Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-14
JAcKIEs ARE ENTERTAINED
Enlisted Men of British Fleet Guests
of Americans

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-The famous
saying, Blood is thicker than water,'
never found a more impressive express
sion than 1t did tonight at the dinner
on the Bowery ct Coney Island, which
the enlisted men of the first squadron
of the United States Atlantic fleet gave
to the enlisted men of the second
cruiser squadron of his majestys navy
commanded by Rear Admiral Prince
Louis of Battenberg. 1t was the key
note of the cheering with which the
$500 British and American sailors made
the great pavilion ring to the echo. 1t
was the toast to which they drank
across the long tables which stretched
down the great hall beneath the over
hanging British and American flags.
1t was the theme of the speeches that
accompanied the cigars and the beer
of this mammoth feast, unique in the
history of all navies and which will
long furnish the theme of yarns on
many British and American berth
deck.
Coney Island in the vicinity Of the
Bowery pavilion looked as if midsum-
about the enclosure long before the
sailors and the all-the-year-round res
idents packed the approaches to the
hall. Irside the picture was one which
surprised even the men themselves
who had worked all night in it's con-
struction. Overhead a frieze of British
and American flags stretched around
the hall. From each of the twelve
chandeliers swinging from the ceiling
down the center of the hall waved four
American and four British flags. The
balcony railing was intertwned with
the colors of the two nations. Fes-
toons of bunting We're draped across
from one balcony to the other, caught
up In the center by great globes of
electric lights.
Arrangement of Tables
Across the lower end of the main
hall was long table with four smaller
tables adjoining at right angles These
were for the two commanders in chief,
their staffs, the flag officers and their
staffs and the commanding and execu-
tive officers from each of the twenty
one British and American warships in
the North river and other officers espe-
cially invited by the men. At the CEN
ter of the long table looking down the
hall sat Rear Admiral Evans and Rear
Admiral Prince Louis. To the right
of Admiral Evans. beside the prince.
were Rear Admiral Dickens, Rear Ad-
miral BrownSon, Capt Pierce, Col. r.
NJ Thompson. Capt. Dare and Capt.
Arnold. To the left of Admiral Evans
sat Sir Percy Sanderson, the British
consul general at New York; Rear Ad-
miral Davis Capt Farquhar, Commits
sloner of Police McAdoo, Capt. Emery.
Capt King Hail. Capt. Tilley and
Capt. -Ryan. The other officers were
at the adjoining tables, which were
prettlly decorated with pink and white
carnations. Champagne was the only
extra" not served Mt the six rows
of tables, which stretched from the
officers tables to the door on the main
floor and for nearly the entire length
of the balcony. The British and Amer
lean sailors were assembled on board
the hagships Maine and Alabama
early this afternoon. There they board
ed three steamers. which landed them
at Steeplechase pier between $3.50 and
o'clock
From there. escorted by 1870 special
police they marched to Staueh's Pa
vilion on the Bowery and received a
noisy welcome along the route.
The band played medley of popular
sailor songs while the 2500 sailors We're
being assigned their seats. which was
done without the slightest confusion.
Another evidence of their discipline
came when for nearly an hour they sat
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