The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-24
Col. ROOSEVELT RECEIVES
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME

New York, June 18.The steamship
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. bearing Col.
Theodore Roosevelt. reached Ambroz
channel at 7:O5 a. m. today and an
chored of quarantine at 7:45.
AS the huge liner passed Ambroz
light the warships in the lower bay
began to fire the first presidential sa-
lutte Of 81 guns ever accorded private
citizen of the United States.
When the South Carolina began sa-
luting, Roosevelt clapped his hands for
joy and cried: Look at them! Aren't
they wonderful and beautiful? Can
you blame me for wanting that kind
of a navy? This is worth coming all
the way from Khartoum to see. This
is great and worth while.
''Ah, I'm glad to get home"
New York, June 18.-Theodore
Roosevelt returned to America today
after an absence Of fifteen months,
during which time he hunted big game
in African iungles, hob-nobbed with
kings and royalty in Europe and acted
as American ambassador at the fun
eral of King Edward VII.
He went away on March %, 1909,
shortly after his retirement from the
highest office in the gift of the Amer
lean people. He came back today a
private citizen, but one to whom was
rendered the most enthusiastic greet
ing ever given returning country
man.
The reception to Colonel Roosevelt
started at daybreak this morning,
when the Hamburg American liner
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria came
abreast of Fire island, down the Long
island coast, 60 miles out of New York
harbor. 1t continued at quarantine
and in a naval pageant up the Hud.
son river; it reached a climax In Bat
terry park where the official welcom
ing took place, and became real
American greeting in which Theodore
Roosevelt was the guest Of his friends
the common people," in the march up
Broadway and Fifth avenue.
The Kaiserin arrived at quarantine
at 7:45, where the health officers went
on board.
AS soon as the Kaiserin was passed
by the health officers, the cutter Man
haitian drew up alongside and the
Roosevelt party boarded It. There was
a happy scene as the Colonel and Mrs
Roosevelt greeted their SONS and other
relatives. In the party, which boarded
the Manhattan, were Col. spd Mrs
Roosevelt, Mrs. Alice Longworfh. Ker
NIT and Ethel Roosevelt: Mrs. b. Reed
Merritt, cousin of the ex-president's
and the party of newspaper men who
have been constantly with Roosevelt
since he emerged from the African
jungle at Renk, on the White Nile.
The transfer was completed by 8
o'clock,-and the Manhattan steamed
up and down in the Narrows while the
Roosevelt party breakfasted.
The Naval Parade.
While the Roosevelt party was thus
engaged the naval fotilla, that was to
act as escort, gathered. The vessels,
300 in number, were divided into
twelve divisions, each commanded by
a vice-commodore, under the general
command Of Commodore Fred B. Dali
zell, on board the tug Dalzelline. The
first and second divisions consisted Of
steamships and steamboats,, each laden
to the gunwales with cheering thou
sands, who almost fought for adyant.
age points from which to get the first
glimpse of the returning nimrod. The
ships and boats were all brilliantly
decorated and presented splendid
sight as they stretched in two long
lines, 200 feet apart, back to the ROD
bins Reef lighthouse on XIII Won KUN.
The third division to the rear was
composed of private yachts Jugs
steamers. launches and small craft, the
entire line being several miles 10
length.
At 7:45 o'clock the revenue cutter
Androscoggin had left the battery for
quarantine. carrying the Roosevelt re-
ceptfon committee, Of which Cornelius
Vanderbilt was chairman. The COM
mittee numbered about $50. The An
droscoggin was accompanied by the
revenue cutters Mohawk, loaded with
congressman, senators, governors and
cabinet officers, and the Seneca, which
Collector Loeb had turned over to out
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