Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-02

Washington. May 2.--President
Roosevelt and party left here at 0
o'clock this morning for the United
States naval academy at Annapolis.
where the president will deliver dip
Tomas TO the graduating class Of to-
day. The party travelled In special
train over the Pennsylvania road.
With the president are Miss Roosevelt
Commander and Mrs. Cowles, Secy
Cortelyou. Rep Foss Of Illinois, chair
man OF the house committee on naval
affairs; Rep. Burton Of Ohio Lieut..
Commander Won Rebuer Paschwltz. Of
the German embassy; Lieut.. -Comman-
der De Faramond De Lafajole, the
naval attache OF the French embassy,
and DR., John II. Uric, the presidents
physician.
AT ANNAPOLIS.
Annapolis, May 2.-The special train
conveying President Roosevelt and
party to Annapolis to attend the grad
uating exercises at the naval academy
arrived here at GAS this morning over
the Pennsylvania railroad AS the
president aiighted from the train. he
was received by Supt Wainwright and
his aide, Lieut.. II. i. Ziegenier A
battalion Of marines under command
Of Capt. Lucas was drawn up at the
station, The party proceeded In car
riages to the academy grounds, the
president going directly TO the SUI
perintendents house where there
was short walt TO permit the assem-
blage Of the cadet battalion at the
chapel. The day was most propitious
and the cadets in their uniforms pre-
sented fine appearance.
The president walked across the cam
pus to where the cadets were lined.
and passing down the line, looked each
cadet squarely in the face. He was
then presented to the officers of the
academy by Commander Wainwright
While this was going on the shore bat
teries fred the presidents salute Of q
guns. At the sound Of a bugle blast the
cadets stacked guns, and with a pre-
cision that bore evidence Of the dis
cipline which they have to undergo,
marched by fours TO the chapel. where
benedietlon was pronounced .gby the
chaplain. In the meantime the presi-
dent had been escorted down the aisle
by Commander Wainwright and was
shown to his seat on the platform, the
battalion Of cadets, the officers, and
others receiving the president standing.
Commander Wainwright then intro
duced Or. George I. Winston. a member
OF the board Of visitors. who delivered
short address. In which he spoke Of
the navy as being the most important
factor in the country's history. He
was loudly applauded when he referred
To Dewey as the hero OF Manila and
Sampson the hero of Santiago. and at
the conclusion Of his remarks was con-
graduated by the president grent
crowd gathered around the grand
stand where the cadets were to receive
at the hands Of the president, the d.
plomas which would make them officers
in the United States navy.
The graduating class discharged their
books and accOutrements and advanced
close to the platform. President Roose-
welt then addressed them. his remarks
being frequently interrupted by APP
plause. Following Is the presidents
address.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
'In receiving these diplomas you
become men, who above almost any
others Of the entire union are entitled
to carry henceforth the ever present
sense OF responsibility which must come
with the knowledge that on some tre-
mendous day il may depend upon your
courage your preparedness, your keen
intelligence and knowledge Of your pro-
fession, whether or not the nation Is
again to write her name on the worlds
roll Of honor OF 10 know the black
shame Of defeat. We, all OF us, ear
restly hope that the occasion FOR war
may never come, If II has to come. then
this nation must win. and the prime
factor in securing victory over every
foreign foe must OF necessity be the
United States navy. II the navy fails
us. then we are doomed 10 defeat, no