New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-01
FRENCHMEN AT BOSTON
ROCHAMBEAU MISSION HAS BUSY
DAY IN NEW-ENGLAND.

DAY In NEWENGLAND.
Boston. May 31--With blue sky and a sun
whose rays not too warm this day opened
for the members OF the Rochambeau delegation
who came here from Newport last night, and
who are to spend here the last day Of their
stay in America. Tomorrow they start for
home on tho Gaulois and to-day they received
a welcome from the State of Massachusetts, the
city OF Boston and Harvard University.
The enjoyment of the day marred by an
accident TO Major Berthelot, aide-de-camp to
General Rrugere In which the majors leg
fractured The accident occurred while part
Of the delegation was visiting the Navy Yard
early in the day. Major Berthelot tripped over
rug The injured officer was taken on ooard
the French battleship. Gaulos. The general
programme was not interrupted by the occur
renee. but the reception of Rear-Admiral john
son. con1mandant of the Navy Yard. TO Admiral
Fourier and staff, abruptly ended.
Al! the members of the party had a refresh
ing sleep after an exhaustng day yesterday.
Al 10 o'clock the delegation left the Somerset
under escort of the National Lancers Captain
Frank c. Neal commanding. and proceeded to
the State House, TO make an official call upon
Governor Winthrop Murray Crane. With the
delegations were President Roosevelts special
representatives headed by the Third Assistant
Secretary Of State. Herbert H. d PIERCE
VISIT TO THE GOV EltNCi%
Governor Crane. with his staff. received the
visitors in the Executive Chamber. The guests
walked through Memorial Hall where General
Brugere and the Count de Rochambeau eX-
pressed admiration OF the rotunda. Mr. Renou-
ard the French painter and engraver. who was
with the party. representing the Ministry OF
Public Instruction, made sketches of various
subjects which interested him.
From the State House the mission made an
official call upon Mayor Collins at the City Han.
and from q stand on the grounds reviewed the
Boston School Regiment. thousand OF the
city's schoolboy soldiers, marching past.
Carriages were taken again 70 return to the
Somerset but on the way a stop was made at
the Public Library At the Somerset Governor
Crane and Mayor Collins returned the Official
calls made upon them earlier in the day
A luncheon given TO the Frenchmen by the
commonwealth was served in the ballroom or the
Hotel Somerset ct l o'clock. Governor Crane
made a brief speech extending welcome TO the
visitors. and proposed toast TO President
Roosevelt Governor Crane then gave toast
TO President Loubet of the French Republic
Ambassador Cambon then arose and proposed
in English a toast to the Governor of Massa-
chusetts repeating his toast in French
The visitors escorted by the National Lancers
were driven through part of Brookline, and
thence to Cambridge.
AT Soldiers Field. where the Harvard-Yale
freshman baseball game was in progress the
r11ests received most cordial reception
TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON.
, The carriages were re-entered in less than
half an hour, and the party driven through
the Cambridge parkway reaching Brattle-st.
and then passing through to the Washington
elm. on Garden-st
General Brugere was the first to alight from
his carriage and walk UP to the stone tablet
He held bouquet of roses. He said in French:
Here. in this place where General Washington
took command of the American army, anu a 1 mn
Is really the birthplace or American lhuepeh-
dence( it seems entirely fitting, and am very
glad on behalf of the army OF France, 10 placs
these flowers under THIS Tree. III HIelII'lS VI
General Washington
All then went to Sanders Theatre, every seat
of which WAS filed with students and residents
If the city The exercises were opened by
President Charles w. Eliot. Speaking in Eng
fish, he referred to the privilege of welcoming
such a company of Frenchmen. and especially
his privilege in introducing NJ Croiset. the dean
of the faculty of letters Of the University or
Paris
The president first presented NJ. Jules Cam
hon the French Ambassador at Washington.
NJ. Cambon spoke in French, as did also NJ
Croiset He expressed his great pleasure st
meeting President Eliot and coming TO Harvard.
Ha referred to the object of the mission of the
delegates to America. and dWelt for a moment
upon the spirited patriotism which accompanied
an occasion memorable on account of its con-
nection with Rochambeau and Washington.
after having saluted Harvard University IN
the name of the French Republic, NJ Cambon in
froduced NJ. Croiset, who spoke at some length
upon the University of Paris, which. he said.
was the oldest in the Old World. Harvard was
the Oldest in the New. In general he made a
nlea for a closer relation between the two in
stitutions of learning
This closed the exercises in Sanders Theatre.
and the guests walked to the Phillips Brooks
-, IN "a college where
served.
Escorted by the cavalry. the company returned
to the Hotel Somerset, where at o'clock they
dined at the invitation of the Boston municl-
naIit