The times., 1898-12-29
Al THE BANQUET BOARD
Sons of the American Reyo-
luton Celebrate.
EXPANSION THE KEYNOTE
Commander Bradford Speaks for the
Men Behind the Guns-JudEe Freer
ON the Loyalty of Hawaii-POst
Prandial Remarks by the Hon.
w. J. Caihoun-Lcssons OF the War

The annual reunion and banquet Of Co
lumbia Society of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution was held at Ranscher's 5
last night About 200 members and guests
obeyed the admonition. Gentlemen will
be good enough to leave their muskettes,
| pistoles. swords, and lanthorns in the rob-
| ing ROOM" and proceeded to the main hall
where an elaborate menu was set by
Caterer Rauscher. go u '1is'h
The dining hall was eIaborafeiy deco
rated with the American colors and
flowers. The menu card was a feature
OF the event, having been getten up in
I'VE olden tyne" fashion and filled with
bright sayings. -lt1
President Edward N. Gallaudet, LII. D.,
stated that while the annual banquSt5 OF
the society were generally held upon the
anniversary OF some notable event in
American history, this dinner could uniy
claim the anniversary OF the occasion
when Col. George Washington resigned
his command OF the Virginia troops and
took his seat in the house OF burgesses
Gen. J. C. Breckinridge was the first
speaker of the evening. He referred feel
ingly TO the recent death of the COM
! mander of the society, Gen. E. S. Barrett
Gen. Breckenridge read resolution de-
ploring the absence OF Gen. Barrett. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
The next speaker was Commander Royal
B. Bradford, United States Navy, whose
subject was In Ye Tyne of Peace Prepare
for War" Commander Bradford said that
the subject on which he spoke had always
seemed a self-evident fact.
1T was my misfortune to be a long way
/ hah Ind thn dttrtt ha Lost he
continued. I'm the Summer Of 1896 OBJ
tanned command of a good ship and pre-
pared her for war with Spain, which even
then l anticipated. After long practice
with the guns we could, while steaming at
ten knots, knock down target ten feet
high easily. This was the kind of practice
which told at Manila and Santiago.
THE Navy Department was more fully
prepared for war than any other depart
ment. This was because of the training OF
the naval officers who are never entirely
out of danger The whole Navy Depart
ment worked together and all red tape
was cut during war. Regulations were
thrown aside, and to this and to the cut
ting of the red tape / attribute the sue
cess of the navy.
THE Hon. Mr.. Roosevelt was the as
sistant secretary, and his only trouble was
that he couldn't fight soon enough.
once had to tell him to keep cool and wait
for big game. What do you mean?' he
asked. Why, coaiing stations in the Pa
cific. / replied. And he waited.
THE coaling question is one OF very
great interest. had to look out for the
coaling of the fleets during the war, and
the job was no sinecure. We must have
coaling stations in every ocean
There was always the utmost desire in
the Navy Department TO aid the army dur
ing the war. | can state this as the head
of bureau in the Navy Department The
first three expeditions of transports from
San Francisco 10 Manila were coaled from
the navy piles at Honolulu and they used
every bit of our needed coal with our per-
mission. ! can cite many instances TO
prove my statement.
There are certain lessons which we can
learn from the result of the war. AS a
man without constituents, i can say what
l please One is in the case of a raw re-
cruit. War has become too scientific TO
be played with by recruits. In future we
must have an army and navy commen-
surate with our size. 1t is unpopular TO
say anything about the volunteer in this
| country but / believe in telling the truth.
Il am an expansionist l want to give
a few illustrations OF the necessity of ex-
pansion. We have few vessels which have
steaming capacity of over 1000 miles
OF the Pacific be in case of war?
1T is impossible for this nation TO be-
come an important naval strength without
coaling stations all over the Pacific. We
have already the most important station
in the Pacific. Let us keep IL. AS long as
we don't own it It will be menace to us. .
The expansion ideas were applauded by
the audience and the speaker was urged to
continue his remarks.
Sampson regretting his inability to be pres
ent owing to an attack of the grip.
Secretary hay also sent a letter of re-
gret Letters were also read from Gen.
Wheeler, Col. Berner, Third Georgia Volun-
teers. and Secretary Porter.
Several songs were rendered by Herndon
Morsell. the company joining In the sing
ing of "Columbia's the Gem of the Ocean"
and the national anthem.
The next speaker was the Hon. William
]. Calhoun, of Illinois, whose subject was
THE Aftermath of the War" The speaker
said that the people were not animated by
any spirit of gain when war was declared,
but now that the war is ended grave re-
sponsibilties face us.
There is moral phase to the question
and a political one. We have taken the
ruffian, Spain, from the child Cuba. but
we have yet to raise up the child and care
for it. The child is not able to govern it
self and the people of Cuba are but chill
dren. Then there are the Philippines. The
rights of these people are the same as those
of the people of Cuba. s
'It is not the mere pride of conquest tha;
compels us to bring light to the Philip
pines. We must secure the markets of the
world for our industries and for our peo-
pie. and the Philippines are part of the
needed market. We must expand. We
cannot avoid the law of development
When Dewey sailed into Manila Ray,
there sat on the prov of his. ship the
figure of Destiny, pointing out the new
path for American energy, hopes and am
bitions. 20 sf-5
I'VE need not fear the future We are
united since this last war and all is well
The last speaker Of the evening was the
Hon. W. F. Freer formerly member of
the commission entrusted with the duty
of framing a government for The Territory
of Hawaii
Judge Freer said that for IA siong time
Uncle Sam had strained at gnat an.i now
he has swallowed camel.
Now that Hawaii realizes that the
Philippines are TO be a portion of this
country, she feels her insignificance and
is but the gnat' dssM
The speaker stated that for years july
mas Deen tne biggest Gay Oh the year
in Hawaii SO that in coming to the
mother country the holidays were little
changed.
"It is the only colony thoroughly
American in spirit. When this nation was
placed in its hour of peril, Hawaii sent
many sons to enlist for the defense of the
Union. The patriotism of the Americans
| in Hawaii has not always been appre-
ciated. They have once saved Hawaii for
the United States against the United
States.''
The officers of the society and board OF
managers are as follows: President Ed