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in gun firing. That ought to be enough 

 to convince any of those who are anx- 

 ious about our training. We have got 

 splendid gunners, as anybody who might 

 have fired upon us on the way would 

 have found out. We were ready to fight 

 as well as to frolic. 



Your fleet today is, in my judgment, 

 as ably commanded as any fleet in the 

 world can be. The flag officers of that 

 squadron have, with one exception, three 

 or four years to serve as flag officers. 

 The captains of those ships have no supe- 

 riors on this fair earth as captains of 

 ships, and your men are the most intelli- 

 gent and self-reliant set of men that ever 

 wore blue shirts. And don't you be 

 worried in the least if the President 

 chooses to order that fleet to go around 

 the world again. It will go, and it will 

 be an unpleasant job for anybody who 

 undertakes to stop them. 



MEMBERS AND GUESTS PRESENT 

 The committee in charge of the banquet was: 



Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Chairman 



Alexander Graham Bell 



Henry Gannett 



J. Howard Gore 



A. W. Greely 



George Otis Smith 



O. H. Tittmann 



John M. Wilson 



O. P. Austin 



Charles J. Bell 



John Joy Bdson 



David Fairchild 



A. J. Henry 



C. Hart Merriam 



Henry F. Blount 



C. M. Chester 



F. V. Coville 



Rudolph Kauffmann 



T. L. Macdonald 



Willis L. Moore 



S. N. D. North 



F. B. Bichelberger 



John Oliver La Gorce 



The members and guests present were as 

 follows: 



The Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. James 

 "Wilson 



Mr and Mrs C. H. Ackert 

 Judge and Mrs Byron S. Ambler 

 Mr Byron Andrews 

 Judge Thomas H. Anderson 

 Representative Anthony of Kansas 



Mr O. P. Austin, Chief Bureau of Statistics 

 Mrs Austin 



Senator Bacon of Georgia 

 Dr Thomas Stockham Baker 

 Mrs Elizabeth Barber 

 Postmaster Barnes 

 Mrs Barnes 

 Mr W. M. Barnes 

 Mrs Kate Waller Barret 

 Hon. John Barrett, Director Bureau of 

 American Republics 



Representative Bartlett of Nevada 



Rear Admiral John K. Barton, U. S. N. 



Mrs John K. Barton 



Lieutenant General J. C. Bates, U. S. A. 

 Dr Alexander Graham Bell 

 Mr Charles J. Bell, President American Se- 

 curity & Trust Co. 

 Mrs Bell 



Representative Bennet of New York 

 Mrs Bennet 



Mr and Mrs Claude N. Bennett 

 Mr and Mrs Benj. Blanchard 

 General John C. Black, Chairman U. S. 

 Civil Service Commission 

 Miss Black 



Colonel Henry F. Blount, Vice-President 

 American Security & Trust Co. 

 Mrs Henry P. Blount 



Miss Mabel Boardman, Director of Ameri- 

 can Red Cross 



Mr W. J. Boardman 



Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, the Attorney 

 General of the United States 



Mr Scott C. Bone, Editor of Washington 

 Herald 



Mrs Scott C. Bone 



Mrs S. O. Bonnill 



Mrs Linnie M. Bourne 



Mr Randolph Bourne 



Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford, U. S. N. 



Mr Charles S. Bradley 



Miss Lora D. Brooker 



Mr O. C. Brothers, Jr. 



Mr Robert Brott 



Miss Anna B. A. Browne 



Senator Elmer J. Burkett of Nebraska 



Mrs Burkett 



Representative Burleson of Texas 

 Representative Burton of Delaware 

 Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio 

 The Minister of Costa Rica 

 Miss Maria Calvo 



Rear Admiral W. L. Capps, Chief Con- 

 structor U. S. N. 



Mr and Mrs John Doyle Carmody 

 Senator Carter of Montana 

 Mrs Carter 



Colonel Thomas L. Casey, U. S. A. 

 Mrs Thomas L. Casey 

 Countess De Castelmenardo 

 The Minister of Chile 

 Madame Cruz 



Mr and Mrs Melville Church 



Rear Admiral Richardson Clover, U. S. N. 



Representative Cocks of New York 



