The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-27
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP

THE PRESIDENTS TRIP
TO PANAMA WRITTEN UP BY
MIDsdIPrlAN D. q. COPELAND.
4 rIr. COPELAND Is on the Louisiana,
Which Ship Carried the President
ssS to the New Republic.
SIS That there are differences between
Europeans and Americans was very
clearly shown recently when Presl-
dent Roosevelt made his voyage to
Panama. Comparing his trip with that
Of the Prince of Wales to India a
few months ago, some of these diff
ferences become readily apparent.
When England's future king left
London he was accorded all the
honors due one of his rank. His de-
parture for the East was made the
occasion of a great State junction,
and the Hadieus" were made with mo
little pomp and ceremony. On his
flagship a small army of reporters,
artists and correspondents took, pas
sage in order that the English people
might be kept acquainted with every
move We and act of His Royal Highness.
1 Not so with the departure OF the
President. Coming aboard his flag
ship at night, his flag was hoisted
without the ordinary salute, no ma
rine guard paraded in his honor, nor
even did the boatswain and his side
boys pipe MIN over the side. One
3 lone secretary accompanied HIM on
THE VOYAGE.
IN order to avoid the yachts and
stber pleasure craft, which had as
selnbled at the Capes to see the
squadron pass out to sea, the Presl-
dent5gaxe orders to sail Immediately,
md at dawn the Louisiana and the
sonyoying squadron passed Cape
Charles while the sight-seers yet
saumbered. The course lay SOU by
east, and in a few hours the States
were left far astern. The first land
See seen after leaving Virginia was San
salvador, or Waiting Island, where
Columbus and his gentlemanly band
ofs robbers first set foot on the New
World. The island fails to impress
{ one m with its grandeur and it's riches,
and we cannot wonder that the men
under the famous Genoese navigator
were anxious to return to sunny
SPAN. Probably, however, the sea
( was much rougher four hundred and
fourteen years before than it was
the clear calm day we passed, and on
this account maybe even the bare
rocks and drifting sands of San Sal
! 'yador looked good to him. Several
hundred miles south of the Bahamas
lies Cuba, Pearl Of the Antilles,
and its eastern end, Cape Maysi, was
the next land to be sighted.
If the entire island is as beautiful
4 and as picturesque as is this locality,
! sne can readily understand why the
naughty Don fought so long to re-
lain control of it. The land rises
from the waters edge to a lofty
mountain range, crowned by a
plateau, which extends as. far as the
\ eve 81, can see. The sides of the noun
tain are clad with the most beautiful
foliage, and with its gardens OF wild
fruit, free to all, one need not mar
I Vel that Gomez, Garcia and Maceo
we're able to keep their armies IN the
field long after the generals OF
Spain had swept the island of every
s syestige of it's provisions. Directly
across the Windward Passage, a
channel fifteen miles wide, lies the
worst governed spot in the world,
I a. HAITI.
IT seems a travesty of justice that
SO fair and fertile a land should re-
main undeveloped and be domineered
by a horde of illiterate blacks, whose
sole aim in life is murder and plum
der. Only when man-of-war enters
San Domingo city or Port au Prince
does peace and quiet reign on the is
land. AS the squadron passed every
thing was as quiet and as orderly as
Was aboard ship next morning at
GENERAL QUARTERS AND MUSTER.
AT 9:15 a. m. the entire ships COM
pany was formed on the various
decks, mustered and inspected. The