The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-07

renewing the aequaintances of forty years ago.
 Of this welcome they found generous evidence on every hand. The events of the day outside the dedication ceremon- les at Camp Roosevelt included fine re- gatta on the Potomac. an attractive au- tomobie parade, an interesting process sion by the Dedmen of this city and neighboring cities and camp fires in the evening.
 Camp Roosevelt Dedicated.
 Camp Roosevelt was formally dedicated at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. The camp is on the white lot, just west of the White House and between that building and the Washington monument. The dedication ceremonies were presided over by the Hon. B. H. Warner, chairman of the citizens committee of the District of Columbia and were largely attended.
 Col. John McElroy, chairman of the re- union committee. called the meeting to order and summoned MT. Warner to the stand. After a brief invocation by the Rev. W. c. Davenport, MT. Warner in- troduced the Hon. Henry B. F. MacFar- land, one of the district commissioners Before doing so, however, MT. Warner spoke few words of welcome of his own.
 MT. Mcfarland took his seat in the midst of a generous round of applause which was renewed and redoubled when the Hon. John Hay, secretary of state, arose to speak for the president. MT. Hay read his speech from manuscript, but he spoke so distinctly that his words were plainly audible to all the vast num- | Der present. He was applauded at fre- quent intervals as he proceeded. | When the cheers which succeeded Mir. | Hays speech had subsided General Ell Torrance, commander-in-chief of the grand army. was introduced to respond | to the words of welcome.
 Tarrant ApprecIative. He spoke warmly in appreciation Of the reception given himself and his comrades which had been, he said, all that they | could expect Referring to the fact that l the ex-soldiers of 1861 had dissipated the | predictions of European publicists that | they would be a menace to the peace of I the country, he declared that there never | had been the least danger. we had been made good citizens at our own hresioes' | and there never has been the least req | son to apprehend harm to our national | institutions because of our soldiery. He | closed with an expression of the desire | of the old soldiers for the prosperity ana perpetuity of the republic
 Secretary Moody spoke for Secretary Root. who was detained by official busi- ness. MT. Moody expressed regret that the shallowness of the Potomac had pre- vented the bringing of some of the speci- | mems of the new navy to Washington TOT the inspection of the old soldiers, and l then dweit for a few minutes on the h. spiration that the example of the heroes of 1861-5 had been to the soldiers or the present day. He said that Captain Clarke of the Oregon had told the men under his command when at Bahia, Brizil that they might meet the Spanish fleet, and that after reminding the men of the strength of the opposing feet had said l to them: "1f we do meet 1t, 1t will not look so well.' Captain Clark had re- | lated this incident to him, and had aided: T was with Farragut, you know"
 Speaks of Dewey.
 The secretary said he had asked Ad- | mir al Dewey how he felt in contemplate 1 ing the mines and torpedoes in Manila bay the night before attacking the Sran- ish feet in the harbor of that city, and that the admirars reply was he simply had asked himself what Farragut would have done if confronted with similar con- ditions.
 A fine specimen of the national colors then was unfurled from a tall pole sur
 mounting the platform and with the firing of a national salute of twenty-one guns, the exercises closed.
 Regatta In Potomac.
 | Washington, October 6-One of the big | features of the opening day of the G. A. R. was the regatta of the Potomac re-
 gatta association. It was the first re
 gatta held here since 1896 and proved very interesting. There were eleven entries. Al of the participants were from the east The Potomac boat club carried off thu | laurels, winning three of the clever | events.