The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
ROOSEVELT SAILS
FOR new YORK
Strenuous One Now on the High Seas
Walks in New Forest With
Earl Grey.
SOUTHAMpTON

SOUTHAMPTON.- SDeciaI.-
Theodore Roosevelt, after a siren.
nous tramp through historic New
Forest, I'm which he is understood
TO have given his final message
to- Foreign Secretary Grey, Quit
England Friday. While the whis-
Tie OF every craft i'm the SOIent
screamed its mghtiest, bands
blared, thousands upon shore and
other thousands afiOat cheered.
Theodore Roosevelt started for
home after his trip of more than
q year through Africa. The party
left London this morning for this
place from whence they sailed on
the Hamburg-American liner
Aaisertn Augusta Victoria for
New York city.
Roosevelts host here and who formed
a close friendship with the ex-Presi-
dent during the Spanish-American
war, accompanied the Roosevelt party
gensky, manager Of the HAMBURG
American line, who handed Mrs
Roosevelt a bouquet as she boarded
the train.
ton was made in good time, in spite
of the rain.
Roosevelt Looked Fresh.
After Mr.. Roosevelt had rejoined
his hard walking through New Forest
ana his night spent at a small inn,
the party was addressed by Mayor
sharp, who expressed the regret of
the city that Mr.. Roosevelt had been
unable TO accept an invitation to
public luncheon, or to attend the lay
ing of a cornerstone for a memorial
TO mark the spot where the pilgrims
set out for America.
AS, having rejoined his family at
the docks, the former President
boarded the ship-tender put at his
disposal by the Hamburg-American
Line TO take him out to the Kaiserin
Augusta Victoria, ne was given an
ovation more demonstrative than any
he has received since he stepped
ashore at Naples and began his three
months whirl through Europe.
England was officially represented
by Sir Edward Grey, the foreign sec
rotary with whom Mr.. Roosevelt
spent his last day in Great Britain.
There were at Southampton besides
many personal friends of the EXPIRES
ident and municipal delegations from
the seaport town, the latter in spite
OF Mr.. Roosevelt's declaration that he
would have time for no formalities
and wished his departure to be un-
noted.
In Special Car.
The other members offs the Roose-
welt party made the trip from Lon
don this morning in special car at
tached to the steamer train, being
joined at Southampton station by Mr..
Roosevelt invigorated by his haunt
through the S00-year-old New For
est. The departure OF the Roosevelts
from London this morning was made
in deluge, but in spite of the wealth
er a great crowd of distinguished
Americans were on hand to bid them
farewell at 10 A. NJ.
Besides Ambassador Reid and Mrs.
Reid there were the principal Off
GERS of the American embassy, in
Guiding First Secretary William Phil
lipps, the military and naval attaches,
Captain Cloman and Commander Ed
ward Simpson. and Ogden Reid, who
is one Of his fathers secretaries.
Colonel Roosevelt thanked Mayor
Sharp for his greeting and expressed
his appreciation of the treatment &C
corded him in England. The last part
of the journey to Southampton, from
Wickham, Mr.. Roosevelt covered by
motor car, and proceeded directly to
the dock.
The farewells took some little time.
but a few of the closest friends of
Mr.. Roosevelt accompanied the party
to the liner on the tender. The latter
bedecked with flags, looked like a
royal yacht passing through the Jam
of boats in the roads. It's whistle toot-
ed valiantly in answer to the blasts
of the other vessels and the cheers
of the thousands lined about the wa
ter front.
The giant steamer herself was gay
with flags, the stars and stripes pre-
dominating. AS the tender drew along
side, a terrific whistle that seemed to
drown out all the other salutes went
up from her. She carries a record
number of passengers on this voyage
"a good percentage of them attract
ed by the chance of travelling on the
same ship that carries a former Pres