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Show DIDS COMRADES FAREWELL. Characteristic Speech by Fighting Dob Evana at Danquet. Ban Frnndsco. Itenr Admiral nvnns bado n personal farewell to tho officer of hi commnnd at tho banquet ban-quet given Friday night In honor of tho visit ot tho Atlantic fleet by tho city of Ban Francisco. Ho wnn wheeled Into tho room nnd In a characteristic char-acteristic fifteen minutes' addrosa declared de-clared that what 1 needed to procrva tho penco ot the world Is moro battleships battle-ships and fowcr atatcimcn A to armor ar-mor belts, tho admiral declared It made no difference whether they wero nt the water lino or whethor they were mado of leather, wood or egg hell. "It I tho men who can shoot tho (trnlghtest and stand punishment tho longest who win battle," ho declared "and It I of such stuff that tho American Am-erican navy Is made" Admiral Hvaiia waa chcertd time nnd tlmo again. |