Evening star., 1898-05-30

VIM. II. Michael in his address at Por-
| ters grave took for his subject. "Co-opera-
| tion between General Grant and the Navy
| In the course of his extended and interest
| ing address he said:
"A development of this subject will dis
close two essential facts: "a That General
Grant at the very inception of hostilities
between the north and the south perceived
| the absolute need Of armed vessels on the
Mississippi and its tributaries, and was
| willing at all times to accord the navy its
| just share of credit for work accomplished;
| (2 that without the cooperation of the
| navy it would have been impossible to put
| down the rebellion under any leadership
Mr.. Michael sketched the building up of
the fotilla on western waters under Foote,
and described the nondescript character Of
the vessels.
Flag Officer Foote formed the acquaint-
ance of General Grant at Cairo, which place
became the base of operations for the
army and hotflla late in the fall of 1861
About this time Foote wrote to his wife,
| who was living in New Haven, Conn, and
also to his devoted friend, Fox. assistant
secretary of the navy, that General Grant
was just the kind of man he could work
with: that the fullest understanding ex-
| listed between them; that Grant was a man
| OF good. practical sense, without any
pomp and full of earnest patriotism At
| another time he wrote that he and Grant
talked over plans of operation familiarly
ard as frankly as could two brothers."
Mr.. Michael described in graphic words
the continued land and naval movements
in the west.
The splendid work of Foote's gunboats
in these operations was clearly pointed out
Mr.. Michael told of Shiloh and described
the great work of the navy there.
In his memoirs General Grant says: THE
navy gave hearty support to the army
at Shiloh, as indeed it always did both be-
fore and subsequently, when l was in COM
maEd."
"A fair resume of the achievements of
the navy In the west during the year. said
Mr.. Michael would be that a fiotiIla had
been created which had saved Grant and
his army at Belmont; had unaided reduced
Fort Henry; had co-operated with Grant
ard his army in the capture Of Donelson;
had saved Grants left at Shiloh from be-
ing turned, on the first day of the battle
and demoralized Beauregard's army during
the night so that 1t was untitled for service
the following day; had challenged the ad-
miration of the world by it's dramatic pas
sage of Island No. Ten, which. determined
the fate of the island, and OF the confeder-
ate army confronting Pope; had destroyed
the the confederate fleet at Memphis; cooper
ated In the capture of ST. Charles: and
thus practically opened the Mississippi to
Vicksburg, and had thus transferred the
most important operations from the out
skirts to the very heart of the confederacy
1.-THE way was thus prepared for General
Grants advance by land and water upon
the Mississippi river. which. If taken. would
completely sever the confederacy In twain
and cut of its richest resources of sup
plies"
The speaker then described Foote'S re-
tirement and the work commenced and car
ried out by Admiral Porter and General
Grant against Vicksburg.
Mr.. Michael was equally interesting in re-
lating the subsequent operations of Admiral
Porter In connection with the Army of the
Potomac.
In closing Mr.. Michael said:
Let US this day remember our brave
sailors living and dead: let us remember the
deeds of our glorious navy, that same
navy which helped to our independence
by successful cooperation with the army
under Washington. which captured in that
war over 1900 prisoners, which furnished
by capture munitions of war for our des-
titute army; the same navy which later,
in 1872 won our liberty and Independence
on water as 1t had helped to win our in
dependence on land. which though despised
by Europe won fifteen out of eighteen set
battles with :h.e strongest naval power in
the world, which completely swept the
enemy's merchant marine frr.s .ae seas,
and compelled a prayer for peace; the same
| navy that wrung from the Bey of Tunis
and Tripou concessions that no other
power had succeeded in getting: the same
navy which. within the first twelve months
of the war. for the Union, reclaimed the
Potomac from the enemy's control; cap,