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Show U.S. SHOULD BECOME SECOND NAVAL POWER . Rear Admiral Sebree Arrives to Deliver Speech at Bonneville Bonne-ville Club Banquet. The United States should make every effort to become second in tho naval nowers of the world and to keep not lower than second among the navul powers, Is tho opinion of Rear Admiral ! Uriel Sebree, United States navy, r.o-1 r.o-1 tired, who is in Salt lnke to address ' the Bonneville club tomorrow ovemug at 1 the second dinner of that club at the Hotel Utah. Bronzed with the aims of many soas, straight, as a mast, despite his 00 yearn that aro evidenced only by his whitened locks, the admiral presents a picturesque and sturdy personification of life on tho wave. Admiral Sebree. accompauicd by bis brother-in-law and sirtor, Mr. and Mrs. Farrington of Fuyottc. Mo., arrived in Salt Lake vostenlay afternoon from his home, Sea Breeze, Toronado Heucii, Cal. The admiral was the guest ot tne members of the Bonneville club on an automobile tour of tho city and last night attended the theater. Tho subject of the admiral s address tomorrow evening will be "The ay- lie will tell tho members of the dinner club of some of the problems the navy is facing and how they arc being met. He will also urge the necessity ot a large navy to uphold the American dig-nitv dig-nitv and to protect the A mcricau coasts. Tho United States, the admiral points lout, has now fallen below Germany, though heretofore it has been second only to England in the size and efli-, ciencv of its navy. The American navy is very good, he declares, but it is not largo enough. Admiral Sebree has been on the retired re-tired list for tho past four years and during that tinio ho has been actvyoly interested in tho work of the rxavy league, an organization of citizens aud retired naval officers for the education of tho public in the work of the American Ameri-can government. It was through the Xavv league that the club secured Admiral Ad-miral Sebree to speak in Salt Lake. As a naval ofticer. Admiral Sobrcc had a distinguished career. He was appointed ap-pointed from Missouri lo the naval academy at Annapolis, from which he was graduated in 1867. Most of the time for nearly half a century has boon spent on the seas, ile has beon nearly frozen in the arctic seas not far from the north pole and many times ho has roasted on the equatorial seas. Tn 1S73 Admiral Sebree then a midshipman mid-shipman went on tho TigTCSS on an arctic arc-tic expedition under Commander Greer. He was a member of the Grccly relief expedition in JSS4 under Admiral Scliloy, then a commander. Admiral Schlo'v was tho enntain of tho Balti more from lSSfl to 1SS)2 and Admiral Sebree Se-bree served as an officer under him. From 1SS5 lo 1S80 Admiral Sobrcc was lighthouse inspector at Portland. Ore. Tn 1S97 and JS98 the admiral was in command of tho gunboat-Wheeling iu the Boring sea. IIo was then made lighthouse inspector at San Francisco and later commander of the naval sta-tiou sta-tiou in the Samonn islands, where he remained, until 1902, when he became commander of the battleship Wisconsin. lie was relieved from this command in J901 and made naval secretary of the lighthouse board. In 1907 he was promoted to rear admiral and given command of tho Second division of the Pacific fleet, which command he retained re-tained until retired in 1910. Judge William IT. King will be the toastmaster at tonight's banquet, which will begin at 6:30 o'clock at the Hotel Utah. Admiral Sobrce is a forceful speaker and an authority on the navy. His address will doubtless prove a great treat. |
