The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
JAckIEs OF Two N |, DINE.
Men Of American Fleet Give Banquet
to Their Rrltjsh Cousins. HI

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Men ofgAmeriean Fleet Give Banquet
to Their British Cousins.
New York, Nov. 15.-Prince Louis OF
Battenberg passed yesterday in fash
lon that would have tested the stamina
of a political candidate engaged in a.
campaign of the whirlwind order, and
stood the strain with a fortitude
worthy of a British admiral. He began
the round of entertainments with re-
ceptiOn at the chamber of commerce,
where he was greeted by representa-
tive gathering of captains of commerce
and finance. After a brief breathing
spell he was whirled down to Coney
Island, where he and the officers of his
fleet, with Admiral Evans and other
representatives of the American navy
attended great banquet
Given by the Bluejackets
of the American warships to their
Britannia cousins. From the banquet
special train bore the prince and his
suite back to New York in time to ap-
pear at the horse show, where his en-
trance was the signal for tumultuous
welcome from great assemblage,
representative of the fashion and
wealth not only of the metropolis, but
of all the principal cities of the Union.
From the horse show the prince
proceeded to the Lambs club, where
he was the central figure of gambol
attended by the most prominent Lambs
of the United States, which was con-
tinued until the small hours of the
morning. c
"BIood Is Thicker Than Water"
Written on the frontispiece of the
menu cards, this famous saying Of the
American naval officer, Tatnall, never
found more impressive expression than
it did last night at the dinner on the
Bowery at Coney Island, which the
enlisted men of the first squadron of
the United States North Atlantic fleet
gave to the enlisted men of the second
cruiser squadron of his Britannia
majesty's navy. 1t was the keynote 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.
Three cheers were given to Rear
Admiral Prince Louis and then to Rear
Admiral Evans. Leaving the dinner
for few moments the admirals wen1
into the balcony and gazed upon
The Impressive Scene.
Every sailorman was on his feet twirl.
ing his cap aloft, and led by a quarter
master at the end of the hall, the
mighty company cheered as only Brit
ish and American sailors can cheer
clean cut, all together and far reach.
ing, until the sounds echoed across the
seas that beat on Coney's shore. An
other inspiring scene occurred when,
after eating hearty dinner, exactly
the same as that to which the sailors
sat down, the two admirals came down
the center of the pavilion between the
solid ranks of cheering bluejackets
This ovation, which Admiral Prince
Louis and Admiral Evans received at
parting, touched them deeply. The
prince had an engagement at the
horse show and was compelled to
leave the banquet early.