Evening star., 1914-03-04

| col. GEORGE W. COCKTAILS.
holder as If nature had done the work
over which he himself presided. and Col.
Hodges, who made the locks and the ma
chinery by which these great things are
administered. But we are merely ac-
| knowledging the presiding character and
genius which drew all the clements OF
this work together, which made 1t
work done by co-laborers. not by rivals
work done as II It were the conception
of single mind, and work done In The
spirit of service and seif-e6acement and
which belongs to q great service OF
great government.
Sees No Selfshness.
There Is nothing selfish in the emil
nence Of Col Goethals. It is represents
tive Of a great profession; 1t Is repre-
sentative OF great government: 1t Is
representative of great spirit
II am glad that this thing was not
done by private enterprise and that there
Is no thought of private profit anywhere
in it, but that a government put itself
at the service of the world and used
great man to do great thing. That
is the ideal Of the modern world. that
the services to mankind shall De COM
monty shared.
so / esteem it a real privilege. acting
on behalf of this society, to present to
you. Col. Goethals. this very beautiful
medal. 1t is made Of mere gold and gold
is of no consequence In this connection.
but it speaks in the most precious metal
we know the gratitude and the admira-
ton of the world
Overcome by Emotion.
Col. Goethals received the medal and
stood silent evidently overcome by emo
ton. Finally. words came. at drst slow
and punctuated by pauses. Gradually he
regained his conposure and feelingly ex-
pressed his appreciation.
"It is easier to build canals" he said.
than to find fitting words to express
my gratitude for this honor and the dis
tinguished manner in which the presenta-
ton of the medal has been made. This
medal represents the satisfaction Of the
National Geographic Society at the prac-
tical completion of the canal and its ap-
proval of the services rendered. Those
services are not only individual services.
but national services. The French were
the pioneers in the undertaking. But for
the work that they did on the isthmus.
we could not today regard the canal as
practically coompleted. But for the Eng
lsh we probably would not have known
the means Of eradicating malaria. The
death rate would have been great Among
individuals we have national representa-
tives of the Spanish and the English in
our laboring force.
Canal Work Of Many.
1.-The canal has been the work of many,
and it has been the pride of the Ameri-
cans who have visited the canal to find
the spirit which animated the forces
Every man was doing the particular part
Of the work that was necessary to make
it success. No chief Of any enterprise
ever commanded an army that was 50
loyal, so faithful, that gave its strength
and its blood to the successful completion
of its task as the canal forces.
And so, in accepting the medal and
thanking the National Geographic So
ciety for It, ! accept 1t and thank them
In the name Of every member Of the canal
army.
Count J. H. Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, was introduced by Secretary
Bryan as the representative Of "one Of
the greatest nations that will benefit by
Col. Cocktails achievement. Tho am
bassador declared. in behalf Of his gov
for the creation Of the canal and the
action of the United States in placing 1t
at the worlds disposal.
Representative Mann. who Is republican
and suffering endured by the canal force
during ne construction period and en-
phasize, the fact that 1t was the first
undertaking Of such magnitude that had
been completed through federal effort
without the snairch Of graft
Secretary Bryan praised the French
government, the first to attempt to build
the canal. for its part in the construction
work on the isthmus. Ambassador
Jusserand. responding, told of his long
said he had pledged his friendship to
him 'at first sight"
List Of the Guests.
The list Of guests was:
Howard Acton, Miss Frances E Adams.
Franklin Adams, Mrs. Adams. A. B.
Agaccio. counselor Chilean legation; Rep
Capt. George E. Albee, U. 8. A.; Mrs.
Capt. George Z. Albec. U. s. A: Mrs
Albee. Maj. Gen. James B. Aleshire, Wal
ter Ellwood Allen. Mrs. Allen. Isaac ALI
son. Justice Thomas H. Anderson, Mrs.
D. B. Andrews. Brig. Gen. George An
drews. U. S. A: Mrs. Andrews, Repre-
se' .ative D. R Anthony, Jr.; Mrs. An
thony, J. H. Arnold. DR.. Joseph A. Ar
mold. Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Ellen T. Atweil,
o. P. Austin. Mrs Austin. Miss Laura NJ.
Averill. Commander Benotst d'Azy, naval
attache. French embassy: visoountess
day.
James z. Bag1ey. W. J. Bacon. Mrs.
Emma A. Bailey. Miss Bette Baines, J.
e. Baines, Mrs. Baines. Rear Admiral
George w. Baird. Z. s. N; Mrs. Baird.
DIR. Frank Baker, Mrs Baker, William
II. Baldwin, Mrs. Baldwin. Robert Bang
hardt. Mrs. Samuel n. Barker Mr.. Bar
ker. Virgil 3. Barker. John Barrett Rep
resentative Richard Bartholdt Mrs. Bar
tholdt. A. G. Batchelder. DR.. Edwin
Behrend. Mr.. Behrend. DR.. A. Graham
Bell, Mrs. Bell. S. J. Bell. Miss Bell.
Claude n. Bennett, Waldema Bendz,
Louis Bennett. Mrs. Bennett Mtss Alma
Benton, Mrs. Edward Benton. Emile Bsr-
liner. Mrs. Berliner. the German anabas-
sador. Capt. Commandant Elsworth T.
Bertholf. U. s. R c.: Mrs. Berthoaf. W.
D. Bigelow, Mira Btgslow. B. =. Bang-
ham. DR.. A. ". Biting, Miss Katherine
G. Biting. Elmer Blagg, Mr.. Blagg, Gist
Blair. Mrs. Blair. Lieut. Commander
Block, U. S. N: Henry r. Biount. Mrs
Blount, Walter E Blount, Mrs. Walter E.
Blount Surgeon General Rupert Blue,
Frank W. Bolgiano. Mrs. Bolgiano, e.
Percy Bonner, Donna r. Bonner, Mrs. j.
II. Booth. Representative w. p. Borland,
Mrs. Borland, Mrs. c. r. Bradbury. Rear