Show j t 4 I CABLEGRAM TO TOI I Ir I r J THE PRESIDENT t i H Archbishop of the West Indies I Tenders Thanks for Amer American H ican Warships ADMIRAL DAVIS DID RIGHT I Ii I i CONDUCT UPHELD BY THE NAVY i DEPARTMENT ENT I Washington Jan I RooM velt lt tonight received a cable J gram from Mot Most Rev Dr Enos Nut lord ot or tim tho W Wast St Tn In IndIes 1 I 1 dIes and or of the to ro tie Hoc committee tendering his thanks he DrOmI t visit of the tho American warships Admiral Davis DavisI I The message follows w g i I Wo aU all appreciate deeply AmericAn I sympathy in III our dt tross and the prompt visit of oC your men or of war for or vr h oUt Ju succor I I Happily the supply ot of food tood D bit ble for reU f Is 1 ACtor meeting the cost of oC this our ourI I gr great ot want will be the means menns for 7 J rT making small houses habitable All our ouri ur url l e i are aro behaving splendidly E 1 Precedent Found The re lpt tod today of oC the official lull full text of the correspondence between J Raar Admiral Davis Dals and Governor Sc or of Jamaica which did f not differ from the communications transmitted b by the Associated Press I 4 lust Sunday night caused th naval et again to study the situation to toBee Bee If Admiral Davis had In any way r jt the bounds of propriety f i S on his visit to Kingston The They not Li w only found lound u a prec precedent dent for his landing i i men from his ships to pre preserve erve order J I strangely enough In the case or of an another 1 p other BritIsh Island in the West In Pj dl diu but also saw w nothing in the whole I d 4 affair to warrant the letter addressed 14 to hIm by Governor Se See c rotary Metcalf Jat lath this gave I I uL the following statement bearing on oni i the rhe subject t Statement The rhe dep has received the full ruu text ot of the correspondence nce between Roar Admiral Davis the of naval vessels which vl visit lt I ed Jamaica after the earth and Sir Alexander hum ham governor of Jamaica J I T j From this correspondence it I that Admiral Davis landed a party part of oC oCI c I six to guard and f he archives of i the American consulate and another I t party of oC ten ml men for the purpose Q of t awa away the tho wreckage Later 4 oil at the earnest entreaty entreat or of the colonial 4 and the of police pollee 4 who spoke for the governor the gO gov ernar emor being absent from th the city and p 1 at Kings house some three miles dis taut fifty men were ware un under I arms from tIle tha Indiana tO tn Overawe un an If mutiny nt at the i containing OO or Ad Admira Adt t k mira Davis then 1 Sn In his cur car carI I f to visit the governor R at t and found him hini with his familY In touts and was accompanied tea to the elt city b by the governor r That same f on the or the gov oV 4 fOr the men Oleon were withdrawn VII from rom 1 hr and returned return d to I Aid Given at Port of Spain The action or of Admiral Davis In inS InI S LV I tIme tilt Is IsI L I not without precedent there beIng nu nuI I I us to justify It nd ind us an anS S a lOP copy or of a r report by leom leomI 4 I I R W r Meade Mead 1 S navy In landing men at Port of oC Spain S 4 I i Trinidad ad to suppress a 8 fire a let letS S ter by the governor of the tbt Island or f S Trinidad hi bi for forS S tn p action t is shown herewIth S SIt Sir I have hap the honor to ta report to toI I 1 Hw department that about p m in inS S March 4 1 a fire fhe was waa discovered In InS S 4 rh of oC Port of Spain Trinidad S I hiCk soon Increased to such nn an extent that it seemed likely that the whole I city It would be were S then given to the New the RaleIgh 55 S ard the to prepare td land lire parties when time l signal bE h An officer was dispatched l to Out our OutI I with offers ot of assistance but his return the fire hind had assumed Much uc h proportions that the signal was made for the parties to land landu landt u t once S i Landed S One hundred I 1 I marines were landed from rom 1 h New York and fifty men Croft each I tar If the other ships alt under the corn com nand ot of Lieutenant Commander Swift the officer of this ship shipS S 4 About ten minutes after UJ the par parties parS S ties lies had lert the ships I receIved a note from the governor of the colony S for tor assistance and this morn mornIng Ing I received a letter a copy Of oC which S thanking me for the ser tees teas which the officers nd men per peri I i on shore shor 4 SIgned R W MEADE j Rear Admiral AdmiralS I I S Governor Sent Thanks letter jotter from the governor of Trinidad to Rear Admiral Meade was wasas as an follows S SI I SirI beg you rou to accept tIle the best bestS S thanks or of this for the 1 s I prompt and most valuable assistance I j rendered by pen pou at the disastrous S tIre lire I which occurred yesterday at the theS S Port or of Spain S I I The large body or of men which you sent ent ashore under Lieutenant Com Coin I mander Swift and other officers work I I ed ad most gallantly and admirably In jl situations often of considerable I It is greatly owing to their Inde g I I fatigable exertions that the fire was wasI I I not more and that much 1 t j 1 property was saved saed It S I 1 5 be my pleasing duty to report In InI I t I this sense sens to his maj S f to assure you that thIs I 4 l S ice Ico will not soon be forgotten and that I f S t our OUI appreciation of it Is much en enS S hanc O the fact that the I J tAme aime from froni vessels of oC the tho United States t taa Y YI S I I Your most obedient servant i tH F N BROOME Governor I j Prompt Action tion S j be presence or of the vessels of oC the Atlantic fleet at thi naval station stationS I S mo only mile from King KingI I stori t toe the time or of too the I placed laced ta 8 in a position for giving I first aid and nd ou our l own C I S J 7 trice ence in the San Francisco earthquake 1 f and fIre of last April showed the need needS S 1 t I r sufficient nt police pollee protection and the i J S f groat benefits which from the Ule ue ot of in such an em erg i 1 hey The he acted I Ii J i y an and d sent san immediately ve vesse 1 f j having the largest number of men sand i 1 t S and nd offered such kelp help ml In the way of medical attention and food as lay in his power which action was further helped by the department de two store ships laden with large quantities of food supplies in intended intended tended for lor the tle fleet t and which were diverted from this d ty and sent to Kingston II After the men were withdrawn from shore and ana returned to their ships a tel was received from the brigadier the arm army or of Pac Pacification Pacification in Cuba Cubo S Tents Sent from Cuba Secretary Metcalf here quoted GO Gov Governor statements ta that tents had boon sent from Cuba to KIngston on the l request or of the acting British minister und and continued At the time of the above mentioned request b by the acting British minister at Havana for tents for tile the sufferers at Kingston Admiral Davis had on Onboard board the vessels under his command then in Kingston harbor and for several I days thereto many of the tents asked for and which were wele available for use had the governor desired and the re ie remaining ships at Guantanamo had more than tents of the kind asked for many more mort than were actually needed to supply the wants aU all of which could hay have been obtained by Admiral Davis from Admiral Evans Evanson on request by bJ wireless within a few hours |