The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11

SummeryiIle.
Charleston, S. c., April AT Cal
houn's funeral: when Hampton made
his great campaign speech here in
1876. and when the confederate reunion
was held here in 1899, great bodies of
marching men filed the streets of this
ancient city. ard it's sidewalks and
doors and windows were filled with en-
| thusiastic thousands; but all those
great outpourings of the people were
small compared with the procession
| which followed President Roosevelt to
| the exposition grounds today.
The enthusiasm of the people was
unbounded and there was standing room
| only on the sidewalks and porches and
| doorways and IN the wide piazzas of
| the houses along the line OF march.
| Old and young were infected with pa
| triotic fervor. and a man with whom
| nine-tenths of the people he saw diff
| fered politically was greeted with
| every manifesto tion of respect that a
warm hearted people could show.
| 1t reminded one of the story told of
| a little union girl in western Mary
| land who rushed to the door of her
| home to see and possibly to scowl at
| General r. l.. Lee as he rode past on
| horse back. When she saw his splen-
| did face she shrunk back, saying:
| How I wish he belonged to u.s." So
| thought the best people Of Charleston
today. and thousands of them believed
| it true when they heard The president
| proudly claim his southern birth-right
| Ia N
The Parade.
The parade started from the St.
John hotel, the presidents quarters, at
| 10 o'clock and was CONFUSED OF ma
| rines, seamen, cadets, artillerists and
| militiamen of four states. under COM
| band of Colonel Charles Norris United
| States army at garrison at Sullivan's
| island. The order was as follows:
| Squad of dismounted city police;
| Colonel Norris and staff: marine corps,
| under Captain Henry Leonard, with
| drum corps; Charleston Light Dra-
goons, Captain kollock. special guard
| to the president; President Roosevelt
| in carriage with Mayor Smith, Presi-
| dent Wagner, of the exposition, and
| Secretary Cortelyou, followed by tif
| teen other carriages containing Attor-
| ney General Knox. Secretary Wilson,
| Governor McSweeney. Governor Av-
cock. of North Carolina: Murat Hal
| stead, Major Jenkins, Ex-Governor
| Hugh S. Thompson: the aldermen OF
| Charleston ami others. the civic rep
| resentatives in carriages, followed by
battalion Of coast artillery from Sui
| livans island. under Major Henry A.
Reed, anr the First Artillery band, six
| companies of naval forces from the
United States ships Cincinnati, To-
peka and Lancaster. under Lieutenant
Commander Tullman; 4 battalion Of
seamen from the revenue cutters For
ward, Hamilton and Algonquin, under
Lieutenant Van Boskirch; the Virginia
Polytechnic institute cadets, Colonel
]. S. A. Johnson; provisional regi-
ment of North Carolina state troops,
800 strong, under Colonel James A:
Armfield: the North Carolina naval re-
serves. Captain w. L. Old: Ocala
(Florida) Rifles. Captain J. A. Nash;
battalions of cadets of the South Car
olina military and Porter's academies;
the Third regiment OF Charleston
militia, Colonel Henry Schacte. and the
German Artillery. Lieutenant Puck
haber
The men were in excellent trim and
the weather was ideal with just enough
crispness in the air to make march.
ing comfortabl.
The route was through Queen. Meet
ing. Calhoun, Rutledge and Grove
: almost one hundred times the presi-
D dent stood in his carriage and ac-
4 knowledged with 4 smile and bow the
enthusiastic plaudits OF the people
Passing q tally-ho containing some
of Charleston's Harvard alumni. deck
ed with the college colors. he was
| greeted with the college yell and wa
! evidently very much pleased.
Review of the Troops.
Arriving at the exposition grounds
the president went Immediately int
, the auditorium and waited until tn
head of the column had arrived in from
| of the building. When notified that tn
troops were ready to be reviewed ~
n took his stand on platform prepare'
: for the purpose and conducted the re
view. Mrs. Roosevelt stood at his lef
and nearbY were Mayor Smyth, Cap
a tain WAGNER Governor McSweeney
= Governor Avcnck and others. The pres
r ident was particularly pleased with tn
appearance and march of the Jackie
and made several complimentary re
q marks as various state troops passe'
= before.
The president had been IN Charleston
more than twenty-four hours and ha'
been cheered and greeted un all sides
when appearing. but the culminatni
event Of the visit TO Charleston AM
: the exposition was when he came int
the auditorium and bowed and smiles
his acknowledgements to the plaudit
which greeted him from 10000 throats.
VI In the Auditorium.
'l The auditorium is handsome build
4 ing and with its flags and buntin;
. freshly arranged for presidents da'
and with a dais for the speaker, tn
front Of which was covered with
e large flag. was particularly beautiful
e The audience heard each speaker wit
10 most attentive appreciation and cheer
n ed to the echo many Of the sentiment
J. expressed. but the president was Q
course the center Of attention at q