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on board the Manhattan were only
the immediate Roosevelt family, in
Guiding Rear Admiral w. s. Cowles
fretiredl and Mrs. Cowles, the latter
Mrs Rooseyelts, sister; W. s. Cowles
Jr Douglas Robinson and wife, the
latter the isterof Colonel Roosevelt;
z Douglas Robinson and wife, Monroe
p Robinson, R. ID. Roosevelt and wife,
g Han Roosevelt, J.2W. A. Sop ana
wife the latter Mrs. Roosevelt's niece;
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, and bis
tiance. Miss eleanor B. Alexander and
her mother Mrs. H. A. Alexander;
Archibald p. Roosevelt and Quentin
Roosevelt, the younger sons OF Col
RoossReNs Nicholas Longworth, sthe
ex.presldent's son;inslaw; Mr.. and Mrs,
NJ: Elmer Roosevelt, George F. Roose.
Welt, Miss 4. s. Hagner, formerly Mrs.
Rooseyelts social secretary, and
Misses lsngdon and Osborn, neigh
Bors osthe Roo eyelts at Oyster Bay.
Az soon as the KaiserIn was passed
byStlie health ofticSs, the Manhattan
drew upIalongside and,the Roosevelt
party boarded the cutter There was
d happyscene as the Colonel and Mrs.
Roosevelt greeted their sons and 9th
ef relatives. In the party which board.
ed theA Manhattan were Col. and Mrs
Roosevelt; Mrs. Alice Longworth, Ker.
init and Ethel Roosevelt; Mrs. E. Reed
Merritt, d cousin of the expresident's,
and the party Of newspaper men who
have been constantly with Roosevelt
since hegemerged from the African
Jungle at dRenk on the White Mile.
The transfer was completed by
eight O'clock and the Manhattan
steamed iap, and down in the Narrows
while the Roosevelt party breakfasted.
The Naval Parade.
While the II Roosevelt party was thus
engaged the naval flotina that was to
not as escort gathered. The vessels,
200 dra number, were divided into
twelve divisions, each commanded by
vice commodore, all under the gen.
aral command Of Commodore Fred B,
palgefl ah board the ting Dalzelline.
rhe tirstand second divisions consist.
ca ofsteam ships and steam boats,
leach laden to the gunwales with cheer.
ing thonsands who almost fought for
advantage points from which to ge;
The first glimpse Of the returning MIN
rod The ships and boats were all
brilliantly decorated and presented a
splendid sight as they stretched in two
long lines, 200 feet apart, back to the
Robbins Reef Lighthouse on Kill Won
Kun. The third division, to the rear,
sgas composed Of private yachts, a
large nuitber of which flying signal
flags from every peak. greeted the for
lner president. Behind the yachts lay
Tie tugs, steamers, launches and small
i craft the entire line being several
miles in length. \.
o'clock the revenue cutter
Ondroscoggin had left the Battery for
Quarantine, carrying the Roosevelt re-
ceptjon committee, of which Cornelius
Vanderbilt was chairman. Among
those niboard, the Androscoggin were
Chairman Vanderbilt, William Loeb
JF Judge b. H. Gary, Of tho steel
tfnst; John Hays Hammond, Lewis
Nixon, the ship builder; Herman A.
lletz. former Comptroller Of the city
New York; Levi P. Morton, J. Bron-
son Reynolds, a member Of Col. Roose-
vets famous tennis cabinet:" Judge
~. Gerard, Of the Supreme Court
ot3the State d. New York; Major Gen.
! q. u Roe, 81 the New York National
Gnard; George y. Gould George +,
sheldon, former treasurer Of the re.