Evening star., 1925-02-19
OCEAN MEMORIAL
/ CAMP PA|GN STARTS
Diners in New York. Hear
Plans for Navy and Marine
Monument Here.

The ambition of men of the Navy
and Marine Corps for erection of a
great Navy and Marine memorial on
the Potomac River, in Washington,
was brought A step nearer compile
tion in New York City last night at
a dinner given by the Navy and Ma
rine Memorial Association at the
Army and Navy Club of New York.
Pointing to the seaman. the man
who pilots and directs ships of the
modern day and the generations of
seamen who have made his accom-
plishfl,ents possible, as one of the
greatest single forces in the progress
of modern civilization, Rear Admiral
Bradley A. Fiske, U. s. N, retired,
told the Navy and Marine Memorial
Associa ton that the proposed memo
rial must be built to let the seaman
know that the day of his unrequited
service has gone by and that he is
coming into the honor which he
merits
Assurance Of Future.
"Ruild memorial in Washington
that shall stand before the nations"
Admiral Flske said. not only as a
belated recognition OF his work
through all the dim and distant past.
but also as an assurance of near and
brilliant future"
Several hundred Navy and marine
officers attended the dinner, at which
the progress of the association in
raising funds for the proposed memo
rial was reviewed. kilograms wish
ing success to the movement were
read from nearly a score of persons
prominent in national life, including
several governors of States. The me-
mortal, to cost approximately $780,
000 will stand on point in the Po-
tomac, surrounded by water on three
sides, near the site of the Arling ton
memorial bridge. Designs have al
ready been prepared by Begni del
Plata, sculptor, and Harvey Wiley
Corbett, an architect of New York.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur is
chairman of the honorary national
committee, which also includes Theo-
dore Roosevelt, formerly Assistant
Secretary of the Navy; Admiral Ed
ward w. Eberle, Admiral Robert +.
Coontz. Admiral Leigh Palmer. Mai
Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant
of the Marine Corps; Rear Admiral r.
c. Billiard, Chairman 7. V. OConnor
of the Shipping Board and Rear Ad
miral William S. Benson. Many men
and women prominent in public life
are on the national committee.
Tribute to Seamen.
unifer of the world, Admiral Fiske
Caid tribute to the men who have
raised the art of seamdnship to the
point where the passengers on our
great liners regard the schedules of
steamships as they regard train
schedules. The people little realize
what the seaman has done, Admiral
Fiske said, adding that ''it is not even
realized by the people that If it had
not been for the strenuous work of
the Navy just before we entered the
World War, and long before the Army
was ready to do anything whatever,
the Army could not have got across
the ocean until too late.
ITO give due recognition to the
seaman this association asks this
nation. not only in Justice to the
past, but for their own safety in the
future. The world has entered on a
new phase since the armistice, in
which the affairs of the continent of
est and Importance by the affairs Of
the great maritime nations of the
earth
Prospects for Future.
Some people think that the world
fs very old. Perhaps 1T is; but it is
far from being feeble, and the history
of it's greatness is only now be-
ginning. In all that the world is
soon going to do and TO be the link
ing of the maritime nations by the
ties of sea borne commerce is one