Ben Harrison: “I felt that the honor of our country and of the Navy had been touched, and that nothing was left to us but, in a quiet…”

It gives me pleasure to consummate here to-day, by the act of lifting this flag, the efforts in support of a principle to which I give my hearty support.

It was given in a generous spirit, and I think the result of it has been that our relations with that brave people, whose history is so full of martial achievements and prowess, as well as with the sister Republics of South America, are…

I have felt great interest and enthusiasm in the rebuilding of the American Navy.

We lift the flag to-day over one ship, a magnificent specimen of the naval art, one of the best on any sea.