Evening journal., 1910-06-18

tage points from which to get the FIRST
glimpse Of the returning nimrod The ships
and boats were an brilliantly decorated
and presented splendid sight as they
stretched in two long lines. 200 feet apart
back TO the Robbins Reef Lighthouse on
KIN Won Kull The third division, TO the
rear was composed OF private yachts. a
large number Of which, nyins signal Tags
from every peak. greeted the former
president. Behind the yachts lay the tugs,
steamers launches and small craft the
entire line being several miles In length.
At AS o'clock the revenue cutter An
droscoggin had left the Battery for
quarantine, carrying the Roosevelt re-
ception committee. of which Cornelius
Vanderbilt was chairman. Among
those on board the Androscoggin were
Chairman Vanderbilt William Loeb.
Jr.. Judge =. n Gary. of the steel
trust. John Hays Hammond, Lewis
Nixon. the ship builder, Herman a.
Metz. former comptroller Of the city of
New York; Levi p. Morton. J. Bronson
Reynolds. a member Of Col Roosevelt's
famous tennis cabinet" Judge J. w.
Gerard. Of the Supreme Court of the
state Of New York; Maj Gen. @. F..
Roe, of the New York National Guard
George J. Gould. George r.. Sheldon.
former treasurer of the Republican
National Committee; Ogden Mills, Will
liam G. McAdoo. builder Of the Hudson
River tunnels; Henry Clews and Jacob
Schif. bankers. Joseph n Choate,
Francis X Pendleton. former corpora
ton counsel of New York; Cesare
Cont. noted Italian banker: Theodore
p. Shonts, r. A. G. Smith, Commodore
of the New York Yacht Club and chair
man of the Roosevelt Harbor Display
Committee: Nicholas Murray Butler
Of Columbia University; Henry w
Taft. George b. Cortelyou. president Of
the Consolidated Gas Company, and
another former cabinet officer; Gustav
| II. Schwab. william Nelson Cromwell
Rear Admiral Leutz. commandant OF
! the Brooklyn Navy Yard Lloyd G.
| Griscom, chairman of the County Re
publican Committee; Gen. McCoskrs
Butt. Of the New York National Guard
| COL H. II. Treadweu, Dir. Lyman Alb
bott. and 200 other prominent New
Workers who had been appointed mem
bers Of the Roosevelt Reception Com
mittee by Mayor Gaynor. The An
droscoggin was accompanied by tn
revenue cutters Mohawk, loaded Will
| Congressman, Senators Governors AM
! Cabinet officers. and the Seneca. which
Collector Loeb had turned over 70 out
of-town newspaper men.
Promptly at nine o'clock the An
droscoggin went alongside the Man
haitian al Quarantine and Col. Roose
\ welt and the newspaper men were re
moved. Mrs. Roosevelt and the re
mainder of the Roosevelt family re
manned on the Manhattan.
AS Colonel Roosevelt. attired in frocl
coat and wearing a high hat steppe'
on board the Androscoggin, the tul
! Dalzelline sounded three sharp blast
from her siren This was the sigma
for the noisest demonstration heard il
New York Ray in many a day. Ever
| craft opened it's whistle wide and 70
several minutes the din was terrific
| Colonel Roosevelt made an effort Il
| say something to the welcoming com
mittee and the welcoming committe
tried to say something TO Colone
Roosevelt. but 1t was all lost 10 tn
crowd I'm the noisy salute. IL was tn
first part of Americas welcome TO he
returning ex-President.
As the sirens ceased. the Androscog
gin started up the bay. preceded by
whole fleet Of revenue cutters and 20
lice patrol boats. Immediately behini
the Androscoggin came the Manhattan
bearing the Roosevelt family; the Mo
hawk. the Seneca. and the Dalzelline.
This tiny fleet headed the procession
4 passing through the long lines of craft
which dipped their colors TO the return
ing chieftain and then fell into line II
| order. The Androscoggin., with Col
onel Roosevelt on the bridge, sped al
the Upper BAY. and. following clos
along the Jersey side Of the Hudson
! River. proceeded TO the stake boat
anchored Off Fifty-ninth street.
All the piers along the Jersey an,
New York side OF the river were decor
ated and packed with people to chez
Roosevelt. while every boat that wa
passed on the river sounded its wei