The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-20
His Family, Accompanied by
Root and Meyer, Has
Special Train.
CROWD GATHERS
AT UNION DEPOT
Executive Bows Right and Left An
swering Greetings-Root Going
TO MuldoOn's Farm.

Wishing everyone the best OF luck
the President left Washington for Oys-
ter Bay at 9:15 o'clock this morning.
Accompanying him were Mrs. Roosevelt.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt. and Quentin. Sec
retary Root. Secretary Meyer, and Mr..
and Mrs. Loeb. The journey was made
IN a special train. consisting OF a COM
bination baggage car, q parl5r-car, and
an observation car, the last named be-
Ing occupied by the Presidents party.
AT the station 10 say gOOd-by 70 the
President and the members OF his lam
lily were all the Cabinet officers who
are still in town and their wives, the
naval and military aides of the Presi-
dent Mrs. Taft, Miss Eagner. Surgeon
General Rixey, Chief WiIke, OF the
Secret Service, all OF the White House
attaches who will remG n IN Washing
ton. and a number Os friends OF those
on hoard the train. Secretaries Root
and Meyer made the journey 10 Rev
York with the President, the Secretary
Of State 10 begin his vacation and the
Postmaster General TO spend several
days in Massachusetts and New York.
Crowd Waits at Station.
There was q large crowd waiting the
arrival OF the President carriage out
side Union Station long before o'clock
this morning. and there was a still
larger crowd inside the station near the
gate through which the President would
have to pass 10 reach his train. Quen-
rIE was the first 70 arrive. pranciEg
around gleefully at the thought OF the
fun 10 be had at his Long Island home.
ana darting here ana there 10 say good
by. Closely following him a footmaa
t-ailed behind a little bulldog, which
u as straining at a leash, but was with
out q muzzle. Quentin relieved the
footman Of the pet and tied him " III
TIE car
As soon as the President appeared at
the station he was greeted with ap-
Dlause on all sides, and nearly every
I.lau he passed took of his hat, the
President always returning the cOmpll-
meut- On either side Of Lhe President
Elked q Secret Service man, and, inn
Mediately following them, came Mrs.
Roosevelt ana Miss Ethel. the two
members Of the Cabinet bringing up the
Tsar.
As the President reached his private
ca. he found many friends VINO had
come 70 wish him pleasant summer,
among them being Secretary Gtrauss
klXcT, Commander Sims, Lieutenant
OsLerhEgs. Lieutenant Berry, and Lieu
tenant SAackIord, naval aides Captain
Lee, Captain Van Horn, Captain Me
Coy, and Captain Butts, military aides
Assistant Secretary Of The Navy New
berry, and al OF the White House at
tacnes. MIS- RooseVelL ana aef da-gl-
ter were greeted by Mrs. Tart, Mrs.
STaus. Miss Hagner, ana several other
friends. Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel
stood on the rear platform for several
moments talking 20 fnends, while the
President remained inside with his Cab
met officers As the signal for the de-
parture was given, he came oLJ and
waved a smiling good-by 10 everyone,
and picking out friend here and there
he shouted, Good luck" Pleasant
summer"
Train Has Right of Way.
The train will have the right of way
between here and Jersey Cit. At thai
point the President s party viii be trans
fsrred 10 a tug. which VIII carry them
to Long Island City, fror- v -icl point
they Will travel 10 oyster Bay by
train, reaching there al about O'Clock
this afternoon.
BotA Secretaries Root and Meyer viii
leave the President at jersey City. AIr.
Root will 80 10 mis- farm at Canton.
n. y, 10 Join his family. After re-
naming there for about a week he
viii so TO the training quarters o. EIIy
strenuous daily rOutlTe of athletic WoTk
which dIt so much 10 res. .ore his health
q year agu- After taking the old boxer >
course secretary Root Will return 10 MS
farm where he viii spend the most or
the summer.
Postmaster General Meyer is on his
way 10 MassaC aChuseLts 10 meet his son,
George Won L Meyer, jT-, who is q
classmate OF Kermit Roc seV elt at Gro
ton School Mr.. Meyer viii spend two
o. three days at his home a. Bostoa
after which he will take his son 10
New York and send him TO Europe,
where he will Join his mother and Sis
ters- Mr.. Meyer VIII return 20 Wash
intgon Wednesday or Thursday of next
week.
BALTIMORE, Nd, June 20.-The train
bearing President Roosevelt and party
reached the union station at 10.l7. There
was no stop made at Baltimore.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2l-President
Roosevelt and his family arrived in
Philadelphia at 12:25 After q wait of
four minutes for a change of IOcouo-
tives. the special proceeded TO Jersey
City.
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