Show 1 british officers are to be entertained in a royal way washington nov 3 prince loula of battenburg rear admiral commanding the second cruiser squadron of the british navy now american waters arrived in washington from annapolis today he was accompanied by his staff and the captains of the ships of his command the i visitor was ushered into the national capital by three american rear admirals from the north atlantic fleet evans davis and brownson A special train conveyed the party from annapolis arriving in washington at 1134 a m at the railway station to receive the visitors were mr bacon assistant secretary of state captain bromwell military aide to the president aleut commander key naval aide to the president and a number of officers of the united states navy the british embassy was represented at the station by mr walker townley counsellor to the embassy and mr seeds with the british admiral were the four members of his personal staff and the captains of the various british ships in all an imposing entourage when the train arrived at the station rear admiral evans escorted assistant secretary bacon and the presidents aides into the car where they met the prince the party then left the train and entered carriages prince louis mr bacon lieutenant com mander key and the princes aide occupied the first carriage which was driven directly to tho british embassy the representatives it the embassy accompanied the others members of the paces staff to the embassy while the captains of the british fleet were escorted to the new willard hotel by captain potter lieutenant johnson and lieutenant J M alm mons representing the navy A large crowd greeted prince louis at the railway station A reception by president roosevelt at the white house dinner at the british embassy and a reception and dance at the british embassy were the features of program while the dinner at the embassy will be a brilliant affair the reception and dance which will follow will be the I 1 smartest function seen in washington in some time several hundred invitations have been issued the first formal entertainment saturday will be the luncheon at the willard at 1 when the prince will be tho guat of the irmy his host will be lieutenant general chaffee chief of staff the trip to fort meyer for the cavalry drill and reception by the commandant colonel botfeld Hot feld will follow then will come the brilliant dirtier at the white house in the As the buet of the state eta t ent the may be IT tr it an fn v to view i r nf to ft of the 1 vt i arr nn ivoy n evans will escort the guest back to annapolis |