| Show ROYAL WELCOME mm OR 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 parade affair Is spontaneous and nonpartisan non partisan new york lie he has come bacal theodore roosevelt returned to his hie 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 spontaneous and so utterly nonpartisan non partisan that it could tint not but be most flattering tp the former president since emerging from the african jungle the latter part of march mr air roosevelt has been the guest of nearly every european ruler arid and almost unprecedented honors have been heaped on him the reception by his fellow citizens was a fitting climax to hla his triumphal tour and must haye have been tho the most satisfactory event connected with it flotilla meets him at quarantine more afore than a month ago every available craft in new york harbor had bad een engaged for the day and numerous big organizations like the rie re publican club of 0 new york and the tha hamilton club of chicago had chartered regular coast line steamers early in the morning this immense flotilla sailed far down the bay and when about 9 the scouting tugs and motor boats came flying to in with the word that tho the auguste victeria was approach approaching bing all ma made de ready for the first greeting As aa the big liner came into sight every whistle on every vessel was tied open and shrieked the welcome to tho the returning wanderer colonel roosevelt with mrs roosevelt and ker mit by ills his side bide stood on the deck waving his hand arid and smiling the familiar smile and the waiting thousands cheered him again and again reception committee takes take him at quarantine the necessary formalities mali ties were quickly over and the official reception com committee took tho the colonel and his party aboard its revenue cutter that vessel at once started up ill the harbor and aalthe all th gaily decorated craft filled with clubs cluba and private parties fell in behind and formed it a most spectacular water parade on almo almost at evry evory boat was a band band and dil all the way the musicians nR played at the top of their lungs the I hores black with people who hosted their greet ings to teddy ns as he passed and the factories and mills added the bolso of their whistles hise to the general g ner a I 1 din so it went all the way up to awen ty third at street reet where t the he 11 turned and made its way back to the battery at that h historic spot at the lower end of Alan manhattan hattan island colonel one Roo roosevelt evel t landed to receive the formal welcome home welcomed by mayor gaynor in an enclosure in tho the center of battery park were distinguished guests including senators representatives ambassadors and close personal friends of mr roosevelt surrounding this enclosure was waa another reserved space which was occupied by br about 2600 prominent men lind and members of the big reception committee the cheering and music were almost continuous as the colonel entered tho the park but finally quiet was restored and mayor gaynor stepped forward nod delivered a cordial address of welcome on an behalf of the nation and tho the city mr air roosevelt responded briefly but feelingly and short speeches were made by several other prominent men much as he would have liked to be present to greet his predecessor predo cessor president taft was kept away on account of hla his official position and by a previous engagement ga parade through the city when the speech making was over SOWS 4 id J I 1 I 1 i la A 4 BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRIP the parade through the city streets started it was originally intended to conclude the reception with a monster parade and invitations were issued to various organizations throughout the country within a few d days a however the committee was flooded with so BO many applications that the parade feature had to be in part abandoned organizations from maine to california and from the iba gulf to the great lakes requested places in tho the line of march and if the project had been carried out tho the procession would have extended from the battery to the harlem river and back agat again a 0 distance of 20 miles and the people who had bad traveled hundreds of miles to seo 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 pa 3 al V 44 sk TO wy 4 r faoro right by Und crool A N THE VOYAGER HOMEWARD BOUND I 1 all organizations that hat wished to pur par in the parade were nere il certain blocks along the ilau of 0 march for instance one or two blacks were wera assigned to some visiting club anal the next to tho the public and so on I 1 the procession itsek mas comparatively small and as led by the tha mounted police of new york who were wera to followed by the police band on foot then camo came the escort of of hough eidels unda und the command of ILk kunter hunter or of oklahoma lahoma city president of the organization colonel roosevelt e came next in a carriage tind and hie carriage was fol followed loved by along procession ot of vehicles containing the tha members of the committee and the peg ker |
