The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-12-08
NAVAL OFFICERS
DINED AND WlNBD.
Brunswick Tenders the Visitors a
Happy Banquet at the
Oglethorpe.
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION.
A Right Royal Spread, Served By Manager
Porter, and Enjoyed By Twenty
Eight Visitors and Citizens.

Eight Visitors and Citizens.
In days of old, when sailors bold,
Our peaceful ports invaded,
We welcomed them with gunshot cold,
While they our cities raided.
And base the heart, that did not start,
Beneath its jacket beating,
To play the brave combatant's part
"Each blow is worth repeating!"
But times are new, and wars are few,
ES& And all our duties naval
A1Are but-swift turniDgs of the screw
Then wine (age mediaeyaD.
And every star" from near or far,
At banquets generous seating,
Has but one toast-"Across the bar,
Each drink is worth repeatng!"
With the above sentiment imprinted
on the menu cards, the officers of the
United States torpedo boat fiotilla
were entertained at the Oglethorpe
last night. The officers of the Bruns-
wick Naval Militia and number of
prominent citizens were the hosts of
the occasion.
The banquet was served in the break
fast room of the Oglethorpe, and was
one of the chif d'euvres of that best
of caterers, Manager Hugh Porter.
The decorations were lavish. They
were princip pally floral, and the room
was rich in varied designs, wrought by
fair hands. At the table were seats
for thirty.
The menu, which was offered by
Manager Porter, was one of excellent
taste, and ranged through all the de-
grees of temptingness from "Belle
Points" to "Demi Tasse; :" and never
was spread more generously enjoyed
by guests than that of last night, wi hen
Brunswick played the host to admir-
able perfection. After dessert and
coffee and the pleasing climax
of creme de menthe, Lieutenant
Aiken claimed attention while he
nominated Col. W. E. Kay as the ex-
tender of Brunswick's welcome.
Colonel Kay was at his best and,
gently, but eloquently, wished the
guests the height OF pleasure and ex-
pressed, in feeling terms, the tender Of
the OCCASIONS hospitality. Conclud-
ing, he called upon "a gentleman ever
ready to speak for Brunswick-C. P.
Goodyear" He said that Colonel
G0o0year was success at three bars.
the legal, the marine and the "other
one."
Colonel Goodyear, never at loss for
fitting terms, touched on the import
ance of the navy and it's necessary
relation to the merchant marine. He
emphasized Brunswick's welcome and
hoped for repetltions of the auspiciou,
occasion.
Lieutenant Commander Kimball,
commanding the fotilla, who had the
seat of honor, was called by Colonel
Kay, and responded to "The New
Navy" He was forceful in his ex-
pressions of appreciation Of the treat
ment the fiOtilla and its officers had
re~elved, but said that the reputation
of Brunswick in this line had come to
him from afar, and that he expected
such gracious hospitality. He dwelt
for short time on the relations be-
tween the navy and the merchant
marine, they asked leave to make a
point of personal privilege. On this
line the commanding officer spoke of
the incidents of his arrival here, and
expressed himself. although q little
nonplnssed at first, to be now thorough
ly satisfied.
Lieutenant Gleaves, of the flotilla,
pleaded, in answer to Colonel Kay's
call, that his only indulgence during
the evening had been ice water, and
that this was not conducive to elo-
quence. The Lieutenant, however,
showed that his plea was not justified