The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-23
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AMERICANS SHARE
ROYALTY SH0NORS.
Hammond, Special Ambassador.
Ranks With ENJOYS of
Other Nations. 3s.
But SILL DEMOCRATIC L 6 !: 4. !. |: J;
General Greeley Represents.
Army, and Admiral Vreeland
the Navy.
BUT STILL DEMOCRATIC

li'S NAVY .filf5i et 49,
LONDON, June 22.-The American
people always have been represented n
In England by men eminently typical 3
OF the qualities Of which they, as a Z
nation, are most proud. and there, 10 u
no exception in the case of the spe-S
cial ambassador to the crowninr n
King George and Queen Mary to-day Il
John Hays Hammond, General Adol-hl
phus Washington Greeley and Admiral h
charles Z. Vreeland proved themselves \
Wen qualihed for the parts OF honor
they played in to-day's historic eva.sa{S
and upheld the position Of the IJniteS [
States thoroughly as effectIyely as|
did the last American special ambas-i III
sador to England. Colonel Theodore.
Roosevelt. who acted In that capacity
at the funeral of the late king Ed y.
ward VII - KS 80;
Abbey to-Say. Mr.. Hammond shared
royal honoiV With the following ENJOYS:
from other countries: Duke of Aosta3S
OF Italy; Prince Henry and the Crown
Frince. Of Germany; Archduke'# Karl
franz. OF Austria Hungary; Prince
Johann George, of Saxony; Prince
Henry Of Netherlands; the Crown
Prince Of Denmark, the Crown Prince
or sweden, the Crown Prince of Rou-
mania, Prince Fushlmi, OF w Japan .tt
Prince Chun. son of the Regent Of \
China, and the Crown Prince OF Ser
| via. a ~ *.
The two most noteworthy thinvs
about Mr.. Hammond are his large. yte.$,
orous personality and his clever, help
| ful wife. Together with the heiresses1
| or royal rank, Mrs. Hammond was pre-;
sented at Queen Mary's drawing room
several weeks ago. However. Mrs.
hammond had met the Queen on sew,
eral occasions before, when Her
Majesty ranked as the ID uchess 3 Of
York The. first OF these meetings took
| place at one of Queen victorla,s draw
| Ing rooms, when Mrs Hammond was
presented to the present Queen: also
the Dowager Queen. Alexandria, king
Edward VII. and George ". She be-
came popular with the British ROYALTY
from the first because of her keen wit.
! and, during the several years b resi-.
| dence of the Hammonds In I.ond on
she attended many functions of court
and state. Her position to-day was as
the hiShest In official rank of any
I American woman. M 80
| Handsome as are he rgowns and cost y
| ly as are her Jewels which she wore
to- day, many of them of great historic
value and priceless, It may be said that
Mrs Hammond and her husband we're
tne Two most democratic figures par
uoipating In the great corona tion fes-
| tlvities. i iA tez '7is'tf 81
General Greeley. represents, tive OF
the United States army, Is Wei. known,
In London, through HIS many achieva.S
ments OF world wide interest In sciencei
ana exploration In addition to his milf
tary career. He is known hero is {one
OF the grand old men, OF America
with long record of noteworthy
IectlVities, he to-day, mt the age of six
y-seven, holds the highest honor that
eoula pc granted by the United States
army In connection with the corona ton.
| The best remembered of his feats az en-
| ploration was attaining in 1881 the re.i
| cord for "fartherest North that stood
unsurpassed until the reaching OF thu
! pole BY Commodore Peary AT the head
OF the army's expedition, he CONQUERED
almost insurmountable obstacles until:
| the party got lost In the frozen rerionaet
All but seven OF the party persisted. and
1 General Greeley, himself was within a
rev hours of death when rescued BY
the relief expedition sent out aftert him 8
In more recent years, he attained
| Iurther fame by eXplora ton OF parts o
| Alaska. General Greeley did Important
service as chief Of the Signal corns
| during the Spanish American War He
Is a gold medalist of the Royal leo
| graphical Society. and is the author OF
many scientifir pamphlets. M 5ise
! General Greeley created a sensation
during the Peary-c Cook controversy by
/ =
| because OF the attitude of Peary to-
1 ward DIR. Cook tA3tI.i
The American naval aide to the cor
cnation,9 Admiral Vreeland. is one OF
the most popular men in the service
He has been In the United States
Navy since 1866, and the choice as
| coronation representative fell on him K
! because Of his good record. and the
fact that he has been in the fullest
confidence Of the Navy Department
for years. Admir- ] Dewey was first B
selected for the duty. He is now sew
enty years old, and he declined. al
miral Vreeland was logically the next
man to be considered, and accordingly
he was delegated to sal here on the
battleship Delaware, the most pow
erful fghtin craft representing any
nation at the coronation naval review. n
Before Admiral Vreeland received his
latest promotion he was chief intelli-s
/ gence officer at Washington. through
which work he became interested in
1 the progress OF naval development Z.
abroad, especially in England where +
| he also became extensively acquaint-
ed. He was one OF the around-the-
world captains, having been in COM
mand OF the batteship Kansas during