The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-05
Guests in Morning at Special
Dress Parade in Historic
Fort Monroe.
LUNCHEON ON BATTLEsHIP
Following Garden Party in Their
Honor, Officers Leave
for Washington.
(speciaI to INC TImes.plsnatch !

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
Newport News. Va, juno 4.-Before
Their departure tonight for Washing
ton to visit President Taft and other
government officials. the officers of
the visiting German squadron were
iaVishly entertained to-day. the navy
and the army vying with each other
In showing the Germans true Ameri-
can hospitality
The days elaborate program came
TO an end with garden party at the
home OF German Consul Henry
Lane schmelz In Hampton. at which
there were 800 guests, including all
of the officers of the German fleet and
the American warships.
The day began with festivities at
Fortress Monroe. Rear Admiral
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and his staff Of
lcers and Rear Admirals Ward and
Winslow. with their STATS. were the
guests at a special dress parade and
drill on the parade grounds in historic
old Fort Monroe. The entire gar
rison OF one thousand men. In full
dress uniform. went through the dress
parade and the special drills, while
the visiting officers looked on from
special stands. The German officers
evinced the liveliest interes, in the
drills.
Following the drill. Colonel Fred
erick :. Strong, commandant of the
fort, and Mrs. Strong entertained in
honor OF tho visiting officers at the
commandments quarters at Old Point
The decorations consisted of inter
twined American and German flags.
Luncheon on BattIcnhIp.
Immediately after the reception end
Cd. the officers were conveyed to the
battleship Louisiana, flagship Of Rear
Admiral Winsiow. where they were
the guests of the American Admiral at
luncheon. Toasts were drunk to the
Kaiser and the President OF the
United states.
The German officers then returned
to their ships and later went TO old
Point wharf where they boarded
SPECIAL cars for Hampton to attend
the garden party given In their honor
by Nice-Ccnsul Smell
In the receiving line were Vice
Consul and Mrs. Schmelz. Rear
ADMIRAL Rebeur- Paschwltz. Rcar-Ad-
miral Ward. Rear-Admiral Winslow,
and Colonel and Mrs. Strong. Assist
Ing in receiving were DR.. Mary c.
Moomaw. OF New York: Mrs. Robert
Tate, Mrs. Herbert WILLIAMS and Miss
Nalaria Gerard, of Fort Myer; Mrs.
Nelson Groome, of Hampton: Mrs. j.
W. Hope, Mrs. Homer l.. Ferguson. Of
Newport News. Mrs. a. /. Hopkins, OF
new ~! IikS CltI I,
Mrs. Howard Williams, of Fort Mon
roe: Mrs. Frank Darling and Mrs.
II. q. Parker
Bands from the Louisiana and the
kansas Were on hand, and played ma
tional and German airs as we'll as
popular music, and a chorus from the
Hampton N<tmal School sang a number
OF plantation melodies. The party was
held under the elm trees. end the
lawn was screened by immense Amer
lean and German flags.
Naval Officers Attend.
Besides the guests from Newport
News. Hampton. Fort Monroe Rich
mond. Norfolk, New York and Wash
ington, the naval officers attending
Were: Captains Knapp and staff, Of
the Florida oliver and staff. OF the
New Hampshire: Snowden and staff.
OF the South Carolina; Benson and
staff. OF the Utah: Wilson and staff.
of the North Dakota; Wells and star.
OF the Louisiana; Hood and staff OF
the Delaware, and HoogewerH. OF the
Kansas.
Upon their return to Old Point. Ad-
miral RebeYr- Paschwitz and nineteen
of the German officers left for Wash
ington to visit the President and Ger
man ambassador and to make a pi1-
grimage 10 Washington's tomb and :.
trip to Annapolis