The age-herald., 1902-03-11
Showed Keenest Delight Dur- ing His Stay in the Great
 Cramp Yards
AT BANQUET HE TELLS
 WHY HE MADE TIE VISIT
Says There Was No Secret Motive, But One of Desire to See the coun- try-Extends the Hand
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Philadelphia, March 10.-Prince Henry arrived in this city this morning and from the moment he stepped from the train he was given a continuous ovation.
 At the city. hall he met the Mayor and was formally welcomed to the city. The prince thanked the Mayor for his kind words and shook hands with many of those present.
 From the city hall the prince was es- corted to Independence Hall. Owing to lack of time the stop at the Cradle of Liberty" was very short. The prince, ac- companied by the Mayor and Admiral Evans. hurried through the historic old building. The party then proceeded to Cramps shipyard.
 At Independence Hall select singers from German singing societies greeted the royal guest with German national airs
 The prince was first taken into the as- sembly room. where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and there pre-  tory of Independence Hall He was then escorted Into the exposition room, where he viewed many relics, including Wash ington's watch
 Prince Henry remained in Independence Hall about seven minutes, and from there proceeded to the plant Of the Ciamp ship and engne-building Company.
 At the shipyards.
 The four-mile drive from Independence Hall to Cramps shiypard was one con- tinuous ovation for the princes party. The shipyard was reached at :25 o'clock. The prince and party were received by Charles H. Cramp, the head of the com pany. who introduced the royal visitor to the directors of the company. Prince Henry was thoroughly at home in the yard, and instead of taxing only the forty-five minutes allowed by the pro- gramme to inspect the plant, he consumed an hour and forty minutes in going through the place. In taking his leave of MT. Cramp, who escorted him through the yard, the prince said:
 q could stay here all night
 The prince was first taken into the de- partment where marine engines are built and from there he was escorted to the batteship Maine, which was launched last summer. MT Cramp then took the prince to the Russian battleship Retvizan.
 Prince Henry and his suite was re- ceived at the gangway by Capt. S. M. St. Chensnovitch. commander of the Retvizan and his staff, who were In full uniform. After the cordial greetings were over the sailors, still standing at attention. gave the prince a Russian cheer, wishing him health and profitable journey, to which he replied in Russian: Good morning, fellows"
 Captain St. Chensnovitch then took his royal guest in hand and accompanied by the Princes two aides, made a thorough inspection of the ship Before the Prince left the ship he inspected the sailors on the deck. As the German admiral walked down the gangway the entire ships company, led by Baron Ferson na- val attache of the Russian embassy at Washington, gave three cheers for Prince Henry of Prussia.
 Prince Grew Enthusiastic. The Prince was growing enthusiastic over what he was seeing. He made rapid inspection of the big armored crui- sers Colorado and Pennsylvania which are still on the decks and Kronland and Finland, the largest m merchant vessels ever built in this country and the Turkish
 
 name. The Prince showed surprise when MT. Cranp pointed out the keel of the new Turkish vessel. His royal highness was then shown through the various departments in which the national vessels Is made and of all these the machine shop interested him most. Here he saw many tools in use that are of pure ly American invention and asked many | questions about them. He paid particular ott ant tn hn n1n fri Ilnn fi1 | devices and remarked that the Americans | are certainly ahead of all other nations l in respect to pneumatic tools. It was | LOS when the royal visitor left the ship 1 yard and the party reached the Union l League at 80 D. m. On his drive to and l from the Cramps Prince Henry told May | or Ashbridge that he had had an exceed | ingly pleasant and instructive trip. He l said e felt a little fatigued at times. but | he early recovered from ais. The Prince l said to the mayor that he regretted very much that he did not have an opportunity to inspect the industries of the United States which he knew to be very great. At the Union League the Prince was the honored guest at a private luncheon attended by 100 prominent citizens. The guests at the luncheon were presented in- dividually to Prince Henry and later the members of the Union League were pre- sented collectively The Prince made brief address as follows:
 Tells Purpose of His Visit.
 .I wish to thank you for the kind re- ception I met with in the Union League Gentlemen, what am going to communi- cate to you here I am saying before the world. There has been absolutely no secret object in view connected with my mission to your country. Should any of you read or hear according to the contra ry, authorize you herewith to flatly con- tradict 1t. I was told before leaving my home to open my eyes as well as my ears as wide as possible, to speak as It. tie as I could In this latter instance l am afraid my mission is failure. l saw many more things than many of you may be aware of. l equally heard great many things. among others many