The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-08-06

| the pleasant duty of answering to
toast to your Queen, which | feel in
competent and unworthy TO do. (Crie.
OF No, no,O He has asked me TO pro
pose a toast which means the history
of this century. | regret keenly tha
| find words do not come as readily as
/ wish they might. | am asked to pro
pose the health of your Queen.
1T is but short time since there
was given in your own country an ova.
ton TO your honored Sovereign, who
has completed the longest reign in
modern history-longer than that OF
your Elizabeth or Louis XIV of the
French. 1t has been a long and glor-
1ous reign, replete with all that goes
| to make up a great nation. She has
been not only a Sovereign, but splen-
did woman, and I say with all of you
no mother in England has been her
superior
1T would mean matter of hours
| and even weeks to recount all the glor-
| ious events of her reign-of the prog
ress of art, literature, science and that
| grandest of all navies. Great ap-
plause).
''It is but the other day when there
were ranged in six or more lines the
war vessels of England-an array the
| like of which was never seen before.
| To this the countries of the world were
| invited to send their representatives
| to witness the great naval show. We
had our man-of-war there. Had all the
countries of the world been invited to
| compete, no two or even three could
have gathered together such an array
as was gathered on that day.
L would like to say on my own and
the behalf of the men of the Philadel-
phla that we are pleased to be here to-
| night as your guests. This is an occa-
sion which occurs very rarely, and
consider it a privilege-an hOnor-and
feel distinguished in the fact that the
petty officers of the Penguin have in
vited me to take part in this banquet
Two such occasions as this within a
short time-one given by the petty of
fieers of the Philadelphia and the 9TH
er by the petty officers of the Penguin
goes to show the love that exists
between the two services-yours and
ours. Great applause).
mot many years ago there were as
sembled in the harbor at Apia, Samoa,
several ships of war-one of your own,
three of the Germans and three of our
own. You all know what happened
There was terrible hurricane and the
ships were in deadly peril. After one
of ours and a German ship had gone
ashore and others were fast heading
that way, your, Calliope, saw that her
only chance lay in getting to the open
sea. 1t was fortunate she was mod
ern vessel and possessed of great pow
er. The captain was in a quandry as
to how to get under weigh. Thanks to
the magnificent engines, the ship be-
gan to gain headway, inch by inch, and
the elements were fast losing their
hold upon her. At one time she was in
danger of going into our Trenton, but
she swung clear and was at last as
sured of an exit to the open sea. The
men of the Trenton, seeing this, gave
three cheers for Old England and, in
the fury of the storm the band played
God Save the Queen (Applause.)
The Calliope was saved but the Tren-
ton was lost. That is only one instance
to show the feeling existing between
the two services.
con another occasion, some IA or Is
years ago-the bombardment of Alex
andria-the men Of the same Trenton
were sent on short, shoulder to shoul
der with your marines and bluejackets.
They camped side by side and patroled
the streets together When the bonn
bardment was over and the Trenton
got under weigh, the men gave three |
cheers for the men of the British navy. |
Such things as that cannot be forgot
ten.
''Truthfully, can it be said, Blood is
thicker than water and I hope it will
always be so. Rise men and fill your
glasses. I propose the health of your
Queen" (Three rousing cheers).
Captain Field then arose and spoke
as follows:
"Mr. Chairman, Captain Cotton and
Officers of the Philadelphia and
Penguin:
Captain Cotton has spoken in most
eloquent terms of our Queen, and [ do
not feel competent to speak much fur
ther of her reign. The celebration of
the sixtieth year of her reign has just
been completed. It is a time when the
feelings of every Englishman must
come to the surface-a time when the
heart of every Englishman must needs
expand with pride. I can say no more,
as it would only spoil the effect OF
Captain Cottons most eloquent speech.
I wish, however, to return most cor
dial thanks to you for the manner IN
which you have received his toast"
Chairman Thompson then called
upon Captain Field to propose the
health of the President of the United
States, which was done in the follow
ing language:
''Mr. Chairman, Captain Cotton and
Officers Of the Philadelphia and
Penguin:
'This evenings gathering and the
sumptuous .repast set before US, TO-
gether with that given my petty OIL
GERS by those of the Philadelphia last
Saturday night, go TO show the feeling
that exists between the two nations.
1t is a great pleasure to me to say a
few words of welcome to the guests OF
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