The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-20
THE TRIUMPH OF THEODORE
Rome Did Not Give One Half 80 Great
to Scipio Africanus Returning
In Victory

New York, June 1s-Theodore Roose-
Welt set foot on home shores yesterday
for the first time Is nearly fifteen
months and received a rousing well
come.
He bore with his usual buoyancy a
day Of heavy fatigue. public duties and
private emotions commingled and at
4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after
a family reunion at the home OF Their
on Butler grandfather OF his prospec-
tive daughter-in-law, Miss Eleanor
Butler Alexander. left the city he had
surveyed the same morning from afoat,
reviewed in parade ashore and greet
ed by explicit word of mouth to be
welcomed more intimately by his life
long neighbors at Oyster Bay, L. L.,
last night.
Today he will rest.
The Presidential Salute
The sharp crack of the familiar pres
idential salute awakened Mr.. Roose-
welt at o'clock yesterday morning as
his ship the Kaiserin Augusta-Vivtoria
drew into the harbor. From the mists
of early morning emerged first the
drab hull Of the battleship South Caro-
lima. two lean destroyers and two tor
pcOO DOdlS DcnlTu HcT. HeH spoke the
guns Blue-clad sailors lined the decks
in close-packed ranks. while massed
on the quarterback Of the South Caro-
lima stood the Marine Band, a solid
splash of scarlet coats. pounding out
the star Spangled Banner"
1t did not take the colonel long to
get on the bridge. dressed for the for
malities of the day in a frock coat and
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bareheaded and waved to the men in
silent answer to their cheers. Then
the sight of the South Carolina touch
ed heart string.
by George, that's one of my ships, .
he exclaimed: Doesn't she look good ?
built her and those destroyers, too"
The Naval Parade
1t was shortly after o'clock when
the cutter of the reception committee
arrived at the Kaiserin Augusta
Victoria and a few minutes later the
tug Dalzelline, the flagship of Commo-
dore Fred B. Dalzell in command of the
welcoming fleet and naval parade, gave
three long blasts as a signal that Mr..
Roosevelt had boarded the Androscog
gin. In a moment perfect bedlam Of
noise vibrated through the Narrows,
announcing to hundreds Of thousands
packed in the lower part of Manhattan
that "Teddy' was on his way to the
inner harbor. The whistles and sirens
of the craft around Quarantine started
the harbor and along the river fronts
the harbor and along the rifer fronts
took it up until one continuous roar
went up, soaring seabirds in the har-
Dor into Mysteries. For two minutes
longer or more this noisy demonStra- :
tion continued and it might have last
ed longer had not the vessels needed
their steam for their long trip up the
river and back.
| Dolphin and several harbor tugs. do
! ing patrol duty and several police tugs
/ presented an interesting spectacle. The
Androscoggin came first, a short dis
trance after the patrolling boats, then
| followed the other craft in double col
| umn. fifty feet apart and 100 feet
astern of one another. At speed Of
| ten miles an hour the procession ma
| jestically moved up the bay to the in
ner harbor and up the North River
closely hugging the Jersey shore. Ev-
| cry ship in the harbor and along the
river fronts were dressed with gay
| bunting and the flags of all nations
| with the Stars and Stripes in evidence
everywhere
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