The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-17
WILSON PRAISES
AMERICAN NAVY

no Olner ndIlOn s nOnOT we SldHu
for humanity and for the things that
humanity wants.
Flag Typifies Best in World.
Speaking of the flag, the president
said it typified all that was best in the
world.
1.-The mission of America" he went
on, sis what her sailors and soldiers
should think of. They have nothing
to do with shaping Of policies. Some
times the persons who run the United
| States forget the principles it was
founded on, 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 dynamo.
! I'VE lift no threats against any ma
ton. This fleet in the river is a great
solemn evidence that the force of
America is the force of moral prin-
/ ciple.
There is nothing else for which
she will contend.
| At the conclusion of his address.
President Wilson left the hotel to in
spect the fleet lying at anchor in the
Hudson river.
| A Mighty Armada.
! A mighty armada of battle
ships, destroyers, submarines AMI
AUXILIARY craft, the nations bull
wark in case of war swung at
anchor in the Hudson river today.
| groomed for review by the president
| of the United States The most pow
erful array of fighting ships ever as
sembled in an American port-siXty-
four in all-the fleet stretched for
four miles in a double line of solemn
gray Each battleship was in readi-
ness TO thunder out the presidential
salute of twenty-one guns when the
navy yacht Mayflower, with the presi-
dent on the bridge. passed them in
the afternoon.
Conveyed by the cruiser Baltimore.
the Mayflower. bringing the president
from Washington, reached the harbor
last night, and after a short halt near
Tompkinsville, steamed up the river
to anchorage off West Fortyfirst
street
The naval review. preceded in the
the program as the chief ceremonial
Of the ten days visit of the Atlantic
fleet to this port.
Tomorrow the demonstration will
end with the departure of the fleet
for a naval war game along the At
lantic coast. -,s.r#
President Ashore at 1O:45.
A sharp rain spattered the uniforms
of the sailors with mud as they swung
into parade formation shortly after 10
o'clock and headed north on Fifth
avenue for the reviewing stand in
front of the Library between Forty
first and Forty-second streets A solid
wall of umbrellas, dripping rivulets of
had come to see and cheer along the
line of march.
President Wilson came ashore at
the foot of West Forty-first street at
10:45 o'clock. He was accompanied
by Acting Mayor McEneny and w.
Duncan Butler, vice chairman of the
citizens committee. AS he entered
an automobile to drive to the review
ing stand, two troops of mounted po-
lice started the horses in a canter. As
they clattered over the cobblestOneS,
100 strong, other mounted police took
their station beside the automobile in
which the president rode.
Roar Welcome to Wilson.
The president passed between thou
sands of persons lining the sidewalk
who roared a welcome. The presi-
dental party Travelled at brisk pace
through the street, trailed by three
a detachment of detectives from po-
lice headquarters. Seldom had such
precautions been taken to guard
president in New York along the way.
There were many detectives, some of
them being stationed even on the tops
of houses so that they might better
observe the throngs. The secret ser
vice guard also was unusually heavy
When the president arrived at the
reviewing stand, he found the Seventh
regiment of the New York national
guard drawn up in salute. The block
was roped off from the public, but as
the head of the column of mounted
police dashed into the square, the
throngs for blocks set up a cheer that
did not end till the president had
taken his place. Few minutes after
the president had reached the stand,
the head of the parading line came
into view. A battalion of mounted
police preceded the nIarchers.
Salute for the President.
Next came the marine corps band,
then the marines themselves, clad in
dark blue Jackets with light blue
trousers, and then the regiments of
sailors.
The president was saIuted through
out the parade.
He stood silk hatt.o, intent on the
spectacle, serious of face except when
the passing of the mascots from the
various battleships drew ripples of
laughter from the crowd.
The line was not long in passing
the stand.
When the last detachment had
passed. the president left for the Ho-
tel Baltimore, where the program
called for brief address by the pres
ident at a luncheon gwen by the citi-
zenS' committee
Crowds Surge About President.
As the president rode from the re-
viewing stand to the hotel, the throng
on the streets gave him another en-
thusiaStic welcome. During the ride
the president stood in his automob ile,
hat in hand, and smiled his apprecia-
ton. 4 wall of blue coats held the
crowds back and at several points had
some difficulty holding in check the
men and women who sought to reach
the president and shake his hand.
Fine, wonderful, 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,
however, when the sailors from the
Florida and Utah marched by, holding
aloft standard on which was writ