The Washington herald., 1914-02-05

VETERANS HEAR
PRAISE OF NAVY
Senator Weeks Is Principal
Speaker al, Loyal Le-
sion's Banquet.
c0L0RS ARE PRESENTED
Ceremony Carried Out After Busler
Blows Call Old Comrades
Listen to Songs.
C0L0RS ARE PRESENTED

| IsstCu 70 SOu8ss
More than go veterans ate and drank
! together In the iag-drsped banquet hall
Of hauschsr's last night At the thirty
second annual banquet Of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion OF the United
States. A few young men were present
and the gallery was crowded with young
and middie-aged women. but, looking
over the assemblage, one saw mostly
headA OF white and gray. OF men grown
| old In the service OF their country.
/, thick fog was rising from the cigars
when a bugler from Fort Myer stepped
\ into the banquet hall and blew the call
| to colors at the conclusion OF which
the legion's recorder. Firt Lieut.. Thomas
| Fl. Mckee, U. 8. w.. presented the coaors
Goodloe, United States Marine Corps
who presided at the guest table.
Lie.t. LfllibriAse siaEs.
In q tenor so youthful that 1t might
have come from the throat Of boy Of
| elghteen. George ii. Lillibridge sang
I'VE Have Drank from the Same Can
teen." as he sang 1t fifty years ago In
the civil war. He had to sing two other
! songs before the companions would
let him rest.
One and all the companions seemed in
| accord with the views Of Senator John
w. Weeks. Of Massachusetts,, the prin-
cipal speaker. who. In telling of the navy
past and present. commended Secretary
Daniels educational" policy-though not
In so many words-and advocated the de-
\ velopment OF a naval and army reserve.
Senator Weeks said that when he went
| to Congress-. ten years ago, he expected
that, as he was the only member who
had been graduated from the United
, States Naval Academy, he would get a
place on the House Naval Committee.
But Uncle Joe Cannon knew he was a
navy man and might try to do too much
for the navy. 50 he appointed instead
member from the great naval State or
Iowa"
"No military organisation since the be-
ginning Of time has been 30 uniformly
efhcient as the United States navy" said
Senator Weeks. THE navy In living well
up to the standards Of the past and In
some respects II Is ahead Of the stand
ards Of the past
He instanced the fact that there Is
much less drinking and intoxication in
the navy today than there was thirty
years ago.
Plea for Young 00cers.
A condition which must be dealt with
soon. said the Senator. In the constant
graduation from the Naval Academy OF
young ofiicers, most OF whom can not be
promoted until they become really too
old to hold positions OF high command.
IT q man doesn't reach q position Of
command In early life he begins to lose
his power OF initiative" Senator Weeks
explained, and his fitness for command
As We can't have Q big enough navy to
use all these young man. IL / had my
way I'd sort out the Graduates Of the
naval academy and send half Of them
back into civil life. where they'd be bet
ter citisens than II they hadn't gone to
the academy.
Former Representative Washington
Gardner. OF Michigan. made an address
on patriotism and companionship. which
was followed by ''taps."
At the guest table were @. E. Par
ker. Capt. Newton Ferree. Gen. @. c.
Reid, Col C. c. Snifin. Rev. J. ii. Rob-
inson, Chaplain George Robinson, Capt
L. Z. Capshart. Senator w. L. Jones.
washington Gardner. Gen. G. C. Good
loe. Senator Weeks, Col II. o. 8. Hell
stand. Gen. J. c. Breckinridge. Col J.
c. seantlins. Col +. A. Reeve. Lieut..
G. n. Lillibridse. Capt. o. II. oldroyd.
and Lieut.. T. II. Mckee.
Gsests at Banquet.
The following attended as guests:
Senator W. A. Ashbrook. Hon. W. f.
Andrews. T. II. Armstrong. Capt. J. ].
Abercrombie. Gen. J. p. Aleshire.
L. Y. Baker. II. b. Bennett, j. L. Bost.
s. L. Blood, DR.. s. d. Breckinridge. II. e.
Beck, Brig. Gen. r. n. Baldwin.
J. C. Courts. Hon. C. f. Chamberlain.
Capt d. v. Chisholm, A. V. Cushman.
Rev. DR.. F. c. Clark, A. F. Dinsmore.
Col 8. Fl. Day.
]. J. Edson. B. p. Entrikin.
Cornelius Ford. r. T. Frasier. @. e.
Fleming. Brig. Gen. C. L. Fitzhugh. Brig.
Gen. II. B. Freeman.
8. III. Graves, ii. W. Grimwood. Alex
Grant. C. v. Grunwell. Louis Garthe.
Hon. Washington Gardner.
]. @. Hodges. DR. Lee Harlan. Edward
Harlan. C. W. Huske, w. ii. Hsnnay.
J. p. Johnston. Hon. ". l.. Jones, Lieut..
A. l. James, Hennen Jennings. j. Z.
jerks, o. A. James, DR.. G. W. Johnston.
J. A. Johnston.
N. Keriin. W. Keblinger. c. II. Korts,
Capt @. Kaemmerling. A. J. 9. Kane.
J. B. LAmbie. Hon. Edward Luckow.
Capt A. F. Lucas. Mai. c. ID. A. Loeffler.
Col John McElroy, Zebina Moses. DR..
A. d. Mclean, Lieut.. Commander Arthur
Macarthur, Allen Mills, Admiral N. f.
Mason. Dr. r. H. Miner. W. L. Marshall.
F. w. Mackenzie. Col. g. H. Morgan,
Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills.
o. H. olroyd. Capt. w. q. overton. G.
II. O'Connor. ]. p. O'Lowe.
NJ d. Pratt, i. T. Postlethwaite. Hon.
q. f. Parker. r. r. Perry, jr., F. II.
Phipps, Hon. @. T.. Parker.
Rev. J. II, Robinson. II. NJ. Rose. A.
II. Rowan. W. 8. Richards.
L. p. Shoemaker. q. r. Smith. MAI. w.
r. Smith. J. n. Sharp, q. c. shelse. Hon.
8. w. Smith. Hon. G. NJ. Saltzgaber,
Gen. c. C. snifhn. Hon. J. L. slayden. F.
r. sanderson. H. c. Stewart. Frank SUIT