Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-05-28
Daily kennebec Journal
FRENCH VISITORS
Inspect West Point and Pro-
ceed to New York.
Welcomed by Mayor Low--Grand
Naval and Military Review.
Banquet in the Evening at the Wal
dorf Astoria.

New York, May 27.-Count De Ro-
chainbeau and the others Of the party
OF French delegates. after passing most
of the day in journeying to West Point
ana reviewing the cadets, arrived in
this city shortly before + o'clock i'm the
afternoon. They came down the Hud-
son on the United States dispatch boat
Dolphin. AS the Dolphin steamed up
TO the battery salutes We're fired.
notwithstanding a heavy rain, Il
large crowd witnessed the debarkatiOn,
cheering the visitors as they proceeded
to carriages, who escorted by the mill
tary ana a platoon of mounted police,
were driven to City hall, where they
were welcomed to the city by Mayor
Low ana President Fornes Of the board
cf aldermen. The mayors secretary
uehnrcl the visitors into the mayors S
private office ana thence to the gov
crnors room. where the formal presen-
t1tiOns We're made. The visitors were
thcn escorted to the council chamber,
where they were presented to Presi-
dent FOrneS, who welcomed them i'm a
brief address, after which Mayor Low
delivered the welcoming address on be
half of the city.
The clerk of the board then read the
resolutions adopted by the aldermen.
April %. i'm which they requested the
mayor to extend the C0urteSies of the
city to the French visitors. Following
this Ambassador CambOn replied to the
mayors address.
The ceremony concluded with the adj
r.
riagcs We're then taken ana the visitors
were driven to the reviewing stand to
witness the parade Of the New York
National Guard ana the American ana
French sailors from the warships.
The French delegates We're the guests
Of honor. tonight. at banquet given
at the Wdldorf-AstOria hotel by MEM
hers Of the Order of the Cincinnati in
commemoIati0n of the Victories of the
American ana French forces in the
War of independence and of the insti-
tuition of the order.
Above the seat of Nicholas Fish, who
presided. was displayed the blue and
white shield of the order. flanked by
the Stars and Stripes and the French
tri-color. Around the walls of the gal
Iery We're suspended silken banners
bearing the neur dc lis Of France ana
the various American standards in use
before the final adoption Of the Stars
ana Stripes.
AT Mr. Fish's right sat Ambassador
Cambon ana Ambassador Porter, and
at his left Vice Admiral Fournier and
Col. T. a. bingham, L. S. A., of the
reception committee. With Gen. Var
mum. the vice chairman, sat Gen. Bru-
gere, Lieut.. Gen. Miles. capt. De Surgy
Of the battlcship Gaulois, and Assistant
Secretary of state Pierce. All the mill
tary and naval officers appeared in full
uniform and the diplomats and menu
bcrs of the order wore their official rib
boua ANA decorations.
The first toast THE President of thc
United States. offered at the close of the
banquet. was drunk standing and with
applause. In responding to it Ambassa-
dor Porter delivered an eloquent eulogy
of President Roosevelt, whom he charac-
tcrizcd as n man who has the courage
"f MS convictions ana never takes coun-
SCI with his fears
10 the strains Of the .Marsellase." the
toast The President of the French Re
public was also drunk standing. Am
b9sSadnr CambOn replied felicitiOuSly, de-
sister republics should always be drunk
together.
After 4 toast to the memory Of Wash
ington had been drunk standing and in
silence. Gen. Brug9Te responded to the
toast of The Army of France" and re-
ferred particularly to the pleasure of his;
visit to the great Military Academy a
West Point and the splendid appearance
Of the New York troops in the parade
of the afternoon.
Admiral Fournier. in replying TO the
toast The Navy Of France paid
glowing tribute to the American navy 10
which he offered a return toast.
The toast The Memory of Count De
Rochambeau. Marshal Of France AMI
Vice President of the order Of the Gin
cinnati In France" was responded to by
Comte De Rochambeau. who offered !
toast to THE American Nation"
Col. Asa Bird Gardiner responded u
the final toast. "The Institution Of the
Order of the Cincinnati"