Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-28
TELLS STORY I
OF HIS TRIP.
President Roosevelt Busy Even
When On the Deep Mixed
With All Sailor Men.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-President
Roosevelt on his trip to and from Pan
anna on the battleship Louisiana mixed
freely with the officers and men, of
whom he speaks in the highest com-
mendatlon. He participated in the
chief petty officers mess and visited
the branch of the Army and Navy
union, which has a organization of
about fifty members on the Louisiana
and whose meeting place was way
down in the hold of the ship. AS the
ship was passing Hatteras on the way
home the president had the engineer
department steam up, and for three
hours the vessel made q run of 49,
knots, which is half a knot in excess
of the contract requirements.
On the homeward trip a vaudeville
entertainment was given by the men
in honor of the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
There was a programme of sixteen
selections made up of songs, sketches,
solos of various kinds and monologues.
Sunday as the vessel was nearing the
Virginia capes the president delivered
a speech to the men assembled on
board the vessel in which he told them
what he had experienced and gave
them some advice. His remarks we're
as follows:
Captain and officers and enlisted
men of the Louisiana:
II wish to thank you for as pleasant
and interesting a trip as any president
has ever had on land or sea, and a
profitable trip, too. Not only | do not
see how any president, but l do not
see how any good American can fail
TO believe. with all his heart in the
United States navy. can fail to do all
that in him lies for the officers and
men of that navy in order that the
navy itself may be brought to a con-
stantly increasing state of perfection
as a formidable fighting machine. This
is the third of our great ships on
which | have spent some time, the
other two being the West Virginia and
the Missouri. l am very proud of the
ships-I am even prouder of the men
aboard the ships.
Out tulnS liolC L tdhC luIS CldlCc
to say. l have been astounded and
mortified at the attitude of certain Of
our people ashore in declining to allow
Uncle Sans men when they have their
uniforms on to come into places of
amusement. Outside of Washington |
have no control over those places of
amusement; in Washington have, and
l.-.. ,I,..o 80 o,+ - ..l.zt. II
mission is denied to reputable men
who are behaving themselves who
wear the uniform of the army or the
navy will lose its license if it is in my
power to cause the loss, and I think
it Is.
The first official callers the president
received upon resuming business
brought up the troublesome question
of the dismissal of the negro troops of
the Twenty-ffth infantry. They were
Charles Anderson, collector of internal
revenue, New York, and L. J.. Scott,
private secretary for Booker II. Wash
lngton.
Anderson came as a representative
of the colored Republican club of New
York, and Scott was the messenger of
Mr.. Washington. When he first ar
rived at the White House, Anderson
declared that his errand related merely
to an unimportant official matter. Aft.
er having seen the president he decided
to tell what brought him to Washing
ton and then said he came here to ask
the president to do justice to the col
ored soldiers.
Both Anderson and Scott were rather
reticent regarding what occurred, but
lit was apparent that they got very lit
tie encouragement from the president.
Mr.. Scott said he presented to the
president a petition from Booker Il.
Washington, in which a plea was made
for the dismissed soldiers.
1t is learned that the president stood
firmly by his last declaration. He Is
willing to take up the individual cases
of the men il it is shown that they
were not responsible for the troubles
that brought OIL the discharge ordered,
but he has no intention of resembling
Or even modifying his order.
Scott and Anderson had a talk later
with Secretary Taft. 1t Is reported
that on account of the very great pub
lie interest in the discharged soldiers
the president may issue a statement
explaining further his attitude.
A report says that the president be-
%lieves the people of Porto Rico are en-
titled to American citizenship and will
recommend that this be granted to
them in a special message to congress.
President Roosevelt's annual mes
sage, it is said, deals with the expan
sion Of the powers of the federal gov.
ernment to grapple with questions that
have heretofore been for the most par
left to the states.
He advocates the supervision by IL
cense or otherwise of all corporations
other than railways doing interstate
commerce business.
He advocates a bill providing for a
r, ora aIncfic currency