Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-28

! age OF - or 49, rt tire on what Is pfaCtI-
! cally pension III the nc.2hhorhood Of
rirr hundred Il year. Uncle sam has
! yuur interest at heart. You have from
our i,cupl" Il measure Of hope and I.rlirf
! ana affection such rightly enough il
| Nic!Urd to no Others. Now in return re
| nc!nh,r that c"ch of yuu is in honor
/ huuhd 80 To fit himself i'll time Of - ;i".'
| t'at i'll time of war he ana Ills; conrad, 5
! can render such an account ~ them
| selves rs to ttnn new page III tho long
| homo" roll Of United States hi.tory /.
| Will dtpcrd on how you have don" your
| duty in time of peace whether or NOT.
! should war come, the nation will have.
| cause To feel pride or to feel shame. You
| effectiveness in war cannot il" aCGIirc,!
after war has begun. Your eff, tivcnces
will then depend upon the WAY N which
| y"u officers nave learned to handle the
| ships. SinGly ana in fleet formation. day
! in and day out. month III ana month
! "It. ~ actual practice on the 'igh S.;iS:
ii Will .i"p~no ON the way in which YOU
! enlisted men, under the offic Is, urdrr
your warrant ana petty officers. have
| lcIrncd t. handle yourselves III the gun
turrnt and engine rooms
The navy has made astounding al
vlr"cs III Workmanship dul .ml the pas
FIVE wears ana it has made it not only by
developing the high qualities of the indi-
vidual man but by developing the team
play without which that individual mans
proves counts for nothing.
1T is Il revelation to any man to SEQ
the work done bv the gun crews with tn
1--inrE. 7-inch and 6-inch guns 1t is =.
revelation to any man to See how our
people 1f!oat are learning to work togcth-
| cr 50 as to have, in addition to the work
Of the gun pointers, a perfect system OF
fire control, just as the ships are learning
tn rlanOcuVrc together ut a speed and 4
distance which 70 years ago would hay"
given tho captains heart failure if they
Ind tried It,
II congratulate yOu on Your progress.
Een"n.ber that the instant You become
coltrnt"d with it and think You Lave
gore far enough and remain still, that
very instant YOU will begin to go back:
and | believe implicitly that You will go
forward. In conclusion. let me- say ho.v
glaze | am to l'c with you; how proud as
tic chief "XC cutivo Of the American p"0-
ll", am of Xou, and how heartily [ he
lev in the character ana quality of tn"
officers ana enlisted NOR If the American
fleet | greet You and thank you again"
With bit t.tO exceptions the President
today expressed his complete satisfaction
with the condition Of affairs on the 18TH
mus of Panama as disclosed during his
thrr" DAYS Inspection Of the work in pro
gross there. one of tho exceptions. the
President told his callers related to the
sanitary feature Of the quarters for bach
"l"r negro laborcrs ana this. h pointed
out, under ordinary circumstances might
have been adjusted within short time.
TIL" President expressed himself ny ~
inG impressed with tho MAGNITUDE Of tn.
undertaking at Panama ana IF the Wal
IN which il is being carried out.
President Roosevelt is not certain
whether /" will recommend any special
Legislation in connection with the 18th
mus work III the special message which
he IS to send to Congress on the subject
This will depend on full consideration of
ii" matter between now and next week
Tho President believes the ,~oplc Of
Porto Rico are entitled to American Clti-
zcndhip ard will recommend that this Il,
granted to them in a special message to
Congress. The President has expressed
tie opinion that II is lamentabIe hat they
Do rot enjoy this right. In this conncc-
tor no noted that although Porto Rico
had sent 4 delegate to the pan-Amoricau
congress at Rio Janciro that dclcgat,
c"l;l'l not even say he was an American
citizen, ana this also is tho case if he
visits Europe or any other foreign coun-
try
Tho President was much pleased with
his visit tp Porto Rico which. he says is
fine country and prosperous The pco-
pie, he says, are prosperous.