The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-28
PRESIDENT TO JACK TARS Addresses Sailors on
 louisiana. SPEAKS OF PEACE DUTIES AffiIiates Freely With Men and
 Officers.
 --S---- On Return From istAmus .hief Hsx- scntive Is Eptertainea with Vaudeville Performance by
 Men Behind the Gums.

Washington. Nov. s7.-President Roosevelt on his trip to and from Panama on the battleship Louisiana. mixed freely with the officers and men. of whom he speaks in the highest conmendation.
 He participated in the chief petty oficers' mess and visited the branch of the Army and Navy Union, which has an organization of about fifty members on the Louisiana and whose meeting plsre was way down in the hold Of the ship As the ship was passing Hatteras on the way home the President had the engineer department steam up and for three hours she ves- sel made . run of eighteen and one half knots, which is ons-half knot in excess of the contract requirements.
 On the hofneward trip Il Vaudeville | entertainmenl was given by the men in honor of tie President and Mrs. Roosevelt This took place during the early part oS the voyage and was held at night The President and Mrs. Roosevelt ana the officers of the ship were the guasts of honor and occupied the front seats, swhiIe the men were scattered around In the coming tow. CTS. on the NFidge and other points of \ vantage.
 There was a program of sixteen se- lections made up of songs, sketches, solos of various kinds and monologues Sunday as the vessel was nearing the i Virginia Cape the President delivered a speech to the men assembled on board the vessel Ills remarks were as l follows;
 The President said:
 ''Cnnfsin and ofaeere and enlisted men l of the Louisiana. I wish to thank you for as pleasant and interesting trip as any President has ever had on land or sea. and profitable trip. too. Not I only I do not see how any President, i but l do not see how any good American 1 can fall to believe with all his heart 1 in the United States navy. can fall to do all that Tn him lies for tue cheers and men Of that navy, in order that
 the navy itself may be brought to a T constantly lpceFastng state of peFfecs
 efon as a formidable fighting machine
 Thhnks The EnsIneern.
 4f want esneciaIly to thank tlge ehgf- lnesfS force fos what they dis thia nlornz ing I wanted to see myself what tho
 ship could do and I wanted them to I let a link Sut Of her, and 1t is more than gratifying that at the end of a | three wealks trip we should be able to do from a half to three-quartsrs of a | knot better than her contract speed
 for we went over eighteen and a half knots
 | "One thing more: take this occas-
 ion to say have been astounded and mortified at the attitude of certain of our people ashore in declining to allow EUAcie Sam's men when they have on
 their unIforms, to come into places of samusement Outside of Washington i Ehave no control over these places of I amusement: lin Washington have, and l any place of amusement to which ad- 1 mission is denied to reputable men who l are behaving themselves, who wear | et,s. raF ha mvv AR no 1 win lose It's license if 1t is In my power to cause the loss and think 1t is.
 T want to say to you enlisted men, if you stay in the service thirty years and have taken reasonable advantage Of your opportunities during that time, you can then, perhaps, at the age of 50 or 55, retire on what is practically a pension in the neighborhood of nine hundred dollars q year. Uncle Sam has your interegts at heart You have from our people a measure of hope and be- lIIef and affection such as rightly
 enough, Is yielded to no others. l. Remenaber Duty I'm Peace. 4 Nov fn return. remember that each of you Is fn the honor so to it himself in time of peace that in time of war he and his comrades can render such an Iaccou1t of themselves as to turn a new page in the long honor roll of United States history. It will depend on
 how you have done your duty in time 1 of peace whether or not, should war come the nation will have cause to feel pride or to feel shame.
 Your effectiveness fin war cannot be | acquired after war has begun. Your 1 effectiveness will then depend upon the
 way in which your officers have learned
 to handle the ships. singly and in fleet formation day in and day out, month in
 and month out, by actual practice on the high seas; 1t will repend upon the
 way in which you enlisted men. under the officers, under your warrant and
 petty officers, have learned to handle yourselves in the gun turret and en- j zine room.
 The navy has made astounding ad- r Vances in marksmanship during the past five years, and it has made it not only by developing the night quality of | the Individual man, but by developing the team play without which that indi- viduaI mans prowess counts for noth- ing The ships are also learning to
 nanouver together at a speed and a
 distance which ten years ago would
 have given the captains heart failure if they had tried 1t.
 q congratulate you on your progress. | Tn conclusion let me say how glad I am to be with you. how proud as the chief 1 executive of the American people, am l of YOU. and how heartily I believe in the character and quality of the ohi-
 oers and enlisted men of the American
 fleet"
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