Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-03-31
PRESIDENTS
RECEPTION
Committees Named Yester-
day Have Been at Work
All Day.
THE ROUTE IS SELECTED
The Formal Invitation to Las
Vegas Will Be Extended
Tomorrow,

! At meeting held at the executiy
l Office yesterday afternoon, Governt
J.. Otero, Territorial Secretary j. w. Ray
2 nolds and Mayor /. Sparks selecte
committees for the reception and er
! tertainment of President Roosevelt o
the occasion of his coming visit t
Santa Fe on May 5.
The chairman of the different com
mittees are ex-officio members of tn
executive committee and committee o
; arrangements.
Mayor Sparks states that he hopes a
members of the committees will be abl
to serve. Following is list of tn
committeeman selected:
Committee on Arrangements and Ex
ecutive Committee. Sparks, chair
man; John r. McFie, N. E. Laughlir
e. L. Bartlett, A. B. Renehan, and tn
chairman of each committee.
Finance. H. Vaughn, chairman;
G. Cartwright, Arthur Seligman, J. w
Akers, George w. Knaebel, and Marce
limo Garcia.
Decoration-A. M. Bergere, chairman
F.. c. Abbott, Arthur Boyle, D. M
White, James L. Seligman, and Jose D
Sena.
| Carriages-H. c. Kinsell, chairman
A. J. Fischer, Evaristo Lucero, Charles
w. Dudrow, and Charles Haspelmath.
A meeting of the committee on ar.
rangements and the executive commit
tee was held in the Office of the Santa
Fe Water Works and Electric Light
Company this afternoon at o'clock.
Captain Frederick Muller will en-
deavor to get as many of the Rough
Riders as possible together on that day
from various points to act as an escort
to the President.
Judge John r. McFie, Mayor I.
Sparks, District Clerk Alfred M. Ber-
gere and Major Frederick Muller drove
over the route that will be taken by the
President and party on the occasion.
On the Presidents arrival at the Santa
Fe depot, he will be met by the recep-
tion committee and citizens generally,
who will be formed for the march to
the Capitol building. There the Presi-
dent will deliver a speech Of about 20
minutes duration after which he will
be given a carriage ride to the princi-
pal points of interest in the city.
The route taken will be as follows:
From the Capitol to Manhattan avenue
on Galisteo street, on Manhattan aven-
Tie to- the Cerrillos road; to the United
States Industrial Indian School and the
Territorial Penitentiary; back to Man
haitian avenue, on Manhattan to Col
lege street, College street to San MI
guel church. From there the party
will go by way of Loretto Academy and
the Cathedral to Palace avenue, on Pal
ace to Washington past the Palace ho-
tel to Old Fort Marcy.
At the fort a stop will be made and
some one not yet designated will de-
llVCL tI oAOIL duuICoo VII tiC SIIACL Allo-
torical events connected with the fort
and with the other historical places Of
interest in Santa Fe, all of which are
in view from the old fort. The party
will then drive by way of the Federal
Building past the Presbyterian Mission
School on Grant avenue to Palace av-
enue, east on Palace to and around the
Plaza. Here the school children will be
stationed to greet the nations chief ex-
ecutive. From the Plaza the party will
drive to the residence of Governor Otero
where Mr.. Roosevelt has expressed a
wish to make stop. From the Cover
nol's residence the party will drive to
the depot by way Of Don Gaspar aven-
ue and the Capitol building.
Colonel w. H. H. Llewellyn Of Las
Cruces, who is the out-of-town member
Of the executive committee and COM
mittee of arrangements, is preparing a
list Of citizens living in all parts of the
territory who will be invited to come to
Santa Fe and participate in the recep-
ton. The list is lengthy one and will
be published in the New Mexican.
If the work of the committee permits,
Governor Otero, Colonel Llewellyn and
Mayor Sparks will go to Las Vegas to-
to make arrangements for the
.roop Of cavalry and infantry company
If the New Mexico National Guard To- |
,ated there, to come here for the recep-
ion as organizations. The Las Vegas
,and will be brought here If possible. |
Mayor Sparks will, at the same time,
extend an official and formal invitation |
o the mayor and people of Las Vegas |
o come to Santa Fe on May 5.
Colonel Llewellyn is in correspond
.nce with the officials of the Atchison.
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at To-
,eka to arrange for excursions to be
'un from both directions into this city.
solicitor General Bartlett is in corre-
solicitor General Bartlett 81 in corre-
pondence with Major 8. K. Hooper,
,eneral passenger agent Of the Denver
md Rio Grande Railroad Company, to
Irrange an excursion from Alamosa,
,olo. The committees have been ac-
lively at work all day and arrange
nents are now advanced.
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