Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-23
TRAINING OF THE YOUTH
CLASSED AS GREAT NEED
Chaplain Bayard, U. S. N, Discusses
Theme at Order Of Washing
ton Banquet.

3. The great need in the United States
today is the training of its youth IN
the proper recognition of authority
and the yielding of that obedience IN
keeping with the patriotic spirit OF the
nation. This was the declaration OF
Rev. George Livingston Bayard. chap-
lain of the United States Navy. IN MS
address at the annual banquet OF the
Order of Washington held last evening
in the Army and Navy Club.
Chaplain Bayard, who took as his
subject THE National Spirit of Amer
ica." strongly recommended that the
boys of the public schools should be
taught by men and girls by women.
This should be done. he stated. lest the
men of the nation grow up unmindful
of the parting injunction of Washins-
ton that the federation of states should
ever be prepared for national defense.
and lest they yield to ''peace-at-an!
nrice" policies which might lead TO
disaster.
other Speakers and Themes.
Rear Admiral Charles II. Stockton.
U. S. ~, retired, commander general of
the order. presided at the banquet and
presented the other speakers-Rev. DIR.
James H. Taylor, pastor of Central
Presbyterian Church. who discussed
..Essentials of Patriotism" and Repre-
sentative George E. Hood of Goldsboro,
N c., whose topic was. Gen. WASH
ington.'
DR.. Taylor, during his address, made
an appeal for greater unity among the
people of the nation in considering the
question of its safety. Il congratulate
you, compatriots of the Order of Wash
ington,'' he said, lin the work you are
doing in banding together to spread the
spirit of patriotism throughout the
Speaking of the illustrious examples
of patriotism which the american ma
tion had produced, DR.. Taylor said:
You and 1 should leave behind vision
for those who come later
Mr.. Hood Favors Preparedness.
That he stands unqualifiedly for ade-
ouate national preparedness was a
statement of Representative Hood.
which ELECTED applause. Continuing,
he pointed out that the citizens of this
nation should never forget Washing
toms words looking toward national
preparedness.
DR.. Joseph G. B. BulIoch, chancellor
general of the order, delivered a brief
address at the close, in which he pre-
scented a motion that the sympathy of
the order be extended to the widow of
Dr. Lucius n. Cuthbert of Denver,
Colo, compatriot of the order, who died
recently.
Those in Attendance.
The list of those in attendance in
cluded: Rear Admiral Charles H.
Stockton. U. S. N, retired, commander
general of the order; Rev. George Liv-
ingston Bayard, chaplain general; DR..
Joseph G. B. Bulloch, chancellor gen.
eral: CASTOR Bulloch; Allan E. Walker,
Douglass Bulloch. DR.. Charles H. Bow
ker. William Bowie, DR.. Louis d. Car
man. William NJ. Conrad. Francis E.
Culver of Baltimore, DR.. Davis. Alfred
Barbour Dent, DR.. Edwin Allston HILL
Daniel Smith Gordon, Rev. James H
Taylor. James Marion Johnston, Col.
Isaac W. Littell, U. S. A; Frank S.
Parks. Capt. George w. Rulison of New
York city. j. Med. Stewart, DIR. George
Tully Vaughan, Capt. Thomas Wash
ington. U. S. N: Thomas Campbell
Washington. Representative George E.
Hood of North Carolina, Ethelbert
Fairfax. Sidney Smith and r. E. L.
Yeliott.
The committee in charge of the ban
auet was made up of DIR. Bulloch,
chairman: Chaplain Bayard. Daniel
Smith Gordon, DIR. Charles Neill Mac
bryde. Alfred Barbour Dent, William
ID. Conrad and DR.. Charles H. Bowker
cnrav or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,