The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
GIVES CREDIT TO scHLEY.
Dramatic Episode in Lecture c
 Capt. Hobson

Capt. doDSon'
 Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Tt was the man behind the gun who did it." (Applause)
 'I want to modify that statement; It was Schley."
 The applause that followed this decla- ration was the greatest, when numbers are considered that Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson Hobson, Captain or the United States Navy, has ever re- ceived. It was an ovation in the strictest sense of the word.
 Rite Cathedral or Broadway last evening when Captain Hobson deliyfred his iec- ture on ''The Needs of the Navy" one Of the number of a series of entertainments that is being furnished by Hanselmann commandery No. 16. Knights Templar. Great preparations had been made Tor the reception of the hero of the Merrl- mac and only the inclemency of the Wes ther intertered with crowding the beautiful Masonic Cathedral to its ut most capacity. Those who remained away missed a treat, because his remarks were both interesting and instructive.
 Captain Hobsons address reached eli max when he gave Admiral Schley credit for winning the battle at Santiago. Cap tain Hobson was telling how. for the first time in the history of naval warfare of the world. a victorious fleet had com pletely destroyed the ships of the enemy without the loss of single being. This was Admiral Dewey's victory. and the
 
 extreme. Then he went on to tell how. less than two months later a similar oc- currence took place on this side ot the water. He went on to speak of how ron off Santiago which had anything near the speed of the Spanish vessels, while the balance were a motley crew. which. with the exception of the Oregon. had speed average of only about half | that of the Spanish ships. If the Spaniards." said he. had only known. they could have beaten us of the face of the earth" and parantheti- been manned by Americans" He then went on to describe the battle hurriedly. but became fired up over the recital. When he had concluded a gentleman in Quick as a flash Hobson replied; The man behind the gun. Loud applause Then when it had died out, he said ''I desire to modify that statement: 1t was Schley.'
 It was fully two minutes before h,. could begin talking again. and then, dur ing the first few remarks. he was inter- rupted by occasional applause.
 In conclusion. Captain Hobson referred to the race problem in the South. and warmed up over the subject. He said that the North ought to help in finan- ctal way to educate the negroes. He also said that it was shame that the South does not receive the proper amount of recognition in the legislative. judiciary and executive departments of the Fed eral government He thought that the congressman and representatives ought to receive better treatment, and that oc casionally some important selection ought to be made from the South. The latter. he said. $ as loyal to the Union as any section of the country and, therefore. all sectionalism should be for ever obliterated. His tribute to the sol diers and sailors of the Civil War Was earnest, but his glorihcation of the wo- men of that period was beautiful in the extreme
 In speaking of the needs of the navy he said that he people ought to repose confidence in the naval officers who know what they need. He said that a larger navy was needed to protect Uncle sam 8 ever increasing commerce and also to protect the Monroe doctrine. which now extends beyond the borders of this coun- try. He said that the United States ought to take an active part in the par tition of China and not let any foreign power gain complete control over any portion of that vast empire.