The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-15
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The ordsr vac fouadsd In ises By Den.
Fred - uraat Oeofae Clinton Hafchellef,
Col Ralph " Prime, John Quincy adams,
Robert n Roosevelt and . nunber ~ others
Who had nra, settlers for ancestors, and
there are nov four state aocletiea, thoss u
New YoVa. New Jersey, Pennsylvanis and
Connecticut. n WA the general court ~
The order. composed ~ the officers Of these
societies. that met al the City Hall yesterday
afternoon and dined NJ the Hotel Manhst-
tan last night.
The Founders and Patriots pride thetn.
solves on the simon purity 81 their an
oestry. To be q Founder and Patriot
one Of your ancestors must have landed
In the fifty years between 1907 and 1857,
and II any Of the family that came later
leaned toward King George or In any way
revoked on the revolution, you would
be debarrcd. A. they say themselves,
there are not 80 many Of them. but they
are above suspicion and considerably
select. The business Of The order If TO dig
UP unrecorded history concerning the
Colonies.
Theodore Fitch. governor Of the New
York society. presided ~ toastmaster
He said tho order ought TO earn thu praise
OF mankind because It gives the ladies seats
at it's banquet table. Then he talked about
the navy a little before introducing Admiral
Dewey.
The navy" said Mr.. Fitch, SIS our most
valuable insurance policy against foreign
aggression, We want more battleships,
more officers and more men. This Is no
time for stinginess. l believe the large
majority of our citizens will not DO satisfied
until Congress makes proper provisions
for the navy" IA woman: "We'l nomi-
! nate you for Congress. y
Admiral Dewey was introduced as the
greatest American sailor since John Paul
Jones. The Founders and Patriots got up,
cheered and waved handkerchiefs when
the Admiral, pink checked, vigorous Inc
firm voiced. arose.
Il saw something new in the Congregational
Record the other day. said he. Laugh
teri. Yes, really something new. Gen.
Kiefer made q speech In which he said that
the old saying, In time OF peace prepare
for war; Ia obsolete, and that this motto
has taken its place, In peace prepare to
maintain It,
That's II. That's what l say. We
don't want a We want the navy TO be
big enough to prevent war coming, We
that vent into Manila Bay [Applausel
had enough war to last us a while. But
we need a bigger nav to justify the Use Of
the motto: In time Of peace prepare to
maintain it, We need q big navy and
we reed IL badly.
Its a good navy, and Americans are
and should be proud Of every man and
ship in it. III tell you why it's 80 good,
Every enlisted man is young and vigorous.
II all the officers should happen to be killed
in action the men could take the ships and
fight them, IApplause.l Why, here's what
happened the other day. The battleship
Missouri made a record in recent target
practice. From one battery eighteen shots
we're fired at a target LOO yards away.
Every shell hit the mark squarely. or the
sixteen men In the battery every one Of
them was American born and the average
age Of the lot was 81. Applause.
THE navy isn't all for war. We hear
that IL did splendid work at San Francisco,
work that Is not 30 generally known as 1t
ought to be. AS q rule, you know, We hide
our light under a bushel.' daughter and
applause.l
Robert B. Roosevelt, who was elected
governor general Of the order yesterday
afternoon to succeed Admiral Dewey,
was to have spoken on The Dutch Set
tiers" He could not attend the dinner,
and Edward Hagaman Hall responded to
the toast.
President Roosevelt said Mr., Hall. lis
following the old Dutch instinct in building
the Panama Canal. lApplause.l It's too
bad that Washington Irving wrote Diedrich
Knickerbocker's history before a serious
history Of old New York appeared, A
lot Of people took K~niokerbooker's history
seriously, and a lot do to-day, or the
Dutch institutions that still survive, l should
mention the goats that browse on the high
grounds above Columbia University. You
don't AVE to believe II unless you want
to, but they are lineal descendants Of the
Dutch goats that kept the streets clean
once
Brig .-Gen. Henry 8. Turrill, retired, spoke
to the toast, The Army
Il do want to talk about the army Of
to-day" said he. i'The development Of
this country is largely due to the sturdiness
and courage Of the little army that went
out in the Western wilderness and bla zed
trails and built forts for places Of safety
and refuge. The a v is all right, but a
ships a mighty poor wagon when you
want to 60 by land.
THE army. somehow. is up against a
tough game. We are damned II we do.
and we are damned II we don't. We are
sent 10 clean ont q nest Of cutthroats in
Jolo and after we do it people and Congress.
too, jump on us and give us the devil.
In these days a soldier has to be made.
He has to be trained and made ready for
emergencies. You can't stamp your feet
on the ground and have an army spring up
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