Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-23
WENT TO ANNAP0
Departure Of the French
Visitors.
PRESIDENT FOLLOWED
WILL RETURN TO THE CITY THIS
AFTERNOON.
Visit to the Tomb of Washington
Dinner at the White House
Last Night.

A journey to Annapolis. luncheon aboard
the Gaulois, at which the President of the
United States was the guest of the French
republic, and dinner at the French embassy
this evening make up today's program of
the special mission sent to this country by
France to attend the dedicatory exercises
at the Rochambeau monument tomorrow
morning. AS much ceremony attended the
departure of the mission for Annapolis this
morning as marked it's arrival yesterday.
Three special cars were run to Annapolis.
In the first, which was attached to the reg
ular 9:3O train to Baltimore, were the men,
bers of the special mission and the Presi-
dents commission, together with several
other American officials especially invited
to the Gaulois luncheon The second car
was intended for President Roosevelt alone
but carried Ambassador Cambon and sew
eral American officials as the President S
guests.
The French Party.
By the time the first car was to start 9Th
street was pretty well filled with sightseers
and the special guard of policemen detailed
by Major Sylvester found plenty to do to
keep the passage way clear to the cars
The line of eight ten carriages which
wheeled into 9th street promptly at $3.50
o'clock General Brugere, Vice Admiral
Fournier and their aids in the first car
riage and the others of the mission follow
ing. They We're escorted through the sta
ton by Assistant Secretary Peirce and
Counselor Boeufve of the French embassy,
who had arrived before. and were taken di-
rectly to the car New Jersey" which was
attached to the rear of the regular train to
Baltimore.
Those in the party of Frenchmen were
General Brugere. Vice Admiral Fournier,
Mr.. Croiset, General Chalendar. Captain de
Surgy, Lieutenant Colonel Meaux Saint
Marc, Count de Rochambeau and Countess
de Rochambeau Count de La Fayette, Mr..
Lagrave, Mr.. and Mrs. de Margerie, Mr..
Jean Guillemin. Lieutenant Colonel Her
mite, Major Berthelot, Mr.. Boeufve, Lieu
tenant Andre Souvaire-Jourdan. Lieutenant
Gustave lie Jay, Lieutenant le Baron Maxi
milien de Reinach de Werth, Captain de
Saint Mars, Captain Fileneau, Captain
Lasson and. as a special guest of the mis-
sion. Mr.. Gourd. president of the French
chamber of commerce.
Assistant Secretary Peirce, Commander
Rogers and Mr.. Morgan, secretary to the
commission. comprised the party which rep
resented the President. The other Ameri-
cans in the car were Admiral Dewey, Gen
eral and Mrs. Miles, Rear Admiral Henry
c. Taylor, General Horace Porter and Mrs.
Peirce.
The Presidents Party.
later. Two cars, the Olympia and the Ber-
party. In this were included the President
and Miss Roosevelt, Miss Carow, Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Cambon, Secretary Moody,
Secretary Root. Secretary and Mrs. Cortel-
you, Surgeon General Rixey, Mrs. Henry
c. Lodge, Colonel Theodore A. Bingham,
Lieutenant Commander Winslow, and Rep
resentative Foss, chairman of the House
committee on naval affairs Ambassador
Cambon and the officers Of the army and
navy were in uniform.
President Roosevelt will arrive from An
napolis about 4:3O. The French mission will
leave the Gaulois in time to reach Wash
ington at 5:45. The dinner at the French
embassy, with which the days festivities
will come to an end, Is to be given at
o'clock.
The Rochambeau monument will be dedi-
Gated tomorrow morning at II o'clock, and
this ceremony-to which the formalties of
yesterday and today are Ill preliminary-wiIl
be followed by military parade, in which
the French and American soldiers and sail
ors and the National Guard of the District
will march. The program of these exer-
cises has already appeared in The Star.
The Visit to Mt. Vernon.
The visit of the French officials to Mount
Vernon yesterday afternoon furnished oc-
casion for two interesting ceremonies-the
planting Of a tree from the battlefield of
Yorktown, where Washington, Rocham-
beau and Lafayette were companions in
arms, and the placing of a beautiful
wreath of laurel entWined with the French
colors, on the tomb of Washington. The
trip down the river was made on the United
States naval yacht Sylph, with Ambassador
and Mrs Cambon, and Secretary Peirce
representing the President, as hosts while
the guests included the entire French par
ty with their ladies. A marine guard of
honor was drawn up at the navy yard
wharf as the party went aboard and the
saluting guns doomed as the boat moved
out.
Arriving at Mount Vernon, the party pro-
Ceeded first to the tomb of Washington,
where the heavy iron bars were removed in
order to admit Ambassador Cambon, Cen
eral Brugere, Vice Admiral Fournier and a
few other distinguished officers. General
Brugere placed the wreath on the tomb,
which was completely covered by the great
sheaves of laurel. Just across from the
tomb a vigorous maple, taken from the
Yorktown battlefield, was planted by Count
de Rochambeau. AS he laid down the
spade General Brugere and all the other
officials took turns in casting earth upon
the new-planted tree. Later the party Wis
tied the old mansion and saw the many
relics with which the name of Washington,
Lafayette and Rochambeau are identified.
Dined at the White House.
state dinner was given at the White
House last night by President and Miss
Roosevelt in honor Of their distinguished
visitors. The company invited to meet the
visitors was a thoroughly representative
one. including the members of the cabinet.
senators and representatives in Congress
and high officials of the army and navy.
Owing to the large number of guests the
table. sem-circular in shape, swas set in
the historic east room. which was appro-
priately decorated with the French and
American flags and with palms. cut flowers
and crotons Maiden hair ferns. meteor and
bridal roses and carnations were used in
the table decorations. The Marine Band
played specially selected music. The Presi-
dent and Miss Roosevelt met their guests in
the blue parlor.
The President. who sat at the head of
the table, had to his right Mrs Cambon.
the wife Of the French ambassador, while
to his left was the Countess de Rocham-
beau who had at her left the ambassador
of France. The Count de Rochambeau es-
corted Miss Carow to the table, and the
Count de Lafayette. Mrs. Payne, the wife
of the Postmaster General. Those who sat
down to dinner included the following:
The President, the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of War and Mrs. Root, the
Postmaster General and Mrs Payne, the
Secretary of the Navy. the Secretary of