Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-07
TOGO IS HERE
Japan's Great Sea Fighter A Guest
OF The Naval Academy A
Trip Anticipated With
Great Pleasure.
RECEIVED SALUTE OF II GUNS.
japanese Naval Officer Inspected u:
S. Ships Hartford And Olympia OF
The American Nayy.

az NhAEAlNdu NAVY
Yin visiting the Naval Academy to.
day, Admiral Togo. Japan great sea
fighter, realized what, he said would
be the incident which he anticipated
with the greatest pleasure of any of
his trip to America.
Shortly after his arrival in this
country the Admiral stated that the
place where the coming commanders
of the navy of the United States are
trained would have the strongest at
traction for him as naval officer of
another country.
Admiral Togo and his official party
arrived in a special car from Wash
ington shortly after noon today, and
every official and social courtesy was
extended to them. Apparently there
was no fear that anything the Jap
anese admiral might see would in
future years be turned to the disad-
vantage of this nation, for he was
shown over the different departments
freely, and everything explained to
him fully.
The officers and instructors, except
the few who acted as the guides of
the Admiral and his party, and also
the midshipmen, were scattered
through the different departments,
and the actual work done by the mid
shipmen was exhibited to the visi-
tors.
Arriving at the Naval Academy,
Admiral Togo was greeted by Capt
John II. Gibbons, the superintendent,
his aid and q number of the ranking
officers of the Academy. A company
of marines, drawn up within the gate,
presented arms as the Admiral passed.
The visitors were at once escorted
to the residence of Superintendent
Gibbons, where lunch was served. The
heads of the academic department and
few others were invited to meet the
distinguished visitor.
Owing to the fact that the members
of the three upper classes of midship-
men are absent on the annual cruise,
the newly entered fourth classmen are
the only ones who had the honor of
seeing and being seen by the great
sea-fghter of the generation. 1t was
much regetted that Admiral Togo did
not have the opportunity of seeing the
full brigade at time in the scholastic
year when it had been worked into
shape by the rigorous routine of drills
and practical exercises which are pre-
scribed at the Academy, but the newly
entered fourth classmen were the only
representative of the brigade here
today.
The young men were distributed
about the different departments.
There was no drill or formation for
Admiral Togo to see. However, the
new men are likely body of lads and
could not help but give the noted
guest good impression of the stock
from which our naval officers are
formed
Accompanying Admiral Togo from
Washington were Chandler Hale, As
sistant Secretary of State; Capt. Tenn
plin Potts, u. S. NJ, and some young
er officers of the navy. While at the
Academy Admiral Togo was specially
attended by Superintendent Gibbons,
Commander E. H. Durell, acting COM
mandant of midshipmen, and Lieuten-
ant Adolph Andrews, the aid to the
Superintendent. The departure will
be made about o clock, and at that
time Admiral Togo will receive q
salute of seventeen guns.
Admiral Togo's inspection of the
Academy included two of the famous
ships of the American Navy, now at
tached to the institution and in Anna
polls harbor. These are the Hart.
ford, Farragut's flagship at Mobile
Bay, and the Olympia, from which
Dewey directed the battle of Manila
At the luncheon given by Superin-
tendent Gibbons were the following
Admiral Togo, Mr. Hamhara, chargt
de affaires at the Japanese legation il
Washington; Commander Taniguchi
naval attache at Washington; Com
mander Hiraha, aide to the Admiral
Lieut.. Colonel lnaeye, military attacht
at Washington; Mr.. o Kabe, secre
tary at the legation; Assistant Secre,
tary Hall, Captain Potts and Lieuten
ant Cook, of the Navy.
From the Naval Academy there were
present Superintendent Gibbons, hi!
aid, Lieutenant Andrews, Acting
Commandment of Midshipmen Durell
Commanders Scales and Cole, Surgeon
Pickrell, Lieut.. Commanders Welli
and Raby, Colonel Moses, of the Ma
rine Corps, Professor Terry and Com
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