Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-17
Uniformed Men Will
Mass About and Sleuths
Scan Crowd.
PLAN BIG CEREMONY
Notable Naval Demonstration
and Land Parade SChed-
uIed for Tomorrow.

New York, June 17.-Roosevelt will
be guarded during the celebration Of
his home coming tomorrow as care
fully as If he were still president. The
police are taking unusual precautions
and from the time Roosevelt leaves
the steamer at quarantine he will be
guarded every moment by the keenest
detectives on the force. Some of the
men will always be at his elbow and
others will be distributed among the
crowds watching for the least suspi-
cious move.
Thousands of Officers.
Nearly $500 policemen will be on
duty for the great land parade, while
another force will watch the parade.
In the lineup there will be 1000 Span
ish war veterans, in addition to the
Roosevelt rough riders, bringing the
total number of soldiers and police on
guard TO well over 5000
BattIeships to Lead.
Rear Admiral Leutze, commandant
of the Brooklyn navy yard, will COM
mand the warships detailed to the
naval parade. They will lead the line,
followed by revenue cutters, police
boats and a fleet of chartered steamers
reserved by clubs from all over the
country, and excursion steamers.
VIII Fire National Salute.
New York, June 17.-Twenty-one
guns, national salute, wiil-~greet
Roosevelt as he first enters the out
er harbor of New York tomorrow.
The battleship South Carolina will
fire 1t.
Eighty warships and other steam
ers will take an official part in the
parade up the Hudson river and
back to the battery. In addition
flotilla of $50 merchant steamers
will cary sightseers down the bay to
witness the transfer of Roosevelt
from the ocean liner to the cutter
Androscoggin, that will be their
welcoming party and Roosevelt. As
Roosevelt boards the Androscoggin
a second salute will announce that
he once more is under the American
flag.
Two Minutes of Noise.
For two minutes following, the
combined flotillas will join in a
deafening blast of whistles. When
Roosevelt lands at the Battery the
formal welcome by Mayor Gaynor
will proceed. Then the land parade
will start Immediately. The city is
rapidly filling with strangers.
When Roosevelt arrives at Oyster
Bay he will be greeted by parade
of school children.
Clubs From Far and Nenr.
club, 100 strong, is travelling to New
York on a special car. From Santa
Fe, n. NJ, another delegation is com
ing Little Rock, Ark, is sending |
a party of six, while Chicago, Oma- |
ha, Salt Lake City, Helena, Mont, |
ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Knox /
Vile, Columbia, S. c., Cleveland, /
Columbus. Cincinnati, Buffalo, Pitts |
burg, Philadelphia, Boston and |
scores of other cities near and far
are making their contributions of
clubs, societies and individuals, all |
of whom are coming here for the
purpose of gazing for a minute or
two on the features of the distin-
guished wayfarer.
Hughes Names Representative.
Announcement was made by the
Roosevelt reception committee that
Governor Hughes, who will be un
able to be present to take part in
tomorrow's demonstration in honor
of the returning ex-president, had
appointed Adjutant General YER
beck as his representative.
The adjutant general will go down
the bay on the revenue cutter Man
haitian with Collector Loeb and
board the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.
He will give the former president
Governor Hughes letter of welcome
at the same time letter from Pres
ident Taft is presented by Captain
Butt, the presidents military aid.
Governors Represented.
A telegram was received by the
reception committee announcing
that Governor Albert w. Gflchrist of
Florida had appointed Frank Q.
Bro wnas his representative. Cover
Brown as his representative. Cover
Joseph T. Wilson, Jr., for !
mer civil service commissioner from /
Tuscon, Ariz., as the representative !
of that state.
A letter of acceptance was re-
ceived from Booker T. Washington
and he will be given a place on the &
grandstand and will probably go {
down on the revenue cutter to meet t
Colonel Roosevelt. Ii