The Washington times., 1920-01-06
.JELL|cOE REVIEWS
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viscount John JeIiicoe. admiral of
the British .neet. left Washington for
Annapolis at Q o'clock this morning.
well pleased with, his reception at
the American Capital e"fAs'
The party went by special car. At
Annapolis they will inspect the school
from which Americas naval lighters
are graduated. and will witness a-ro-
view OF cadets. returning In the aft
ernoon to leave for Key West
At a dinner and reception at the
home OF Secretary Of the Navy DAN
iels last night. the British sea vet
eran met the nations Cabinet Of
ncials. naval digI itarics and leaders
in Congress- Later. close to the hour
OF midnight. he Joined with the Capt.
tails social set In = brilliant ball At
tho New Willlrd Hotel for the bene-
nt of the. Episcopal Home for Chill
dren- He danced with Miss Anne Cor
don. q debutante of this season and
laughter of Mrs. George Barnett
Later he chose as his partner Mrs.
Francis Alton, Connolly. 'rt
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Although the calendar makes him
sixty years of age. and the British
naval records show that forty-sever
years OF this period have been spent
IN the sea. the admiral proved himself
rs much at home on the ball room
floor as on the quarterback.
After leaving the Navy Yard. where
he Inspected the big guns which are
arm the dreadnaughts Tennessee.
california. and Maryland and new
i6-inch gun of 26-mile range, the ad
,niral and his party had luncheon
with Rear Admiral Grant. com
mandant at the Navy Yard.
From there they went to the Capt.
tol. stopping In the days journey foi
a short inspection OF the Congress
sionaI Library. Ht"
Here Librarian Herbert Putnam had
an exhibit that interested the visitor
intensely-the hoist by which books
are lifted from the stackroom to th'
reading room desk. This hoist Ia
built on the same plan as q nava
ammunition hoist, II being the IL.
brarian's belief that delicately bound
hooks require the same careful han.
ding as delicately charged shells for
huge guns. The admiral inspected
the mechanism admiringly.
On senate Floor.
At the Capitol, the admirals's party
was received by Vice Prestden,
Marshall. who introduced the distin
guished visitor to members OF the
Senate, and later conducted him tc
the floor and introduced him to Sen
ator Phipps of Colorado. who was
temporarily In the chair. At the mo-
ment when he entered. . callSre-
yealed that there was no quorum
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was no applause for the visitor.
In the House. Admiral Jeiiicoe was
greeted with cheers, proposed by Ma
jority Leader Mondell. - =, :
The party stopped at tho homo Of
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
retary Of the Navy. for afternoon tea.
In the evening they were guests At
Secretary Daniels dinner, where Ad-
mirai Jellicoe gave q tribute to the
American navy.
Toasts Presiaest.
Secretary Daniels had proposed .
toast Ito King George, which was
drunk. Admiral Jellicoe Immediately
responded with . toast to President
Wilson. -.> 80
He expressed his thanks for the
courtesies which had been extended
to him while in this country and the
pleasure derived from renewing asso-
citations with officers and men OF the
navy which had been formed during
the war.
81 am confident" .he said. shat the
cooperation and friendship existing
between the American and British
navies during the war will continue,
and with all others In the British
navy, am proud to claim the GAL
liant men in your navy Al my CON-
rades." % g.. t-
Many Distinguished Quests.
Guests invited to the dinner were
Admiral Jellicoe, Commodore r. c.
Dreyer, chief Of stan; Paymaster
Capt. H. II. Share, r. NJ, secretary to
Admiral Jellicoe; Captain Blake, r.
NJ, naval attache Of the British en-
bassy; Mr.. Lindsay, charge d'affaires
Of Great Britain; Secretary Lansing
Secretary Glass. Secretary Baker. At.
torhey General Palmer. Secretary
BurIeson, Secretary Lane, Secretary
"A Houston, Secretary Redfield, Secretary
Wilson, Senator Page, chairman of
the Senate Committee. on Naval AZ
fairs; Assistant Secretary Roosevelt,
Representative Butler, chairman OF
the House Naval Affairs Committee:
Representative Radgett, ranking min
ority member OF the committee; Ad
miral, Coontz, chief OF naval opera
tions: Rear Admiral Badger, u. s. N.
(retired), former chief Of naval oper-
ations and member of the interallied
naval council; Rear Admiral Wash
lngton. chief OF the Bureau, of Navi-
cation, and Commander Foote, aide
TO the Secretary OF the Navy.
The 6inner was followed by a re-
ception at which naval officers. mem
bers OF Congress and naval attaches
Of the various legations were guests.
OFF to the BaIl.
The evenings program concluded
with a visit to the ball for the Epis-
copal Children's Home at the New
Willard, where a box was reserved
for the admiral and his party. Back
OF the box was a large British flag,
| flanked by American flags.
The admiral sat for n few moments
| viewing the scene and then advanced
| to the floor. where he Joined in the
dance.
After returning from Annapolis
this afternoon the party Will leave
| for Key West and Havana. From
there thew Will sail either for home