The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-02
FLYING BOAT GIVEN
TO STATES SAILORS
Speakers at Naval Militia
Launching Assail Danicls's
Security Policy.
WORDS PLEASE THRONG

II took three ominous swings of little
Miss Olive Whitnau's right arm and
then seven more determined ones by
Iioutcnant-C commander Waite Of h
First Battalion Naval Militia yesterday
afternoon at the foot of West Ninety
sixth street to break "A pretty gold and
blue ribbonci pint OF champagne over
the nacclle of the New York !, the first
hydroacroplanc to be presented to the
New York Nayal Militia. liut the first
twirl of the New York Is propeller was
followed by II roaring whr-r-r-r aud
the brown noscd flying boat slashcd
through tn water and scared away
above the 81 GERS of hundreds Of persons
who witnessed the ceremony.
Goy. Whitman, whose iivc-year-old
daughter was the official but unsuccess-
full sponsor. made the occasion one for
n plea for preparedness. Henry A.. Wise
Wood. vice-prasident OF the Aero club
OF America and one OF Secretary Dam
iels's naval advisory board, who pre-
scented the hydroaeroplane to the Naval
Militia on behalf of Glenn III. curtiss
and the National, Aeroplane Fund. issued
a call for the rejection by the American
people of the programme of "u~nprepared-
ness disguised as preparedness. both as
TO the army and navy, that the Admins
tration has offered through the public
press"
ION behalf of that patriotic movement
for national defence" said Mr.. Wood,
(which until recently found Washington
but cold and dumb. I demand, first. that
We be restored at once to the position
of second naval Power. from which
through the weakness OF our advisers
We were permitted to fall. and second.
that the recommendations OF the General
Staff Of the army be revealed and II ade-
quate he enacted into law
MIR. Woods sneech and the Governors
words on preparedness were Cheered by
the throng which gathered about the
Granite state and crowded the dock
where the launching " the hydroaero-
plane took place. New York is the first
State to have such "A machine in the
service of it's naval militia. The entire
battalion was drawn up to receive the
Governor, his military aids, officials
of the Aero club and other notables.
Commander Charles l.. Poor accepted the
boat for the naval militia. Both the
National Guard and naval militia of
the State now are equipped with aero
planes.
with Gov. Whitman, Mrs. Whitman
and their daughter. among the guests
of the battalion were Admiral Nathaniel
II Usher, commandment of the New YORK
Navy Yard Adjt.-Gen. Louis w. Stotes-
bury. capt. Lorillard Spencer. MAJOR
Reginald Foster, Alan II. Hawley, rresi-
dent OF the Aero Club Henry Wood
house, Samuel II. Valentine. Emerson
McMillin, Albertos Santos-Dumont. FL
mer and Lawrence Sperry, ruina W.
Post and W. Redmond Cross. a BRIEF
reception was held in the cabin OF the
Granite state when Gov. Whitman ar
rived shortly after . 80 O'Clock.
The launching was arranged on the
dock aft of the Granite state. The New
York |. Is "a trim, imposing craft OF
power that was not realized until Ensign
Lee IL. Harris, recently a student at the
Curtiss school, and Frank IL. Burnside
took her aloft and flew up and down the
river for ten minutes. She is OF the
type used by the United States navy
containing a 100 horsepower motor.
Two pennants flew from the machine
yesterday, the First Battalion's ensign
M the prov and the United States PEN
nant above the finlike stern. She was
a pretty picture In the sky on her triai
trip yesterday.
Gov. Whitman. in accepting the nying
boat as commander IN chief Of the state
militia forces. thanked Mr.. Curtiss ana
thu fund and said he hoped the militia's
armament and preparedness would not
stop with one hydroaeroplan.. The
militia, he said, Is the great second line
Of national defence and its men. sacrl-
Rcing their spare time TO IA patriotic
duty. are always ready Tor the vital
moment. They are the men. he insisted,
upon whom the nation would ultimately
depend in case OF emergency.
If Miss Olive Whitman felt any dis
appointment at her failure even to spring
tiny leak in the champagne bottle
which she carried in her arm as a
precious doll she did not show 1t. When