The age-herald., 1898-10-27
GENUINE NEW
 ENGLAND WELCOME Given Secretary of the Navy
 Long at Boston. WAS PRINCIPAL SPEAKER At the Annual Dinner of the Republi- can Club of Massachusetts,
 Spoke of the Glorious
 Work of Navy.

Boston, October 26.-Secretary of the Navy Long received a genuine New Eng land welcome at Music hall tonight on the occasion of the annual dinner of the Re- publican club of Massachusetts. There were more than 800 representative repub- licans of New England at the tables and the galleries were crowded by ladies and gentlemen. The other guests of honor were Governor Wolcott, Senator Lodge and Congressman Dingley. Secretary Long was the principal speaker. When he rose he received tremendous ovation. He said in part:
 My experience in the cabinet has con- firmed the impression that I have long cherished that a cabinet officer, with or without a vote, should have place upon the floor of congress- where he shall at once be subject to questions in all matters of his administration and have the oppor- tunity to present in person the needs and demands of his branch of the public ser vice.
 "The almost entire freedom of the navy during the war from loss of life, from sickness and disease and from even ordina- ry casualties, is the best evidence of the thoroughness of it's preparat on, the intel ligence of its direction, and the skill, eff ciency and thorough training of it's off cers and men. Let me bear my testimony that all this has been the work of the na- wy itself and not of any man at it's head; of the completeness of it's system and the competency of it's personnel Of it's pro- fessional spirit cannot speak too highly That spirit animated the officer on the
 
 chief of the bureau, and no less the grades every one of them-below these. Line and staff superior and subordinate, have all worked with matchless fidelity and ability and in harmonious cooperation, and deserve equal honor.
 "The glory of the navy and the glory or the war which 1t shares with the army is not, however, in battle alone, Ur rather 1t is not in the brutal elements of battle.
 Tt is rather in the fine instinct, the he- roic courage, the splendid devotion, the in- tense patriotism which, nerve men to en- dure what otherwise were the unpardon- able horrors of armed conflict for the sake of the great ends and cause for which bat ties are fought. The war through which We have just passed was not waged for the exultation of victory. It was for the un-
 
 loosing of the yoke of bondage, the eleva- tion of an oppressed people, the divine civl- ization of the century. Its finer touches were in the generous humanity exhibited rather than the splendid courage 1t evoked. Not trace of personal animosity towards the foe was visible from beginning to end Few words will last longer than those which Captain Evans uttered, when he said of his men during the battle of Santiago:
 "So long as the enemy flew its flag they fought like American seamen, but when the flag was hauled down they were as gem tie and tender as American women. It was a revelation to the Spanish prisoners when they found themselves received in tine en- campment rather than prison at Ports mouth with Christian kindness, their wounds bound up and every want provided for. The lesson has not been lost on the civilization of the time when Cervera re- turning to his seat in the Spanish senate, proclaims the humanity of America and suggests to Spain that she benefit by our :, example. weaken from her bondage to old Limitations and follow the lead of Ameri- non Anferprise and American institutions" ]