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-Five Guns Were Fired From
Each Ship The Mayfower
Steams Through Thun-
dering Lines.
MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE

Oyster Bay, sepE 4 \ mighty sa.
lutte Of twenty-one guns, fired simul-
! tGneously by every ship in the great
feet of Admiral Evans at 10 o'clocS
| yesterday morning, announced That
President Roosevelt had boarded the
Alayhower to steam out to reyiew the
warships lying ait anchor in three eel
umns in the sound 70 the westward Of
Lloyd's Neck.
The President, who was accompanied
1 by Mrs. Roosevelt, drove down from his
residence at Sycamore Hill above the
bay To the VIZ. Emlen Roosevelt land
! ing, where launch from the MayHow-
er was in waiting. When the President
/ stepped on to the quarterback a marine
guard IN full dress uniform presented
arms, there was rufllc of drums and
then came the strains of Hail to the
Chief floating ovm the water. In
The same moment the Presidents flag
was run up to the main truck and then
the guns began to speak
4 The skies were milrky after the fierce
rainstorm of the night and it locked
as il the clerk Of the weather had been
thinking Of review of Spithead in
stead Of Oyster Bay and was doing
things in regular British style for his
majesty King Edward instead 81 for
President Roosevelt.
Bonaparte and Ccrtelyou Honored.
Half an hour before the arrival of
The President, Secretary Of the NAVY
Bonapartc boarded the Maynower and
was received with salute BIZ the ma
rine guard and the ruiiies 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 flag
ship, the North Star, lay off Centre
Island, rcsched the Mayhower shortly
after the arrival Of the President, then
came Commodore benedict Of the Sea
wnnhaka Cnrinthian yacht club.
The naval attaches representing for
/ eigr 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 ana the drummers
I being kept busy The attaches were
Capt. r. e. G. Ryan. X. N, British
Embassy; Lieutenant Commander De
Blanpre, French embassy; Capt. Heb.
hinghaus, imperial German embassy
Lieutenant arlo Pfstcr. Italian embas
~; Commander Neholsine, Russian EN-
bassy; Lieutenant Commander y. Tan
I iguchi japanese embassy; Lieutenant
/ Commander Vera Of the Argentine Re
publicy Second Lieutenant Don Eduardo
Mario Svez OF Uruguay
cKtka~ sny All @,,s.n4e :. ..r.x4A T.,
launches were Senators Burrows Of
Michigan, Dick 1T Ohio, Penrose Of Penn.
I sylsania. and Representative Loudens-
lager, New Jersey; fadeett, Tennessee;
Meyer, Louisiana; Bate, Pennsylvania;
NreeIand. New York MIdd, Maryland
and LiIley Of Connecticut.
Other Guests on the Sylph.
While the Presidents guests were
boarding the Mayflower, the guests Of
Mrs. Roosevelt were arriving III launches
at the svlph, on board cf which they
we're 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 sightseera went IN 10
the Sound yesterday to see the fleet,
and as tile 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.
ers OF the torpedo fleet. The only ac-
cident Of the day happened on board the
\ Yankee, on which 4 sailor fell and MAS
Killed. His body was sent to the navy
yard.
The Village Of Oyster Bay was so
throngcd with visitors Sunday night
that many were Obliged to sleep in hall.
ways or wherever they could find shell
Ter. When these unfortunates Joined
the excursion feet on Noah's ark boat,
fitted with motors, there were many
cases 81 stomach ache from the choppy
waters of the Sound clurncd up BY a
brisk southeastern, which induced some
timid ones TO don oilskins
Storms Work Undone.
Two hours before this. however, eyl
cry jacky of the feet was a. busy as
bcarer The heavy rains Of the night
had dimmed tho brasses and played hay
DC generally, 80 that there was lots Of
polishing and Furnishing to be done,
and iackie was obliged TO get early TO
work. He worked, however, with right
good will. and when the huglez rang
out at coIors at O'Clock all the mis-.
chief Of The storm had been undone, and
then in response to the order 20 dress
ship the battleships and the cruisers in
the long white columns burst into a
blaze Of color as the multi-colored flags
were strung from bow To truck and
\ truck 10 sfern