New-York tribune., 1905-11-01
PRESIDENT HOME AGAIN.
PLEASED BY FLEETS Run.
ShoUeIs Coal Into Vest pTg7n'd s
Furnace and Talks to Sailors.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.

turned from his Southern tour and his sea voy-
age this forenoon. The Dolphin drew alongside
the navy yard dock at 11:45 a. m ana the
President descended the gangplank ten minutes
later. Sixteen navy and marine corps officers
in gold lace, the Marine Band in red ana TWO
companies of marines in blue were drawn up
the dock.
! Mrs Roosevelt in q basket phaeton reacheo
! the navy yard few minutes before the Presi-
dent arrived; and after he had returned the
salute of the attending officers. had barred his
head TO THE Star-Spangled Banner and had
given the unlocking group OF citizens smile
and a bow, he driven at once to the White
House. He did not go to his Office until after
luncheon. and then callers except Sec
retaries Root and Hitchcock and Postmaster
General Cortelyou, who called to pay their re-
spects. The President is greatly pleased over
the way he was greeted throughout the South
and particularly gratifed at the spienoio
showing made by the fleet of warships on their
through the Gulf and up the Atlantic Coast
The President had narrower escape in the
collision the Mississippi River than most
people imagine. He was standing beside q
window In the cabin when the shock occurred
and was thrown bodily through the glass For
tunately he was not even scratched by the
plunge through the window. but sustained a
few inconsequential scratches about the hands
when he extricated himself from the debris
| During the trip to the capital the West
Virginia he acquainted himself with practically
| the whole Of the ship. making several tours Oh
the entire battleshp. On Saturday night ne o1neo
! in the wardroom with the officers and sang the
old navy toast "Sweethearts and Wives" with
them. On the voyage he dned with all the
! officers Of the feet Admiral Brownson 1nVltins
! them in relays to dinners or suppers.
| While at Sunday the President made a
speech to the officers and men Of the West Vir-
| gna. He had just completed inspection or
I the entire ship. In the boiler room a profusely
! decorated shovel put into his hand and ne
was asked to throw a shovel Of coal into
particular furnace He threw in two, and the
| boiler of the furnace was Immediately christ
| ened the Roosevelt boiler" The shovel was
| passed around that every stoker might use it,
| Il was then speedily broken into bits, each
| bit being retained a souvenir.
The Presdent's speech was follows:
| It is a privilege for any President to come on
| board a squadron of American warships such
| as these not alone to see the ships, but to see
| the men who handle them. From the admiral
down through the entire ships company, every
American should be proud of what l have seen
aboard this ship; the discipline the ready subor,
dination of each man, whether officer or enlisted
man, TO duty, the care taken of the men ana IN
return the eager intelligent self-respecting zeal
| of each man in doing his work. What must I'M
press especially any observer is how essential 1t
/ is that every Individual a ship like this
should do his whole duty, and IN any crlslS more
| than his duty. The result as L see 1t in this
| ship is triumph not only Of organization and
discipline, but of the ready zeal with which each
| individual performs his allotted task. At any
time some emergency may arise in which the
! safety of the entire ship will depend upon the
! vigilance intelligence and cool courage OF some
| one man among you, perhaps officer, perhaps
an enlisted man. Any man in the whole snip
| company who does his full duty can claim as his
! own the honor and repute of the ship. and has
a right to feel personal pride In all she does
You and your fellows in the navy and in It's SIS
ter service, the army, occupy a position differ
ent from that Of any other set OF men in our
country.
IMPORTANCE OF EACH MAN.
When I went through the ship yesterday. in
the engine rooms, storerooms turrets every
where. the thing that impressed me most was
the all Importance of each man In his place;
the all Importance of that man both knowing
his work and feeling it a matter OF keen per
sonal pride to do 1t well as it could possibly
be done. All through the ship have seen the
same purpose the purpose to learn exactly what
the duty to be done and then to DO II. Ihe
power to do it presupposes the possession by
each of you of intelligence courage and physlcai
address. L believe that this attitude Of yours Is
typical of the attitude of the men OF our navy
generally, and Of the army also.
Now the other hand, this should make our
country feel toward Uncle Sans men in the
army and in the navy sense of obligation and
gratitude such they feel toward no others
and on the. other hand it should make you feel
that other Americans rest under so great an
obligation to do their duty we'll: for in your
hand lies the credit the honor and the interest
OF the entire nation. You are doing your duty
we'll and faithfully in peace. Remember that IL
ever, which may Heaven forbid, war comes, 1t
will depend upon you and those like you whether
the people of this country to hold their heads
even higher to hang them in shame | hope
that no such crisis will ever occur, but have
entire faith that II 1t ever does occur you will
rise level to any demand that may be made upon
you. and that by the way you train yourselves
and are trained in time Of peace you will fit
yourselves to do well should war arise
Now a special word to the officers. Captain
Arnold, a boy, you witnessed great fight
of the Merrimac when she came out to Hampton
Roads sunk the Congress and the Cumber-
land. and the next day met her match in the
Monitor That fight fought with great
honor for our people. The Cumberland sunk
with her flags flying and her guns firing while
her decks We're awash. and as the water was
shallow her flag still foated from the mast
above after she had gone down The captain
Of the Congress met his death in the fight. Win
ming an epitaph which deserves to be remem-
bered forever in the American navy. His name
was Joe Smith. and his father. an old naval
officer was In Washington. When word was
brought to him that his sons ship had sur
rendered, he answered simply,
Then Joe is dead.
To have earned the right to have his death
assumed as q matter Of course in such condi-
every American officer should keep ever before
him all that is implied therein. Let each of you
officers remember. In the event of war that
while surrender may sometimes be juStfhable
while ii Is necessary to explain the fact
that you don't surrender, matter what the
conditions may be.
HONOR IN MANS DROWNING.
4 tragedy occurred this morning. A
| lost from the Colorado. Such from
time TO time inevitable in a service like ours.
| Under such circumstances everything must al
ways be done, in this instance everything
was done, for The rescue OF the man But you
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