The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-14
MANY
NAV Al.
OFFICERS
ATTENDED THE YIN. c. a. MEET.
,NGs AT BUFFALO LAST
NIGHT.
c. P.TITUs, AN AMERICAN YOUTH,
SHARED THE APPLAUSE OF
THE ASSEMBLY, WITH MISS
GOULD.

NJ u a. CSJil 4Iioii' SAAS
sea forces OF the Nation were repre-
Sented.
1t was session given over ch1ehy
to the work of number of branches
of the Y. NJ c. A First and foremost
of those in attendance was the 1doi
of the navy, Miss Helen NJ. Gould.
One of the highest of the officers OF the
navy was present in the person OF
Rear Admiral Higginson. Then there
were twenty sailors from the battle
ship Massa chusetts. the frst-claSs
cruiser Minneapolis and the receiving
ships Hancock and Franklin.
Representing the land forces were
a group of commissioned officers from
Fort Porter about 100 enlisted men men
from that post, and . bright-faced lad
who almost divided the share OF ap-
pIause with Miss Gould. He was =.
P. Titus, an American sold1er, VINO
was the first of the resculnS party
to climb over the wall of Pek1n 10
help the beleaguered Christians there.
He is now a cadet at West Point
over four thousand persons sat IN
convention hall to hear Of the Army
and Navy work. A feature OF the even
ing was an impromptu reception zps
Miss Gould 10 the sailors and soldiers,
after the regular program had been
rendered. A couple hundred civilians
dropped in line after the warriors, ,'
and Miss GouldacoEakal " s}aool olSshandss' sts
with all of them. President MacFar-
land. of the convention, presided at
last nights meeting until he tnrneu
if over to William Stone, OF New
York. chairman of the Army ana
Nayy work Occupying seats IN the
front row on the stage were Rear AL
miral Higginson, Chaplain a. hah-
dolph, of the U. S. Army; Col John j.
Mccormick, of New York, formerly OF
the U. S. Army, and Robert f. Speer'
of New York. In the second row on
the right of the stage sat Miss Could
and her party. She carried an I'M
mense bunch of pink roses. the gift OF
the sailors. Chairman Sloan gave a
review of the navy work OF the Asso-
citation, and in doing so made mentloli
of G. P. Titus, t.the hero of Pekin' VINO
is with us tonight
The big hall Immediately became
din of applause, and young Titus, clad
in cadet garb, half arose from his seat
directly behind Miss Gould to ac
knowledge the outburst. Mr. Sloan
started to talk again, but the applause
continued, and Mr.. Titus had to stanu
up. Mr. Sloane twice referred 10 d
member of the woman's auxiliary ana
although no name was mentioned,
Miss Gould, clasping big bunch OF
CT had To hall ARISE,
amid a storm of applause from those
in the auditorium and on the stage
AS Rear Admiral Higginson spoke
a b11cle sounded and all the ears Oh
the stage came to attention. l
ha rdly expect to blow in this fashion
he remarked. I came here to tell you
of the great and lasting benefit done
TO the Navy by ne work OF the J. ih-
C. A. That organization has arrange"
il so at certain ports, when a sailor
gets shore leave, he can go to a place
whore he car avoid the dangers OF
land
Chaplain ]. A. Randolph, Of the L.
S. Army, stationed at Fort LeaVetl-
worth, and Col. John j. McCook eaci'
gave brief addresses on army WORK
and the formal program was conciud-
ed.
Premier George w. Ross, of On
tario, said: "It is a great thing to see
Qaughter) walking side by side and
the British lion and the meek lamb
little child-this fifty year old as
sociation-1eading them both.
Mr. Ross spoke of Morse, Cyrus w.
Fields, Grant and Lincoln. A cho-
rus of yells went up when Premier
Ross exclaimed: What would the
Russians give today for General
Grant or an Admiral Sampson IN her
Tremendous struggle with Japan 2"
A reception was given last evening
| by. Mrs. Robert Livingston on Fryer
| in honor Of Miss Gould 8S
This afternoon the delegates Will y II
lbe taken to Niagara Falls by Erie Erie
Railroad Company