Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-03-06
THENATION'S GUEST
PRINCE HENRY AND PARTY AR
RIVE AT NEW YORK.

embarkine from the Steamer KrOnprinz
the Prince Receives Callers on Board the
Royal Yacht Hohenzo.lern
New York, Feb. 24.-Prince Henry
of Prussia, representative of his brother,
the emperor Of Germany, at the launch
ing of the latter's American built
yacht, reached New York yesterday
and was cordially welcomed as a guest
of the nation. The land batteries that
guard the outer harbor sounded the
first greeting in ponderous greeting of
81 guns. the rifles of special naval
squadron assembled in his honor re-
echoed the sentiment, there were verbal
greetings from the representatives of
President Roosevelt, the army, navy,
and the city of New York, and great
crowd lined the way in the city to see
and cheer the sailor prince of Germany.
The great storm against which the
kronprinz Wilhelm had struggled for
days, and which had glazed the Allan
tic coast in an armor of ice, had lost its
force and resigned it's sway to warm
sunshine and CHEEKY blue skies, so
there were no regrets that the royal
guest was full day late for the enter
tainment provided for him.
There was curtain off the Hook
early in the morning, and it was after
9 O'Clock before the watchers caught the
shadowy outlines Of the cautiously ap.
preaching liner.
Rear Admiral Robley ID. Evans,
commander of the special squadron and
honorary aid to the prince, accompanied
by his staff, left the flagship Illinois
at $40 O'Clock in the naval tug Nina.
They were all in full dress uniform.
The Nina met the Kronprinz Will
helm beyond Fort Wadsworth, and
sailing around on the starDoard side of
the liner, steamed up the bay. Prince
Henry, attired in the uniform of an
admiral of the German navy, and sur
rounded by his naval and military
staff, stood on the bridge of the liner.
AS the naval tug drew nearer to the
side of the steamship, Prince Henry
and Admiral Evans caught sight of
each other and exchanged informal sal
utes. The distance from steamer to
tug was too great for conversation, how
ever.
AS the two vessels, with fotilla of
tugs and official craft, moved in past
Fort Wadsworth, the first of the sal
utes of 81 guns was fired. As the first
gun sounded the prince advanced to
the end of the bridge of the Kronprinz
Wilhelm and stood at attention. As
he passed the big American flag float
ing over the fortifcation he raised his
cap in salute, and the members of his
suite did likewise. The flag at tie
jackstaff of the kronkrinz' was dipped,
and the German naval band accompany
ing the prince played "The Star Spang-
led Banner" The guns of Fort Wads-
worth were not silent before those
across the narrows at Fort Hamilton
doomed out their salute.
When that ceremony was over the
kronprinz was stopped, and the Nina
hauled around on her port side, and
Admiral Evans and his staff boarded
her.
Admiral Evans was escorted forward
at once, and in the quarters of the
master of the Kronprinz, he and the
prince met. The prince came forward,
and, taking the hand of the naval Off
GER, shook it warmly.
81 am very glad to see you, sir"
said the admiral. Everybody in the
United States is waiting to welcome
you. 1t is my pleasure, sir, to formally
greet you in their behalf"
81 thank you sir, and, through YOU,
the people of your country" replied
the prince. 81 am very glad to be here
and on this splendid day. The en-
peror directed me to convey his compli-
ments to you, admiral, and do so with
very great pleasure.
Prince Henry dsembarked at 1855
p. NJ, at that moment walking down
the gangway from the Kronprinz Will
helm into the deliberately decorated
pier. He then passed through an orna-
mental gangway and arch to the gang
plank of the fIohenzolern, the German
royal yacht where the prince will make
his headquarters while in the United
States, which had been decorated in
the German colors and was covered half
its length.
Off for Washinoton