New-York tribune., 1909-01-09
EVANS TELLS OF CRUISE
ASKS FOR LARGER NAVY.
Rear admiral Entertains Large Au-
dience zcith Incidents Of Trip.

In describing last night how he took the battle
ship fleet around the\I Horn San Francisco ar
rivins at the Golden Gate on the moment ne had
promised months before. Rear Admiral rooney -
Evans lost opportunity of impressing ms au-
dience with the need for more adequate navy
The lecture and reception at Carnegie Hall were
under the auspices OF the Navy League an or
ganzation whose sole aim is 10 insnl enous"
patriotism into the Middle West and other PaI's
Of the country outside Of a view Of blue water
to make the citizens prod their Representatives,
into maintaining the country's credit afoat-
Had no in the audience ever seen the rear
admiral before they would have known VINO ne
was after listening to him a moment Ever CRISP
terse sentence and biz of whimsical humor uis'
he used every turn of phrase and expression
could come from other than Rear Admiral Ron
lev d Evans He had to sit while he talked TOT
his crippled leg could not hear his weight
still carry about souvenirs of the civil
War" he said as he begged permission to remain
seated while he talked and one Of them keeps re-
minding me that I cannot do as please. II
want TO stand. the only way that can 90 II !"
comfort is by standing my head
Now. one word about that feet NO one man
oop15 have taken II around the world and only
one man in the world could have thought OF seh'-
ing IT, II took 15ooo men TO run the nee', lns
man who boiled water down in the stokeholn ara
the man who peeled potatoes the7e s'' '''''-N
have some Of the credit
The Navy League is a great and important @ W
Eanization." he said. speaking Of that oony- We
need only look at the neNeI loI'e -. 80
britain % see what such a league mas zone IN
,bs+ country, ard the Kaise7 could have done moth
Ing n building UP German navy had 1t not been
FOR the Navy League Of that empire
After rehearetng the history OF the formation Of
the a.et admiral Evans spoke OF its first visit TO
HAMPTON Roads help out the jamestown eNpos'-
,yon II had to entertain all the visiting forelgn
officials and notables. and Americans ms well hHt
for these latter. the admiral said, congress IN
It's infinite wisdom and generosity made no appro-
nr,a,ion for entertaining our own people, ana we
had to do that out OF our own pockets
OF the york Of preparation at Hampton Roads he
said:
c-,sa Of fourteen thousand niles Is the easiest JOB
IN the world for the who does not have 10 40 IL
E,,t Nc had one or two good ren 20 hAlp-Nr New
berry one Of the ablest men who ever held MS
nos,tion and Rear Admiral Brownson who. think
h,5 ,o-,e SiH9c1ltv about a medical snip.
..rF Won asked me why the feet Was sent 20 tle
p.o,ec 7 should say in AL confidence, l do not
know Having known President Roosevelt f"r
+b,rty Years did not ask him, and II I had he
would not have told II he had told newell
7 have 10 wish to join certain club Well. was
brought I'D in the old school Of doing things and
not talking back 90 when I was ordered to take
the feet into the Pacific got ready TO do it.
He told Of the preiminares before the fleet began
its long cruise. It took ten or twelve days 70 &C
c,,storo the ships work together, and then they
went 10 Cape Cod for target practice, where they
were accused Of soaring the fish and breaking all
he
Cana Cod wives. When they started laying mines
thev got all the lobster pots tangled up in their
gear which led to several lobster feasts aboard the
feet Then came target practice the detailed re-
suits of which admiral lamented not being able
TO give because Of those blessed regulations
NO one wanted fight" he said. speaking OF this
None Of us want 20 fight but II we had to
we wanted be able to do it better than the other
fellow
At target practice occurred the bareback on tho
We will have another Of that kind, thank
Godl' The work in Cape Cod Bay showed the i'm
portance of fire control above all things, said the
admiral and much work had to be done IN wiring
the vessels a task complicated by the wiring for a
wireless telephone which never amounted to any
thing.
When fleet finally about ready 10 sail
ali the old taken away and the train
ing stripped Of all their green youngsters
TO take their places The admiral at first not
exactly pleased at this. but by the end of the
cruise he had fine set of veterans he
wished. This showed. he said. what a fine educa-
t.onal institution the navy is. adding that he
wished he could take fifty thousand young men and
boys out OF this city and put them aboard ship
find out who was boss
Speaking Of the parting from sweethearts and
wives at Hampton Roads. he had many pleasant
words for them. Navy women all behave WE'LL
he said. "An American women behave well. but
navy and after them the army women. be-
have best OF all"
OF the rumors at the outset Of the voyage he
said:
The talk of war with Japan any other power
was too silly for any man. 1t not only
silly but wicked. right TO send fleet
around the world. and Il ones business.
The President who would not dare 10 order II on
sucb n cruise would be worthy TO he President
II was a crime for any to say that the nation
which brought Japan into The civilized world
going TO war with ii. have been in Japan and
know the people They do not want To fight with
sny one and have reason TO want fight with
any mart OF the world. except perhaps place up
on the northeast corner of the map.
The description of the voyage by the admiral
renete with anecdote which SNOW ed the fitness OF
prnta Arenas was passed all the coal was carried
In British bottoms. thing which IL Is cne of the
aims of the Navy League 10 remedy.
.r,o,g those who accepted invitations act on
.ha racantion committee Herbert l.. Sattcriee
Assistant Secretary of the Navy: Colonel Robert
NJ Thompson. r. A. c. Smith, George r. Sheldon
Iohert < Tod Seth Low. General Arson G. McCook
1scoh n Schir, Jarvis B. Edison, Lieutenant Will
tom II Stayton. Paul d. Cravath Lawrence F.
proine William Franklin. District Attorney
uyUltau IT Jerome eX-Lieutenant Governor l.. s.
CIapdler w r Addicks, Daniel T. Worden, J.
p,arnon+ Morgan General Benjamin F. Tracy. the
per Dr William n. Grosvener, Stephen Baker,
Archie p Huntington. George E Young, William
= sbeehan the Rev. DR.. c. II. 2arkhurst, Colonel
pober4 z Baker Clifford Richardson j. Edward
simmons Bishop Greer. Levi P. Morton. the Rev
nv z NJ Stires Ransom Ii. Thomas. Myles Tier
ney General Alexander S. Webb Frederic h Cou-
dert Hart Lyman Nathan Straus. Ex-Governor
Lyman Abbott Clement A Griseom. Cornelius A.