US Marine Corps - The Black Vault

Navai Aviation, 1932-1940 147
rable visit of Commodore Perry. We are firmly resolved to do our utmost to
attain the noble ideals to which Mr. Saito devoted his ceaselessefforts.~5
The speakers of both houses of the Japanese Parliament gave a luncheon;
the Emperor gave a tea in the Imperial Gardens, which Turner did not
attend; the Navy Vice Minister, Vice Admiral Isoroki Yamamoto, and the
Vice Chief of the Navy General Staff, Vice Admiral Mineichi Koga, gave
dinners. These, combined with a luncheon by the American Japanese Society,
a Garden Party by the Foreign Office, oflicial overnight sightseeing tours,
radio broadcasts to the States, and the big return party by the Astoria to all
whom the Captain was indebted, filled the nine days in Japan to overflowing.
The ,Secretary of the Navy had allowed Captain Turner only $3OO to cover
all his official entertaining in Japan.
Captain Turner’s memorandum on this subject ends with: “26 April:
Sail for Shanghai, Thank God !“