Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-25
WILSON SEES FLEET
PRESIDENT IN SPEECH AT LUNCH.
EON IN NEW YORK CITES
PULSE OF NATION IN CRISIS.
is WORKING FOR HUMANITY
Great Throngs Cheer Nations Chief
at New York Parade-Receives Rec
ord OVation-Has Praise for Daniels
and the Navy.

New York, May 19-President Will
son on Monday delivered a patriotic
address on the American flag and the
protection it carries for Americans at
a luncheon given in his honor by the
New York citizens committee for the
reception Of the Atlantic fleet.
When the president arose to speak
soon after reviewing the parade of
sailors and marines from the fleet he
was cheered enthusiastically.
The president declared that the
luncheon was not the occasion at
which it was wise for him to make
an extended address. He said he al
ways had had deep interest in the
navy.
1T is right" he asserted, that
America should have a great navy to
express its character"
The navy, he added, brought the
United States into touch with the rest
of the world. Secretary Daniels was
praised warmly. Under him, the presi-
dent said, the navy had become more
and more efficient. The secretary,
he declared, had his entire support
The navy of the United States"
the president continued, expresses
our ideals. The fleet lying here at
New York is a great feet and has
nothing of buster about it. The great
thing about America is that it wants
no territory and questions no other
nations honor. We stand for human
1ty and for the things that humanity
wants"
Speaking of the flag, the president
asserted that it typifed all that was
best in the world.
THE mission of America" he went
on, lis what her soldiers and sailors
should think of. They have nothing
to do with shaping of policies. Some
times the persons who run the United
States forget the principles upon
which it was founded, but the people
themselves never forget.
When a crisis occurs in this coun-
try it is as If you put your finger
on the pulse of the nation-as if you.
put your hand on the pulse of a dy.
namo.
I'VE lift no threats against any ma
ton or class in the United States.
This fleet in the river is a great sol
emn evidence that the force of Amer
lea is the force of moral principle
There is nothing else for which she
will contend"
At the conclusion of his address
President Wilson left the hotel to in
spect the feet lying at anchor in the
Hudson river.
The most powerful array of fighting
ships ever assembled in an American
port, siXty-four in all, stretched for
four miles in double line of solemn
gray, but touched with gayer colors
where pennants and ensigns streamed
from fighting top and masthead in
honor of the occasion. Each battle
ship was in readiness to thunder out
the presidential salute of twenty-one
guns when the navy yacht Mayflower,
with the president on the bridge,
passed them in the afternoon.
The president rode between thou
sands of persons lining the sidewalks,
who cheered and roared a noisy well
come
Fine! Wonderful! A great set of
men," were some Of the presidents
expressions as the blue line tramped
past in front of the reviewing stand
Once his face became very grave, how
ever, when the sailors from the Florida
and Utah marched by, holding aloft
a standard on which was written,
Vera Cruz, April 21-22, 1914"