Evening star., 1905-11-03


to the British embassy, where he will be
the guest of Sir Mortimer Durand. The OBJ
ject of his visit, aside from seeing Wash
ington, was to call on President Roosevelt
and present an autograph letter from King
Edward.
The visit of Prince Louis of Battenberg
is of personal rather than official ma
ture, and while there was glitter of gold
lace, and a springling of officials to do the
honors of the capital today, 1t was pointed
out by those having the arrangements in
charge that the visit of the prince to Wash
ington really of the most informal
sort
The party viii remain here until Monday
morning, taking some drives around Wash
ington, visiting Fort Myer for the cavalry
drill, participating in dance and dinner
at the British embassy, being entertained
at luncheon as guests of the army and
possibly going on Sunday to Mt. Vernon,
is the custom with all visiting foreign
ers.
Arrival of the Prince.
The special train bringing the party from
Annapolis reached Washington at II "a
over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Prep
arations for the reception were in evidence
hour before that time. Ten open car
riages We're waiting to take the party up
town, and these were assembled in the
north yard of the station about IL Then
there came a detail of bluejackets from
the seaman gunners class at the navy
yard. to handle the baggage, and police
men from the sixth precinct to keep the
road clear. Major Sylvester, the chief of
police was on hand in civilian dress, and
Lieut.. Byrnes in uniform to direct the
squad of officers. There were secret serv-
ice men, detectives from headquarters, a
,1ar Of i1xri tad nd Ixrf6
of sightseers attracted by the unusual
preparations. Regret was expressed by the
naval officers that the new union station
was not ready to receive the distinguished
guest. but 1t was suggested that he would
possibly feel more at home in the little half
underground station, for, while it was not
so big as Paddington or st. Pancras, 1t was
fully as dirty.
There could not be said to be any regular
reception committee. the visit was stu
diously informal, but Assistant Secretary
Bacon was there from the State Depart
nent and the Presidents two personal rep
re resentatives Col. Bromwell and Com
mander Key, were on hand. There We're
also present Capt w. p Potter, Com
mander +. l.. Jacobs, Lieut.. r. q. Johnson
and Lieut. j. w. Timmins. Sir Mortimer
Durand did not come from the British en-
bassy. but the chancellor of the embassy,
Mr.. Walker Towney was there in his place
Ii was just little after 11:3o when the
special train backed into the station with
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans on the rear
platform. His greeting was not only char
acteristic, but added to the informality of
the occasion. Come on, boys" said he.
We've got EN- inside
Welcoming the Party.
AT that invitation Mr.. Bacon, accompa-
MED by Col. Bromwell and Commander
Key. mounted the steps and was ushered
into the car. where they were presented to
the prince. They did not stay long, but
the whole party clambered out again and
there was a general greeting and hand
shaking on the platform among the naval
officers on both sides, some of whom were
meeting for the first time, but many OF
whom had rubbed shoulders in all quarters
of the world from Portsmouth to Hong
kong, and from Yokohama to San Fran
cisco.
Prince Louis. who is big, healthy-look-
ing man, appeared in an admirars undress
uniform, with huge overcoat. He shook
hands heartily with those presented to him
and laughed till his black beard wagged at
some remark made just as he alighted.
The Prince and His Escort.
Prince Louis who besides being a prince
and an admiral is a grand commander of
the Victorian order and a knight command
err of st. Michael and ST. George, was ac-
companied by his personal staff and by the
captains of the cruiser squadron he COM
mands. They were Flag Lieut. Gerald Low
erbys Engineer Commander William F.
Pamphlet. Engineer Lieut. William b. Hall,
Secretary Edward Il Ehearme. and CLERKS