The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-22
SILVER SERVICE FOR A SHIP.
,pRIsoN AT THE PRESENTATION
ON THE INDIANA.


r,underOus Salute From the Guns
seven Decks-Jack Tars Give a
cheer.
Nv York, Sept. H.-The battleship In
ma was presented to-day with a hand
- silver service by the citizens of the
80 IN whose honor the crack fighter
of the navy is named
r-be ceremonies of the presentation were
..-,rle but impressive. The handsome
-,,,,sr set was spread out on the quarter
,.,, aft. and gathered about was a dis
e,,,,,,shed company of naval and military
ar a number of citizens of Indiana and
,-.o,,+ifll and we'll gowned women, Group
~ about on the turrets and the
e,dos Of the ships were the jack tars, in
.,oir natty costumes, all making a strik-
coma. one of the features of the day
20. a speech by ex-President Harrison
xu,bo was numbered among the guests.
Nearly all of the official party, including
GOV Matthews of Indiana, ex-President
l1orrison and Assistant Secretary of the
Nav, McAdoo, boarded the dispatch boat
I,o1nbin. at West Thirty-fourth street,
carly in the morning, and sailed down the
hav. Others proceeded to the Indiana by
No.. of the ferry to Tompkinsville.
The DOLPHIN came down to the man-of-
,ar shortly before noon. The ships had
haen formed in indented column, and as
+be Dolphin passed through the flagship
New York gave salute OF seventeen
orns the Dolphin acknowledging with
response of thirteen guns. The Dolphin
+roceeded out, giving the guests a little
a,cursion out to sea. She returned soon
ofter O'Clock and transferred her guests
"a the Indiana. In the mean time Ad-
,niraI B1nce had come aboard from the
flagship and was received by Capt. Rob
lev D. Evans of the Indiana.
The first OF the party to come aboard
fron, the Dolphin was eX-President Har-
rison. who was warmly greeted by Adj
roiral Bunce The moment he stepped on
ak the big guns of the whole fieet-the
Raleigh Massachusetts,, Maine Montgom-
erv columbia, New York and Indiana
Numbered out twenty-one guns, the IN
diana's band played, Hail to the Chief,
while the lack tars stood at quarters and
eainted The guests, some 200 in all, form
Cd a circle around the spot where the sill
yer service was displayed.
The ceremonies opened with presenta-
tion address by Gov. Matthews, who took
his position in front of the beautiful sill
yer set Gov Matthews was followed by
First Assistant secretary VI lAlS navy
NcAdoo who accepted the service in be-
half of his department, and on behalf of
Capt Evans.
charles R. williams of Indianapolis,
the prime mover in starting the popular
fund for the service, was the next speak
er. and at the conclusion of his address
there were cries for ex-President Harri-
son, who responded as follow; Il am de-
lighted to be here and witness this mag
nifcent spectacle. am especially delight
ed because of the fact that l am sort
of a grandfather to this ship, and 1 con-
TESS the fact the more willingly because
she is so young a ship. When L was in
position to have some influence with the
Secretary of the Navy, I told him 1 want
ed the best ship then building to be
named after Indiana, and l guess he fol-
lowed my wish.
1--WE have wrought wonders in the build
ing Of our navy I recall with much re-
gret the partisan jealousy manifested In
demonstrating and rebuilding the navy
when I a senator. 1t mortified mo
then and / rejoice now that we have
passed that state of affairs and that con-
gress does not pause now to consider
whether we have a democratic for a re-
publican secretary, when asked to build
additions to our navy, for fear of build
ing up the navy yard for election time.
The progress made in our navy has been
duldAtiS. ne countries OF Europe mas
spent millions of dollars upon their navies,
while we fell behind for twenty-five years
after our civil war. Now we come IN
to reap ali the benefits of the plumbers
and outlay of those countries. We nave
marched up to them until we now stand
abreast of the great naval constructions
of the world Who says we shall not go
beyond them?
True, England has more ships than we
have, but she needs every one of them to
protect her interests. She must look out
Tor her numerous colonies and guard her
various interests for some of the Euro
pean nations are catching up with her.
But we do not need such a navy. How
ever, we are a commercial people and
our commerce is extending. Our people
are scattered all over the earth. We send
missionaries to far off lands. We must
take care of them. We must have ships
10 speak of our power at home, and if
necessary, let the commanders clear
decks to protect our citizens from out
rage abroad.
Our foreign policy has not been SEN
umental one, but our sympathies have
gone out to every one suffering for free
DOM We are not going to seize other peo-
PIES country. We are not a nation of
MINISTERS. But other countries are
stretching out The world is not big
enough for them. They have come to the
~ INT lldl winch came 10 Alexander,
Mhen the world was not large enough.
mere Is a hemisphere in which we have
an interest. We have a watermelon, so
10 speak, and when it to be sliced we are
not going to allow anybody else to eat
~ all up. Our people are holding con-
crosses of arbitration. This is all very
Wen but do you notice that demands for
indemnity are never made upon a country
tnat mas battleships like this How these
shlps do enforce a diplomatic note. We
must get out into the seas everywhere,
ana look after our citizens We don't
want to be treated like Africa has BEEN"
Mr' Harrison then proposed three cheers
Tor the good ship. the officers and men,
ana the flag above her" and the cheers
were heartily given. Then Cant. Evans
stepped forward. saying: MY lads. three
cheers for the men who gave us this sill
YER and the Indiana resounded with the
rusty shouts Of the gallant crew.
me guests were then taken on a tour of
inspection over the ship, after which they
were transported to the Dolphin, which
conveyed them back to New York
RETREAT OF THE DERVIsHEs.