Arizona republican., 1910-06-19

New York June 1S-Col. Roosevelt
set foot on his home shores today
for the first time in nearly fifteen
months, and received rousing well
come.
! He bore with his usual buoyancy a
! day of heavy fatigue, public duties
and private emotions commingled.
and at 4:4O this afternoon. after a
/ family reunion at the home of Theron
| Butler the grandfather of his pros
pective daughter in-law. Miss Eleanor
Butler Alexander. he left for Oyster
| Bay
He had an expansive smile for
everybody. and a CHEEKY word for
the boys" his old friends, the news
papermen, a pat anecdote for poll
ticians. greetings of affection for his
old command. the Rough Riders. and
a quick eye for absolutely every
thing
The Roosevelt luck" stil followed
him. Though hot and sultry, the
weather held fair until the marine
parade, the exercises at the Battery
and the march from Broadway and
Fifth avenue To Central park had
been carried through with punctuality
and precision. and then it rained great
guns
It cleared again shortly before 5
O'Clock, in plenty of time to give his
eager fellow citizens of Long Island
an ample chance to see him standing
on the rear platform of a special
train and wave a welcome.
COMING INTO PORT.
The Kaiserin Augusta Victoria glid-
ed into Quarantine at 1888 o'clock
this morning. and Immediately De-
hind the big liner came six ships OF
the navy. the battleship South Caro-
lima in the van. while at anchor in
the roadstead. awaiting her coming.
was the United States dispatch boat
Dolphin. with Secretary of the Navy
Meyer aboard
The battleship already had saluted
the returning former president at
Sandy Hook with twenty-One guns.
but on coming To- anchor alongside
the liner, the South Carolina hoisted
long strings of pennants and the river
craft joined in a demonstration with
loud and prolonged blasts from their
whistles
Thanked by Mrs. Roosevelt. his
daughter. Mrs. Nicholas LongwOrth.
and his son. Kermit. Col. Roosevelt
lost no time on board the Augusta
Victoria The usual customs and
health inspection fOrmalities accom-
pliShed. he at once tSanshipped To
the revenue cutter Manhattan. where
with the immediate members of his
family and a few intimate friends. he
sat down to a haSty breakfast
There was more firing of big guns
when Roosevelt left the Manhattan for
the Androscoggin, but in the mean
time the craft were marshalled for |
a parade. Led by the Dolphin. the !
parade started at 9:12 O'Clock
Great crowds We're packed in Bat
tery park and the windows and roofs !
of buildings as far as the eye could |
see were crowded all along the river |
front. People massed by hundreds !
and thousands were stationed at every !
spot from which a sight of the ma
rine pageant might be had
From the taller buildings flags |
waved at Colonel Roosevelt on the !
passing AndroscOggin. and after the !
turned at Fifty-ninth |
street the crowds turned from the |
shore and made their way to the |
streets along which the parade was to |
move.
THE ROUGH RIDERS.
Second only in interest to the re- /
turning traveller were the delegations /
of westerners. The march of Rough !
Riders down Broadway on their way |
to greet their old commander at the |
Battery was the signal for an enthusi-
astic welcome all along the line.
The troops wore yellow khaki with
buckskin leggings and broad brimmed |
gray slouch hats. Their horses were
accOutred with heavy military saddles.
as though ready for campaign.