Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-14

calmly Gen. Couch was an ideal field
marshal. He was leader of men:
There is still another. and he, like the
rest, had elements OF greatness. l speak
of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. With
the small man who never commits an
error whatever he does is right It was
not so with Hancock, for he was great.
He did full justice to ALTO the officers
and to the humblest of soldiers. The
. men loved him as few men are loved
on earth.
There is no army superior to our army.
You were a part Of that 600. 600 men. 1,
was an army never to be recruited. To-
day the nation is strong because yor
made it strong by your valor and your
patriotism
1.-THE uncompleted Washington monu-
ment." he said in closing, would have
been fitting monument to a lost cause
up and up. and stands there now in its
towering height, representing an undivid-
ed nation"
Rear Admiral Chester's Address.
In introducing Rear Admiral Chester
the POSTMASTER said the army not alone
won battles-the navy also had rendered
great service.
The navy" he said. has long stood in
high regard with the American people.
The navy has achieved what the navy Of
no other country has. and I take great
pleasure In introducing Rear Admiral
Chester
Admiral Chester said:
The navy is somewhat under a cloud,
and l want to say something in defense.
1t Is not all glory that comes to the navy.
Abuse Is heaped upon it. and 1t is not
fault of our own. We have lost men. but
never our glory.
People are saying We do not need a
navy-we are too isolated: but our next
war is not coming from our own people.
but from the outside. One of our young
officers who never was in war spoke of
the 101 shots counted out of 600 shots at
Santiago. Not by any means were these
the only hits. There were hits not count
ed. The many ships that went down. and
the men that were shot. and the ships
that were burned to crisp, all had shots
in them, and they were not counted. Then
there were several lOng-distance shots
that were hits. We cannot expect much
more at such a time. Our navy won out
at Manila. and ] am proud Of our record.
If any Of YOU saw those sixteen battle
ships on the minute of the hour for their
departure steam out for the Pacific you
will have q feeling of pride to learn that
those same ships have travelled 1900
miles. are in better condition than when
they left and two DAYS ahead of time-a
great achievement"
At the conclusion of Admiral Chester's
remarks the entire assemblage arose and
the navy.
Tribute to the Corps.
William A. Sulzer, representative from
New York. the next speaker, said:
1T is a pleasure to be with you tonight.
and the only regret have is that I was
not old enough to be with you in your
campaigns.
Every one knows the record of the I'd
Army Corps. 1t speaks for itself. 1t has
record written in field Of blood from
Charlottesville to Appomattox. Those
100000 men from the north. those brave
men. fought greater than they knew. The
great army in blue was fighting to make
country on a pedestal. and determined for
all times that this was a powerful ma
ton. They proved to all the world that
every man when duty called was great
soldier, that husbands were great soldiers,
captains and generals. and that they
fought as men never fought before. They
were the greatest fighters the world ever
saw. Like the army. the world little
knows how many shots were fired. but
they know what the navy did.
II will vote and talk for all soldiers. /
am in favor of putting the volunteer off,
GERS, as well as regulars, on the retired
list with pay"
Mr.. suiser was warmly applauded at the
close Of his remarks.
Other Addresses.
Brig Gen. George B. Davis. adjutant
general of the army. who was a member
of the American delegation to The Hague
peace conference. spoke of the Union
army in the civil war as a great peace
society, working for the caaise Of peace
In closing he paid a tribute to the men,
DRY Of Gen. Sumner. who was the first
commander of the I'd Army Corps.
Gen. John c. Black complimented Rep
resentative Sulzer for working for the
needs of the old soldiers and said that
in these days OF turmoil the army is for
time forgotten, but that in the end the
American people will not forget it.
Senator Thurst0n, in an enthusiastic