New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-18

can Revolution; James Denton Hancock, Briga-
der General Grant, the Rev. Willard F. Scott,
Rear Admiral Coghlan Professor William K,
Wickes, the Rev. Frank oliver Hail. W. H.
Kelly, Rear Admiral James Entwistle, Captain
Edward T. Bell jr., Rear Admiral G. E. Ide,
Charles N. Fornes, NJ. NJ. S. Magny, Consul
General of France; the Rev. J. hewitt Steele,
Robert C. Ogden. Isaac F. Mack, Colonel John
w. Vrooman, Arthur H. Van Brunt, S. V.
White, the Rev. Joseph Silverman Major Ed
ward Owen, David Banks. DR.. H. NJ. Leipziger,
Roderick Terry and DIR. W. NJ Dearborn
On the Presidents right sat Robert B. Roose-
Welt, Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Major
General James f. Wade. L. S. A, Edward s..
Greely, l. w. Birdseye, J, Franklin Fort. w. A.
Marble. Truman G. Avery. Morris B. Beardsey,
Edwin Strauch Niles E. White. Richard T.
Davies and William j. Warren
DR.. Scott had just ended when the Presidents s
arrival was announced. Everybody rose and
cheered and waved flags. The President went
to his seat at President Logans right, while all
the guests remained standing and sang The
Star Spangled Banner
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
Briefly Mr.. Logan welcomed the Chief Execu-
tive, saying in part that the society proud
of the fact that the President of the United
States is member of the Empire State Society
that pays his dues regularly every year" AS a
token of the fact Mr. Logan presented TO the
President badge of the society.
The President launched at once into his speech
1t is on account of the number of our ships
the way they are handled; on account OF the
men in the turret tower, in the engine rooms and
behind the guns, that rank one of the
biggest naval powers of the earth,' was one Of
his striking sentences.
we rank such and are a potent factor for
peace and such because we realized our
deficiencies in 1892" was another
The navy is. of all others the arm upon
which the nation must depend for holding it's
own, far our international relations are
concerned" was a statement that elected cheers
1T is most foolish thing to get soft" he
said. Avoid trouble If you can but never get
soft When you speak of Washington and of
Farragut, think also and take warning of what
their less wise fellow men said, and prepare for
victory and in the only way victory can be pre-
pared for Do it in advance"
His speech was as follows:
I am glad TO greet not merely the Sons but
the Daughters of the American Revolution. and
it is indeed a pleasure to be with you and say
few words, partly of greeting to you and partly
in reference to what l feel should be the work.
ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution.
II ought to fulfil more than one function. In
the first place il should, of course. keep up our
sense of historic continuity with the past II is
a good thing. pre-eminently a good thing for
this nation never to lose sight of what has been
done in the past by those who founded and those
who preserved the Republic. II is eminently fit
that there should be association banded to-
gether for the purpose of keeping fresh in the
minds of all of US the great memories of the
men of the past and OF what those men did
But if we treat that merely a relaxation
merely as q pleasant mental exercise, / think
we come lamentably short of what we ought
10 do.
The way to pay effective homage to the men