Evening journal., 1897-11-24
IT is SAFE ON BOARD
Bayard Presents the Punch
Bowl to the Vessel.
COMMANDER TODD ACCEPTS IT

THE OFFICERS OF THE GUNBOAT
ARE BEING HONORED EVERY
WlHERE-HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
HOLD A RECEPTION-CERE-l
MoNY OF PUTTING THE GIFT ON
BOARD.
With the exception CT the text of the
speeches Of former AmbassadOrThomas
f. Bayard and Commander Chapman
c. Todd, the Evening Journal publish
ed yesterday afternoon the full pro-
ceedings Of the ceremonies attending
the Presentation Of the silver Offering
to the gunbCat Wilmington. They ale
given below, and are we'll worth a care
ful reading, as every line bIeathes OF
hospitality and love Of country.
In responding to the mayors well
come Commander Todd said:
"Citizens of the city Of Wilmington,
in behalf of the officers and crew of
the gunboat Wilmington. l return here
their heartfelt and good thanks for the
noble and regal welcome which you
have given us.
within a few years a new navy has
grown up in our country. There have
been many expressions of good feeling.
in all parts of the country towards that
new navy, but there has been none, as
far as l know, like that which your
great city has rendered to us-tO our
officers and men--and let us not forget
the men. l say to you now, in answer
to the address of welcome by your
mayor, that we have had splendid hos
pitality in your city, and let me say for
them, one and all, that when the time
shall come for them to give their fare
we'll cheer to the city which has treated
them so royalty, it will be given with a
vim, and it will strike home. CAP
plause)
AMBASSADOR BAYARD'S PRESEN-
TATION SPEECH,
Mr.. Bayard, in the course CT his
! speech of presentation, said.
Mayor McLear-"The presentation of
this beautiful bowl will be made by
Ambassador Bayard"
with your leave, Mr.. Mayor: Cap
tain, officers and men of the United
States ship Wilmington: The pleasant
duty has been assigned to me, which
have most gratefully accepted, OF ask
ing your acceptance of the memorial
of the entire community in which you
now are welcome guests; Of asking
your acceptance of a memorial which
is intended to typify all the virtues OF
patriotism and hospitality CAP
plause.)
Gentlemen, it is a happy fault in any
country, and perhaps more so in oul
own broad republic, thatwe should give
an interest, local as well as national
/, I Ia t,tr no
triOtism. prosperity and honor II is
wise thing that the ships that are L
carry the flag of the nation, backed b,
the entire heart of the nation, shoull
bear the names of the several localitie
. in the nation-to call ships by tn
e names of the states, for you may re
member that no ships were bette
J known or more beloved than those tha
e bore the names of the original thirteei
states; and / hope the day is not IA
distant when there shall be a first-clas
: national ship bearing the name of eac
and every member of the Union, fror
!. the youngest back to the oldest. (AI
I: plause.)
I Nothing can be better than to Civ
>, to them the names of these centres {
industry-for it is the pride and happ
|
working people To give, therefore,
: ships the names of these centres Of il
dustry. to couple them with the name
l. of the ships they represent, adds to tf
T. safety and honor of the entire natiol
Into this catalogue of honorable name
comes that of the city in which We no
y stand.
Z; You are here in Delaware and
l. Wilmington, in the atmosphere of me
n who have never questioned their du
n when the honor and safety Of the coul
try required it. (Applause). We ha'
a here, sir, traditions which ought new
* to be impaired or forgotten. We a
here to ask you to ally yourselves wi
those traditions, and perhaps with {
u of the ties that connect the people
- Wilmington with the honor and We
fare of the United States. They we
not born yesterday. From the We
or foundation of the republic until II
d. day this community has added its fl
~ and fair contribution of crew and bra
men to the country's service. CA
plause.)
= These emblems of hospitality pa
to-day into your custody. When y
carry them upon the high seas to
. uttermost points of the earth, pr
you remember the spirit that shot
be present with us to-day, and rene
III Der the traditions of the state and
the city whose good reputation, mC
valuable than riches, is charged h'
upon you.
From the list of those who ha
II typifed the feeling of this city a
state towards the national reputati
- and our national navy l recall few
~ your memories. 1t is not invidious
a. select a few, because, among those m
en y, who are true men in honor, they shol
s' love one another May l remind you
Commodore Thomas McDonough, "
on Lake Champlain met fleet super
TX. to his in numbers? II had more gu
m more men, more of everything exc
as the one thing that is better than
est the courage to stand and sustain
All cause in which they were embark
for Commodore McDonough not only
in Illustrated his superior seamanship 6
stic courage and that of the men v
fought under him, but that force {
influence which the most eminent ma
writer of our Gay, who '
10 referred to by our friend,