemies il encounter
ed. and that il lost during the struggle
about thirty vessels by the new and ter
rible torpedo alone.
THE UNION BLOCKADE.
"The navy of the Union blockaded the
whole coast of the Confederacy. prevent
ed the importation of supplies and mun:-
tons of war and the expectation of cot
ton that would have brought in gold TO
sustain the currency that was maintain
ing the COnfederacy. 1t captured New
Orleans. the principal city OF the Con-
federacy and Mobile, the greatest city
or the gulf; il esta blished and maintain
ed at points along the shore lines and far
into the interior of the Confederacy de-
pots of supply and bases of operation for
the armies of the Union. 1t severed the
communications between Confederate
troops; it captured supplies and muni-
tions of war. Taken altogether, ii Is
perfectly safe TO say that the service rem
dered could not have been accomplished
by the efforts of half a million of men
on the march.
LEST WAR SHOULD COME.
"The veterans of that great war are
rapidly passing into history, but there
need be no fear of those in whose hands
they will leave the honor of our flag.
Let me assure you that whenever the
navy Is called upon ii will be found ready
for its work. whatever and whenever
that work may be. / sincerely hope IL
will not soon have any battles TO fight
it iwll best serve its purpose If by It's
rise, its strength and clearly apparent
readiness for service, il shall be able TO
maintain the rights of our citizens
abroad, TO aid our diplomacy and to COM
mand our peace all around the world
without firing a gun, but If il shall at
any time come TO pass, as come 1t may,
that readiness is not enough, but that
a foreign foe must be encountered in ac-
tual combat, then l promise you on be-
half of the officers and men of the navy,
that they will do their duty in manner
worthy of all the glorious memories that
cluster around the flag of our country
The other toasts were; THE Congress
of the United States" Congressman Bel
ford 1.-The Press" Joseph Howard: THE
Maritime Exchange" Hugh Kelly; "The
Society of Mechanical Engineers" c. H.
Loving, engineer-in-chief: The Naval
Militia" Captain J. ". Miller; Our So
ciety." Chief of Construction Hickborn:
"The Shipbuilders," General Thomas w.
Hyde.
W. H Webb, Geore 3. Daniels and
Stevenson Taylor were called upon for
short talks.
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