The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-09
ADMIRAL TOGO
 VISITS CONGRESS- Gazes Amazed at Big New
 Guns of Navy
PAYS HONOR TO PERF.S SS,s
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Places Wreath On Grave of can Admiral-Shown Through Hodse and Senate In Which He
 Was Much Interested

Washington, August S.-Admral Count Togo paid formal visit to both houses of Congress today and thanked the mem- bers for his cordial reception in this country. In both the Senate and the House he was enthusiastically applauded.
 In the Senate the admiral sat for a few minutes beside Vice President Sherman while Senator Bradley of Kentucky con- cluded speech. Immediately thereafter Senator Root of New York asked that a 15-mnute recess be taken. The admiral wrote his name on the Senate journal and asked the Vice President to announce his thanks to the Senate.
 The admiral was received in the speak CTS room by Speaker Clark, who chatted with him until some parliamentary method could be devised in the House for re- cessing without interfering with the legis- lative programme of the day. The ad- miral entered the chamber amid cheers.
 Representative Fitzgerald took Admiral Togo through some of the committee rooms. first that of the appropriations committee, where the representative ex- plained that about $500. .O00,0OO was appro- priated annually and the admiral turned to the Japanese ambassador at his side with an expression of surprise.
 Before his visit to the capitol Admiral Togo motored to Arlington cemetery. where he.placed a wreath on the grave of Admiral Charles s. Perry. whom he met in Japan when the latter was in com mand of the American fleet.
 Dimes at Metropolitan
 The admiral left his card at the White House and at the residences of Vice Pres ident Sherman, Secretary Knox and Beekman Winthrop, the Acting Secretary of the Navy, on his way from the capi- tol. Tonight he was dined at the Metro politan club by MT. Winthrop and a num- Der of members of Congress and naval officers were present. Later he was given a reception at the Army and Navy club, which concluded his programme in Wash ington He will leave tomorrow for Balti- more and Philadelphia.
 Admiral Togo. unfeignedly amazed, stood at the muzzle of a new 14-inch gun at the Washington navy yard today and inspected the first of the "A most powerful rifles in the world and with which the giant American battleships Texas and New York are to be equipped. Z The Japanese admiral stuck his head into the breech of the gun and look ed through glistening barrel of 52h feet in length, the longest the United States navy has yet attempted.
 Admiral Togo's ordinarily express sionless face plainly relaxed and he looked enthusiastically at the latest product of ordnance genius.
 He continued with acute interest his visit through the yard and through out, then he moved rapidly. He re- ceived a, vivid impression of the re- sourcefulness of the United States navy. When he put on smoked glasses and watched the oxiacetyline process of welding and casting metals, a sight that usually Is not shown to visitors he marvelled at the case at which the workmen toyed with metal.
 He passed through all the machine shops and foundries and inspected care fully the model basin, used for de- termining by mathema tics and model hulls the power required for big bat t1eships.
 The admiral complimented Captain Beatty on the cleanliness of the yard and the extensiveness of its equipment. As he left the yard 19 guns were fired in salute, a Japanese flag being hoisted on staff nearby. The admiral then made a hurried visit to the congress sional library and lunched at the res idence of Huntington Wilson, assistant Secretary of State. abandoning the pro- posed trip to the capitol for lack of time