The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-04
CADETS RECEIVE
THEIR DIPLOMAS
Pres. Roosevelt Addresses
Graduating Glass.
SPEECH BY DR.. WINSTON
The President Pays Visit to Sick
Cadet.
SPEECH BY DR.. WINSTON
AND PRESENTS HIM WITH HIS DIPLOMA
Roosevelt and His Party Then Board the Tor.
pedo Boa! Gwynn For Short Trip Over
the Waters of the Chesa.
naake Raw
peake Bay.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Annapolis, Md, May 2.-The special
train conveying President Roosevelt
and party to Annapolis to attend the
omy arrived here today over the Penn
sylvania Railroad. AS the PRECEDENT
alighted from the train he was received
by Superintendent Wainwright and his
aide, Lieut.. H. j. Ziegemier. battal-
ion of marines under command of Cap
tain Lucas, was drawn UP at the station.
The party proceeded in carriages to the
academy grounds.
The President walked across the cam
pus to where the cadets were lined up,
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
batteries fired the Presidents salute of
twenty-one guns. At the sound of a
bugle blast. the company stacked arms
and marched by tours to the chapel,
where benediction was pronounced ny
the chaplain. In the meantime the Pres
ident rad been escorted down the aisle
by Commander Wainwright and was
shown to his seat on the platform. the
battalion of cadets, the officers and 9TH
ers, receiving the President standing.
Commander Wainwright then intro
duced DR.. George T. Winston. men,
Der of the Board of Visitors. who de-
livered short address. 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 congratulated by
tic President
The graduating class discarded their
guns and accoutrements and advanced
close to the platform. President Roose
welt then addressed them, his remarks
being frequently interrupted by app
plause. The President said in part:
In receiving these diplomas you be-
come men who above almost any others
of the entire Union are to carry hence
forth the ever-present sense of respon-
sibility which must come with the
knowledge that on some tremendous
day it may depend upon your courage,
your preparedness, your keen 1nLeIu-
geEce and knowledge of your profession
whether or not the nation is again to
write her name on the worlds roll of
honor or to know the black shame of
defeat. We all of us earnestly hope
that the occasion for war may never
come, but if it has to come then this ma
ton must win: and the prime factor il
securing victory over any foreign foe
must of necessity be the United States
Navy. If the navy fails us then we
are doomed to defeat, 40 matter what
may be our material wealth, or the high
average of our citizenship. 1t should.
therefore, be an object of prime import
ance for every patriotic American to see
that the party is constantly built up and
above all that is kept to the highest
point of efficiency, both in material and
in personnel. 1t cannot be too often re-
peated that in modern war, and especial
ly IL. modern naval war the chief factor
in achieving triumph is what has been !
done III the way of thorough preparation
and training before the beginning of the
war. 1t is what has been done before
the outbreak of the war that is all i'm
portant.
Officers and men alike must have The
sea habits of officers. and men alike
must realize in battle the only shots that
count are the shots that hit and that
normally the victory will lie with the
side whose shots hit the oftenest Sea
manship and markmanship-these must
be the two prime objects of your train
ing, both for yourselves and for the men
under YOU"
At the conclusion o. his address and
the distribution of the diplomas the
President requested that he be taken TO
the hospital where Cadet Emery S. Lard
of Wyoming, member CT the graduate
ing class was lying i'll. Sitting up in
bed the sick boy received his diploma
from the President, who made few APP
prcpriate remarks in which he express
ed the hope that he would soon be out.
The President was then given an oppor-
tunity of Witnessing TIC customary
prank of the plebes throwing the grad
uating class out of quarters. which af-
forded a great deal CT amusement.
After luncheon the President and par
ty went aboard the torpedo boat Gwynn
for a short trip on Chesapeake Bay
Among the prizes awarded was sill
Yer medal to Cadet James Patrick Ian
non, of Virginia for being the champion
cadet fencer with broad swords.
The county convention in Harnett will
be held on the 2nd day of June.