The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-18
PRESIDENT I REVIEWS
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THE SQUADRON.
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barge cleared the ship AS the President
went aboard the Kearsage his flag was
broken out at the'main peak and every
one az the twelve tsalutng ships In the
fleet fired "a Presidents salute. After
chatting with Admiral Barker and cas-
ually inspecting the Kcarsarge the Presl-
dent before visiting the other ships adj
dressed the eril!stsdsmen and the officers
ON board the Keatsarge. 5E &
d MADE a TALK.
When they had been drawn up on the
deck he said So n
when doing your iWork here every, bit
Should be done with an eye iowa I'd the
day when upon every man from the ad-
miral to the lowest may rest the respon-
sibllity ana duty as to whether or not
new page OF honor In American history
may be turned. AS i passed the Olympia
I remembered her grand victory Of May
!, 1898, which made her name. one Of re-
nown forever in our history, Every man
on board from the admiral down to the
newest enlisted man. had been equipped
for the work by days and years Of what
should have been many times irksome
duty. I want to say a special word to
the gun points Tho points to make are
the shots that tell. They arc what make
the navy prove Itself equal to any need.
l am happy to say that the American
scd!lell nave never Detl! ylDul!l .tleJlCltIt
In the fighting edge, the first requisite
Of the fighting man. do not praise you
for being brave; that Is expected. The
coward is to be condemned rather than
the brave man to he raised ! expect
every ono to show a perfect willingness
to die rather than to see the slightest
stain put upon the American flag, but In,
addition, you must know how to fight MS
we'll as know how to die; then you will
III -. I, <-t 1{11
Client lighting force In tho world"
ASKED QUESTIONS.
When the President spoke of Admiral
Dewey he turned toward him and Bowed
The admiral answered the bow. The men
interrupted to cheer first the President
ana then the admiral At tho conclusion
Of the ceremony, the band played the
"Star spangled Banncr.,' The President
asked the namo and birthplace of each
Of tho gunpointers They included men
from all the States in the Union. Cali
fornia. Texas, North Carolina. Maine.
Indiana. Michigan, Mi:nesota and WASH
ngton. as we'll as from Germany and
Ireland. Norway and Sweden, The Presi-
dent was especially struck with the large
proportion OF men from the Middle West.
On the Olympia he again was request
ed to say word TO the enlisted men. He
said In substance:
Whether tho service Is rendered In the
coming tower or In the gun-turrets or In
the engine room. 1t, matters not. so long
as the service itself is OF the highest
possible kind. This ship commentaries al
ways tho name Of Admiral Dewey as the
Hartford commentaries that OF Admiral
Fnrragut, and ask you all as Ameri-
cans proud of Your country, from tho
admiral down to the last enlisted lands
man, or the youngest apprentice, to APP
prcciate alike the high honor ana heavy
responsibility OF your positions,'
sAlUTEa FIRED.
AT the conclusion the men cheered the
President and then Admiral Dewey When
the President went to the Yankee, where
he met the landsmen in training no was
particularly interested III the. fact that
all the crew conss ted OF landsmen. The
President returned to the Mayflower at
2:a5 and his flagship Immediately fired
snlue to Rear-Admlrnl Paraker, command
or OF the fleet. Tho Mayflower steamed
down the Sound short distance and then
lny-to, while the fleet, headed ~ the
kearsarge, with the destroyers mt the
rear OF the line passed the MayfloWer IN
single column, salnting the PRESIDENT
This concluded the ceremonies. The
heet continued on to Portland, me-, and
tho Mayflower returned to Oyster BAY,
bringing the President home to Sagamoro
Hill sa .}I4