Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-09-22
Immense Cheering Crowds Greet
President Roosevelt.
THIRD REUNION WAR VETERANS.
Akron Electric Car Jumps Track and
Several Passengers Injured.
KENTUCKY'S BIG FAIR AT LOUISVILLE,

Detroit, Sept. 22.-The blue and gray
uniforms of the Spanish war veterans
whose third annual reunion is being
made memorable and historical by the
presence of President Roosevelt, is
seen at every turn in detroit today.
The second days visit of the president
here dawned warm and pleasant. Pres
ident Roosevelt arose at quarter of
8 O'Clock this morning after a refresh
ing nights sleep, which was inter-
Tupted only once. About o'clock this
morning, an enthusiastic delegation of
visitors arrived from Saginaw and Bay
City. Headed by band they marched
to the Hotel Cadillac and serenaded the
president, who did not arise, however
The delegates began gathering in the
Light Guard armory, the convention
hall, soon after 8 O'clock, and when
Acting Commander-in-Ch Urell
called the delegates to order the floor
OF the armory was crowded with uni.
formed, soldierly looking men. The
galleries were packed with men and
women who had come to hear Presi-
dent Roosevelt's speech to the veter-
ans. When quiet had been restored and
the presidential party had found seats
on the platform, General Urell acting
commander-in-chief, introduced Mayor
Maybury, who eloquently welcomed
the Spanish war veterans to the city.
Every man on the floor was on his feet
cheering and waving his hat as the
president arose from his chair. The
president expressed his pleasure at
having the chance of being greeted by
his comrades and greeting them in re-
turn. The president spoke on the late
war and said the only complaint heard
was that there was not enough war to
go around. The president said that
was that spirit which makes him do
his duty, great or small.
He spoke of the spirit in which the
people of Michigan went into the war
1t was the spirit shown, he said, by
the older among his audience when the
great war was fought.
After the presidents speech his
steamer Tashmoo, returning at p. m,
just in time for the president to review
the big parade of veterans and mill
tary.
No heartier welcome ever was ac-
corded a chief executive of the nation
than that received by President Roose-
welt today at the hands of the citizens
of Detroit and the representatives of
145,000 Spanish war veterans, whose
third annual reunion is in progress.
From the time the president left the
Cadillac hotel this morning to attend
the opening exercises of the reunion
until the conclusion of the big parade
this afternoon he was greeted with
one continuous ovation. No untoward
incident occurred to mar the pleasures
of the day.
The president was the central figure
at the opening of the reunion and
briefly addressed his former comraGes
in arms. Though admission was by
ticket only. the hall was packed from
floor to roof anu the walls fairly shook
With the mighty roar with which the
president was greeted. 1t was fully
five minutes before the applause sub
sided sufficiently for the president to
be heard.
The parade this afternoon was one
OF the biggest affairs of the kind ever
seen in Detroit. The line of march
was through the principal down town
streets and the sidewalks, windows
and housetops were hacked with Deo-
ple who cheered enthusiastically as
the president rode by. On the review
ing stand the president was surround
ed by a distinguished company that in
cluded Secretary of the Navy Moody,
General Russell A. Alger and Mayor
Maybury. President Roosevelt con-
cludes his stay in Detroit this evening
by attending the Spanish war veterans
banquet in the Light Guard armory.