Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-12-26 | Page 5 | Ten Boys Have Big Christmas Dinner on Gunboat Annapolis

lEN BOYS HAVE DAVE HAVEIT BIG MC IT ON GUNBOAT SAX SAN FRANCISCO CISCO Dec 26 Ten 26 Ten lads from the Bo Boys s 's and Girls' Girls Aid society so so- dined last night in the tho wardroom of the tho gunboat Annapolis afterward they owned tim tho cs vessel cl and lod when the Annapolis launch finally convoyed conveyed them to shore they bad had their pockets tilled filled with goodies of the portable kind Ensi Ensign n H. H B B. Gilbert was host of the theo o occasion The Annapolis only recently returned from a lon stay in Nicara- Nicara glian gnarl waters arid and every cry other officer o-meer and most of tho enlisted men mon were fero ashore for Christmas dt day Ensign Gilberts Gilbert's Gilberts Gilberts Gilbert's Gil Gil- berts bert's wi wife fe is ou on the tho way from Nicaragua Nica and he ho felt lonesome Aboard ship officers were bus busy preparing the Christmas Christmas' dinner and Ensign n Gilbert crt J to have company I Iso M so ho he sent n a messenger to the San Francisco Call and requested that that publication furni furnish b him with ten ju juvenile ju- ju venile guests i The Annapolis launch awaited theten the thc ten boys when tb they arrived on tho water wa ua- ter front and with all courtesy the they were cre escorted aboard th tho gunboat The Tho silver service of If the tho officers officers' mess adorned the tho table and Filipino waiters ser served d t the tho o young youn guests Tho only thing omitted from froni t the regular COurSe courso was 1 wine D a-D and cigars In their stead an enormous silver cr platter heaped with u-ith ice ire cream was brought in and the thc lads lad served themselves Afterward tho the visitors were given tho the freedom of the tho ship After the invitations jn had been is issued ned Ensign Gilbert received an invitation to conic come ashore and aDd join some sonic of hi his brother officers but ho he replied replie that he expected guests and declined the thc in i tation