The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-18
President Roosevelt DESTROYS of Show
ing the Kaiser's Brother All
the Courtesies Possible.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE NAMED
TO ARRANGE DETAILS OF THE AU.
GUST GERMANS RECEPTION.
Army and Navy Officers Who VIII Ac-
company His Highness-Coghlan,
of "HOch der Kaiser" Fame.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE time of the
cabinet meeting to-day was largely occu-
pied in discussion of the formalities 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 BETTING him as a prince of the royal
blood and as the personal relative and kins-
man of the German Emperor. But at the
same time the programme is to be as sim
pie as possible. Precedents in the cases Of
the visits of the Prince of Wales and the
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia have been
carefully looked up and will be followed
where applicable. The programme as far
as agreed upon is as follows: On the arri-
val of Prince Henry in New York he will
be met by squadron under the command
of Rear Admiral Evans, and national sa-
lutes of twenty-one guns will be fired both
by the warships and by the shore batteries
Visits of courtesy will be made upon the
prince by the commander of the depart
ment of the East and the ranking naval Of
ficer at New York, and Assistant Secretary
of State Hill probably will also formally
welcome the prince as the special repre-
sentative of the President When the
prince reaches Washington he will become
the guest of the German ambassador. Ac-
cording to precedent it will be the duty of
the prince to call on 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.
1t was decided that all arrangements for
Prince Henry's reception should be con-
fided TO a special committee, composed of
DR.. David Jayne Hill, representing the
State Department; Maj. Gen. Henry c..
Corbin. representing the United States
army; Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, rep
resenung the navy. and Count A. Won
Quadt-Wykradt-Isny, the counsellor and
first secretary of the German embassy.
Col. Theodore a. Bingham, of the engineer
corps, will assist General Corbin in the
execution of the details and other army Of
ficers will be detailed as necessary.
Some embarrassment in the preparation
of plans is caused by the fact that the day
following Prince Henry's arrival at New
York Will be Sunday 1t probably will not
be deemed we'll for the prince and his
party TO travel on Sunday. Hence he can
not start for Washington on that dav to
pay his visit TO President Roosevelt for the
etiquette Of such ceremonies requires the
first call to be made by the visitor.
Pressure is being brought to bear bv
nearly all the large cities of the country
to secure the presence therein of Prince
Henry and the present indications are
that, after the conclusion of the launch
ing ceremonies. the prince will make a
rapid tour through the country going as
far west, perhaps. as st. Louis In case
this plan is executed the itinerary prob
ably will be arranged to allow the prince
To see the American cities having the
largest population of Germanic extraction.
William Wallace Downey, member OF
the firm building Emperor Williams yacht,