The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-05-08
DIPLOMAS T0CADETS
President Roosevelt 0fficiates in
Exercises at Annapolis.
ADDRESSES EMBRYO DOGS"

ADDRESSES EMBRYO" "SEA DOGS"
Boys are Told That Nations Hsher
Rests Upon Them-sick-Member
Of Class in Hospital is Visited
and Gets Parchment:
The special train from Washington
conveying President Roosevelt and
party to Annapolis to attend the grad
uating exercises at the naval academy
arrived on schedule time Friday. AS
the president alighted from the train
he was received by superintendent
Wainwright. A battalion of marines
was drawn up at the station The
party proceeded in carriages to the
academy grounds.
The president walked across the
campus 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 bat
teries fired the presidents salute OF
twenty-one guns. At the, sound Oh
bugle blast the cadets stacked guns
and marched by fours to the chapel,
where benediction was pronounced Dy
The chaplain. In the meantime tne
president 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 stand
ing. Commander Wainwright then IN
troduced DR.. George T. Winston,
member OF the board Of visitors, VINO
delivered a snort address,.
He was loudly arplauded when ne
referred to Dewey as the hero OF Ma
nila and Sampson the hero Of Santiago
and at the conclusion Of his remarks
was congratulated by the president.
The graduating class discarded their
guns and acoutrements and advanced
close to the platfornl. President Roose'
yelt then addressed them, his remarks
being frequently interrupted by ap-
plause. He said in part:
in receiving these diplomas you De-
come men who, above almost any otn-
ers of the entire union, are to carry
henceforth the ever present sense OF
responsibility which must come Win
the knowledge that on some tremen-
dous day 1t may depend upon your
courage, your preparedness, your keen
intelligence 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
hope that the occasion for war may
never come, but If it has to come,
then this nation must win; and the
prime factor in securing victory over
any foreign foe must of necessity De
the United States navy. If the navy
fails us, then we are doomed 10 oe-
feat, no matter what may be our ma
terial wealth or high average OF our
citizenship. 1t should therefore, be
an object of prime Importance for eV'
ery patriotic American to see that the
navy is constantly built up and above
all that it is kept to the highest polnt
of efficiency, both In material and IN
personnel. It cannot be too often re-
heated that in modern war and espe'
cially in modern naval war, the impor'
tance of the navy in achieving triumph
IS what has been done in the way OF
thorough preparation and training De-
fore the beginning of the war. 1t IS
what has been done before the out
break of the war that is all-lmportant.
"Oficers and men alike must have
the sea habit; officers and men alike
must realize that in bate the only
shots that count are the shots that nit,
and normally the victory will lie with
the side whose shots hit the oftenest.
Seamanship and markmanship-these
must be the two prime objects OF your
training, both for yourselves and Tor
the men under you.
At the conclusion of his address and
the distribution of the diplomas the
president requested that he be taken
to the hospital where Cadet Emery 5.
Land, Of Wyoming, member OF the
graduating class was lying i'll. Sitting
up in bed, the sick boy received his
diploma from the president, who made
a few appropriate remarks, in whlch
he expressed the hope that he would
soon be out. The president was then
given an opportunity of witnessing the
customary prank of the plebes throw
ing the graduating class out OF quar-
ters. which offered great deal OF
amusement.
After luncheon the president and
party went aboard the torpedo boat
Gwynn for a short trip on Chesapeake
bay.
Among the prizes awarded was a
silver medal to Cadet James Patrick
Lannon, OF Virginia, for being the
champion fencer with broad swords.