Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
IN GRAND REVIEW
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ing the Chief Executive nrese,ta, a.
tattered old battle flags. One. Of the nosts
carried battery of two guns and s,l,,ted
VIII shot from each as the stand was
passed. Inc President responded with a
sweep OF his hat and continued bows
bet"eeh Two OF the G. A. r. posts rode
IN carriage Harry L. MacNeal who baa
charge OF gun on the BROOKLYN. and
who crawled out over the side of The shin
whlle under fire to extricate q fragmon,
OF shell which had become fixed in tho
muzzle. 'i'e
RAISING the Presidents stand the troops
marched IN company front formation. IN
lhree-step cadence, one-third faster than
me regular tlme. In nearly every in
stance the marching was almost faultless
AS the last line of soldiers and the BODY
OF police behind them passed the stand
the crowd broke through the rones ana
mace a rush toward the Presidents en-
closure. He merely bowed his acknowI-
edgments of the cheering and then with
GREW to the residence of Mrs. T. Dundas
Lippincott, Immediately back of the
stand. Here the party took luncheon and
shortly afterwards the President retired
TO spend in rest the time remaining. until
the Glover Club dinner and the Academy
of Music reception, tonight.
President Mckinley was the guest Of
honor, tonight, at the peace iubilee
banquet of the Glover Club. where he
met nearly all of the distinguished
visitors to the city and the leading citi-
zens OF Philadelphia as we'll. Among
the 200 people who sat around the table
We're:
Vice President Hobart; Secretaries
Aiger and Wilson. Postmaster General
Smith, Gems. Miles. Shafter, Wheeler.
summer, McKibben, Greeley, Graham,
Ludlow and Lawton, Commodore
Philip, United States Senator Penrose.
Charles Fl. Cramp, Commodore Casey,
Commander Cowles, Gov. L. A. Cook of
Connecticut, Thomas Dolan. Capt.
Rodiey d. Evans, Pension Commits
sioner Evans, Gov. Hastings, Col r.
w. Huntington, U. S. M. c., Lieut.
Richmond Pearson Hobson, Gov. Lloyd
Lowndes of Maryland, Commander
Mead, Archbishop Ryan, Capt Chas.
d. Sigsbee. Gov. Tunnel of Delaware,
Gov. Tyler of Virginia, Lieut. Com
mander Richard Wainwright, Mayor
Warwick and Commodore Watson.
President Mckinley was given ain en-
ttlussidStiC reception wien Ile entered
the beautifully decorated dining room
along with Postmaster General Smith
and Secretaries Alger and Wilson. In
response to the patriotic Introduction
of Sol. Mcclure. president of the club,
the President said:
Il cannot forego making acknowl-
edgment to this far-famed club for the
permission it has granted me to meet
with it here. tonight. Lou do not seem
half so bad at this stage as you have
been pictured. No man can unfold the
future of the Clover Club. G4aughter).
1T has been SO gratifying to me to
participate with the people of the city
of Philadelphia in this great patriotic
| celebration. 1t was a pageant the like
of which l do not believe has been
since the close of the Civil War, when
the army of Grant and Sherman and
| the navy of dupont, Dahlgren and Por
| ter gave the great review in the cap
| ital city of the nation. And l know of
no more fitting place to have a patri-
otto celebration than in this great city
which witnessed the first conservation
of liberty and of the republic.
AS / stood on the great reviewing
| stand witnessing the soldiers and sail
| ors passing by, my heart was filled
| only with gratitude to the God of bat
ties who has SO favored us, and graf
| tude to the brave soldiers and sailors
who had won such signal victories on
land and sea and had given a new
meaning to American valor.
1t has been especially gratifying to
ME to participate, not only with the
people Of Philadelphia, but with the
people of the great West where I have
recently visited. in doing honor to the
| American army and the American
navy. No nobler soldiers or sailors
ever assembled under any flag. You
| had with you. today, the leaders Of
Santiago Porto Rico and Guantanamo.
| We unfortunately had none of the he
roes of Manila with us. But am sure
that our hearts go out to them, tonight
and to the brave Dewey and Otis and
Merritt, and all other gallant men that
are now sustaining the flag i'll the har-
Dor city of Manila. ca voice, How
about Hobsono.
The American people are always
ready for any emergency and II the
| Merrimac is to be sunk there is an
| American officer to do it. He sue
ceeded in doing what our foe had been
unable to do-sink an American ship
fApplause).
Il ask you, gentlemen of the Glover
Club, to unite with me in toastlng the
army and navy of the United States
without whose valor and sacrifice we
could not celebrate the victory we have
been celebrating. today. Not only the
men at the front, not only the men on
| the battIeships and in the battle line,
but the men at home with ambition 20
go to fight the battles of American
civilization. should be the recipients OF
the gratitude of the American people
When he finished his speech, the