The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-06-08
President Draws Lessons From the
Recent Great Sea Fight .
BASES PLEA FOR A STRONG NAVY
In . Decoration Day Address at the
Unvei!ira Of Statute Of General
SIocum at Brooklyn, the President
Declares That Any Man Must Be
Blind Who Cannot Read the Lesson
of the Present and the Recent Past.

New York, Special.-In a stirring ad-
dress delivered at the unveiling Of big
statue of General Henry w. Slocum in
Brooklyn, Memorial Day, President
Roosevelt paid splendid tribute to the
men who compose the Northern armies,
but did not forget those Of the Southern
hosts Most notable in his cpeech was
an expression Of his hope that as the
nation increased in strength there
would come corresponding increase in
its sense of responsibility, which
should prevent its people from either
lnjuring or insulting other people; his
declaration that the surest way for
nation to invite disaster is to be opu-
lent, aggressive and unarmed.
Significant, in the light of recent
events Was his assertion that: "If our
navys good enough, we have long
career of peace and prosperity before
US and the only likelihood of trouble
ever coming to US as a nation will
arise IL we let our navy become too
small or inefficient. A first-class navy,
arst-class in point Of size, above all
arst-class in point Of efficiency and
the individual unit as units in COM
bination is the surest and cheapest
guarantee of peace. I should think
that any man looking at what is hap
pening and has happened abroad and
in our own history during the past few
years, must indeed be blind II he cannot
read that lesson clearly.
The President was in New York city
FIVE hours, but during that time did not
put his foot in Manhattan, passing
around the island in a ferry boat to
the Brooklyn side OF the East river, and
after the exercises returning in the
same fashion. The entire trip was with
out unhappy incident.
The President made hurried dash
TO the naval Young Mems Christian
Association.
A rapid inspection Of the building,
the gift of Miss Helen NJ. Gould, was
made, and then the President delivered
4 2O-minutes address. He again spoke
Of the navy, saying:
More and more our people are wax
ing ND to the need Of navy, and
in view OF events happening all over
the world, | think we can count on
Congress to continue to build up our
navy. It certainly will, II l can per
suade it. It is all-important to have
ships best in hull, the best IN armor
and the best in ornament Of any nation
In the world
Crowd at Andersonville.
Americus, Ca, Special.-The me-
mortal exercises at Andersonville ma
tional cemetery Tuesday morning were
under the auspices Of the Fitzgerald
Grand Army Post. and were OF
very impressive character. Rev. o o.
Johnson, of Fitzgerald, delivered the
oration, the programme being inter.
spersed with musical selections ana
short addresses from other speakers.
The Americus Light Infantry, which
was ordered to Andersonville to keep
the peace among the thousands Of COL
ored excursionists assembled there,
marched to the cemetery by special
invitation and fired the national salute
of honor over the $4,000 Federal
graves. This is the first time such an
invitation has been extended the State
troops, United States regulars having
performed such duty heretofore. ThL
day passed quietly in the little town,
the military and sheriff's posse mail
tanning excellent order amond the
thousands of negroes.