The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-14
GOV. STOKES
OFFlCIATES
ON WARSHIP
Continued from First paxe.o

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military officers, were in full dress.
Captain William w. Kimball, COM
mander of the New Jersey, assisted by
his staff officers, received. The vessel
was dressed in all her flags and the
officers and men were in full uniform.
Three other warships were lying near
by.
Governor Edward C. Stokes of New
Jersey did not reach the ship until 2:30
p. m. He was greeted by Captain
Kimball.
Governor Stokes was accompanied
by Secretary of State Samuel D. Dick
inson. president of the Senate Minch,
Speaker of the House Lethbridge and
others. Many members of both the
Senate and House We're present, as
were many former legislators.
Governor Stokes spoke as follows in
presenting the silver service to the
warship:
a representative of the State of
New Jersey bring her greetings to the
battleship which bears her illustrious
name.
ut is a happy custom that inspires us
to present to our naInesake some gift or
token as an evidence of our appreciation
of the compliment paid to us and Of our
Interest in their future welfare and hap
piness. In accordance with that custom
this little company comes today to pre-
sent this silver service as symbolic of
New Jerseys pride and interest In this
splendid ship. Tit rame under which she
VIII sail the seas Is one noted In the mill
tary and naval history of q brave and
generous people. New Jersey was the
central battle-ground of the Revolution.
Upon her soil Washington spent two years
and Princeton, Monmouth and Red Bank
were battles that In the nations struggle
for liberty turned the tide of victory in
favor of the American cause.
In q later day her sons displayed q
martial courage worthy of the spirit of
their Revolutionary sires. Out of $4,000
men liable to military duty over 1900 re-
sponded to the calls which Abraham Lin
be preserved and the Stars and Stripes
wave undisputed from ocean to ocean
and from lake to gulf. New Jerseys
days when her i%mprovlsed fleets lying in
her numerous rivers and harbors would
suddenly issue forth ard seize the enemy
the pathway from the West Indies to New
York. Since that day she has played q
conspicuous. part in the naval achieve,
ments of the nation. Her heroes stand
Don't give up the ship" an admiration
that since its utterance has inspired the
American navy, fell from the lips tf
born on the banks Of the Delaware. His
%neighbor, James Fenimore Cooper. was
a naval officer and the first historian OF
the navy.
Commodore Lawrence Kearny, who
vas born and died within our state
claims the distinction of having done
more to suppress the pirates that swarmed
In the Grecian Archipelago after the
Turkish-Grecian war fnan did the com
bined navies of Great Britain and franco
and Russia.
Captain Charles Stewart, one of the
YaaAgf IfCffor tfChn1 ~ fha off aopc nf thu
War of 1872, famous in the battle between
the Constitution the two British
ships. Cyane aid Levant, deserved thu
title of odd Ironsides' which h shared
with the historic ship he commanded
Though born in Ireland New Jersey was
his adopted home and the place where hi
eyelids closed in final sleep.
Charles, Stewart Boggs. named afte'
old Ironsides,' born and bred in our state
displayed the courage of the American
navy under Farragut at New Orleans
long as they were above the level of tn
water.
Commodore Robert F. stockton is an
other great New Jersey officer of histori
name, a grandson of one of the signers 0
the Declaration Of Independence. II
supervised the building of the u. S. s
Princeton, the first sea-going vessel wit
a propeller. HE rounded Cape Horn in tn
frigate Congress and raised the flag oye
California before Fremont reached Their
by the overland route, and gave to tn
navy the nOnCr Oh cOnQuerlnR ana nOlulQ
that Golden State. Subsequently. as Unite
States Senator, he maintained his ~interes
in his Sea-going profession, devoted nj
efforts to improving the condition and tn
treatment of the men behind the guns, an
succeeded in a~bolishing flogging, that reli
of barbarism, from the navy of our coun
try.
examples of J~erseymen who carried TIL
spirit of the true Jersey blue upon tn
wave as well as upo the land. TIL
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of battle are matters of history. TIL
achievements of our navy read like thl
pages Of romance. In the Revolutionar!
War and the War of 1872 our small nav
contended with the first naval power o
the world, won many victories an
triumphs, and drove Great Britain's vas
commerce almost from the seas. Eigh
hundred ships, fifteen of them battleships
and 1850 seamen surrendered to thu
prowesS of the American tar.
NAVAL warfare knows no more thrilling
spectacle Of courage and heroism than tina
night with the Bnglish ship Scraps
Though the American ship was sinking
when the English captain asked 'Hayt
promptly, replied. with immortal cour-
age and heroism. Il rave not We
begun to fight" 1t was this same Johr
Paul Jones that raised the first flag ovel
an American man-of-war IT bore thu
device of a pine tree and a r~attiesnake
underneath was the motto. Don't tread OF
me"-a warning which from that day hal
never been violated with impunity by any
foe of the Stars and Stripes, and which
was n in Manila Bay on the occar
sion OF the threatened interference by thI
German admiral with the plans of tn,
American fleet, when Admiral Dewey sait
to Drumby. his flag lieutenant: Tell Ad'
miral Won Diedrick that If he wants a igh'
he can have it right now
1.-THE American sailor is always prepared
to defend his flag and the honor of hi
country. At our firesides we still tell tn,
story of Perry's glorious victory on the
Lakes. and quote his modest but heroic
language: we AVE met the enemy, an
they are ours and through all time, as
inspiration to courage and fortitude Will
ring in the ears of American sailors thu
Don't give UP the ship
"Our heart-beats quicken, as will those
of future generations, as we read the eX'
ploits Of Stephen Decatur and his brave
burning of the Philadelphia, in the harboi
Of Tripoli. which Lord Nelson. the hero
of Trafalgar, proclaimed the boldest anC
bravest act of the age.
1.-THE superb victories of Manila anC
Santiago have added additional lustre t
our naval fame and have achieved results
destined to change the course of the world'i
history and civilization. 1t can be truly
said that the history of our navy from
beginning to end has been one blaze OF
glory, without a single blot Of shame ant
through 1t all from Revolutionary lays t
the present hour the men behind the guns
the modest sailors, nave ranked in courage
and devotion and fortitude with thost
whose official title have registered them OF
the pages of remembrance. But, officers
and men of the battleship New Jersey
glorious as have been the deeds of darinl
and of valor on the part of our naval force
it's greatest glory, Its highest claim to I'm,
dying fame. has been the humanity ant
mercy alWayR displayed even In times OF