Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-18

/ hoy he slapped his son Theodore on the
| back. He then turned to Miss Alexan-
| der and kissed her. He took up Quen-
| tin and Archie In his arms and gave
| them resoundng smacks.
! These greetings over. MIR. Roosevelt
| with Collector OF the Port Loeb at his
| side. extended cordial greetings to the
! others on board the Manhattan. He
! shook hands with every body including
| members OF the crew. In the meantime
| tho big liner was hemmed in close ~
| mail boats and newspaper tugs, while
! clustering about this central group
| were yachts, excursion boats, lighters
! and all kinds OF merchant craft al /.
| gaily decorated with flags The cheer
| ing was continuous between those on
board the assembled fleet and the pas
sengers on the kaiserin. The early
| morning had been foggy but under the
| influence OF clearing skies, flags and
| pennants broke out gaily and the sun
| was bright and warm.
The South Carolina came TO anchor
| 1000 feet In front OF the liner aud two
| cable lengths away from the Dolphin.
once more the guns belched forth
salute. this time from the battleship 10
\ the secretary Of the navy and from The
| secretary's boat In return. Simultane.
ously with tho firing OF the last gun
both ships broke out lines 81 signal
| flags from masthead 20 deck line.
As the time for Col. RooseVelt's ar
| rival at the battery drew near onor-
| nous crowds svarned toward Battery
park, Overlooking the sidewalks and oil
| most tying up traffic in the lower pare
! Of the city.
CITY IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE
| me wnOie city had taken on holi-
| day appearance. rags nUated every
| Wlivr,, pictures OF roosevelt were nUIg
| an Inoussnds oil winuVws and along Lie
| nne OF march buildings were didpeo
| wan bunting.
| AZ s:zs ine kaisenn Auguste Vie
| torIa passed Inu isattefy, se.ng up tno
| north river 10 her Der.,i IA ,iv.JNtii.
one roarea a aeep bass ssiu.e aau a
| siren answered,
| At MAS estimated that Dy the tine
| Coz. fsOosvyeit uuIVed at tAe Bauery
/ IUvVOV persons weiv niasseu there. Al
| the stands wese covered Wltn Wine
| canvas ana accOidteu witn buhung sIld
| nags.
nirecuy in front OF the stand froiu
| which MIR. Roosevelt spoKo "a space nau
| boefl reserved Tor the recepuUn com
| mittee aiid uthvi guests VI the ddS.
| BACK OF this the people began pinns
up row on row by thousands, paIent-
| ly awaiting the coming OF tne ex-prea-
| tuent. Broadway ana tho otner sttcsls
4 ieading into Battery park were niied
| Win moving streams OF humanity, All
| hurrying ola In the struggle tor places
i OF vantage.
| While the naval parade was stilI I'm.
| Visible from the Manhattan shore All
| the whistles in the lower harbor broke
| into a furious din. Roosevelt WAS
| approaching and the crowd began to
| stir nervously.
| Swift excursion steamers, their rails
| black with sightseers, began to file
| by the Battery and still the parade was
| invisible. At a:55 the thunder OF a
salute came rolling across the harbor.
COLUMBIA. THE GEN OF THE
| OCEAN
A moment later the white huh OF the
| first ship I'm the parade. dressed from
stem To stern in flags, came in sight
and the Seventy-first Regiment band.
| stationed on the water front. struck up
| Columbia, the Gem OF the Ocean"
| There were no cheers from the crowd
that packed the park and filled win
4 dows OF office buildings The people
\ were still and expectant but from ex-
| cursion boats on the harbor a better
| view OF the water parade was to be
| had
| As the grey huled South Carolina
| came abreast Of the Robins reef light.
! rift OF white foam at her bow, the
. patrol feet OF revenue cutters swung
1 into position 10 starboard and port Of
| the line and slowly the maritime pag-
| cant pissed on with the AndroscoRgin
! Immediately behind the skirmish line
! of war vessels
Behind the Androscoggin the mer-
| chant vessels took their positions I'm
double columns maintaining dis
lance of 300 feet, Divided into IL d.
/ visions. commanded by as many vice
commodores. the parading fleet nearly
goo strong steamed up the bay and in
to the Hudson, keeping well In towards
| tho New York shores when opposite
| he 90 Al. n int "A
street, the procession turned in to-
wards the Jersey shore and steamed
down tho river to the Battery.
AZ the doflle reached the lower end
| OF Manhattan every craft anoat and
| evory factory ashore put its enthusi-
asm into steam aud let loose a pande-
| monium such az Is heard but once q
, year. at midnight of Dec. 81.
Second only in interest to The return
ing traveller were the delegations Of
| westerners
4 MARCH OF ROUGH RIDERS.
The march Of the rough riders down
| Broadway on their way to greet their
| old commander at the battery was
the signal for an entb usiastic welcome
| all along the line. The troopers wore
yellow khaki. with buckskin legginss
and oad-hrimmed gray SLOUGH hats
| Their horses looked like mustangs. ac-
coutred with heavy military saddles
and blankets as though ready for cam
| paign.
They moved in battalion form, the
| ranks extending for two blocks alonA
the roadway with flags flying and their
rough rider band playing.
| All along the line OF march an en-
thusia site greeting was given. After
the troopers came long line OF au-
tomobiles bearing guests committee
men. members Of the rough riders fami-
lies. and others
Col Roosevelt left the Androscoggin
at the Battery az 1885 am. and walked
to his place In the speakers stand az
companied by Mayor Gaynor.
us there a stenograp her heTe?" was
Mr.. Roosevclts question. on assur-
ance there was. he said.
Good. Now Wen go ahead. Boys
I'm feeling fine"
Mayor Gaynor welcomed Col. Roose-
volt briefly. and Mr.. Roosevelt began
his reply Immediately.