The Washington herald., 1908-08-19
ROOSEVELT LAUDS
ADMIRAL EVANS
President Says His Name
TypifieS Progression.
FLEETS CRUISE MEANS PEACE
Retiring Admiral HOnOred by Chief
Executive, Gov Hughes, and Re
Flag VIII Always Fly" Friends
Wire-Evans Has Done His Duty.

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Admiral Evans sot that telegram at
sunset tonight. and it expressed tie
sentiment Of The occasion. To De sure. he
was all bundled Up n a rolling chair
with same leg clean out OF commits
sion. and 10 make matters worse. at a
resort famous Tor its peace conferences.
But HIS friends. in spirit and in body.
were with him. and that was enough.
TEere was q suspicious li-rls crackIe in his
voice when he read the stack Of mes
sages. but Fighting Bob was too game
10 be routed n the Izs- skirnlsa. He re-
treated in good order
Ny reward hiss been the affection Of
the American pesple- Cod bless them and
YOU" was what Evans wired back
Every cot and nook or the great hotel
had been engaged for a week ahead. and
possibly the only person who was not
Just a wee BIT excited over the occasion
was the admiral They had his chair
riEged UP on the after deck OF -he huge
veranda. and the way the women poked
tea and dainties st him was worth com
ing Up 10 Lake Nohonk 20 see. Mrs.
Evans and her daughters. sIrs. c. c
Marsh. wife Of Lieut. Commander Marsh.
and Mrs 4. L sewsu and their hus-
bands were there
ADMIRAL Hieginso1. whom everybody
called 'Higgy." he being a boy Of some
sixty-odd. cast CONSERVATION into the
camp by announcing that he had re-
oeived his invitation for the party late.
and could not stay because he did not
have his dress suit and plug hat
Fit aS a Fiddle
y feel as NJ as a hddIe. and conf
dently expect TO live a hundred years. 20
said the admiral Ny leg is bothering
me little; but -. what's thatT--
Not much when you think where he got
the wound. II was al Fort Fisher in the
civil war Evans. only nineteen. just
ont Of the Academy. had led a brilliant
attack The Union forces won the day
but when found the youngster was among
the corpses in the trenches. He was
wounded through both legs A doctor
wanted % saw them of. but changed his
mind after ne heard Evans cUss- One OF
the joints stifened. and the young fighter
was retired from the service He had the
joint broken by specialist. and got back
into she war game. and incidentally his
title Fighting Bob"
Yes. sir; I'm gaining a half pound
day the admiral continued When
I get launched again at Washington il
the fall some Of the ancient mariners
viii say There's young Evans You
bet III be cleared for action.
Are battle ships the thing?'' he was
asked
sure. if you have enough Of EN- IN
stead Of 9090o tonners lets make It s.
Co American battle ships talk in any
language The battle-feet's cruise is a
better argument for peace than all the
conferences that were ever thought Of. Ii
reminds me Of a United States minister
I in Korea who was in trouble. Just send
four battle ships down here he cabIed.
I want TO show EN- SAY. when the
| Other fellows saw those ships trailing the
American flag they forgot that they were
on earth
Forget the airships. as fa- as the nsvy
( is concerned I don't expect 10 live 10
I see them disturb anything but the popu-
| lar mind. Build battle ships. and a big
ger navy