The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-02-23
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resident Roosevelt Was on ia Hand to- !.

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President lRyoassyels Was on ia Hapds stos
GIVE the soHf9efs and Men a 1ns
-x9S tgodI1U latIoE $50 yTs ~ n-A
- HeartyalWeleome -3Fteet4a sr2ir
Broke ,Rsiord fer Cruise ..ss
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Ng0la Point .CcmfQlt, Va, FEB, 2.y
WITH h0newardsJ bouad. peurlant.ss-
Streaming tar behind them, I, tweatA-t
eight bands playing The Star Span (.
Sssed E8ann q, and alnging qanRatl4
sSoer1Ras trtbute to the, president seeg
Ethe United States the bas1Ieship Hes
Gof the Americap navy ended Its 3w5riAiass
cruise here today. IS, :. -s.g rs.
After steamipg in review of 4 therf
president, whose eagle crested flag seff
blue was at the mainmast Of them
cruiser yacht Maytipwer. sixteen white
battleships finally cast anchor in the,
same fair way of Hampton Roads.
from, whence they started fourteen,
months ago on a notable journey, ,ofU
$4,000 miles The joy of Homecoming
was written upon every face of the
bluejackets, and every officer an,
board the sixteen ships
The words OF the poet, if he were
asked for lines appropriate to this
great homecoming, would again have
repeated that famous patriotic staaza,
"Breathes there a man with soul 50
dead,
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Who never to himself hath said.
This is my own, my own native .Iand!Ha
Sets Lively Pace AL
The American navy has set a new
cruising standard for other, naFies aof
the world to strive for As she led the
beautiful column of battleships ready
folf any emergency and bidding def
ance to storms. eg tortuous channels of
Strange waters Of the heniispheres
Since leaving Hampton Roads four
Feen months ago. and as sheg
pileted the feet through all : the,
seas and into all porislof the lpnga
cruise, the flagship, Connecticut,
Steamed ed7again today-at.the, head. of the.
returning sqqadrons, "a ~ cof,f4,
The day4of the Homecoming, dawRed.t
With prospects of Weather as. fair,.as
the day in December, 1907 on, which
the fleet set sail, -.o, .s-- .--,-,
Foreign4 Jna1aE- attaches, immense
parties of government officials and
high officers OF the army and nav
were aboard the feet of welcome.
which steamed olnsH greet the incom-
ing vessels and TO wfthess the review.
Py the president in the tail Of the
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distingujshed. party, on board, cast
her ancHofs III ffif gaH{a MNa7fedhg today
where she TOOK sub The II POSITION at the
sailing ofythe Aeetyy After the cere-
monial greeting ofthe ,b5ttTshIps and
their escort, the Mayfower steamed
herself AT thes ehH fol theyUng calyuln
into Hampton Rofd5, and SBahesh
Homecoming vessels had anchored,
tqeN I flpsifffepn fp the senfF - tgg
fleet. Admiral Sperry ahd bth&4nA
Officers $together with ~4hesscaSAainA
commanding, were received on board
and TO e,themg President Roosevelt Rx-
tended cordial thanks, whicnfhe7 afHer-
ward expressed anew to the officess-
ard crews Of the four divfkio6afftya
ships, which were visited late in tie
afternoon Y
At a. m. the fog settled down. but
lifted in an. hour, a light rain began
to fan about a.8 m, With 4heg Dros~s
poets that it would continue through
out the day, but it did notstend to mar
The ceremonie IS planned all cf~w444ef-.
we're carried out perfectly.
ThefP residents Adcresss
/ AT o'GqelSP#siden4 BSo4e~elt. ac-
companied lu8NtIie mfa1gsFA- CHIEF
or the fleet, went aboard the Connec
ticuty Louisiana, Georgia and. Mdssoski.
the divisional fagships,tto address
Officers and men. The -president was
given an ovation and spoke as fo,
lows:
"uyer a year Tas- passed since you
steamed 0lt of tisahsalaor, and ou
the worlds rreysard dItb1sl 1noFning, tJges
hearts OF all VINO $. W yQu thrilled with
pride as the hui1s 81 ne mighty war
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lrsFs bedff Nh tIlei northern and ssottAI
ei'ft1 fi3fifs fIseFe8s fNFS tffatsAr v5,l qisz1s
crossed rhe~I ff4ie z yUfhhf1a atAasAel4
trough all theSgTest oceans; you have
f6iiche42tlge e6ast of j&ssVarys eohEfHdft.
Ever your general course hagsabfiSa
westward, ana sn0w yv1. ccnle back to
me bort from WfifcR S6a set 8sai1TQthis
is the first battle feet that has.ASuH
ciecumnayigated NE gfsbe. Those who
perform the 4eat Against sea,rs3tst follow
| in your footsteps.
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