The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-04
FLEET GREETS
THE PRESIDENT
With a Mighty Salute at
Naval Review
MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.
Twenty-ons Guns Were Fired From
Each Ship The Mayhower
Steams Through Thun-
dering Lines.

lutte of twenty one guns, fred stimuli
tGneously by every ship in the great
fleet of Admiral Evans at ID o'cloes
yesterday morning, announced tlat
President Roosevelt had boarded the
Mayhower to steam ont to review the
warships lying at anchor in three Gil
umns in the sound TO the westward VI
Lloyd's Neck
The President, who was accompanied
by Mre. Roosevelt, drove down from his
residence at Sycamore hill above the
| bay To the wv. Emlen Roosevelt land
| ing, where launch from the Mayfiow
| er was in waiting. When the President
| stepped on To the quarterback d marine
| guard in full dress uniform presented
arms, there was rufIie Of drums ami
| then came the strains of Hail to the
Chief flosting over the water In
/ the same moment the Presidents flag
/ the gIns began to speak,
The skies were murky after the fierce
ranstorm Of the night and II looked
as il the clerk Of the weather had been
thinking Of review on Spithead III
stead Of Oyster Bay and was doing
things in regular British style for his
majesty King Edward instead Of for
President Roosevelt.
Bonaparte ana Cortelyou Honored.
Half an hour before the arrival Of
the President. Secretary Of the Navs
Bonaparte boarded the Mavfower md
Was received With salute BIZ the Nh
| rine guard and the ruffles Of drums
| Following him came Postmaster General
Cortelyou, who was also honored on the
quarterback.
! Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Of
| the New York yacht club, whose nag
/ ship, the North Star, lay of Centre
Island, reached the Mayflower shortly
after the arrival Of the President, then
came Commodore Benedict Of the Sea
wanhaka Cnrinthian Yacht club.
The naval attaches representing for
| eign governments came on the Des
Moines and were transferred to the
Mayhower by launches As they reach
ed the gangway there was more salut-
+ ing, the marine guard and the drummers
| being kept busy The attaches were:
Capt r. r. G. Ryan. r. NJ, British
] Embassy; Lieutenant Commander De
/ Blanpre, French embassy Capt. Heb
hinghasls, imperial German embassy;
! Lieutenant carlo PAster, Italian cmbaE-
/ sv; COMMANDER Nebolsine. Russian en-.
hassy; Lieutenant Commander y. Tar.
/ iguchi. Japanese embassy; Lieutenant
4 Commander Vera Of the Argentine Re.
| public; Second Lieutenant Don Eduardo
/ Mario Svez OF Uruguay,
! Other distinguished guests to arrive in
/ launches were Senator's Burrows Of
Michigan, Dick Of Ohio, perrose Of Penn
/ syisania. and Representatives Loudens
/ lager, Nen Jersey; Fadgett. Tennessee;
Meyer, Louisiana; Bates, Pennsylvania:
/ Nreeland, New York; MnJd, Maryland;
and lilley Of Connecticut.
Other Guests on the Sylph
While the Presidents guests we're
boarding tho Maydowcr, the guests Of
i Mrs. Roosevelt were arriving in launches
at the Sylph, on board of which they
were received by Miss Ethel Roosevelt.
who had for her special attendants her
| brothers Kermit, Archie and Quentin.
! Mrs. Cortelyou, wife Of the postmaster
general, and her two sons, Bruce and
Winthrop. were among the earliest ar
rivals.
Thousands OF Excursionists.
Thousands Of sightseers went up TO
i the Sound yesterday to see the feet,
/ and as the picket lines had not yet been
/ drawn, ample opportunity was given
them to inspect All and each OF the
ships from Admiral Evans flagship, the
/ Maine, and the big Louisiana. TO the
/ Whipplc and the other grim little fight
era 81 the torpedo feet The only &C
cidcnt Of the day happened on board the
/ Yankee on which a sailor fell and was
killed. His body was sent to the navy
yard,
The village Of Oyster Bay was so
! thronged with visitors Sunday night
that many we're Obliged to sleep in hall
ways or wherever they could find shell
ter. When these unfortunates joined
the excursion feet on n Noah's ark boat,
/ fitted with motors, there were many
eases Of stomach ache from the choppy
waters Of the Sound churned up by
! brisk southeastern, which induced some
timid ONES 70 don oilskins.
Storms Work Undone
Two hours before this, however, ev.
cry jacky Of the fleet was az busy as
beaver The heavy rains Of the night
had dirnmed tho hrasses and played hay
oc generally, so that there was lots of
polishing and furnishing to be done,
and jackie was obliged to get early TO
work. He worked, however. with right
good will. and when the bugles rang
ont Mt colors at o'clock all the mis-
chief Of the storm had been undonc, and
then in response to the order to dress
/ ship the battleships and the cruisers in
the long white columns burst into a
blaze Of color MS the multicolored flags
were strung from bow TO truck and
! truck to stern
The Dolphin started southwark at