The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-18
THE PRESIDENTS VISIT.
HE WILL ARRIVE IN THIS CTTY
 NEXT FRIDAY.

He VIII Embark From His Yacht at
 Belle Dock at I:8O ?. m,-wim Enjoy
 an Hour'a Pleasure DFive-Will Later
 Go to Meriden and Hartford-Pnbltc
 Reception to be Rendered Him at Lat.
 ter Clty-Leaves for WiIIimatfe satur-
 day.
 The day and hour of the contemplated visit of the president to this city has at last been definitely announced. He will arrive at Belle dock on his steam yacht Sylph at 1:30 o'clock next Friday after. noon and will be met by the entertain ment committee and will be in their charge until his departure for Meriden at 2:30.
 Complying with the suggestion of Secretary Cortelyou there will be no public demonstration Of any kind, nor will there be any speechmaking. The president will be taken on pleasure trip through the various streets of in- terest in the city accompanied by the committee and a military escort. Troop A, under command of Captain Luzerne Ludington, has been invited to perform this duty The route to be taken wll l be decided upon at a. meeting of the | committee to be held at o'clock this afternoon.
 The correspondence appertaining to the coming visit follows:
 1 Copy of telegram from the White house received at Woodmont, Conn, ! August 3, 1902:
 White House,
 l Washington, D. C., Aug. ,, 1902. Hon. J. R. Hawley, U. s. S., Woodmont Conn:
 l The itinerary arranged for the pres ident's New England trip includes the following: For Connecticut, Friday, Au- gust 22 New York, New Haven and i! Hartford railroad. Leave New Haven 2:30 D. n1, arrive Meriden p. m. Leave Meriden 3:45 p. nl., arrive Hartford APO D. m. Spend night at Hartford. Satur- day, August 23, leave Hartford 8:0O a.. m., arrive Wililmantie a. m.; leave l Willimantic 9:20 a. m. l May ask that you consult with your colleague and with the governor and to- 1 gether decide upon local committee, 1 submitting to me by wire at the earl | fest practical moment, provisional programme covering this time and giv- 1 ing me the names of the chairmen of l the several committees In framing a programme it is important that the following points be fully understood stops will not be made earlier than T:30 a. m nor later than D. m. Committees l will be received only at the places they represent Local committees should be | limited in number as far as practicable. No receptions will be held, drives being substituted for them wherever practic- able. Public meetings should be non- partisan in character. The itinerary and the time allowance for each point must be adhered to absolutely and stops can only be made at principal stations. The above requirements have been found practicable on many previous trips. George B. Cortelyou, EE Secretary.
 A later telegram fixes the hour of ar rival of the president and changes his point of arrival from the railroad sta ton to Belle dock This telegram was as follows:
 White House,
 Washington, D. C., Aug. 15. Hon. N. D. Sperry, New Haven, Conn: will arrange to have the Slyph leave Oyster Bay half an hour earlier, arriv- ing New Haven, Belle dock, 1:30 p. m. The train is scheduled to leave Belle dock. New Haven at 2:30 and must do so absolutely on time. It is understood that the programme for New Haven is
 to be limited to a drive.
 George B. Cortelyou, Secretary. Undoubtedly the committee will, with Congressman Sperry and former Con- gressman Pigott, welcome the president at Belle dock. An invitation will be sent
 also to Senator Joseph R. Hawley al
 Woodmont and Senator o. H. Platt al
 Washington this state. It is possible that few representative citizens will
 be asked to ride in carriages. After wis iting this city and Meriden the presi-
 dent will visit Hartford where he will
 spend the evening.
 The workingmen of the west side witt
 their wives and children are planning
 to give the president reception during l his QrlVe through Eope pdEk Ill HUI t- ford.
 It has been arranged that as the president enters the east side of the
 park g. chorus of at least 2,000 children
 will sing America" with a band ac-
 compartment. As the presidential party
 passes the whole assemblage will take
 up the refrain As the stay at Hart
 ford will be of longer duration than al
 any other point in Connecticut the ar.
 engagements for receiving him will be
 on a much more elaborate scale. There will be decorations along the principa 1 thoroughfares, and it is expected the
 president will deliver public address
 Colts band will be stationed at Pope:
 park and will give concert from 4 tt
 6 o'clock. The school children will bt provided with small American fiagl
 and all young men interested in athlet ics have been invited to be on the gym . fnasium grounds at the park at oclocl Friday and furnish entertainments thu
 assemblage until the arrival of the dis
 tinguished visitor. The Hartford man ufacturers have been requested to furn , ish twenty men each to volunteer to as sist the regular authorities in keeping order. Saturday morning the presi dent will leave Hartford for Williman tic.
 REV. MIR. NANCY ILL. l pav Eaton w Maxcy rector of St