Show PRESIDENT SEES THE OHIO LAUNCHED GREAT CROWDS WITNESS THE ceremonies Prel deEt presented with a gold plate suitably engrave 1 1 the shipyard employed Emp loyes cousing kecel tiofil by volunteers the battleship ohio waa successfully launched at san francisco saturday batur day pres deab mcgunley Mc lunley attended and de evered an address to the 4 em aloyes of the ship yards which was received with evidences of approval by all present he was happy in h s remarks compi ment tig the califern Cali forn a volunteers for ces rendered and thanking the ship yard employed emp loyes for having bu aided such magnificent boat as the olympia and the oregon in closing his address the pres dent said what we w ant is to build more sl aps we ought to 1 ave a good al line from 1 ere to tl e 1 philippines made in the union iron works built by american agmen and manned by american sa lo 10 s and carrying the american flag is nothing in this world that br nga people close together as con merce there is noth ing in this world that u much pro motes the universal brotherhood of man as commerce and we want to en courage commerce the nations are close together now 1 he powers of the earth are tied together A e have over come distance we not only want a commercial line but we want a cable from 1 ere to the philpp nes we want it to be an amer can cable that cannot be cut by any power in the world they say trade follows the flag the telegraph must follow trade my fellow citizens we have great problems before us we never had more important ones we have ex banded do you want to contract cries of no it is not a question of whether we will acquire tl e philippines or porto eico or guam or wake island or hawa i or butulia we have ac qu red them they are ours the ques tion is we give tl em up gen oral cry of 0 o and from one end of th s country to the other comes that answer they are ours not to gate but to emana pate not to rule in the power of might but to take to those distant people tie principles of liberty of freedom of conscience and of opportunity that are enjoyed by the people of the united states our flag never goes anywhere except it carries bless our flag never op pressed anybody but it has g ven freedom to every people over whom it has floated having said th s much I 1 only want to thank you all for th s cordial welcome I 1 am glad again to meet the working nen of my country all my public life has been devoted in effort to giving the workingmen the best the best chance for good wages and steady employment the pres dent was accorded a great ovation fhe route he traversed to the landing where he took a boat for the iron works was lined with human ity and the magnificence of the naval d splay was only exceeded by the wel come given admiral dewey on his re turn every craft in the harbor was decked out in gayest att re and the ty in the background was a perfect mound of waving flags every wharf on the sea front swarmed with people off near boat island lay the trans port sheridan travel stained from hei long journey across the fie she had just arr ved from the ph 1 paines and still 1 ad aboard the forty second and forty s ath un led states volun teer infantry which she had brought home the pres dent saw her at once and requested that the course of the blockum should be changed to allow him to pass near her As the slocum approached the b g transport there was a scene of almost frenz ed enthusiasm aboard the sol diers all in their service uniforms rushed to the and rent theair with cheer upon cheel at the s of the president of the un ted states come to welcome them ho ne tl e band on the after deck struck up the star span aled banner the soldiers climbed the rails and ratlines and almost drowned the music with their shouts they swung their hats and acted like mad men several 0 them got out their regimental flags and waved them tran to an 1 fro from the bridge the ensign at the stern was dipped again and again the salute was answered by the slocum the president was plainly moved by the remarkable demonstrate demon strat on near the transport tl e warships of the pacific squadron were swinging at anchor and saluted the president as he passed upon arrival at the un on iron works the president and his party moved to a stand where tl e representative of the 4 employees of the union iron works in a neat speech in which he ed a heartfelt blessing upon the bead of the president and expressed tender sympathy for his suffering wife presented the pres dent as a token of esteem of the workmen with a gold plate engraved with a suitable ton the president then delivered his address and thanked the workingmen after which the launch ng occurred miss barber and the president stood before the electric appi ance which controlled the guillotine that was to sever the rope wh ch would loose the we that was to knock out the last beam miss barber with 1 er finger on the button was looking intently at the indication at 12 2 two and a half minutes before the tide was a its highest the time set for the launching there sud denly shot into the face of the indi cator the wold leady miss barber pressed the button the last block fell away at the same time miss deshler a young lady of 17 in a 1 gown with her dark ha r braided down her back in schoolgirl fashion let go of the bottle of champagne BUS at the s de of the bow by abed wh te and blue ribbon and as it crashed against the side she uttered the works I 1 christen thee ohio released from its bonds the heavy hull of 14 tons of steel went plough ing through the th ck grease of its cradle at first then faster and faster she slid down the ways tak ng the flood and piling up the water in great waves before her the band crashed whistles blew and the multitude shouted no ship ever given to the american navy has taken her initial plunge into the sea under more favorable auspices or in the presence of a more distinguished corn pany the ohio is a s ster ship of the ma ne and the missouri the former no v building at the cramps shipyard and the latter by the newport news shipyards the hull which is divided like those of the most recent battle ships is bu it of steel and is un sheathed it is feet long on the load waterline 72 feet 2 inches ex breadth and at a mean draft of 23 feet 6 inches displaces ia tons the hull is protected abreast of the boilers and engines by a s de armor belt extend ng 3 feet 6 inches above the load water line and 4 feet be ow it having a thickness of 11 inches for a depth of 4 feet 6 inches tapering to inches at the bottom of tl e belt and by the armor 6 inches th ck which extends from the side belt to the upper deck and is worked from the center of the forward to the center of the after barbette at the ends of th s armor diagonal armor 9 inches th ck extends fro n the s des of the vessel to the barbette armor in the thus formed are place 1 ten of the 6 inch guns above this on the upper deck four of the 6 inch guns are placed in the vicinity of which 6 inch armor is worked far enough forward and aft to afford pro action to the crews of these guns protection is afforded the vitals of the ship below the waterline by a pro deck within the casement and with slopes forward and aft of it the deck is worked in two th ck nesses of plating total th akness on the flat being 2 inches while that on the slopes forward and aft is respectively 3 inches and 4 inches |