The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-29
A GREAT OVATION
Given Admiral Dewey and His Wife
at Savannah.
1000 men IN MILITARY PARADE.
Handsome Gift Presented d to the Al
ral-A Splendid Banquet and q
quent Speeches.

! Savannah, Ga, Speclal-Frty tEou-
sand persons on the streets here We'd
nesday afternoon gave Admiral George
Dewey as enthusiastic welcDme as
was ever accorded to any public man
anywhere. The admiral had recovered
from his fndisposition of Tuesday sui-
ficiently for irim to take part in the
| military parade and review the parade
in iiis honor and as he ro1a through
the ssrsets, with Mrs. Dewey at his
side, ringing cheers rem; the air end
waving colors made the scene one to
be long remembered.
There were present in the parad,
five military companies from Charles
ton under command CT Majcr SchachteI-
one or more companies of naval re-
serves from each Charleston, Ntol1nt
Pleasant and Beaufort, S. c., ana
Brunswick, Ga; and military c'sAii;-'
cations from Columbia, Pnlzer ard
Timmcnsyille, ). c.. and AustSta,
Brunswick and Thomasville, Ga 'hers
were in all II out-of-town uHginiza'
tions. Adding the local militia legs-
were nearly 1000 men in line. The Re
veiw took place in the park extenSica,
where an adm.Tal's salute was fired by
the Chatham artillery from brass
pieces presented to the organization
by President George Washington.
Business, public and private, was sus-
pended from noon in honor CT Admiral
Dewey.
The climax of the occasion occurred.
at the banquet at the DsSoto Hotel az
might. where the admiral was present
ed with beautiful silver vase UD be-
half Of the city OF Savannah 10y Hon.
+. c. DuBignon. The vase is elegantly
engraved and nearly three feet high
on a marble base. At the banquet.
table General Nelson A. Miles, who ar
rived in the city during the evening
too late for the military feature, sat
next 20 Admiral Dewey. While the
main function was in progress, a COM
m;ttee of 80 ladies entertained Mrs.
Dewey at a banquet in the annex ad-'
joining the banquet hill. Upon Ae
conclusion CT ;he dinner the .etYes
were accommodated with chairs in the
main room that they might hear the
speeches. Among the speakers were
Judge Emory Speer, CT the United
STATES Court. Surgeon General Wy
man, Congressman Brlneley, CT Geor-
gia, ex-Artcyney General w. o.
Smith. of Hawaii, and others. In
speaking TO the toast the President
Of the United States Judge Emory
Speer said in part:
While the administration OF PTesi-
dent Mckinley more than any other,
save that of Lincoln, will afford to the
historian material at once to attract, to
instruo. and thrill the students ami
readers OF the future, it IS nevertheless
true that his Americanism, while
prompt and purposeful in conviction
and decisive in action, had been cau-
tious and TOO conciliatoTy at home and
abroad.
The war was inevitable Its results
have followed in inevitable sequence.
BY the supreme law OF the land the
Philippine islands became the terrific
ry Of the United States with a title as
clear as that which We have to Florida
or to any foot of that marvellous en-
pire 10 the westward Of the Mississippi
acquired by the Louisiana purchase or
! by treaty with Mexico. Who will say
, that the President had the power or
right 10 ignore his duty to the Amer-
can people and TO mankind IN a terri
tory thus acquired The adminstre-
tion OF William Mckinley and its
great achiey enen;S will receive proud
reoompense. He will live in history
as the first president who directed the
energies Of this nation in a great and
successful war beyond the seas. Great
er civic renown may yet be mis-, but to
my mind the crowning glory of his life
will be found in those simple words OF
preferred kindly national recognition
of the honor due the sacred ashes OF
his once Incompatible foes"
This peroration refers TO President.
MCkinley's recommendation that the
graves OF the Confederate dead should
% ''"'' for nv rhe nation
Commission Goes to Memph;S