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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-07

half listened to the stirring music being too
far from the stand TO hear the words of the
speakers.
a side attraction of more than usual in
terest TO a large crowd OF spectators was
the 4th Field Battery. L. S. Artillery with
six cannon, from Fort Myer. which fired
salute OF tWtnty-one guns at the close OF
the exercises, The sight of the artillerymen
In their uniforms Of blue. with red stripes
and gold braid and with their large, red
plumed helmets, was evidently a new one
to many of the visitors, who stood about
and eyed the soldiers curiously.
Tell the bugler to sound the assembly"
Col. John McElroy said, he surveyed
the large crowd. The notes Of the call, so
familiar to the veterans of war, rang out
clear and distinct.
THE meeting will now come to order he
continued. Il have the honor to present to
you Mr.. q. II. Warner. chairman of the
citizens executive committee, who will pre-
side
Mr.. Warner made no set address. He
bowed to the crowd in acknowledgment of
the honor and in turn introduced the Rev.
w. G. Davenport. who made fervent
PRAYER During the invocation Secretary
Hay sat with bowed head, his hands fold
ed in a seat below the speakers stand and
near the press tables. The minister asked
God 10 bless the army and the navy and
he implored that the encampment, so aus
piciously opened should be fraught with
goodness and success.
The Marine Band was on the program for
a medley of patriotic airs. The vast audi
ence thought it was listening to the crack
military organization Of the government
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NAVAL VESSELS HERE
The Historic Hartford in the
Potomac.
FARRAGUT'S FLAGSHIP
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS AND
MOBILE BAY RECALLED.
The Lancaster and Types of Modern
Boats, Including the Dolphin, May
flower and Torpedo Boats.

A most interesting feature of the present
reunion of the veterans of the great war is
the presence in the quiet harbor of the nation
al capital of ships Of the United States navy.
Their participation in the ceremonies attend
ing the encampment is largely due to the
personal interest Secretary Moody has in
the success of the affair influenced in no
small degree by the well-directed and per-
sstent efforts Of the local committeeman in
charge of the purely naval program.
The ships in attendance not the
largest or the most formidable in the navy.
but what is more to the point, at least two
Of these are veterans of that great conflict
which threatened to destroy the American
republic. Their selection for this demon
stration is therefore most appropriate
Moreover, the great battle ships and armor-
ed cruisers of the modern navy cannot as
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THE q. S. S. LANCASTER.

Prince of Siam and his suite to Mount Yer.
non in case they care to make the trip.
The next important service of the May
flower will be as the flagship of Admiral
Dewey in the extensive maneuvers of the
North Atlantic, European and South Ats
lantic squadrons in the Caribbean DUR
ing the coming winter. The Dolphin was
originally selected Admiral Deweys
flagship on that occasion, but as a special
compliment to the hero of Manila bay thei
President personally rendered him the use
of his own vessel, the Mayfower, and the
offer was accepted with thanks.
The Presidents Yacht =
The Sylph is the smallest of the fleet, but
by no means the least interesting. She is a
recent acquisition to the navy, having been
pletion at the shipyard of John Roach, at
Chester, Pa, in 1898. She is steel schoon-
err converted into naval yacht. Her dis
mansions are-length 123 feet 8 inches;
breadth, 20 feet, and mean draught, feet
inches. Her displacement is 152 tons,
with single screw vertical triple expansion
engine of $50 indicated horse power. She
has speed of fifteen knots. Her extremely
modest battery consists of one siX-pounder
rapid fire gun. Her regular complement is
three officers and twenty-four men. Her
present commander is Lieutenant William
H. Buck, native of Mississippi, who
graduated from the Naval Academy in |
May, 1886. He advanced in sr2Ge for
distinguished service during the Spanish I
war.
Although purchased for service in the war
with SPAIN the Sylph did not take very
active part in that brief struggle Al its
close she was fitted out for the special use /
of the President of the United States and
was placed the Washington station She T
has been frequently used in taking dis
tinguished visitors to Mount Vernon and /
other points on the Potomac. During the I
past summer the Sylph was utilized by I
President Roosevelt and his family at their
summer home on Oyster Bay in making
short cruises on the waters in that vicinity
as well on trips to and from New York city.
She is a trim little craft and is elegantly
furnished throughout.
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ON TO MANASSAS.
Grant Avenue to Be Opened in Honor
G. A. r, Visitors.

Grant avenue is to be opened with due
formality in honor of the Grand Army WIS.,
itors to Manassas, Va, Thursday, October
.. The excursion will leave the temporary
Southern railway depot on Maryland ave-
nue. at am.
On arrival at Manassas the excursionists
will assemble at the corner Of Grant and
Lee avenues, at the new court house, where
j. B. T. Thornton, in behalf of the mayor
and council, will present the freedom of the
city and country to the Grand Army. DR..
H. NJ Clarkson will then read a sonnet en-
titled THE Two knights" and after re-
sponses by Col Dewstoe of Cleveland. the
president Of the Veteran Signal Corps As
ISOLATION. and others the old soldiers will
take conveyances provided and drive .out
Grant avenue to the Sudley road.
When they reach the Henry hill Repre-
sentative Rixey and Col. Edmund Berkeley
of the Confederate Veterans will give them
further welcome, and persons acquainted
with the military movements will explain
the two battles fought in 1861 and 1862.
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said to them:
II we do meet itait will not look so well
as ca IL noes a a. the presents time"
incident to him and had added:
SAID to myself What would Farragut
nave nave doneG' And was with Farragut, you
The Secretary said he had asked Admiral
Dewey how he had felt when he entered
the pay OF Manila the night before attack
ing the spanish feet, contemplating as he
r rars the ren1 mines and .torpedoes The admi;
lal reply was simply that he had asked
himself practically the tame question:
similar conditioner"
Ana Dewey was with Farragut, too"
MI Moody continued The Secretary closed
MS words with the tthought that men in
spired by such traditions as these never
could turn their backs on the flag. There
were cries of Go on" but the Secretary
explained that it was getting late. So.
fermt me to say" he added, that the
navy bids you welcome"
IN introducing Gov. Bliss of Michigan
Chairman Warner incidentally mentioned
the name of Gen. Algcr, former COM
mander-in-chief Of the Grand Army of the
Repupllc, and the name was cheered. Gov
bliss spoke briefly, saying that ,4,ooO per-
sons from his state had come to participate
IN tne pleasures of the encampment and to
ENJOY old scenes.
Commander Bingham delivered the well
coming address on behalf of the Depart
ment OF the Potomac, and was followed by
words of thanks to all by Col. McElroy for
the assistance received In assuring the sue
cess of the encampment .-----, =
"A hne specimen of the national emblem
was then unfurled from a tall pole sur
mounting the pavilion. and with the firing
OF national salute. the exercises closed.
A feature of the occasion was the stirring
music OF the George w. Cook Drum Corps
or Denver. AS the flag was unfurled the
vast concourse Of people arose and saluted.
while the band played THE Star Spangled
Banner"
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over the world. During her early career
she was commanded successfully by Ad-
mirals John Rudd, H. K. Hof, Chas. w.
Bell, Joseph Lanman and H. X. Davenport,
all of whom have passed away. Most of
her service in the civil war was in South
American waters and the Caribbean sea.
She kept a-vigilant lookout for the enemy S
vessel along the Mexican coast and Central
America. In November 1864, she stopped
the passenger steamer Salvador off Pana-
ma and seized party of confederate Off
GERS.
Since then she has been almost entirely
reconstructed and made to conform to MOD
ern requirements. Her present battery con-
sistS of twelve rapid-fire guns of high
power She and the Hartford are the only
wooden ships now in commission which
took part in the civil war. They both form
part of the fleet engaged in the practical
training of landsmen for service on the
fighting ships of the navy.
AT the conclusion of the G. A r. encamp-
ment. the Lancaster will start on cruise
to the West Indies and the Hartford will
go to Europe.
Lancaster: Commander George P. Colvo-
coresses, commanding; Lieutenant Com
mander John M. Orchard, Lieutenant Com
mander Frank w. Kellogg, Lieutenant
Sumner E. w. Kittelle. Lieutenant Jay H.
Sypher. Lieutenant Provost Babin, Lieuten-
ant Gunior grade) Hilary Williams, Sur
geon James D. Gatewood Passed Assistant
Surgeon Granville L. Angeny, Paymaster
NSoiSe OeibtlS, SHdpld1n Bower to. Fat
rick. Boatswain Martin Fritman, Acting
BoatsWain Patrick Shanahan, Acting
Gunner Harry A. Davis. Gunner William
q. Smith Chief Carpenter Alonzo c. Bur-
roughs, Warrant Machinist John r. Riley
Acting Warrant Machinist Ben Smith.
U. S. S. Dolphin.
The dispatch boat Dolphin is a most In
teresting exhibit. She was one of the first
vessels built for the new navy, and has had
long and successful career. The reorgan-
ization of the navy began early in the
eighties, and marked the substitution of
ships of steel with heavy armor and arma-
ment for the traditional wooden and iron
earlier times. The Chicago, Boston, At
lanta and Dolphin were the pioneers of the
new navy. They were the products of the
shipyard of the celebrated John Roach of
Chester, Pa, and afterward became ia
nous the world over as the white Squad
ron" The Dolphin went into commission
in December, 1885, the Atlanta in July
1886, the Boston in May, 1887, and the Chi
cago in April 1885, Their construction was
generally looked upon as an experiment
and developed into an acrimonious political
dispute. It was charged that the contract
for the vessels had been given to Roach
as reward for political services to the
republican party and that the vessels were
faulty in design and construction.
1t was openly asserted that the ships
were structurally weak and unfit for sery-
ice. While all were said to be defective
the Dolphin was denounced as the worst
Job of the lot. The scandal became so no
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LINCoLN's LAST STORY.
He Told It to Marshal Lamon an Hour
Before He Was Shot.

The last story ever told by President Lin
coin was just before he left the White
House to go to the theater the night he was
killed. This is vouched for by Mr.. Thomas
F. Pendel, who is the oldest employee of the
White House. and who went with Mr. Lin
coin to his carriage on the fatal night.
Il have every reason said Mr. Pendel
for saying that the last pleasant. little
story Mr.. Lincoln ever told was right here
in this house. AS is generally known,
Speaker Colfax and Mr. Ashmond of Mas
sachusetts were the last gentlemen to call
on the President prior to his departure for
the theater. When these gentlemen called
1 carried their cards to Mr.. Lincoln, and
know that they were the last to see him.
However, not very long before they
came Mr.. Lincoln had received a visit from
Marshal Lamon,, who was from the Presi-
dents home district. 1t was Mr.. .Lamon
who had introduced me to the President
when / received my appointment in No
vember, 1854. Mr. Lamon wanted to talk
to Mr. Lincoln about pardon for an old
friend, a soldier, who had been found guilty
of some slight violation Of army regula-
tons. The case was thoroughly gone over
by the two, and, with pen In hand, Mr.
Lincoln was in the act of signing the paper
which made the soldier free man, when
he turned to Mr.. LamOn and said:
"Lamon, do you know how the Patago-
mans eat oysters?'
"'No. do not, Mr.. Lincoln was the re-
ply. :. t.,
them as fast as they throw the shells
out of the window, and when the pile of
shells grow to be higher than the house.
why they pick up stakes and move Now
Lamon, I feel like beginning a new pile of
pardons, and I guess this is a good one to
begin on
ut wasn't long after this before the
other gentlemen came, and when they had
finished their call Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln
came down and I went with them to the
carriage That was the last time I saw
the good man alive.
Mr.. Pendel says that he had every OBJ
portunity to study the President, for he
was in the room with him nearly all the
did not like the idea of, being guarded and
made frequent objections to having some
one consta ntly near him. On one occa-
sion he said to MraPendel:
''Pendel, do not alike to be guarded, but
I have received a number of threatening
letters lately. 1 haverlno fears, however
That fellow we saw over at the War De-
partment crouching at the foot of the
stairs, and who eyed me suspiciously, an
sWers perfectly the description of a man
l was warned to locke out for in letter
1 received the other day.
Mr.. Lincoln did mott tell smutty Jokes. i"
said Mr.. Pendel ',andt never heard him
spoken In the presence of a. woman or
child I dislike to read in papers and hear
people say that Mr.. ILincoln told those
kind of jokes. He was not a shouting
Christian, but he was a genuinely good
man; as kind and tender hearted as a child
choly / think Mr. Lincoln realized that
every moment of his life he stood in the
shadow of death, though he did not care
to acknowledge 1t.
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he could see every move of the battle. he
forced his way with his fleet past the forts:
and, regardless of concealed mines ana
torpedoes, took possession of the harbor. 1t
was the admirars last and greatest battle.
1t CLOSED the port of Mobile against foreign
supplies to the confederate army and was
strong factor in the final overthrow of
the rebellion.
Since then the ways of the Hartford have
been those of peace, and her days of use
fulness were practically ended by the close
of the SOS. Her last cruise had ended at
San Francisco. and she had been con-
demned for naval service. 1t looked as IL
she would have to be sold and broken up.
In response to a patriotic appeal from all
over the country for the preservation of the
good old ship, Congress in July. 1894. made
a special appropriation of $1,000 for the
reconstruction of the Hartford into train
Ing ship. and subsequently appropriated
$50, coo more. The result was that she was
almost completely rebuilt and undermined
and is now one of the most comfortable
cruisers in the navy. She made a splendid
cruise around the Horn to New York, and
only recently completed a cruise to Eu-
ropean waters. Her present battery con-
SiStS OF thirteen high-power modern guns.
The Hartford's Officers.
The officers of the Hartford are: Com
mander VIM. H. Reeder, commanding; Lieu
tenant Commander Harry NJ. Dombaugh,
Lieutenants Henry ]. Zeigmeier, Charles B.
McVay, John R. Ede. John H. Dayton,
Waldo Evans and Charles L. Hussy, Lieu
tenant Junior grade) Charles E. Gilpin
Surgeon A. NJ. D. Mccormick, Assistant
Paymaster Walter T. Camp, Chaplain Ed
ward ]. Brennan. Boatswains Hugh Swee-
ney and Frank c. Messenger Acting Gun
ner Oscar Borgeson Carpenter. F. w.
White, Warrant Machinist Peter ]. Hanlon.
U. S. S. Lancaster.
The Lancaster is one of the oldest, If not
the oldest. vessel in the United States navy.
She antedates the Hartford, and, like that
historic vessel, took part in the war of the
rebellion. Her service was not conspicu-
GUS, however. for the reason that her cruis-
ing ground was outside the limits of actual
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Will Hold Dog Watch.

The naval veterans will hold their big
dog watch tomorrow night. October 8, in
the large tent in Camp Roosevelt. Distin-
guished naval officers will be present on
the stand. and the Marine Band will fur-
nish the music for the occasion. DR.. William
b. Mabrey will in a twenty minute address
review the United States navy of 1875:
the war of 1872: Admiral O'Neil, the opera
tions of the blockading squadron from 1851
to 1860, and William II. Michael, the opera
tions of the Mississippi squadron. 1t is be-
lieved that brief remarks will be made by
other distinguished speakers. The commit-
tee in charge expects it to be big nighe
for the veterans, and all the friends of th0
navy have been invited.
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hostilities. She was built by the govern
ment at the League Island navy yard at
total cost of s60752S and went into COM
mission for the first time in October, 1873
At that time she was considered one of the
finest warships in the world. She was 235
feet inches long, 45 feet broad, IS feet
draft and was registered at $3.50 tons. She
was full shiprigged and had a single screw.
She was officially designated a first-class
sloop of war and had what in those days
was regarded as a powerful battery, con-
sisting of "a 9-inch s1nooth-bore guns. IL
Pinch Dahlgrens and 30-pound Parrots.
Because of her size and heavy battery she
was used almost altogether as a flagship.
and such has cruised pretty much all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-07
Gen. Woods Last Report on Cuba.

The War Department has made public
the last annual report of Brig. Gen. Leon
ard Wood in his capacity of military gov
ernor of Cuba, covering the period Of time
from July 1, 1901, to May 20, 1902, when the
troops were withdrawn and the department
discontinued. The report is a purely rou-
tine document, dealing in a matter-of-fact
way with the details of military admins
tration the health Of the troops, the amount
of supplies consumed and such things and
is of no interest outside of the military
circles. There is no comment whatever re-
speeding the political aspects of the occupa-
ton and withdrawal.
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tieth century, which is opening with such
brilliant promise not the least luminous
page will treat of this meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic-soldiers and citizens
whom the republic delights to honor
Gen. Torrance's Response.
When the cheers which followed Mr.
Hays speech had subsidized, General Tor
rance was introduced to respond to the
words of welcome. He spoke warmly of
the reception extended to himself and com
rades, which had been, he sad all they
could expect. Referring to the fact that
the soldiers who fought in 1s61-65 had dis
appointed the predictions of European pub
licists that they would be menace to the
peace of the country, he declared that there
had never been the least danger.
I'VE were good soldiers because we had
been good citizens he said. I'VE had been
good citizens at our own firesides, and there
has never been the least reason to appre-
cause of our soldiery."
He closed with an expression of the de-
sire of the old soldiers for the prosperity
and perpetuity of the republic.
Secretary Moody was an attentive listen
er to the speakers who preceded him. He
Root. who was detained by official business
Mr.. Moody expressed regret that the shall
lowness of the Potomac had prevented him
from bringing some of the specimens of
the new navy to Washington for the in
specuen of the old soldiers, and then dwelt
the example of the heroes of 1875 had
been to the sailors of the present day.
He said that Captain Clark of the Oregon
mad told the men under his command when
at BAHIA, Brazil that they might meet the
spanish Meet and that after reminding the
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