Show BIDS COMRADES FAREWELL Characteristic Speech by Fighting Bob Evans at Banquet San Francisco Roar Admiral Evans bade a personal farewell to tho officers of his command at the banquet ban-quet given Friday night In honor of tho visit of the Atlantic fleet by tho city of San Francisco He was wheeled Into tho room and In a characteristic char-acteristic fifteen minutes address declared de-clared that what is needed to preserve the peace of the world is more battleships battle-ships and fewer statesmen As to armor ar-mor belts the admiral declared it made no difference whether they wero at the water line or whether they were made of leather wood or eggshells egg-shells It Is the men who can shoot the straightest and stand punishment the longest who win battles he declared and It Is of such stuff that the American Am-erican navy is made Admiral Evans was cheered time and time again |