Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-10-21
JACKSONVILLE HAS


Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 21.-This is
red letter day in the history of Jack
sonville. Never before has the city
been as crowded with visitors from all
parts of the state as today, and never
has it presented a more festive ap-
pearance. Flags and buntings in the
national colors are displayed lavishly
on all public buildings and many busi-
ness and private houses. From early
morning to the tramping and rafting
of the troops, as they marched through
the streets to their respective stations,
the bugle calls and music of the bands
added a martial note to the general
din and confusion. Thousands of peo-
pie crowded the streets and from an
early hour besieged every point of
vantage from which a glimpse of the
military parade and the president
could be obtained. The crowds were
particularly large near the station,
where the president was to arrive,
and along the streets through which
he was to drive to the reviewing
stand.
The presidents special train, which
mad left Jessup, Ca, at 40 this morn
ing, was met at the state line by Gen
eral j. Clifford r. Foster, the person
al representative of Governor Brow
ard of Florida, who boarded the train
and welcomed the president on behalf
of the governor. At Callahan, a COM
mittee, representing the city of Jack
sonville and the Jacksonville board of
trade, boarded the presidents train,
and acted as his official escort until
the train arrived at the station here
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When the train rolled into the city
the guns of the First Battery of Field
Artillery from Lake City doomed the
presidential salute of twenty-one guns,
while the crowd cheered and enthusi-
actically waved hats and handker-
chiefs. On the platform President
Roosevelt was received and cordially
greeted by Governor N. B. Broward,
Acting Mayor VIM. H. Baker, Presi-
dent Charles e. Garner of the Jack
sonville board of trade, and the mem
bers Of the Citizens reception COM
mittee.
After the welcoming ceremony was
over, the president and members of
his party and the officials and mem
bers of the reception committee, took
seats in their carriages and slowly
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tail of the First Regiment, Florida
National Guard, acted as escort The
arrival of the president was the signal
for the large military and civic parade
TO form and start its march. A few
minutes after the presidential party
had taken its seats on the reviewing
stand the head of the parade reached
the stand
The marchers saluted the president,
when they passed the platform, and
President Roosevelt bowed and smiled
his acknowledgment. After the pa
rade, which occupied over an hour
and a half, President Roosevelt de-
livered an address to the assembled
crowd, which listened attentively, and
frequently cheered the sentiments ex-
pressed by the speaker. After the
conclusion Of his brief address the
president was the guest of the Jack
sonyille board of trade at a formal
luncheon.
According to the program the presi-
dent will be taken on a drive through
the city in an automobile after lunch
con and will be shown various points
of interest in the city and suburbs.
Then he will place himself in the
hands Of the reception committee rep
resenting the city and board of trade
OF st. Augustine, for which city he
will start from here at 4:45 O'Clock.