The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-28
PRESIDENT REVIEWS
NAVAL SQUADRON
Flower of United States Navy Under
Critical Eyes.
N~rrly E~~rs Type Of Eis htimH N~s-
sci In the Navy comprised In u~-
Stcw-Prcstdrns Entrrs mins Dis
simsuishrd Representatives.

Oyster Bay. y. r.. Aug. iS-For the
irst time in the history of the country
the president Of the United States re-
viewed and inspected. in time Of peace.
great fleet Of United States war
ships The ceremony was a magnih.
cent and impressive naval spectacle II
was unmarried by the slightest mishap
until just al it's conclusion. when The
torpedo boat destroyer Barry rammed
The destroyer Decatur. fortunately.
however. doing little damage.
The review occurred on Long lslanc
sound two miles and half on the en-.
try TO Oyster Bay. The president. See
Rotary Moody. Admiral Dewey. Rear
Admiral Taylor. RearAdmiral Rodg
ers. Capt Brownson. Gen. Chaffee and
Gen. Barry. stood on the bridge of III,
auxiliary cruiser Mayiiower as she
steamed slowly down one column Of
the warships and up the other.
The Presidents Reception.
Al the conclusion of the review Pres
ident Roosevelt received on board the
Mayfower Rear Admiral Albert 5,
Barker. in-chief OF the
North Atlantic feet. Rear-Admiral
James A Sands. commander OF the Ca
ribbcan squadron: Rear Admiral 10
seph y Coghlan. commanding the coast
squadron. and Admiral William
C. Wise. commanding the training
squadron. lie also received the cap
tains and commanding officers OF the
., vessels in the fleet
He received also the naval attaches
10 the legations OF four OF the great
powers. Capt Declair OF the British
embassy: Capt Edwin Schaefer. of the
Germany embassy: Commander w G.
Boutakoff. OF the Russian embassy. and
Lieutenant Commander lsam Takeshi-
la, OF the japanese legation.
Among the c;her guests of the pres
dent on board The Maytlower We're As
sistant Secretary Of War Sanger Sir
Thomas Upton. Butler Duncan Com
modore Bourne. Of the New York Yacht
club: Col Sharman- Crawford. o repre-
sentative OF the Royal Ulster Yacht
club and Emlen Roosevelt
President Roosevelt entertained his
guests and all the commanding officers
uf The fleet al a delightful luncheon on
board the Mayfower.
Toast 10 Foreign Powers.
During the luncheon the president
rose and said. we have with us 10
day representatives Of the great pow
.rs. Great Britain. Germany, Russia
and Japan | ask you 10 drink 10 These
great powers and their sovereigns.
Tie toast was drunk standing. Then
he president continues we also
have with us representatives. OF an in
iernational incident As TO that, ma,
the best boat win
With laughter and applause that
toast likewise was drunk by The guests
standing
Powers Ton~t 10 the prcsident.
Capt Dccialr. OF the British embas-
-. addressed the president "a follows:
I'm the name OF my colleagues in the
name of our sovereigns and in the
name II our countries desire 10
thank you propose the health of the
president OF the United States
Rising again The guests drank the
toast heartily
AT the conclusion Of the luncheon.
The officers returned 10 their ships. Al
i2.2S the president left the Mayfiower
in a barge for the flagship Kearsarge
TO return the call of Rear-Admirai
Barker lie was accompanied by Sec
rotary Moody. Admiral Dewey. Rear
Admiral Rodgers Rear-Admiral ray
Tor. Gen. Chafee and Commander Al
bert Gleaves of tie Mayfiower
After chatting with Admiral Barker
and casually inspecting the kearsarge
the president. before Writing the other
!iagships to return the calls of the rear
admirals. addressed the enlisted men
and officers Of the ship. When they
had been drawn up on the gun deck he
spoke as follows:
Address 10 Onsccrs nnd Men.
Officers and enlisted men. wish
to say word Of thanks to you on he
half Of the people Of the United States.
There are many public servants whom
hold in high esteem but there are no
others whom hold in quite the esteem
do the officers ana enlisted men OF
the navy and the army of the United
States.
cheers for ADMIRAL Dewey.
When the president spoke Of Admirai
Dewey ne turned toward him and
bowed The admiral answered the
bow. The men interrupted to cheer
first tho president and then the ad-
miral
At the conclusion Of the ceremony
the band played the Star SpanSled
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