Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-10-28

NiV NouluS hau Strengthened
out she headed up stream ami ran
around the Crescent past soptbnort
whence the president was enabled n
obtain view Of the great .leevee ~ ,hs
Pontchartrain district. and see the vas,
helds OF ripening sugar cane on the
plantations lying on either side OF the
river few miles above the citv
the Comus turned and then came slow.
~ down the river passing along the
whole front OF the Southern meirono.
lis. On either bank the paonls
the levees as the steamer. aflutter with
nags, proceeded on her way amid the
din OF the sirens Of the river craft and
ehe shrill whistles OF manufacturing in
dustrles. Passing the Algiers point
the Comus Rugged the west shore and
the president saw for the first time the
immense steel floating dock OF the
government and the naval reservation.
Further down. on the east bank OF the
river, be saw the historic Urgulines
convent, enshrouded In the natioaal
coiors, the United States barracks.
where several hundred OF the regular
soldiers escaped infection during the
infection and the unfinished shaft at
ChalmStte, marking the battlefield Of
New Orleans, and still further on ne
got glimpse Of the FEDERAL cemetery
where lie thousands OF bodies Of those
who persisted for the union.
The Comus carried the presidential
party beyond tue immense terminals
under construction at Port Chalmette
and then turning back, came to the
city.
Rough Riders Act sS Escort
As the vessel nearOd the Harrison
street sheds ,-Ehame with patriotic col, !
Ors. the air was rent with the blasts Of /
steam whistles and the thunder Of .
presidential salute, and the president
looked out upon the sea OF people
gathered on the river front 70 gree,
him.
When the boat landed At 10;55 be
was escorted ashore and helped lnt0 an
open carriage drawn BY four handsome
horses. With him rode Governor
Blanchard. Mayor Behrman and Sser0.
tSry Loeb and John @. Skipedth. Har.
~ Stuart Guacier James Douglas and
Otto Winter. who had followed Colo
mel Roosevelt as Rough Riders IN the
war with Spain, served as q special
mounted escort.
Immediately the COmus was mOOred
the parade got under way under The
general marshalship Of Colonel John
p. Sullivan,
The Confederate veterans held the
right Of the line with the Sons Of Vet
Grams and the Spanish War veterans
made up Of the survivors Of the several
Louisiana regiments. which had REF
sponded 10 the nations call 10 arms IN
the most recent Of American vars. fol
loving.
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troops Of the New Orleans district % ,
The Louisiana national guard. and tha
other military bodies. Including the
uniformed Odd Fellows. Pythlans and
Woojmen. the Fourth and Ninety -Rrat ,
,Oast artillery, the naval reserve e.. !
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