Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-06-30
ROOSEVELT BACK
TO NATIVE LAND
Weather Conditions Ideals Met
Down Bay by Members of His
Family and Friends-Theo-
dore, Jr., and His Fiancee
Among First TO Greet Him.

ltC-llAR DOOtltflk out a llfArAOCAA@A
salute, Theodore Roosevelt came
into his home port Saturday after
an absence OF httecu months, dur
ing which hc has journcycd more
than 10000 miles.
Back from Eiba,' on the an
nivcrsary OF the battle OF Water
loo, nc received n welcome such
as no other private citizen has
been Vouchsafcd I'm America
City. State and nation united
TO do him honor, while Rough
Riders whoOpcd their Joy and
even the ''mOllycOddlcs~ checred
20 the best OF their ability.
Roosevelt luck" favored him az
the end OF his journey, FOR the wea-
Their. which had been rainy during the
night with ms vessel. the Hamburg
American Liner kaiserin augusta
Victoria. slowly p0king her nose
through a dense fog, cleared early In
the day and the bright sun shono
through thin haze. assuring COM
7 plete success OF the great pageant
prepared for the wandcrer.
IL was just 1.40 A. Vt. when the
liner reached Quarantine. and the
\ Dolphin, yacht OF the secretary OF the
I Navy. swung alongside. bearing be-
+ sides Secretary Meyer. Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson. the two mozn eeTs
. OF the Cabinet who served A. Mr..
/ Roosevelt's advisers. am captain Ar
chibald Butt. aide 10 President TAFT
and formerly aide 20 Mr. Roosevelt.
bearing a letter from the President 10
his predecessor.
Meets Newspaper Men.
Before the sun had rt.rhcd the no.
lrizon the first greeting 90 the eN-Pres-
idcut was extended 10y tEe newspaper
linen who Iett last night bN tuS 10
pick up the liner on sandy HOOK
From the moment the big vessel
which had made the last stretch OF
the trip under forced dr1ught. slowed
down to tine pace Of the tug, IL was
one rousing. continuous ovation or
Every craft in New York waters and
many from foreign ports. in the lower
bay. had ship dressed and flags ahut-
ter. as the liner moved ma1esucally 10
/ Quarantine for the official greeting
/ from the nation
Along the west water front OF Man
haitian hundreds of thousands Of per-
sons were banked. Co catch glimpse
of the nfteen-milc water parade from
Quarantine UP the bay and the North
River 20 Fifty-ninth street. ana then
back 20 the Battery at the lower ZIP
The FOX had held the Kaiserin up
somewhat. but carry 10 the morning
the wireless flashed the word that she
would be approximately on time. At
the appointed hour the fleet OF well
BE- coming boats took up the journey
% down the hav.
d In the van were the revenue cutter
be- Manhattan. bearing members OF MI.
De- Roosevelt's family. the cutter Anuros-
boz coggin. with the reception committee
and the Dolphin.
!, OF all the events or the busy ar
i rival the one that stood out most
nm prominently was the meeting between
80 Mr. Roosevelt and the members az
q" his family whom he had not seen IN
ne tnfteen months. The close friends and
20 the relatives OF tine eN-Prcsident were
ir on board the revenue cutter Manhat-
ms Far down the bay. with the lines OF
ld ships reaching for mile upon mile as
<, "a BACKGROUND and the skyscrapers Of
O., | .ianhattan visible beyond them. the
IS little cutter swung alongside the 81
.te | -antic liner
ina Peering over the rail of the Kai-
bs se~in. high above the Smokestack o
IRIS the Manhattan. stood the former Pres
he Ident. surrounded by members Of I'M
party. getting his first taste OF th'
b., splendors arranged Tor him.
h, For the moment he was not ih'
man OF the day-he was "a man @
family back from long trip
Archie ne saw srst, piping shrill
- and shaking "a handkerchief and m
4- hat. Lcaning far over the railing, Mi
es- Roosevelt called in "a stentorian voice
r Then ne made out the other way
ear ing striplng below as quentin
.eo You lOok bully, quentin. was hi
lel salute.
.nr and the lads yelled back together
ay- But the smile that tnDy got va
Dog dim compared with that tle EXPIRE,
oU 40 the arm OF ca robust young MAJ
luD She nuttered dainty handkerchief ,
&c. Mr. Roosevelt bowed She was Mi'
u. + r.eanOr rs. Alexander, who on Moi
10 .ay becomes the bride of Ihcoloi
The Roosevelt Jr.
the Then there We're more grcetin.
late when MI Roosevelt boarded the Mal
and haitian. Aboard her was Conercs
as man Nicholas LOngWurtl. srccti
cam NOT only his tathcr-iu-iaw. but b
thr wife. who went 10 England TO me
ack the ex-Presldent
uth on the Manhattan when she we
and down the harbOr We're also Rear 4
mlral and Mrs. W. 5 Cowles, w
Cowles. Jr.. and Mr.. and Mrs Dou
las Robinson.
Mrs. Cowles and Mrs. Robinson a
,rrt AIR. RoOseVelts sisters.
Besides them there We're Mr. al
Mrs 7. Douglas Robinson. Monr
Five Robinson. MT. and AIRS. IL. y. Roos
day Welt G.. Hail Roosevelt. Miss J.
y. Hagner, Secretary 10 All- kooseVe
.ster Mr.. and Mrs ". T.. Roosevelt a
Z 81 I George T.. Roosevelt
W. AT Quarantine. too. there was
svA fleet OF newspaper tugs, the cut
Seneca. turned over 10 the newspaI
ALI men, and the cutter Mohawk. be'
sstoR ing Congressman and other oigni
and ries.
in AS the ex-President and his party
.prfl Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Longworth.
naIly Ethel, Kermit and his secretaries
ron went down the side ladder the y
ntlrs sencers on the Kaiserin set up gr
J by cheer, and the Manhattan answer
with a blast Of the whistle
The AndroscOggin pushed throJ
the lines having the right OF "
with the three hundred or more
a. sd mf