Show ROYAL WELCOME FOR ROOSEVELT vast throng greets the former president at new york HE IS MET AT quarantine escorted to the battery by a great flotilla speeches and land pa rade affair Is spontaneous and nonpartisan non Nom parelean new york he ile haa has come backi theodore roosevelt returned to his native land june 18 and waa was given a welcome elcome home ouch such aa as was never before a accorded to a citizen of thia this republic the whole country joine I in it and it waa was so spontaneous and so utterly nonpartisan non partisan that it could not but be moat most flattering nattering to the for mer president since emerging fron the african jungle the latter part of march mr roosevelt baa has been the guest of near ly every european ruler and almost unprecedented honors have been heaped on bim the reception by his fellow citizens was a otting fitting ell cil max to his triumphal tour and must have been the most satisfactory event connected with it flotilla meet meets him at quarantine more blare than a month ago age very every available craft in new york harbor had een engaged for the day and numerous big organization organizations like the re publican club of new york and the hamilton amilton li club of chicago bad had char alered regular coast line steamers ate amere early in the morning this immense flotilla bailed far down the bay and when about 9 the scouting co tugs and motor boat boats came flying in with the word that the hallerin Kale Hal erin serin au guste victoria was approaching all made ready for the first greeting ae As the big liner came into sight ev ery whistle on every vessel wag was tied open and shrieked the welcome to the shouted their greeting greetings to teddy an a he be faced passed and the factories fact orle and mills added the nolee noise of their whis ties tie to the general din so it went all the way up to awen ty third street where the parade turned and made ita its way back to the battery at that historic spot at the th lo 10 loer end of manhattan island colonel roosevelt landed to receive 1 the formal welcome home welcomed by mayor mayer gaynor in an enclosure in the center of dat bat tery park were distinguished guests including senatore senators representatives ambassadors and close per bonal friends of mr lir roosevelt surrounding this enclosure was wax another reserved space which was occupied by about 2600 prominent men and members of thebie the big reception committee ahe cheering and music were al meet most continuous as the colonel cu en the park but finally qui pt was restored and mayor gaynor stepped forward and dell delivered ered a cordial ad all drees dress of welcome on behalf of the nation and the city mr roosevelt responded briefly but feelingly and short speeches were made by ae se eral other prominent men much bluch as he would have liked to be present to greet his predecessor president taft was kept away on account of bis his official position and by a previous engagement ga parade through the city when the speech making was over N 11 k t 0 V all at 10 A 0 BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRIP the parade through the city streets started it waa was originally intended to conclude the reception with a ek moor men eter ster parade and invitations were Is sued to various organizations through out the country within a few daya days however the committee was flooded with so maar applications that the parade feature had to be in part aban boned organizations from maine to california and from the gulf to the great lakes requested places in the line of march and 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 roosevelt would have been 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 it wa L 4 awa 1 W 1 0 11 V of 1 01 ff eavy dab k by Unda mood A L X T THE VOYAGER HOMEWARD BOUND returning wanderer colonel roose velt with mrs fro roosevelt Rooe evelt and ker rait mit by bli his side stood on an the deck waving hie his band hand and smiling the familiar in illar mile smile and the waiting thou bands sands cheered ulm again end ond again reception committee take takes him at quarantine the necessary for malit les were quickly over and the official reception committee took tie the colonel and his party aboard its rev denue cutter that vessel at once started up the harbor and all the gaily decorated craft filled with clubs and private parties fell in behind and ormed formed a moat most spectacular water pa fade rade on almost every boat beat was a band and all the way the musi clann P laabi at the top of their lungs the ia i rev were black with people who all organizational organizations that wished to par tiel pate in ohp til parade were assigned certain blocks along the line of 0 march for instance one or two mocks were assigned to colue visiting club and the next to the public and so on the procession itself wa was campara lively email small and was led by the ed police of new york who were 01 fol ol liw ow 4 oy dy the police band oa on foot fool then came the esc rt of rough riders under the CO coin mand of I 1 hobert lobert hunter of oklahoma city president of the organization colonel roose velt came next in a carriage and bl his carriage was folio felloe I 1 by P long iro ress alesson on of vehicles t the i member Wern bers of the committee and ani the I 1 specker |