The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-04

balanced themselves on their gently sway
ing boats "A firmly as II they we're on the
stable battleships. Tn President was In
tenscly Interested in the Yankee. the troop
ship homs from tho tropics and flying Its
long homeward pennant. Having gone
down the line again: the MayfOwer swung
into the lane between the two lines Of battle
ships n cruisers and proceeded to the
anchorage Mt the head OF the feet. The
review had occupied an hour and ten min
utes.
OFFICERS III ON THE PRESIDENT.
Soon after the MayAower anchored the
feet showed signs OF great activity.
Launches we're being lowered away for
the Admirals and Captains to call on the
President. A new hotilla was on the water.
Admiral Evans was the first to arrive. The
bugle sounded. attention rufies were
sounded nnd the band played the first eight
bars Of the march known as Under the
Double Eagle" High officers are entitled
10 the bars Of a march when they board a
ship; tho President only &c is The Star
Spangled Banner"
COmmInde- Long grasped Admira al
Evans's hand and took him to Secretary
Bonaparte. a few feet from the gangway.
Then he was escorted to the President and
greeted most cordially. The President
was enthusiastic in his praise Of the ships
and their men and was joyous over the
spectacle. Admiral Davis came next and
then Admiral Brownson. After that came
the Captains, hit or miss. most Of them arriv-
ing in the order OF the station OF their ships.
All were decked out in gold braid. except a
few who had to come in service uniforms.
They were from the torpedo boats. and the
reason they came in undress style was be-
cause there is no room on torpedo boats
to stow away fancy uniforms. They got
just as hearty a greeting as the gold braided,
bedecked ones.
POLITICAL DEBATE INTERRUPTED.
After the Captains had been received
and before luncheon was served President
Roosevelt made his way aft and found the
Congressional delegation discussing politics
sharply. The name of Bryan was heard in
the debate. As the President approached
politics few away and all the members tried
to rise at once.
BE seated, gentlemen he said. Then
he added playfully that IL ever the exc
cutive branch had a right to dictate to the
legislative branch Of the Government now
was the time. He sat on the arm OF a chair
and then finally slid into it, and said with
great earnestness TO the Senators and
Representatives.:
ANY man who fails tn be impressed by
such a sight as this to-day is a mighty
poor American. This, gentlemen, is the
result OF FOUR work. But for your fore
sight we would not have had the money
TO build this navy, every ship of which is
ready TO 60 into action at a moments
notice, IL the need were TO arise. And
most OF what you lave seen has been done
in the last ten years. It's splendid. fne!'
LlIncheon call was then sounded and
all on board adjourned below decks and a
buffet luncheon was served. II occupied
an hour. Then IL was time for the Presi-
dent to return the call Of the Admiral. He
went to a launch, his flag was raised on
il, he stood with his head peering through
the well Of the canvas at attention as the
band again played the national hymn.
As he Tassed each ship the rails we're manned
snd salUtes we're fired.
@ PRAISE FOL MARINES.
He vent to the Maine first, then to the
Alabama and then to the West Virginia.
On each ship he was received with cere-
monies hike those with which lie was greeted
whenhe boarded the Mayfiower in the morn
ing. Passing from these ships to his launch,
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what he thought of their work Of the last
year. The crew was assembled on deck
and the President made this speech:
Il wish to say a word OF hearty appre-
citation to o men Of the Marine Corp,
as representing not merely the marines
but the officers and enlisted men alike,
sailors and men who have heel engaged
in so difficult a task in Santo Domingo.
You on this ship have been in the tropics
for a year. o ave dom very respon-
sible and very difficult duties. You have
lone them to perfection.
Il welcome you home and | wish to say
that l thoroughly appreciate the way in
which you have handled yourselves. We
have grown to feel the certainty that
whenever the men of the American army
or navy are "a allied upon for any duty, no
matte- how difficult or how irksome, or
even how dangerous. they are certain to
perform il not merely with efficiency and
courage, hut with a total absence Of COM
planning. l congratulate the Fervice upon
the way in which your duty had been done"
Then the President returned to the May
flower and rested all the afternoon, ch1ttin2
with his guests until the night electrical show
on the ships pierced the heavens and made
the ships brilliant in outline with a myriad
OF electric lights.
LAUGHED AT NEWSPAPER MEMS JOKE.
The sign on the mems tug,
which read Pres Bot, " amused the Presi-
Reformed spellinG!' he shouted. Then
he clapped his hands and roared with de-
light. He called the attention of those
about him to the fun of the reporters and
then he said:
"A most delicate compliment, a most deli
cate compliment
For several minutcS he chuckled over the
incident, and whenever any Of his friends
later in the day referred to the incident, he
always burst into a hearty laugh and said:
Wasn't that good?"
There were all sorts OF laval sharps and
specialists to be found on the ships and
on the shore. The most numerous seemed
the great American figurer. These ran
from the plain addition and subtraction
man. who contentcd himself with figuring
out not only the number OF guns, the number
Of sailors and officers on the fleet and the
number Of pounds of powder burned in
the salutes when about 1000 guns were
fred with power useless for anything else,
as well as such details as the number Of
tons Of cool in the bunkers, the exact dis
lance the ships would occupy IL hitched
stern to stern. up to the logarithm and cal
culus man, who would give you the formula
for the potential energy, or something
like that, Of a brOadsidG and the ballistic
strain on a 10 inch gun 1T the time. These
mon knew all about foot pounds and could
tell yoI exactly whether il would be four
miles and a quarter or five miles and a
sixteenth that the horsepower OF the COM
bined' feet and the muzzle energy Of the