The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-18
RELIC FROM THE FAMOUS WAR
VESSEL PRESENTED TO NAVAL
COMMODORE FOSs.
NAVAL VETERANS IN SESSION.
FULL ATTENDANCE OF DELEGATES
IN THE GERMAN BAPTIST
CONFERENCE.
NOTE OF WARNING FROM AVERY.
Health Commissioner Makes Sugges-
tiOns Regarding tuberculosis
Mill City News.

"Shipmates, come to order" was the
command of Assistant Fire Chief
Runge, in his capacity as presiding Of
ficer at a certain informal but interest
ing meeting of the Minnesota Naval
Veterans association at the Nicoliet
National bank last evening. In re-
Spouse to his command the members
of the association present Immediately
ceased their conversation and directed
their attention to the speaker, who,
turning to ]. F. r. Foss, the newly
elected commodore of the National
Naval Veterans association, in
an eloquent speech presented to him
beautiful gold headed cane, ON the
head of which IS TIL, following inscrir-
ton: Presented to Commodore J. F.
r. Foss from the Members Of the Min
nesota Naval Veterans Association.
A Relic from Knee OF the Sloop of
of War Hartford, 1S59-1S97.' The stick
from which the cane was made was
obtained by Shipmate d. M. Rand
while in San Francisco during the past
summer, the historic old ship. which
is second only to Old Ironsides in his
toric interest to the people of the Unit
Gu OLdleS, UGIuS III Tic 4htIc lSldlQ
navy yard for rehabilitation at that
time. The foreman in charge Of the
work stated at that time that the ma
val department at Washington had or
dered all of the timber suitable Tor
canes TO be sawed into proper lens. tbs
and sent to Washington, and it Was
from one of these pieces-the last and
one of the best-that it was obtained
through the aid of Foreman j. H Has
senmiller for Commodore Foss. In
view of the fact that Mr.. Hassenmil-
le" had been of such aid to the local
association, the latter passed a vote
Of thanks later in the meeting of last
night. A vote of thanks We also eX-
tended to ]. w. Allen, engineer of en-
CINE company No II, of the Minneap-
oils fire department. for his excellent
work in turning the stick and polish
ing it.
To say that Commodore Foss was a
surprised man only partly expresses
his sensations. He was greatly pleased
with the compliment paid by The gift.
as we'll as by the permanent and en-
during character of it, and in reply
said:
appreciate your kindness, ShlpmateS, not
only because the relic of the staunch ship
is a valuable one, but because it speaks of
your kindness and support in the work of
our organization. | appreciate the compI-
ment paid in the remarks of Shipmate
Runge, and assure you that, if I have
contributed anything OF the success of the
Naval Veterans association-and l know it
has been a success am heartily glad of
it. The Minnesota Naval Veterans assoca-
ton stands high in the ranks of the ma
tional association, and the honor that has
been conferred upon me 1 look upon as a
compliment to this association. 1 trust we
may be able to increase our numbers to
double what they are at present. If we
can do this will put our association
abreast of any in the United States.
After his address, letters we're read
from shipmates who were unable to be
present, expressing their interest in the
occasion and their congratulations
to the new commodore after which a
pleasant time was spent socially.