The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-04
MISUNDERSTANDING
oxoRs HEAPED UPON HERO OF
SANTIAGO.
THE DAY ONE LONG OVATION.
.,.,,r~sE RECEPTION AT THE TAB
ERNACLE.

Admiral Presented with
81 ms Past Regent of the Order
the Royal Arcanum and Makes
rceItpG Responsible Pays a
,-,tute to the Flag and Tells How
che Men of the Navy Hold 1t in
uonor-TO Men in Gray He said,
Nv. of the Blue Honor You for
Your VaIOr."
Nashville, Tenn, Feb S.-To-day
..,,ad the close of Admiral Schley's
,.isit in this city, as he will leave for
chattanooga in the private car of
PRESIDENT Thomas of the Nashville,
chattanooga and st. Louis early to-
.,orrov morning. Citizens of Nash
,.us public and private, We'd with each
o+har in giving honor to him and his
rracious wife. Demands on their time
.ome thick and fast, ceasing only at a
,o+e hour tonight, when the reception
q, their honor at the University Club
came to an end.
Trpon arriving at the University of
Nashville and Peabody Normal Col
ioge the first event of to-day's pro-
Il
y the chancellor, ex-Gov. James D. Port
er and conducted to the chapel where
rbe students greeted them with the coll
leee veil. After Chancellor Porter's
introduction, during which he present
cd the university colors to his guest
the admiral spoke briefly. After re-
aeiying the members of the state Dem
ocratic Committee at his hotel at noon,
A Gov. McMillin introducing them, Admi-
raj and Mrs. Schley lunched at the
\ Fall residence, where they saw the
historic treasures of the Polk family.
The Tabernacle reception this after
noon was perhaps the greatest public
and general demonstration ever seen
in Nashville. On the platform were
seated members of the several commit
tees and the invited guests of the as
ISOLATION In the front of the plat
form, at one side were two companies
of Confederate veterans wearing the
old gray uniforms of 1851, on the other
side were the wives and daughters of
4 the members of the Retail Merchants
Association and at the rear of these
n the great public. In the gallery were
Il the prettily uniformed girls from local
seminaries, hundreds of school children
n from the public schools and thousands
q Of citizens. when the admiral and his
n party arrived the vast crowd arose to
shout its welcome, while. the band
Il played Hail to the Chief" As the
party was seated the music changed to
n Dixie and the cheers became deafen-
4 ing. After a number of speeches, John
Il 7. Lellyett, on behalf of the Nashville
fOuOcilS of fhp ROVaI ron mum $ 1,ra-
scented to the admiral the jewel of the
n past regent of the order. In accepting
it Admiral Schley said:
ADMIRAL schley Responds.
q Mr. Chairman, My Brothers of the
Royal Arcanum, and My Very Dear
and Sweet Friends: The welcome you
Il have accorded me in coming into your
midst has stirred me almost beyond
The power of words to say / realize
q now that not one-half had been told
4 me Of your illimitable love and hos
Fl pitlhty l have concluded that the
home of Crockett and jackson and
Poul and Farragut could not be other
+ wise than sweet and hospitabe.
And YOU have, L think, in your pres
ent estimable Governor and his beau
uful Wife, fit representa- tive of the no.
bic men and women of the Tennessee
a of old.
Ny brothers of the Royal Arcanum,
this gift comes SO unexpectedly that it
almost paralyzes my tongue. / mad
no expectation of such a gift, but it
does not require anything to make me
love and remember that the members
OF this order are my brothers.
SchIey's Tribute to the Flag.
i belong to a profession which has
zone everything that has challenged
iear. In war the history you all know,
put In peace you know little of the ex-
lie ana we have wondered what it
meant But often we have looked to
the flag and found the answer there.
# But when the order came to come
nome, the order was then, up anchor
boys for Gods country and it was but
re" moments until the anchor was
N 81 the bow and the ship started for the
IdiTeSt country on Gods green EARTH"
ne then paid a beautiful tribute to
ule nag OF the nation, telling how that
WI board ship when the flag is taken
goWh 1t is never allowed to touch the
uS'k' put is carefully caught and fold
0! I'm ~ me air and laid carefully away.
N mar. ne said, lis what we think
NIe nag. 1 want merely to say that
S 'S hdplt has been heretofore to adj
n.t my audiences through the trum-
IN - am not used to addresses
is "Iile fences of this size and I get what
UaE thank you for the welcome which
wy. ou nave given me and for the love
nv nave shown which will go with
~ al through life as one of it's best
anu nI sweetest memories.
,r,, want to say TO my old friends in
80 mat we OF the blue honor you for
,u Vdlor and the day is at hand
b nn5h valor on every field will be an
Nj +h ne Dand played Dixie" again and
,,.bo, ADMIRAL had hardly taken his seat
s, .sn ne had to rise again to greet the
7"Vuts and cheers.
n 81 O'Clock Admiral and Mrs.
N me dined quietly with Mai. and
i iCas' T. B. Stahlman at the latter's res
re eeg,e' IN Vauxhall Place, and pro-
cbb 7u from there to the University
GU tu where Maj. and Mrs. Stahlman
~, tdlned in their honor.
ana dHalr was on magnificent scale
,is g a. ITS conclusion the distinguished
VILE 'ooA iea'e Oh NASH