The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-11
IN MEMORY OF MOTHER
President Has a Busy Time on
Georgia Day.
VISITOR AT BULLOCK HALL
Makes Two Addresses, Also Present at
Couple of Receptions, Reviews Sea
Fighters and Witnesses Military and
Marines Parade.

Norfolk, Va, June 11.-Brought
back to the jamestown exposition by
the formal opening of Bulloch Hall,
the ancestral home of his mother at
Roswell, Ga, and reproduced here as
the Georgia state building. President
Roosevelt Monday was for the second
time the central figure of an attract
i've exposition programme. Outside
the features arranged in connection
with the celebration of Georgia day
the military and naval spectacle was
not greatly dissimilar to that which
marked the visit of the president when
the exposition was thrown open April
70. He was the guest of the exposi
ZION for about nine hours. arriving
with special party, including Mrs.
Roosevelt. After receiving the Geor
gla officials on board and with them
as guests, reviewing the fleets assem-
bled in Hampton Roads, he landed at
the exposition grounds at II O'Clock.
he made speech as part of the Geor.
gla day celebration in the forenoon.
and made another at the convention
of the National Editorial association
In the auditorium during the after
noon. He reviewed the parade of mil
ftary and naval forces, visited the ne
gro exhibit, participated in the pre-
sentation of silver service by the
state CT Georgia to the battleship
named for her, attended reception
given at the Georgia building by Geor-
gians alone in honor of himself and
Mrs. Roosevelt, and visited informal
ly the New York state building. Every
part of the exposition grounds except
War Path" was covered by the presi.
dent in the strenuous day.
1t was distinguished party that re-
viewed the assembled war vessels
from the Mayflower Immediately on
the arrival of that vessel the party of
Secretary of the Navy Metcalfe was
landed from the Dolphin Others to
join the president We're Governor Ter
rel of Georgia. and Mr.. Mitchell of the
Georgia committee. The president re-
viewed the fleets of seven nations
six in addition to the United States.
The seafighters in gala attire, with
flage of the different countries rep.
resented made striking picture AS
the Mayflower steamed down the long
column of vessels each in turn greet
ed the president, who occupied the
bridge of his trim yacht, with sa-
lutte of twenty-one guns.
A great throng was within the
grounds, stretching from the water
front to the auditorium, and on the
outside a crowd of far greater proper
tons assembled on Lee parade in front
of the reviewing stand. Thousands
of voices swelled the cheering which
commenced as soon as the president
stepped on land, and continued until
the programme opened at the tand. On
the reviewing stand with the president
and party We're Cardinal Gibbons, Gen
eral Stephen d. Lee, commander in
chief of the United Confederate Vet
Grams; Governor Swanson of Virginia;
Governor Terrell of Georgia and
of officials from that state;
jamestown exposition state commits.
sioners, distinguished United States
army and naval officers, with mum.
Der of foreign representatives and |
of prominent members of the
National Editorial association
Following patriotic selections by the
exposition band, the programme Incl |
dent to the Georgia day celebration
was opened by Governor Terrell who
President Mitchell of the |
Georgia commission. master of cere
Mr.. Mitchell presented Cardinal Glib
bons, who offered an invocation, the |
band played Star Spangled Banner" |
after which Mr.. Mitchell, in an adj |
dress, introduced President Roosevelt |
who delivered the first address. The |
president was cheered throughout his
entire speech. The president spoke
for about an hour, and then reviewed |
the military parade under command of
Colonel Philip Reed of the Twenty
third infantry as grand marshal