Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-02
EVANS CAR
GREETED AT
ST TON
FIGHTING BOB" GIVES SALUTE
FROM HIS WINDOW
PROMISES TO ATTEND Los AN
cELEs FESTIVITIES
Approves Visit of Mrs. Evans to the
Celebration with Their Daughter.
Sick Man Hopes for
Restoration
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Not only will the admiral and his wife
meet, but thei.4 daughter, Mrs. Char
lotte Marsh, wife of Midshipman
Francis G. Marsh, and their son, Frank
Taylor Evans. q lieutenant on the
Louisiana, who is now with the admiral
In his quest for health, will be here.
The announcement of the admiraps
approval was wired to Mrs Evans last
night by Col. j. B. Neville, her cousin.
Not only was consent given to her
coming but the admiral also promised
that she should attend the ball and
receive there If anything were to be
desired 10 add to the glory and prestige
of this social function the presence of
Mrs. Evans was the one thing most
wished for, and the promise of the ad-
miral was received with the greatest
Joy by the committee.
Col. Neville said last night that Mrs.
Evans would not leave her Washington
home Immediately, but would reach the
city with her daughter some time be-
fore the fleet festivities All arrange
ments for her entertainment will be
made by the committee.
Will Come in a Chair
In the limited time that the commit
tee had to talk with Admiral Evans
they found him without definite plans
except that he was hopeful of suff1cient
restoration at the Paso Robes springs
to enable him to attend the California
receptions. They found him.. however,
reluctant to execute promises that
would charge his time or vitality with
much responsibility. Above all things
he expressed the wish to attend the
banquet here, and declared, with grim
humor, that he would come If he had
to be wheeled in on chair.
Nothing, he said, would give MIN
,Nla ha m rartirinaf fp
fully in the program as 1t had been eX-
plained to him, and he would exert
every physical power to accept the
automobile reception as planned. But
for the most part he was first planning
the Improvement of his health and his
participation in the many entertain
ments planned depended wholly on his
condition two weeks from now and the
opinion of his physician. He made II
clear that, so far as he was physically
able he would meet every expectation,
but he gave the committee the impress
sion that he must curtail some of the
demands on him.
THE committee, after the interview,
was inclined to believe Admiral Evans
i'm much worse physical condition than
had been imagined when the elaborate
scheme of entertainment was devised
but they believe that the rest ana
restorative qualities of the famous
springs VIII ffldhe iiio picoShSS PiNpNS'~
during the entire week.
He was not asked to pass on the ad-
dition of Saturday to his stay here. as
ttis is something that the COMMITTEES
did not feel propriety in raising.
TO Order 800 officers
Gen. Chaffee had much to do with
shaping the admirals decisions, as eX-
pressed, for they are old friends ana
the personal element figured largely In
the admirars mind. Gen. Chaffee asked
how many officers could be spared for
the ball
How many do you want?" asked the
admiral.
Gen. Chaffee turned the question to
Col. Neville.
Three hundred" said the colonel.
Then | will issue an order for 300
officers to attend the ball." said Fight
ing Bob. Then he added, nafVely;
"Vou know the officers Aare under Or
ders."
He expressed the deepest gratitude
for the extraordinary arrangements
that had been made by Los Angeles Tor
his entertainment and commented on
the fitness of the events contained IN
the program.
what Los Angeles had to say of the
navy and of what he said was the
greatest fleet in the world. He did not
say much about the fleet except TO
speak in the highest terms of its sue
cess and the able conduct of the entire
staff of officers.
Captain Robert r. lngersoii, cnieI OF
staff of Admiral Evans, who has been
granted leave of absence, was also
a passenger on the Santa Fe train
eastward bound. He bade the admiral
farewell at the Santa Fe station and
continued his journey. His son is re-
ported i'll and his leave was to visit
his bedside.