Show ROYAL WELCOME FOR HOO vast ast throng greets the former president at new york HE IS MET AT quarantine escorted esco arted to the battery by a great flotilla speeches and land parade a spontaneous affair Is spontaneous and nop non partisan now new york ile ho has como come back I 1 theodore roosevelt returned to his native land june 18 and was given a welcome home such as was never before accorded to a citizen of this republic the whole country joined in it and it was so BO spontaneous an and tio so utterly nonpar nonpartisan 11 that it could not but be 10 most to the for iner president since emerging from the Afric african ati jungle the latter part of march mr roosevelt has fins been the guest of nearly every european ruler and almost unprecedented honors have been heaped on him the reception by his fellow citizens was a fitting climax to his triumphal tour and must have been the most satisfactory factory event connected with it flotilla meets him at quarantine lna more afore than a month ago every available craft in new york harbor had been engaged for abr the day and numerous big organizations like the tie guests including senators re presen atiles ambassadors and close personal friends of mr roosevelt Roos ovelt surrounding this enclosure was waa another reserved space which was occupied by about 2600 2500 prominent men and members of the big reception committee the cheering and music were almost continuous as the colonel entered the park but finally quiet was restored and mayor gaynor stepped forward and delivered n cordial address of welcome oiVo on behalf of the nation nadon and the city mr air roosevelt Roos ovelt responded briefly but feelingly and short speeches were made mada by several other prominent men much aluch as s lie he would have liked to be present to greet lila his predecessor president preside tit tatt taft was kept away on account of his official position and by a previous engagement ga parade through the city when the speech making was over the parade through the city streets started arted Bt it was originally intended to conclude the reception with a monster parade and invitations were issued to var various lotis organizations throughout the country within a few days however lio wever the committee was flooded with so many applications that th the parade feature had find to be in part abandoned organizations front from maine alsine to california and from the gulf to the great lakes requested places in the th line of march and it if the project had been carried out the procession would have extended from the battery to the harlem river and back again a distance of 20 miles and the people who had traveled hundreds of miles to see roo roosevelt sevelt would have been derived deprived of the pleasure in order to overcome this obstacle so that no one would be offended a unique arrangement was adopted by the committee all organizations that wished to participate in the parade were assigned 7 4 Y 7 W z 7 k roin ster copyright by underwood it underwood N Y THE VOYAGER HOMEWARD BOUND publican club of new york and the hamilton club of chicago had char regular coast line steamers ste amera early in the morning this immense flotilla sailed far down the bay and when about 9 the tugs and motor boats came flying in n with the word that the Nal serin augusto auguste victorin victoria was approaching all made ready for the first greeting As the big liner came into sight every whistle on every vessel was tied open ape n and shrieked ed the welcome to the he I 1 returning wanderer colonel roosevelt with mrs roosevelt and ker anit by his side aide stood on the deck waving his hand and st smiling rilling the ita familiar smile and the waiting thousands cheered him again and again reception committee takes him at quarantine the necessary formalities mali malit ties les were quickly quick dy over and the official reception committee took the colonel and tit 11 his party aboard its rev nue cutter that vessel at once started up the harbor and all the lie gaily de decorated orated craft filled with clubs and private parties fell in behind and ormed formed a most spectacular water parade on almost every boat beat was a band and all tho the way the musicians musician played at the top of their lungs the shores were black with people who shouted their greetings to teddy as ho be passed and the factories and wills mills added tile the noise of their whistles ahls to the general din so it went all the way up tip to awen ty third street where the parade burped and ninde made its way bade back to the battery at that historic spot at afta all 0 tower lower end ot of SIan hattan island colonel Rocc evelt landed to 10 receive tho the formal welcome home welcomed by mayor ga anor in ill an all enclosure in iii tho the center of battery park were distinguished certain blocks block along the line ot of for instance one or two blocks were assigned to sonie some visiting club anil and the next to the public and so on the process procession lon itself was comparatively small and was led by the mounted police of new york who were followed by the police band ort on foot then came the escort of ZOO rough riders under tinder the command of lof robert hunter of Okla oklahoma boma city president of the organization colonel roosevelt came next in a carriage barriage and his fils carriage was followed by a long procession of vehicles containing the members of the committee and the speakers the procession made its way up tip broadway Dro adway to fourth street where it turned into fifth avenue and proceeded up tip that thoroughfare h fare to fifty ninth street oliero i arti it disbanded the brouto was lined with visiting organizations and their bands struck up as the procession approached and continued until it had passed by in order that mrs roosevelt might share in her husbands honors honor and view tho the procession from an advantageous point sirs mrs donald mclean president of the daughters of tho the american revolution had bad cabled her an invitation to be the guest of honor nt at a luncheon at pherrys Sher rys tendered by prominent members of various female organizations following the parade mr roosevelt joined his fan family I 1 and a little later went to his lo 10 long tig island homo home |