The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-06-21
People Packed The Water Front And CheGFGd Themselves
HOarSe-.Big FIOtilIa In Line In His Honor By
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tiOn That Transcribed All OF His Visits To The
Capitals OF Europe Combined

fixed for 8 o'clock, and 1t was about
half an hour before that the huge
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria was seen
threading her way up the Ambrose
channel the decks filed with passen-
gers, who waved greetings TO the
hundreds of smaller craft that sur
rounded her.
AS the steamer passed the din OF
welcome began. The guns OF, Fort
Wadsworth on the Staten Island side
of the Narrows doomed their greet
ing, and the artillery of Fort Hamil-
ton on Long Island echoed noisily.
Every whistle of the flotilla shrieked
chor off quarantine.
The din was at its height when the
Roosevelt party was espied on the
! upper forward deck, the colonel boy
ishly waving his hat to Collector Will
liam Loeb and other friends on the
revenue cutter Androscoggin.
BY his side were Mrs. Roosevelt,
MrY. Nicholag Longworth, Miss Ethel
and Kermit Roosevelt and Secretary
OF the Navy Meyer, who met the
steamer at Sandy Hook last night.
The Androscoggin headed the pro-
cession, md Colonel Roosevelt held
an improvised levee forward. There
were few of the committeeman whose
names he could not recall without
prompting, for they embraced old
friends and allies and bitter political
foes, but all this was laid aside for a
day in New Yorks expression of the
national welcome to the statesman
and hunter.
Naval Parade Impressive.
There was but one warship and
Ave torpedo boats in the feet, but II
lacked nothing of dignity because OF
the necessary omission. There were
10 divisions, each commanded by a
vice commodore under general suner'
vision OF Fred B. Dalzell. In the first
and second divisions were steam
boats carrying members OF various
political organizations. The Republi
can club of New York, Hamilton club
of Chicago, Duquesne club Of Pitts
burg and Union League club of Phil
adelphia were among them, and each
had a steamer filled to the guards
: and canopied In bunting.
The third division was composed
entirely Of steam yachts, and this was
the social section, for the women len
their aid to the celebration with the
gayety of summer costume. The re
naming division contained tugs ant
miscellaneous craft. The entire course
in the upper bay and North river wal
patrolled by revenue cutters ant
steam craft impressed into service b,
: the committee In charge.
i The water display was an impres
: sive one. The big armored cruise
North Carolina was President Taft
insistent contribution as an admins
tratlve feature and 1t formed blacl
spot In the array of. highly decorate,
, steamers and tugs.
Straight up the North river the Pre-
y cession moved, factories and vessel
along the shores adding their whis
ties to the din that carried for miles
a The boats were In two lines 200 fee
apart and kept to the New Jerse
, side OF the river to Fifty-ninth street
!. where a stakeboat was placed. o.
u the return trip the boats followed tn
l. New York side and enabled Colone
Roosevelt to review the procession
0 the Androscoggln passing throug
Y the center of the fiotilla, BY the tim