The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02

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mats, with the exception of the Ger
man ambassador and his staff, drov
informally to the esplanade to avail
the arrival Of the official party, which
came in three groups. They arrived
IN inverse order of rank, the militar,
group first, then the diplomatic group
and lastly the presidential group, each
under escort of a troop of cavalry.
TO troop A, Seventh cavalry, fell
the honor of escorting the presidential
party which avenue along the route
followed by the preceding cavalcades
Inc presidential party left the white
mousse IN carriages at 2 o'clock in the
following order: The president, the
secretary to the president and the
presidents aids, COL Bromwelll and
commander Winslow, Mrs. Roosevelt
and MAI McCawley, the secretary of
state, the secretary of the treasury
the attorney general, the postmaster
general, the secretary of the navy, the
secretary of the interior, the secre.
tsry OF agriculture, the secretary of
commerce and labor, the acting secre.
tary OF war and his aid, Brig Gen.
Story, and Mrs. Oliver and the Misses
OllVer, escorted by Capt. Niche. AS
each party started, the escorting
troops formed line and rendered the
appropriate honors.
Two batteries Of field artillery were
stationed in the south battery of the
post, and, upon the arrival at the gates
OF the several groups, fired the pre-.
scrlbed salute, Lieut. Gen. Won Loew.
enfield receiving fifteen guns, the Ger.
man ambassador nineteen guns and
The president twentyone guns.
The firing of the presidents salute
OF tWenty'one guns had barely finished
When his carriage reached the stair
way OF the war college terrace. The
entire assemblage arose as he ascend.
cd the grand esplanade and remained
standing until the master of cere
monies, Maj,-Gen. Gillespie, had escort
ed him to his seat in the front row O,
ne presidents stand and directly ia
ne right of the statue. The presi
tents flag had been hoisted over the
''and as soon as the first gun of his I
alute had doomed forth,
The official program began with the
invocation of Bishop Satterlee, the
lshop OF Washington. Maj.-Gen. GU.
eSple then addressed the ambassador,
\ closing he turned to Baroness Won &
ternDurg, and, offering her his arm,
Scorted her to the edge of the statue,
here were fastened the silken cords L
Itached to the American and German r
ags in which it was shrouded, Grin. q
ing the cords firmly, one in each L
and, the baroness, with a tug, ZOOS. g
led the silken folds from around the
cure OF Frederick the Great. Straight. -
ay twenty trumpeters of the armv,
avn up In front Of the presidents 4
and, sounded blare of welcome |
ID the Marine band played the Ger. I
an national anthem. !
Baron Speck Won Sternburg made |
e address of presentation in behalf
the German emperor. He referred |
tine friendly feeling existing be- |
cen Germany and the United States. |
q expressed the kaiser's hope that |
, sentiment would continue and |
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ADDRESSING speck Won Sternburg, i
German ambassador, in his speech |
acceptance, President Roosevelt
d: /
In accepting the statue given us to-
through you from the German EN-. !
or, accept it not merely because u
S the statue of mighty and terri. -
soldier, but accept it as a symbol LIE
The ties of friendship and good will wa
lch trust as the years go on will cit
q ever closer together the Ameri. elt
and the German neonlas will
There is kinship of blood between tut
TWO nations. We of the United !
ties are Of mixed stock. thii
We have in our veins the blood If the
Englisbman and the Irishman. the hoe
man and the Frenchman, the all
lehman, the Dutchman, the Scan SUD
'Vlan' the Italian, the Magyar, the tur'
A. the slav, so that to each Of the eve
1t powers of the old world we can EVE
% a more or less distant kinsbip vel
blood; and to each strain of blood mat
owe some peculiar quality in our Will
onal life or national character" Tree
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