 Naval Academy who had organized the first 8-man rowing squad there and who would go on to a celebrated career as a novelist.On January 19, 1903, Church was the guest of honor at a dinner at Delmonico's restaurant in New York.Speakers at the dinner included Gen. Adna Chaffee, soon to become Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and New York mayor Seth Low; letters of regret were read from President Theodore Roosevelt, Navy Secretary William Henry Moody, Secretary of State John Hay, and financier J. Pierpont Morgan.