Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-25
SAILORS OF THE RALEIGH.
chccrcd Along the Way Letter From
Secretary Long Captain Coghisn
and WIG Were There.

New York. April 2i.-onc hundred
and twenty sailors from the United
states cruiser Raleigh. clad IN their
naval unlformr. were given a banquet
In the Aa,or gallery OF the Waldorf
Astoria hotel tonight. Tho entertain
mcnt WINS planned and carried out by
n committee composed ~ the following
gentlemen Roswell T.. Flower. william
e. whitney, Thomas l.. James ciar-
cncc W. Mackay. George ]. Gould.
William curtis, w q. McAdcc. Tho
gallery was decorated with silkcn ban
ncrs and Hays and fashionable crowd
was present TO see and help entertain
the sailors.
The Raleigh steamed up the river
this afternoon and anchored on the
foot 81 West Thirty.frHt street FOR tho
purpose Of allowing the sailors to land.
lne mon lined w on the pier and In
nlcs u two. marched up Thirty-fourth
street TO the Waldurf-Astorla hotel.
They were In charge OF chief signal
QunrtormaHtcr Way. The sailors were
choorcd by the crowd along the line Of
march 10 the hotel and ON entering
the Waldorf Astoria were chccrcd over
aud over again by the crowd thora. IL
was s.tt when the sailors reached the
hotel. ana In quarter of an hour they
had been seated at the table and wcrc
eating and smoking.
EN.AHsistnnt Secretary of tho Navy
McAduo formally welcomed the sailors
FOR the ~iverH Of the feast.
Randolph GuEgcnhclmor. president Of
the board % aldermen OF New York
city.
The following letter was read from
Secretary Long! Am grateful ~ the
recognition 81 the men behind the guns
ana ! regret | cannot participate. owing
TO Imperative engagements here. Please
accept my thanks for your courtesy.
aud my best wishes for the occasion"
The sailors then chnttcd and talked
and told Of Incidents ~ Manila 60 those
who talked 10 them. A good many Of
the men were with Admiral Dewey on
the flagship Olympia during the bat.
tie, ana they wctu especial lions of the
evening. Among them were quarter
master Preston. ON the bridge Of the
olympia with Dewey. Seaman Lock
ridgc had many stories TO tell Of the
shortly before the banquet had be-
gun. Capt. ana Mrs. cOghlnn arrived
and mingled with the spectators. Capt.
corhlnn. when asked about the in-
tcrnatlonal furorc raised by his speech.
was rrtloent. He said; n have re-.
f'AN'N NN communication rom Munns
ington, except a routine order which
has come through Renr-Admirai John
W. Philip. do not care Go discuss
the matter, A. you well understand,
the more I talk about II. the more tho
matter Will become Involved. and there
win be miHatntcmentn and misunder-
standings. You can understand my
position. II IL a dreadful thing. this
getting talked about 20 In the news.
papers"
iicar.Admlrnl John W. Philip, com.
mnndnnt ~ the navy yard. said: II
have received no orders from Washing
ton FOR capt Coghinn other than the
orders for him 20 stand ready for In.
rnection and &c proceed down the hay.
I know OF no other instructions than
those " a routine nature"
Rear admiral Phllip went about
among the men, talking with them. Ho
knew good many of them. other
officers Of the Raleigh were present
The program for the evening was
concluded with a vaudeville entertain
mont
'rhe Raleigh viii leave tomorrow for
Philadelphia. where she win take part
f. the celebration ~ the Grant monu-
mcnt celebration ON April goth. and
Dewey day, on May LIST.