The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-07
Great Ovation Given to His
Little Arctic Ship as 1t
Starts North.
WILL SEE PRESIDENT
AND THEN co ABOARD
Commander and Mrs. Peary to
Lunch With President andWife,
Who Will Inspect the Roose-
velt-To Discover Both
Poles Our Duty and
Destiny.
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VelL--I o discover bOtfl
Poles Our Duty and
Destiny.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
- YEW YORK, July 6.-The Roose-
/ welt. Peary's staunch little Arc
! tic ship. got the greatest ova-
\ X tion in its history this after
noon. when the vessel started
north. Forty guests of the Peary Arc
ltic Club, along with Commander and
Mrs. Peary, accompanicdth the steamer to
City Island, and returned to the city
\ later on the navy tug Narkeeta.
Commander and Mrs. Peary and Her
bert L. Briggman, secretary and treas
,irer OF the Arctic Club. Will leave
Long Island City at q o'clock to-n,or-
row morning for Oyster Bay. to got
there in time to have luncheon with,
President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Presi-
I! dent and Mrs. Roosevelt will Inspect
| the vessel late tomorrow afternoon.
after which Captain Bartlett will con-
tinue upon his long Journey. heading
for Sidney. Cape Breton.
IN spite OF the sgweltering heat, things
| were busy most OF the day on the
Roosevelt, and the crew were keenly
| alive to making nnal preparations for
the two-years cruise.
A&wonder was where they put all
/ the things that arrived in the few hours
before sailing. let alone the supplies
which have been coming aboard the
past month or SO. One Of the curious
things to arrive late was billiard
table. small and specially constructed
In sort OF cradle. SO as to keep level.
Likewise there were several bushels OF
new music rolls to keep the piano
| going.
Boy Takes Cat.
The Daughters Of the Revolution pre-
sented to Commander Peary a flag, with
the request that he carry it with him
to the pole, .'as a shield and buckler
against all disaster."
Commander Peary arrived at the pier
about 12 o'clock. accompanied by his
wife, his two young daughters. and his
lson. Robert, Jr., four years old, car.
trying tiny cat, which looked so good
to the newspaper men that they b ad to
photograph the two. Somebody passed
word along that the tall man with the
large features and the sandy hair and
mustache was Peary. The crowd that
| lieve that a person attired more In the
uniform OF q golfer. with the exception
of a straw hat. could be an Arctic ex-
| plorer.
It made up for lost time "a minute
later by giving rousing cheer. Peary
took off his hat and waved his hand
kerchief in acknowledgement. Most OF
the guests had gotten there ahead OF
him. General Thomas H. Hubbard.
president Of the Arctic Club, and Mr..
Briggman were In charge. Among
those present were John w. Flagler.
Anton Raven. Henry Parish. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Guggenheim. Arva b..
Johnson. president OF the Philadelphia
lArctic Club; DR.. Theodore LeBoutil-
| lier. secretary OF the Philadelphia Arc
| tic Club; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Guggen-
| helm and c. X. G. Billings.
Gifts for Esquimnux.
Just before sailing, Commander
Peary went below to see that all the
gifts he was taking to the Esquimaux
were safely aboard. Money doesn't
! look good to those In the very far
north. and it takes looking glasses,
silver thimbles, shotguns, and things
Hike that, In the way Of presents to
coax them along. Likewise Peary
dropped in to see IL Dave Henson. the
negro cook, was in his proper place.
Dave has been with him each trip. He
doesn't bother around the kitchen
much after the northland has been
reached, for from then on his Job Is to
boss the Esquimaux drivers and hunt
lers. Dave speaks their native tongue
with ease.
The Roosevelt left Its landing at the
foot Of East tTwenty-fourth Street, on
schedule to the minute. It was pushed
| into the river by. the Narkeeta, and
such din as went up hasn't been
heard In those parts for some time. A
healthy-looking ferry boat started the
| fun by footing the regulatlon salute
| of.three short blasts This was taken
Iup with vim by a dozen yachts Of the
|New York Yacht Club, among them
I the Alvina, the Winchester, the Evelyn,
1.-The Patricia and the Mermaid.
Crowd Yclls Itself Honrse.
Then came the din OF the crowd on
the recreation pier. yelling itself hoarse
to the accompaniment. Of the whistles
| OF numerous factories along the river
shores. Captain Bartlett at first tried
Ia acknowledge all the salutes,9 but
|. .tlleys came SO fast that before proceed :
| Ing with his task he ordered a chair
and made himself comtortab BILE upon the
poop deck with an tmprovised rope
/ I'm to the whistle. &3
He footed so many salutes that
finally the steam gave out and Il
was uD 10 &LN0 1NoSSS1 ~
while, and the navy folks certainly
did the thing. up in style. No craft
was too little or too big or too 3squeaky
"a n get speedy yacknowledgm and
when you know that practically every
boat and half the factories all the
way up to the City Island. a two
hours sail saluted, 1t won't be dif-
flcultst to imagine the magnitude OF the
task. Everybody aboard the Roosevelt
had roaring In their ears When IT
was over.
Further North Than Ever.
Peary lodged tnterviewers for a
while, but when he got into the open
he talked Il freely and very enthusiasts
tically. H. 4.
3aSs.'We are ready for the. trip he
said, IT have done entirely too much
work that country to be certain d
anything-so I'll not promise anything
before start, except that ! am going
a