The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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N1fth atlantic Squadron shlrh - IN the
North River. gave . Inner ahoafd lea
haSahip. The West VifaiRis, last hs1ht ~
Raar Admiral CRfaplon ~ The Ffe0oh May,
sbo u hers With The three Wrench cfulssfs
test took paTt n ths Paul Jones eeFemunies
Those NJ tho dinner we're ths French Ad-
mifsl and hta ataR and tho captains ~ the
three Frenrh cruisers; Admiral BrUwnaon
and HE aiaf aad the CRptatns VI the
American ships. ten. Horace Porter former
Ambassador 20 tranos. a. Alclde Ebfay,
the French Consul. usnsrsl; ten. Fred u
Grant aud Rear Admiral Coahlan, Mayor
Mcclellan had been invited, but was obliest
10 decline ua account " another ngaes-
ment
The dime waa set ON the Qualtsrdsck
of the West virginia. which va brilliantly
Illuminated for the occaaiop, g. were the
other AMERICAN .bIPs The dlnsss sss
drunk TO tho PresIden, u Frenesa the Presi:
dent OF the United states. the French and
American navies and the United states
army. The band OF the West Virginia
furnished the music played the MAE
ssillaise' aud the star Spangled Hammer
when the two countries were toasted. AZ.
miral Campion In to Civ . dinner to-nlght
on board his flagship. the cruiser MAI
selllaise.
While the dinner was going on aboard
the West Virginia las. night for the Trench
Admiral and his stat the other French
ofSCors were being entertained aboard
the other American ships and the strains
Of the different bands that came noating
over the water made II en)oyepe Ior We
allowed aboard the ships last night ave
the invited guests.
RECEPTION PoR THE ADMIRAL.
Admiral Campion and the officers Of the
French squadron attended yesterday after
noon a reception given In their hohor 10y
Admiral Coghlan at the navy yard The
function was held in the upper noor Oh
Building 20.
The entire upper floor is a single huge
Apartment. In the old days 1t was the
sail loft, but sails are not much employed
on Uncle SANS vessels nowadays and the
bands played alternately, the regular navy
ward band and that Of the Hancock,
Admiral and Mrs. Coghlan received.
AT about half past ! the bands suddenly
struck up the -Marseillaise' and an the men
in uniform stood at attention while Admirai
Campion entered the room, side by slde
with Admiral Coghlan, who had gone TO
meet him. Then followed in a group the
other senior officers Of the French squadron.
A halt was made part way up ths ro1in
about the silver punch bowl which the
Kaiser presented TO Capt. Hemphil o. the
Kearsarce at Kiel three years ago. Then,
properly fortified, the French Officers APP
preached the ordeal Of talking English 10
the ladies. Some succeeded better Than
others. A young and admiring ofioer
was introduced TO a girl who. like him, could
speak only one language. He made several
leads in French, but II was no Use. flnaly
he remarked in accents OF despair, rune
day, yiss,' and relapsed Into silence. his
commpanion after a pause asked him whether
he had been TO West Point. with ms hand
on his heart he bowed, gratefully, evil
IDENTIFY under the impression that no was
receiving a compliment.
"No, no." said his companion, "Nest
Point. on the Hudson River, you know
"Ah oui, oui, re great Hudsonne Rivaire,
Eat iss bv here"-he motioned expressively
toward the Erie Basin and Gowanus Canal,
The room was decorated with the navy
Yards supply OF foreign banners; The
sunlight camein through these. and fell upon
the women's gowns, mostly, OF pure white
or family tinted silks, making these Hush
to the colors Of the bunting. There was
some dancing. and the eneet vas s'rrRtnkS
Of color and into another.
Among those present were Gen. ana
Mrs. Frederick D. Grant and the Generals
staff. Col. Heath. chief OF staff; Mrs
Daniel Butterfeld, Gen. Wade, Gen, Horace
Porter, Col, Pullman, Mrs. Clement Beat,
Miss Anna Best. NJ. Alelde Ebrey. French
Consul General; Gen. James e.. Wilson.
Gen. Frederick Pierson, Col. and Mrs
Arson McCook and .Mias MeCook, Mr..
and Mrs. Philip R~hinelander Miss Pauline
Morton, Sir Percy Sanderson, British CONSUL
General; Mr., and Mrs. Henry Sanger
snow, Gen. Horatio O.. King, Mrs. G.. W.
Jungen and Mrs. Edward Hagerman Hall.
TALKS TO THE MAYOR IN ENC
Admiral Campion made a formal call
Yesterday on Mayor Mcclellan, Besides
his aidea the Admiral was accompanied
by NJ. Alelde Ebray, the French Consul
Admiral Campion In the French language,