The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-07
SAMPSON SPEAKS IN BOSTON
COUNTRY MUST HAZE MORE SHTpS
AND MORE GUNS.
Does Not Believe n Large Navy Should
be Supported but That it Should IA
Much Larger Than 1t is at Presen
The Increase In the Chances for
War.

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The Increase In the Chances ~
War.
Boston, Feb. Gone hundred ~
the leading citizens of the city honored
Rear Admiral Sampson with a BANQUET
at Hotel Tuileries this evening and for
TWO hours, statesmen, representatives
of the navy and others paid tributes to
the sterling qualities of one of the lead
ing naval heroes of the late war with
Spain. The speakers, led by former Sec
retary of State Olneya are all well known
Behind the admiraPs chair hung his
double starred blue flag, that had waiy-
ed over many a mile Of stormy southern
sea and passed through half a dozen
bombardments. The reception which
preceded the banquet was of about an
hours duration.
Among those present other than the
speakers were: Rear Admiral Howison
of the navy yard; Rear Admiral Belk-
nap, Getired) Captain H. G. Taylor OF
the battleship Indiana, Captain Chad
wick of the cruiser New York, Chief
Engineer Milligan engineer Of the Ore
gon during the war; Captain Wise Of
the Enterprise, Captain Colby Of the
lighthouse board and Lieutenant
Smith, inspector Of torpedo boats.
The last speech Of the evening was
that Of Admiral Sampson, who was
given most laudatory introduction BY
the presiding officer. The company first
drank to the health of the admiral, who
then spoke as follows: II rise to thank
you for your most generous greeting for
myself, for my friends and for all the
navy that you have included in all the
remarks which have been made. want
you to understand that do not take 1t
all unto myself, but that it is divided
with all the men, I do not propose to
say anything as you might expect Of
the battle Of Santiago, but I would like
to say few words about the lessons we
have learned or should learn from that
battle. First wish to say that neither
that battle nor any other that know Of
was ever won by chance The sea fights
furnish many instances where it was
found that the most powerful fleet was
son was always in favor of overwhelm- Il
ing fleets, though he did not always have
them at his command.
THE second lesson, If we may call II
so, is closely allied perhaps to the first.
Shall we not imagine our foe in the fu-
ture, as might well be the case, to be
to the one over which we have
been victorious? The fleets that were
opposed to each other on that Sunday
off Santiago were, as regards the ntm-
bers of ships about six to seven. Leav-
ing out the torpedo destroyers and the
which may be said not to
have been fighting ships, the proportion
was six to four in our favor. We OUT
numbered them about three to one Now
it seems to me that you gentlemen who
are so influential in determining and
deciding what the navy of the United
States navy should be should bear, this
n mind-that we must have more ships,
more guns and all that goes to consti-
ute an efficient navy. I am not advo-
'ating large navy. [ do not believe
that we should support a large navy,
out that it should be much larger than
t is at present. The increased territo-
" which we have added to our country
Will probably produce an increase in
'ur chances for war at least a hundred
Der cent.-not that we need increases in
he navy to the effect-but probably
WILL"