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Show DEATH BIDS i U. S. FLEET GOODBYE ; i ' j "We Have Learned to j Respect Each Other--i ) Do Not Forget Your j Comrades,'ZHeSays i : : I By Associated f rsea. LONDON. Dec. 18. The Amcr-I Amcr-I ieau battleship Rquadron at- i taclied to the British prand fleet displayed a spirit of true eorn- j radeship throuirhout it period t of aervir", declared Admiral Sir Iiivld Baatty, tha commander In chief of the grand fleet. In a. fH re well addrna on board tha . t 8. 8. New York the ! day tha squadron was detached from tha arrand fleet. All hnndn had lw'n aatlsd lo mualiM pii Ilia fuim jibIIb lu bear Admiral Heatty. After thankins; the American of-fleers of-fleers And men for their c operation, Hir David remarked that both tha Brltlah and tha Americans were dla-appolnted dla-appolnted at not hflvlnjc been ahla : to meet the German flel, lie declared de-clared that the day the Orman fleet h4-urran dared wna a 'pitiful rinr trr- 't ee." Hlr Iavid enld be had always l had mtSKlvinga th.it the Germans; i would never coma out for a ftntah ; fiirht, and these misgivings bad leen ; strens;thened by the coming of the : American aquadron. ADMIRAL'S' SPEECH. I "I could not let the 8ixtb buttle 1 i squadron fro without lomintf on loard J the New York and :.vina; nonn'thlnpt j ; of what I fel at this moment of your) departure," said 8lr Iavid. "I bad j ! Intended to ank Admiral hodman to j permit me to s:iy aometlilns; to the repreaentntlvea of all the ships of the 1 Hixth battle squadron on Iward his ! flarshlp, but the extRt-nrle of ths ; service have not permitted It. There i fore as Admiral I tollman has suk I Baited, hat I aay to you I hope you j will promulgate to your comrades In i the other ships and nlno to your com-I com-I radps of the Atlantic flet. I j "What ! say 1 hope you will under-j under-j etands comee from the heart, nut : only from my heart, but the hearts 1 . of your coinrHT.ee of the arrand fleet. I i I wapt first of nil to thank you. Ad- mlral Hodman, and the captains and i : officers and the ships' companies of this magnificent squadron for the wonderful ctope.lHi,n ajkd loyalty you hava slven me and my admirals and the assistance you have given us In every duty you1 have had to undertake. un-dertake. TRUEC0MRA0E8HIP. The support which you have shown la that of true comradeship and In time of atresa that Is worth a very Treat deal. As somebody said the other day: The fighting now la over and the talking now la going to begin.' Therefore, I do not want to keep you ' here any longer, but want to con- , gratulate you for having been present upon a day unsunaased In the naval , annals of the world. "I know quite well Hist you. as well as your British comrades, were bitterly bit-terly disappointed at nor being ante. i to sjlvo effect to that efficiency you have so well maintained, tl was a moat disappointing day. It wan a pitiful day to see those great ships coming In tike sheep being herded by dogs to their fold without an effort on anybody's part, but It waa a day us a sample of the Atlantic fleet which, I think, the Atlantic fleet, efficient effi-cient aa It K, will find It very hard to reproduce. "DO NOT FORGET US." . "I understand that you now are going go-ing to Portland, where you are to get leave. There is a duty to perform in bringing your president to these waters wa-ters and then you will -return to your own shores. And I hope tnat In tha sunshine, which Admiral Rodman tells me alwaya nines there, you will not forget vour "comrades of the mt-it i iwu y viiuiii ie proua or. I "THl LAST STRAW." i "I have always bad misgivings and when the Sixth battle squadron became be-came part of the grund fleet, those misgivings were doubly strengthened and I knew then they would throw nr. their hands. Apparently the Sixth battle suadron was the straw that broke the camel's back. "However, the disappointment that the frand fleet waa unable to strike their blow for the freedom of the world la counteracted by the. fact that i It was their prestige alone .hat I brought about this achievement. "Ixirln the last twelve month you have been with m we have learned to know each other very well. We bav learned to reaper each other. I Watnt you to take hack meamge to .he Atlantic fleet that you have left a very warm place In the hearts of the grand fWt which ranet be filled until you come hack or send another squad- I rntjeirtrejenlm and your pleasant asociatluns of the North sea. -This Is a ueer place, as you hsve found, but you are not the first to find It out. There onco was a great explorer, ex-plorer, Marco Polo, who after traveling travel-ing over the world for thirty years, one day found himself In the North sea and then went home and went to bed and did not travel any more. I trust It will not have the same effect on any of you, but 1 can say that those of you I have seen during the last twelve months seem to have Improved Im-proved In many ways. If that were possible, and 1 think the North ses hss a health-giving quality which must he put against all its bad points, of which there are so many. "I thank you again and again for the great part the Sixth battle squadron squad-ron baa played In bringing about the greatest naval victory In history. J hope you will give this message to your comrades: "Corns hark soon.' "r"loodvs and good lurk' j |