The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-23
THE FORMALITIES
CABINET DISCUSSES RECEPTION
TO PRINCE HENRY.
Arrangements Have Been Placed In the Hands
OF Committee Consisting Of High
Officials Of Various Dspartments-Ds.
sired to Honor Prince As Personal Repre-.
sentative Of the Emperor

kiel, Jan. 18-The imperial Yacht Ho.
henzollern sailed for New York at 9 80
this morning.
Washington, Jan. Is. The time OF the
cabinet meeting yesterday was occupied
largely in the discussion of the formali-
ties to be followed upon the occasion of
the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia. 1t
is the desire of the president to show the
prince every honor befitting him as q
prince of the royal blood, and as the
dersonal representative kinsman of the
German emperor. But at the same time
the programme is to be as simple as pos
sible. The programme, as far as agreed
npon, is as follows:
Upon the arrival of Prince Henry in
New York he will be met by a squadron
under the command of Rear Admiral
Evans, and national salutes of twenty
one guns will be fired both by the war
ships and the shore batteries. Visits of
courtesy will be made upon the prince
by the commander OF the Department of
the East and the ranking naval officer
ct New York, and Assistant Secretary of
State Hill probably will also formally
welcome the prince, as the special rep
resentative of the president. When the
prince reaches Washington he will be-
come the guest of the German ambassa-
dor. According to precedent it will be
the duty OF the prince to call upon the
president, who will return the visit. A
dinner will be given at the White House
in the princes honor. The details of the
programme will be worked out at the
state department, and when completed
will be given out there.
Committee to Act.
1t was decided that all arrangements
for Prince Henry's reception shall be
confined to special committee COM
posed of DR.. David Jayne Hill, represent
ing the state department; Mai. Gen.
Henry g. Corbin, representing the
United States army; Rear Admiral Rob-
ley ID. Evans, representing the navy,
and Grant A. Won Quadt-Wyckradt-
Isny, the counselor and first secretary
of the German embassy. Col. Theodore
A. Bingham, of the engineer corps, will
assist Gen. Corbin in the execution of
the details, and other army officers will
De uetalleU as necessary.
Some embarrassment in the prepara-
ton of plans is caused by the fact that
the day following Prince Henry's arrival
at New York will be Sunday. 1t will
probably not be deemed we'll for the
prince and his party to travel on Sunday,
hence he cannot start for Washington
on that day to pay his visit to President
Roosevelt, for the etiquette of such cere-
monies require the first call to be made
by the visitor.
Washington, Jan. l7.-Rear Admiral
Robley d. Evans, who has been charged
with the preparation and execution of
the naval programme at the reception of
Prince Henry of Prussia, called upon DIR,
Holleben,, the German ambassador, at
tho embassy yesterday and consulted
regarding the arrangements for the naval
welcome to be accorded to the distin-
guished visitors. Admiral Evans will
keep in close touch with the ambassador
and embassy officials in order that he
may conform his arrangements to those
of the visiting party.