The Washington herald., 1921-02-20

sistant Secretary Of the Treasury.
They followed the dinner by a big
reception for the North Carolina
Society in Washington. On We'd
nesday Mrs. Daniels attended the
luncheon Of the Society OF Naval
Sponsors which was having its an
nual meeting at the willard and OF
which Mrs. Daniels is vice presi-
dent.
(And by the way. Elsie Calder's
many Washington friends were in
clined to bless the naval sponsors,
since their meeting brought her
down here for a few days visit
to her parents, Senator and Mrs.
w. NJ. Calder. Since her marriage
she is Mrs. Edwin Corwin Lee
now. has been for several years
Washington sees very little OF herD
Wednesday night Secretary and
Mrs. Daniels gave what is probably
their last official dinner for a visit
ing naval celebrity, when they en-
tertained in honor OF Admiral Sir
Lewis Bayly, R. n, who spent two
or three days in Washington. along
with his niece. Miss Violet Noysey.
as guests OF Capt. and Mrs Arthur
H
layed in his arrival and the Hep
burns were Obliged to call on the
dinner they had planned in his
honor for Monday night Most Of
Tuesday he and Miss Voysey. with
the Hepburns, spent at Annapolis
looking things over and being made
much Of by the commandsnt And
Thursday they went on their way.
1t must have been a great pleas
ure for Admiral Sims to 20 to New
York to welcome these visitors on
their arrival, for in his recent book
on The Victory at Sea" he gives
a most engaging account Of them.
Admiral Bayly was in command Of
the joint British and American
force Of destroyers operated in the
Irish sea during the war. with
headquarters at Queenstown, and
Admiral Sims dweils lovingly on his
splendid record and endearinC Quail
tiles. II seems that OF his fifty
years in the British navy at that
time he had spent forty actually
In sea service And while he was
blum old seadOg. who, when the
Americans were first put under his
| command, told them plainly that
they were expected to make good
But when he found that no one eN-
pected it OF them more confidently
and prayerfully that they did Of
themselves, he became their warm
est friend. and their UnfaiinE cham
pion in any dispute that might
arise between them and the British
sailorman.
He always alluded 10 his com
mand as my destroyers' and my
Americans and voc to any one who
attempted TO interfere with them
or do them injustice,
Relations between the young Amer
leans and the experienced admiral
become so close that they would
sometimes go to him with their
personal troubles: he became not
only their commander, but their
confidante and adviser" And Ad-
miral Sims tells OF the pleasant hos
pitality that always welcomed them
at Admiralty House. where the
family consisted OF the admiral
Miss Noysey, his niece, and the lit
tie spaniel. Patrick-snd by no
means the least OF these was Pat
rick, in his own estimation at least.
The three were quite devoted to
one another.
Miss Veysey." says Admiral Sims.
was a young woman OF great per
sonsl charm and cultivation; prob
ably she was the influence that con-
tributed most to the happiness and
welibeinE of our officers at Queens
town. From the day Of their ar
rival she entered into the closest
comradeship with the Americans.
She kept open house for them, and
= was always on hand to Scrve tea
[ in the afternoons" And again:
/ miss Veysey was the leader in all
e the war charities in Queenstown,
a and she and the admiral made It
their personal duty 70 look out
e for the victims OF torpedord ships.
= At whatever hour these survivors
= arrived they were sure OF the most
I warm-hearted attention from head
:. quarters. Even though the
admiral might be at dinner, he and
J. Miss Veysey would leave their meal
half-esten and hurry to the landing
d to welcome the survivors. The ad-
!, miral and his officers always IN
sist on serving them, and they
: would even wash the dishes and
70 put them away for the next time
v am sure>-+hat long after
!, the minor incidents Of this war
: have faded from my memory, !
. shall still have a vivid recollection
4 Of this kindly gentleman. Admiral
4 Sir Lewis Bayly, X. c. b. X c. NJ.
e IG., c. V. O., Royal Navy, serving
y coffee to wretchcd British, Amer
= lean, French. Italian, japanese or
. negro sailors, with a cheering word
: for each. and afterwards, with
] sleeves tucked up, calmly washing
] dishes in a big pan Of hot water
r Do you wonder that this very
Z lovable man became. as Admiral
S Sims says, almost an object Of
: veneration TO our American oficers," d"
or that he was generally known
= to them as 'UAcle Lewis" those
' OF them that grew TO know him
best even calling him that TO his
! face? Ard do you wonder that
|. naval officers here were glad Of a
! chance to welcome him in Wash
/, / ington, and only regretted that his
I stay was Of necessity shortT
: = = +
Someone was telling me that Ad-
miral Bayly was rather recently
raised to that rank and that he was
/ hrst saluted as an admiral when
entering San Francisco harbor re-
: Gently You know he came around
from the Pacific Coast and through
the Canal to this part OF the coUn-
try. He was greeted there by the
proper number of guns for the first
time.
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