Evening star., 1928-12-16
MayAower Will Observe Thirty-First
Anniversary as Ship of Navy When
President-Elect Hoover Enters
White House-Duties In War
and Peace Notable.
and Peace Notable.

guns as the national ensign was hoisted
over the city hall.
Following this the Mayfower was
assigned to special service in Porto
Rico fApril l3, 1900 and on the 23d
of June she sailed from San Juan with
Comdr. Duncan Kennedy In command.
On her return she brought the Gov
ernor of Porto Rico to Boston.
Then followed q year of inactivity
after which she was assigned for the
first time to duty as the Presidents
yacht, the assignment being made on
June 20, 1902.
Lieut.. Comdr. Albert Gleaves Clater
commander-inrchief of the Asiatic Fleet
during the World War, with the rank
of admiraD was the first commander Of
the yacht in her new capacity.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was the first
member of a Presidents household to
board her after her assignment. The
Mayfiower carried Mrs. Roosevelt from
Oyster Bay, Long Island, where the
Presidents family was Summering, to
New York, July 18, 1902
During the Summer of 1902, as dur
ing many other Summers since her
unique assignment, the Mayfiower par
ticipated in maneuvers, on this particu-
lar occasion joining the North Atlantic
feet of the NeW England coast to
engage in search problem, partici-
pating later In Army and Navy maneu-
vers at Menemsha Blight.
The Secretary of the Navy was the
next member Of Washington off1cialdom
to cruise on the Mayflower. He visited
the squadrons at Hampton Roads No
vember 13, 1902.
President Roosevelt embarked for his
G...A IL AxGx> fn11A
going to Oyster Bay for the naval
review
In November of the same year the
yacht was attached once more to a
fleet when the revolution in the State
of Panama necessitated the sending of
naval force to the Isthmus. Rear
Admiral Coghlan hoisted his flag on
the u. S. s. Mayflower and she pro.
ceeded to Colon to serve as his flag
ship. She continued this duty with the
Caribbean squadron until January IA,
1904. when she was detached and sent
to the Norfolk Navy Yard for repairs.
red letter day in the log Of the
Mayf1ower is February 20, 1904, for on
that day George Dewey, the admiral of
the Navy, his rank created by an act
of Congress to die with him, hoisted his
flag on her and embarked for Guantan-
amo Bay, where he made a visit OF
general inspection to the feet. The
Mayf1ower then joined the Illinois of
No Mans Land in June and the vessels
engaged in target practice.
y X X
A CITING as the Presidents yacht,
u once more, on July 25, 1905, the
Mayflower was assigned to another dis
tinguished duty, being ordered. under
the command of Comdr. Cameron MGR
Winslow, to meet the special ENJOYS of
Russia and Japan at Portsmouth, N. H.,
for the purpose of arranging terms of
] peace between the two countries. It
was on board the Mayfiower at Oyster
| Bay that the formal introduction of the
| two ENJOYS was made by President
Roosevelt. The ENJOYS were carrt d
later to Portsmouth by the Mayfiower,
the Dolphin and the Galveston, where
the first two ships named remained for
their use. This occasion resulted in
| the signing of peace between the two
countries and the termination of a
great war.
FoNowing this, the Mayfiower served
in connection with the reception OF
Prince Louis of Battenpurg and the
British End Cruiser Squadron which