Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-31
ROOSEVELT WAVES
LAST FAREWELL
SAILS AWAY ON HUNTING TRIP
IN THE WILDS OF EAST
AFRICA.
MuLTiTuDEs ATTEND HIS DE
PARTuRE-soN KERMIT Ac-
COMPANIES HIM.

parting farewell With his black
SLOUGH hat, his smiling face beaming
in the morning sun, as he stood on the
captains bridge of the steamship
Hamburg, ex-President Roosevelt
sailed away yesterday for his long
planned African "safari." He left his
native shores amid the CHEERS OF
thousands of persons that swarmed
the Hamburg American line pier, the
whistles of river craft and the thun-
derous reverbations of the ex-presl-
dents salute of Is guns from forts
Hamilton and Wadsworth.
Besides the happy figure of the for
mer chief magistrate as the big
steamship slipped out of her dock
stood Kermit Roosevelt, son OF the
ex-president, who accompanied his
father as official photographer on the
expedition. Father and son remained
on the bridge on the trip down the
bay and acknowledged with sweeps OF
their hats the salutes of vessels. The
demonstration was unofficial in char
acter but many high in the affairs OF
the nation were present. Just before
he boarded the ship he was presented
bronze tablet by the Italian Amer
lean chamber of commerce, in recog-
milton CT his efforts on behalf of the
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Roosevelt made no statements regard
ing his coming hunt in the jungles
of British East Africa other than to
say that he probably would be gone
about a year and quarter. One in
cident of the departure which touched
Roosevelt probably more than any
other was the presentation of a mes
sage and gift from President Taft, by
Captain Archibald Butt, who was
chief military aide to Roosevelt and
who at present occupies that position
under President Taft. Mr.. Roosevelt
sent a message to Mr.. Taft by
Captain Butt and when out at sea
sent the president a wireless tele-
gram: Parting thanks, love and sin
cerity."
| Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit received a
continuous ovation from the time they
handed at the East River terminal OF
the Long Island railroad, from Oys-
ter Bay to their final departure on the
steamer Hamburg, for Gibraltar, its
first port of call. There was a burst
of cheers as the ferry-Doat landed at
Thirty-fourth street and as the party
whirled through the city streets the
pedestrians catching glimpses of the
ex-president, cheered, took off their
hats and waved farewell
Friends and political and official as
sociates came aboard the steamship
to speed the departing hunter Only
those who were known to Douglas
Robinson, brother-in-law of Mr.
Roosevelt, were admitted to the suite
where Mr.. Roosevelt received his
! friends.
The departure of the Hamburg was
delayed until HOG by order of Cap
tain Burmeister, so that Major Gen
eral Wood of the department of the
east, and staff, might board the steam
ship from the government tug Wyck-
off and bid good bye to their former
commander-in-chief
The steamship Hamburg presented
a pretty marine picture as she
steamed down the river in the Iimpid
sunlight which touched the colors of
her code flags that fluttered from the
haylards on the fore and mainmasts.
Racing alongside the side of the Ham
burg was bevy of small tugs toot-
ing necessarily. The tugs carried
scores of Mr. Roosevelt's friends, in
GLIDING Collector of Port Loeb. Jr.,
former private secretary to Mr.. Roose-
welt, and others in the federal service.
Mr.. Roosevelt waved his hat in an
swer to the cneers of those on the
tugs. The Hamburg dipped her col
ors in answer to the salute of the
forts and her siren answered the fire.
quent whistles of the craft met and
passed When the Hamburg was last
seen moving eastward In the haze
that hung over the Atlantic those on
the tugs saw the figure high up ON
the bridge waving last farewell.