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vember, too late, I am sorry to say, to be read at the close of our meeting on November 15 

 at the banquet in Philadelphia, Pa. 



We reciprocate heartily the expressions of your cable and letter and sincerely hope that 



all questions relating to the settlement of the great war will be determined with the same 



singleness of purpose that has characterized the actions of the Allies throughout the war. 



I am happy to say to you that my term as president expires on December 31 and that 



to succeed me Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps, U. S. N., has been elected. 



We had a very successful meeting on the 14th and 15th of November and have added 

 the names of about 500 new members to our list. 



Assuring you of the great pleasure I had of hearing again from you personally, I am, 

 with sincere regards. 



Yours truly, 



STEVENSON TAYLOR, 



President. 



CABLEGRAM 



Philadelphia, Pa., November i^, ipi8. 



Associated Technique Maritime, 

 Paris, France. 

 American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers now celebrating in Phila- 

 delphia its twenty-fifth Anniversary congratulates the members of its sister society in France 

 upon their brilliant achievements during the war now so gloriously ended. 



TAYLOR, 

 President. 



Paris, 23 March, ipip. 



Mr. President and Dear Colleague: 



I received yesterday, March 22, from Mr. Hart, member O'f the council of L' Association 

 Technique Maritime, a letter from Mr. Daniel Cox enclosing a copy of a message that you 

 were kind enough to cable me on November 13, 1918, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 

 foundation of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. 



This message contains felicitations for which we are deeply grateful concerning the 

 part taken by the French Army in our common victory. 



During November, 1918, I was in the country a short distance from the American 

 camp in front of Cherbourg. I have a great admiration for your superb soldiers and I 

 consider that you have returned a hundred-fold the aid extended to the United States of 

 America in its infancy by Lafayette and Rochambeau. Your appreciation of our aid has 

 been shown after an interval of one hundred and thirty years — the appreciation of France 

 in the same manner should extend over a period of thirteen hundred years. We will not 

 be found wanting. 



