The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-26

way the brilliant little procession again
formed into line and marched through the
/ lane of police and naval reserves to where
the Nigilant was waiting to receive them.
/ As the tug started away from her moor
{ ings there was another outbreak of
/ histle-tooting and gun firing which con-
( tinued until the yellow funnel of the
swift naval tug had disappeared in the
mist
Reaching Thirty-fourth Street, the Wig
! liant was made fast at the end of the pier.
| The gangway, with its royal purple drap-
ings. which led from the pier to the Ho-
henzollern's deck. was only a few steps
| away.
The cabin of the Hohenzollern will only
seat forty people at the table. To &C
commodate the sixty-six guests who had
been invited to the luncheon. two tables.
one large and the other smaller. were
| spread in the yacht messroom.
Present for Miss Roosevelt.
All the guests, however were assem-
bled first in the Hohenzollern's main sa-
! loon. where. before taking seats at the
| table, Prince Henry, with a graceful lit
! tie address, presented to Miss Roosevelt
a handsome gold bracelet, on which was
a finely executed portrait of the German
| Emperor, surrounded by diamonds. This.
Prince Henry said in his little speech, was
the gift of the Emperor to Miss Roosevelt,
rendered with his thanks and best wishes
to her for acting as sponsor for his yacht.
With this little episode over. the guests
were seated at tables. At the table in
the main dining ROOM Prince Henry pre-
sided. Mrs. Roosevelt sat on his right
and Miss Roosevelt on his left. Opposite
1 him sat the President.
The Other Guests.
The other guests a this table were Cen
eral Won Plessen, Mrs. Root, Vice Admir-
al Baron Won Seckendorff, Mrs. Bingham,
! Rear Admiral Barker, Miss Root, Morris
| X. Jesup. Capt. A. T. Mahan, President
| Fornes. of the board of aldermen; Com
mander Cowles, Vice Admiral Won Essen
! decher Mrs. Corbin. Mayor Seth Low,
| Miss Cowles Admiral Bowles, Represen-
| tative Littauer, Levi P. Morton, Alfred q.
Johnson, Wallace Downey, Admiral Won
I TirpitZ. Secretary Hitchcock David :.
HILL Rear Admiral Evans, Carl Schurz,
Senator Spooner, ]. Pierpont Morgan, Col
onel Bingham, James Speyer, Consul Gen
eral BUM. Mr.. Henry Barley, Ambassa-
dor Won Holleben. Secretary Root Gener-
al Corbin Admiral Baudissin. General
Brooke. Senator Lodge, Assistant Secre-
tary William Loeb. jr-, Lewis Cass Led
yard, James Stillman, Edward D. Adams,
and A. Cary Smith, the designer of the
Meteor.
At the tables in the mess room. which
were presided over by Captain Muller, of
9 he
Schih, Herr ron Rebeur- Paschwitz. the
naval attache of the German Legation;
Captain von Grumme, Mr.. Tietjens, of the
Hamburg American Line; Captain Won
Hollenben, &r. Goldberger. Adiutant
Schmidt Won Schwind, Ernest Thalman.
DR.. Uhlmann, the mayor Of Hoboken;
President Plate, Surgeon Reich, George
F. Victor, Capt. Horace c. Duval. Captain
Kapherliet Won Pratha, Captain Eigde. and
Consul Geissler.
President Leaves Early.
Immediately after The luncheon on the
Hohenzollern President Roosevelt left for
Washington. He was one of the first of
the guests TO leave the yacht, as only
Mayor Low preceded him.
At precisely 8 o'clock the crew of the
Hohenzollern were assembled on deck and
the band STRUCK up The StarSpangled
Banner as the President, followed by
Mrs. Roosevelt, left the yacht. On the
pier the little crowd assembled there
raised cheer.
The President lifted his hat in acknowl-
edgment and stopped to chat moment
with one of the policemen before he en-
tered the carriage which carried him and
Mrs Roosevelt to the Twenty third
Street ferry.
Escorted by Police.
A squad of mounted police in charge of
Sergeant Mclaughlin surrounded the car
riage during the ride to the ferry. At the
ferry the Philadelphia took him to Jersey
City. There the special train which had
brought him from Washington was await
ing him and pulled out of the station
three minutes after the arrival OF the
party. Miss Roosevelt remained for the
opera.