Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-23
country as manifested IN that arm Of the
defense that IL called the navy"
Good Navy imperative, Meyer.

people OF the United States half q bill
lion dollars in expenditures for the con-
duct OF that war, pensions and other SUBJ
seQuent costs.
Let us have fleet for the nation, and
not for local interests" he said. IF
| our ships meet defeat through the in
adequacy of our navy. the blood Of our
who failed to provide
THE nation foremost in peace" said
| Gen. Porter. should be able by it's
armament to insure peace The navy
does not mean war. it means peace. 1t
would be a great deal better to have
no navy than an incompetent one"
Rear Admiral Sigsbee added his voice
to the demand for an adequate navy,
declaring himself abhorrant Of war, and
ship program. Mr.. Barnes pointed out
that every one Of the six wars In which
the United States has been engaged
has been either directly or indirectly
decided at sea-
The attendance included
Mrs. Adler. Francis B. Allen, Mrs. Allen,
Col. Edward J. Allen and guests, Pay
master D. M. Addison, U. s. NJ; Mortimer
c. Addoms. A. c. Addison, Charles Fran
chs Adams, Mrs. Charles Francis Adams
and D. b. Anterior.
II: B. Brandyce, j. H. Blake. Mrs.
Blake, L. K. Brown, Mrs. L. K. Brown,
Mrs. Bathon. Maj. Gen. william p Bid
die. U. S. NJ. c.; Rear Admiral r. B.
Bradford. U. S. N: Mrs. Bradford, James
Barnes. c. Lynn Bundy, Mrs. c. Lynn
Bundy. Perry Belmont, Mrs. Belmont.
Commander Reginald Belknap, U. S. N:
Miss Elizabeth B. Bliss. j. H. Blake, Mrs
Blake, Murray Boocock. Capt. Beatty, u.
s: N; Mrs Beatty, David s. Barry. Judge
William p. Biddle. Charles Henry But
Ter and Mrs. Butter
d. T. Campbell. Commander Carmody
George A. Chandler. G. H. CASTOR and
guest. Rufus Choate, Royal Phelps Car
roll. Representative Eugene T. Chamber
lain, Representative Joseph G. Cannon.
Thomas M. Chatard, Mrs. Chatard, Capt.
w: l. Chambers; U. s. N: J.. A. Carey
Alexander Cameron. Mrs. Alexander Cam
eron, Rear Admiral H. I. Cone, U. 8. N;
Commander w. c. Cole. NJ. ]. Carpenter,
Mrs NJ J. Carpenter. John w. Croskey.
and Mrs. Cowie.
A. H Dadmun Mrs A. H. Dadmun, F.
]. Doremus, Mayo Dudley. Frederick W.
Davis, Mrs. Davis. Prof. Paul ]. Dashiel.
Horace H. Dali, Everett Dominick, Capt.
H. o. Dunn, U. 8. N, and Hayne Davis.
Commander George r. Dvans, U. 8. N;
Mrs. Evans, Frederic Esner, Miss Mary
T. Eastman, s. T. Early and ]. Fred
Essary.
NJ. c. Furstenan. Miss FYagg. Rear
Admiral F. F. Fletcher. U. 8. N; Col.
Edward s. Fowler. Mrs. Edward 8. Fow-
Ter, John j.. Fitzgerald and Charles A.
Fowler.
Newton Gulick, Mrs. ]. H. Gibbons.
Capt Mason Quick. U. 8. NJ. c.; Mrs.
Mason Gulick, Capt. C. A. Cove, u. s.
N: Capt John H. Gibbons, H. A. ellis
and j. L. Givan.
Robert Hayden, Rear Admiral G. B.
Hodges. Miss Hartung, T. W. Harris.
Mrs. William e. Humphrey. Miss NJ
Hin. Pay Director Heap. Mrs. Heap.
James T. Hayey. James T. Haveys
son. e. Heyl, DIR. C. Barton Hirst Will
liam F. Hit, III. B. Hollins, H. B. Hol-
Inns guest, J. 8. w. Holton, Mrs. ]. s.
w. Holton. Admiral Hemphill, Miss Ora
Joseph Hemphill. G. III. Hammond. Mrs.
Frank Hearne, Lieut.. r. Henderson, w.
Henderson Moses, Mrs. w. Henderson
Moses, DR.. c. Barton Hirst and William
E. Humphrey.
Paymaster W. B. lizard, U. s. n.
Carl A. Joerissen, Mrs Julian James
Mrs. Johns, F. B. Johns, Mrs. L. NJ.
Jackson.
H. B. Kane, Mrs. Kane, A. L. Kelly
Morris Ketchum, Frederic Knapp, Capt
John J. Knapp, Mrs. John ]. Knapp, Isa-
dore Krotosky.
Arthur Long. Lieut.. Col Charles G..
Long, Miss Lipscomb, capt. David II.
Lyon, Lieut.. Commander H. Lanning,
U. s. N; Arthur c. Ludington. w. S.
| Lloyd, Mrs. Lloyd, Jefferson Levy, w.
F. Lemon, Charles E. Leonard. Mai.
Lydecker. c. B. Lamont. Charles N.
| Lee, A. p. Lundin, A. p. Lundins guest,
William H. Ludington.
| M.
| Lieut.. Commander e. G. McCauley,
Hudson Maxim, Mrs. Maxim. Miss Kib-
hey, Glenn Morse, A. G. Mills, George
Won L. Meyer, Mr.. Micou, Mrs. Micou,
Miss Mimmack, Franklin MacVeagh.
Russell MacLennan, Mrs. Russell Mac
Lehman, John H. Mosshart, DR.. d. N.
McQuillen. Mrs. D. N. Mccuillen, Com
| mander Macdonald, U. s. N; H. T
Maury. George r. Malby, Lieut. j.
Adolph Mollenhauer, Lieut.. j. A. Mollen-
hauer's guest, Edward D. Meier, Thomas
W. Miller, L. N. D. Mixsel, Lieut. Com
mander c. r. Miller, Albert Marburg and
Guy Mason.
Guy Norman and Alfred Noble.