Evening star., 1925-05-31
TRIBUTES TO DEAD
AT SEA BROADCAST
Admiral Fiske's Memorial
Day Address Sent by Radio
Around the World.

graves OF the cOuntryS QefenQers
yesterday, through the medium OF
the United States Navy wireless and
the linked broadcasting of station
wEAF, a tribute to those Americans
lost at sea was sent around the
world.
Rear Admiral Bradley A Fiske
L. S. n. (retiredl, delivered the tribute
as follows:
AS chairman Of the Navy and Ma
r1ne Memorial Association, which is to
erect a monument in Washington in
honor of all Americans lost at sea, I
have been asked to broadcast a brief
tribute to all of those dear to US who
have found their last resting place
beneath the waves.
Worldwide Tribute.
This tribute, through the wonders
OF science, is TO be world wide. / am
told that it will be relayed by land
radios to every corner Of the United
States, and be sent out by ships of our
Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans; so that radio waves bearing
tender meaning will pass over the
grave of every American lost at sea
since the beginning of our country.
When l consider this, and realize
that no similar tribute ever has be-
fore been broadcast to our lost at sea,
] am awed by the solemnity of the oc-
casion. and feel il my duty to forget
my living audience for a few brief mo-
ments and address those numberless
ones who have perished on the sea:
My countrymen, on this day when
We reverently strew flowers on the
carefully marked graves of those who
rest on the land you, also, who lie in
unmarked sepulchres of the ocean are
not forgotten. In your. graves in the
sea you have been separa ted by many
score miles from living men. save
when some vessel carrying human
beings passed near your resting place
but now, through the medium of
science, link uniting YOU to us has
been forged, and we of your native
land send this loving tribute by its
means over your many graves
Rest i'm Largest Cemetery.
ours is the largest cemetery in
the world and your number is legion.
Records of those lost since the
founding of this country show that
You include thousands of women. men
and children. During the recent war
alone 1,I54 Americans lost their lives
on United States ships at the hands
of the enemy. You sleep throughout
the seven seas. Some OF your num-
Der died of the frost in Arctic
regions and rest forever under the
frigid waters of the polar zone.
Others succumbed to the heat of the
tropics and slumber under the merci-
less sun that brought you to your
death.
There are those of you who gave
your lives to the sea in the early
years of this Nations history, when
every ocean voyage was perilous
adventure. Some of your number
were the victims of buccaneers. Some
died of starvation in derelict ships
and drifting boats. Many of you
sank with vessels battered to their
doom by storms. There are those of
YOU who died violently in battle,
while gloriously upholding the honor
OF your country. Others of you per-
ished less easily after agonizing ILL
ness. Thousands more of you are the
victims of collisions. There are those
of you who rest forever in our lakes
and rivers; you also are rightfully
included in this tribute.
Great and Humble on the Roll.
'"Your number embraces, alike, the
great and the humble-the man of
world wide fame, the coal stoker and
the newborn babe. Many of you
were passengers eager to rea ch port
and busily planning the things you
y
sea took you unto her bosom when
a future rich with life seemed to
stretch far before you.
Many more Of you were seamen.
The debt we owe you is incalcula BILE.
You made the supreme sacrifice for
us. You first made the civilization
of our country possible, and for SEQ
years have lain down your lives in
your dangerous calling in order that
re- {oE ha Erl- cd fn-
gether in one coherent world. BY
night and by day. in storm and IN
cold, you served us on the roaring
solitudeS of the ocean, and eveutu-
ally gave your all to the end that in
ternational communication and trans
portal ton might become an actuality.
Among you are the heroes of fishing
smack and coal barge, as well as
those who answered Aye, Aye, Sir
to the call of John Paul Jones. De-
catur, Farragut, Sims and Dewey
You include the heroes of Coast
Guard, canal boat, lake craft and tug
boat; and many of you chivalrously
laid down your lives with the proud
cry of Women and children first,'
Deeds Written in History.
My countrymen, you are not for
gotten! Your deeds are written in
the history .of our land and your
names are beld up to the younger
genera ton as "A continuing Inspirr
ton. The American people are COM
bininE To erect a beautiful monument
in Washington which will forever en-
shrine your memory, and do honor 10
your unmarked graves, hidden from
us though they are by a stern and
forbidding sea. Meanwhile, on this
appropriate day, we send out this
memorial trioue of love md graft
tude.
Forgotten? Not so long as In our
breasts lives even a spark of appre-
ciation for the things that are noble
and sacred TO mankind.
My countrymen, We salute you,"