Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
FOR HOME COMING
Return of Roosevelt Will Be
Made Occasion of Welcom-
ing Celebration.
NAVAL AND LAND PARADE
Remarkable Demand for Tugboats by
Greeting Parties Who Plan to
Go to Sea.

Down on the river front at New
York city it was said the other day
that there was an unprecedented de-
mand for ocean going excursion boats
for June Is, when Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, former president Of the
United States, returns from Europe.
Nearly every big organization-patri-
otto. political and social-in New York
and scores from other cities, it is un-
derstood, have engaged or are trying
to engage steamboats, for June Is,
and. though some of the railroads
using boats on regular runs will char
ter them for the celebration, there are
far from enough to go around at any
price. Some Of the greeting parties
plan to go far to sea. and 1t is expect
ed that there will be a race to be the
first to meet Colonel Roosevelt's
steamer
Some of the organizations planning
to meet Colonel Roosevelt, it was said,
are negotiating for all sorts Of noise
making instruments, such as foghorns
and whistles which can be heard at
great distances. One organization.
more ambitious than the rest, it was
whistle now in use in the northwest
forests which can be heard twenty
miles.
Two Parades Planned.
The plan of the celebration already
has been decided to the extent that
there is to be a big naval and land
parade, the former as the colonel's
ship comes up the bay and the latter
after he lands. While it is not yet
known whether any war vessels will
go to New York to take part in the
naval parade. there is talk of having
Forts Hancock, Wadsworth and Ham
tlton salute Colonel Roosevelt as he
comes up the bay.
Rough riders. military, civic and po-
ntical organizations from all parts of
the United States are almost begging
for places in the land parade. Cap
tain Arthur +. Cosby, secretary of the
general reception committee. displayed
recently a great batch of letters and
kilograms from many of Colonel Roose-
velt'S old friends in the far west, some
of them declaring that if parade
were held they would bring their own
horses, all bedecked with new western
saddles bought for the occasion, and
even New York
William A. Campbell telegraphed to
William Loeb, Jr.. one of the special
Roosevelt reception subcommittee men,
from Omaha saying that 100 Omaha
business men and stockmen from South
Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming in
sisted on coming to New York to meet
Colonel Roosevelt and had determined
to bring fifty horses.
These men," he wired, don't want
to break in too strong or annoy your
committee. but -gant to know if they
can have a!.y sort of recognition from
the committee in charge be permitted
to ride in any parade or have repre-
sentation at any of your functions.
They are nonpartisan and nonsectarian
friends of the distinguished ex-presi-
dent from the west"
Colonel Zach Mulhall wrote also to
Mr.. Loeb from Oklahoma City, Okla,
that he wanted to bring a lot of fine
fellows such as the colonel would be
proud of. He said:
Many Ranchmen Eager to Como.
81 would like to show my apprecia-
ton, love and admiration for Colone,
Roosevelt at his Homecoming and have
in New York as an outfit of the west
ranchmen from the different states
mounted on the best horses of our
kind ever produced in the great streets
of New York. These men would be