The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-09
Silver Service Presented to Bat
tleship Through Efforts of Re
public Highly Appreciated.
MANY SUBSCRIBERS TO FUND.
Presentation Party Calls Upon
President Roosevelt, Who Ex-
presses Qualification at Wei
come Accorded Daughter.

Members of the party who presented
the silver service to the battleship Mis-
souri, at Newport News last Saturday.
carrying to successful completion the
idea suggested by The Republic. which
was instrumental in raising the fund to
purchase the service. returned 10 St.
Louis yesterday. having stopped at WASH
ington Monday to call on the President.
l.. d. Kingsland. president of the St.
Louis Manufacturers Association. who
was a member of the party, said the
President, speaking of the welcome which
Miss Roosevelt had received in St. Louis.
expressed the warmest appreciation. but
rather deprecated the demonstrations
caused by her visit to the Fair.
when we were introduced to the Pres
ident," said Mr.. Kingsland. 1.-The first
thing that he said was. L have had a
description of the beautiful service which
aSS Cewss Of to the the
Mr.. Roosevelt that the service was
worthy of the State State which, which presented it
I'VE remained with the President about
twenty minutes and were shown marked
courtesy"
The silver service, which was made in
bowl. with ladle and cups. Each piece
was artisticaliy engraved and the servic
was carried in a case. which in itself
The members Of the party who delivered
the service to the battleship were:
Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Ballard Ia and Miss
NJ. Estes. Mr.. and Mrs: L. D. Kingsland
and L. d Kingsland. Jr., D. NJ Houser
and son. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Skinker
and Charles w, Knapp. who Joined them
TUG IN READINESS.
A Government tug was in readiness to
take them to the battleship, and they
boarded the Missouri at noon.
Mr.. Ballard made the opening speech.
commenting favorably on the plan of
naming battleships after the States. and
saying that those States which had ships
named for them were always proud of the
ships, and the citizens were moved to
and her namesake. and then presented the
service, consisting of the punch bowl. plat
ter. ladle and twenty-four gob.ets.,
The service was most favorably COM
mented upon. 1t is one of the handsoInest
of its kind ever made. Mr.. Ballard was
followed by Judge Harvey and others, wfo
made brief addresses.
Captain Cowles and Admiral Harring-
ton. who was on board for the occasion.
made appropriate responses, and the chap
lain, Father Gleason, made an eloquent
talk.
Then the punch bowl was filed. by or
der of the Captain. and collation. was
served. After the luncheon there was a
dance on the quarter deck.
manned. every sailor and marine being e.
his proper post. Several of the osficers
OF a German warsbip in the narbor Were
present in full uniform.
in conversation with Mrs. Kfngsiaa1. told
how the officers appreciated the gift Ok
~ USE OF SERVICE.
when a warship visits foreign port"
she said. 1T is frequently necessary to
give entertainments. These must be paid
for by the officers, and with a service like
this on board, an entertainment of goodly
proportions can be readily prepared"
The party was pleased to find another
hero Of the recent explosion on the bat
tleship. who is Missourian. He is Mid
shipman Coffey. whose home Is in Car
thage. and he was pointed out to them as
being one whose behavior on that occasion
was heroic.
Hotel at Old Point and visited Fortress
Monroe and the cruiser Minneapolis. They
went to Washington Sunday night on
steamer. From Washington they returned
home. with the exception Of Mr.. and Mrs
SiiEker who went to Baltimore from
there.
1.-THE officers Of the ship" said Mr..
Kingsland. were delighted with the mag
niicent gift. and expressed their apprecia-
ton in enthusiastic terms. It was just the
thing they needed. they said, to complete
the handsome equipment Of the Missouri
and 1t will no doubt prove one Of the at
tractive as well as most useful features
of the great war vessel named after our
State. and The Republic. which suggested
the fund. started 1t by its own subscrip-
tion and pushed it to completion through
its columns and in enlisting the aid of the
editors of the State. deserves great praise
for the commendable and patriotic under
taking"
ed to several thousand dollars, and repre-
sented the subscriptions Of business houses
and citizens in st. Louis and throughout
the State