Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-17
'AD|0S,' FIGHTING BOB
Rear Admiral RobIey D. Evans
RetireS Tomorrow.
WINS REWARD OF REST
After Forty-Five Years in the
American Navy.
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED
At Lake Mohonk, N. Y, Where
Famous Navigator Is Recover
ing His Health.
NINs REWARD OF REST
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED

Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander
of the American battleship squadron on
it's voyage from Hampton roads to San
Francisco, will retire from active service
tomorrow. having reached the age limit
of sixty-two years. With his retirement
comes the passing Of one of the most re-
markable figures in the history of the
navy. His service marks an epoch in the
growth of the American feet.
AS John Paul Jones was the father Of
the American navy, as Farragut was the
strategist and hero of the civil war and
the last great commander Of wooden
ships, as Dewey was the first fighting
hero of the new steel navy, so Evans was
the first of the modern admirals whose
ministration of whole modern fleet-one
of the most formidable fighting machines
the world has ever known.
Evans Is "Many in One"
Admiral Evans goes out of active serv-
Ice in blaze of glory. He is popular
alike with officers and men. and he is
recognized as the leader of the navy In
these days when a fleet commander has
to be not only a seaman and fighter, but
a scientist. practical engineer, an able
combined. 1t Is no exaggeration to say
that he made the battleship fleet. When
the voyage around the world was first
projected it was a question whether it
could be made at all. Admiral Evans not
only made 1t. but. by the exercise of tact
and diplomacy. made the voyage from
the capes to the Golden Gate an object
lesson to the world in fleet handling and
won friends for the United States at
every foreign port he touched
sU0 nc 0h fo Ie
confined to his cabin during most of the
voyage around the Horn, and was obliged
to come home from San Francisco to re-
cuperate. He is now at the sanitarium
at Mohonk Lake, N. Y, where prepara-
tions are being made for a celebration in
his honor tomorrow evening.
Big Time at Mohonk.
Elaborate exercises have been planned
for the occasion, and the guests and the
management of the Lake Mohonk House
are cooperating to make that event a
memorable one. J. Edward Simmons,
president of the New York Chamber of
Commerce, will preside and deliver an ad-
dress, and Andrew s. Draper, commits
York. on behalf Of the guests. will pre-
sent to Admiral Evans a magnificent
loving cup. provided by popular subscrip-
ton. Letters from the President of the
United States. many admirals of the
navy and other distinguished men will
be read. The hotel will be attractively
decorated. and in the parlor. where the
exercises will be held. will be two flags
one the flag that fiOated over the Iowa
when that vessel, under the command of
Admiral Evans. took part in the battle
of Santiago; the other the flag of the
Connecticut, under which the admiral
made the voyage from Hampton roads to
San Francisco.
A distinguished audience will be present
to do honor to the hero of the occasion.
Among those already present or expected
are Col. Hugh l.. Scott. commandant at
West Point; Rear Admiral r. r. Inger-
soil. Commodore E. c.. Benedict. Chief
Engineer William L. Bailie. US. N; Col.
Robert NJ. Thompson and Gen. Anson G..
McCook. U.SA.; Gov. Hughes of New
York, Paul Morton. former Secretary of
the Novy; Frank A. Vanderlip. vice pres
ident OF the National City Bank of New
York; Rev. DR.. Herriek Johnson. formerly
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