The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-05-20
ANNOUNCEMENT
BY Vanderbilt
Concerns Reception to Be Given
Colonel Roosevelt.

New York, May is.-That the re.
ception to be given Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt upon his return to this
country on June Is is to be national
in scope and not confined to the city
of New York is Off cially announced
by Cornelius Vanderbilt. chairman of
the committee.
When the citizens committee was
appointed by Mayor Gaynor of New
York some time ago the intention was
that the city itself should receive the
former president. But Immediately il
became evident that the entire coun-
try wished to share in the welcome
and that Colonel Roosevelt himself
desired that the wish be granted. Let
tiers from individuals and organiZa-
lions all over the Union were received
asking for positions in the land parade
and several sent representatives TO
confer with Captain Arthur F. Cosby,
the committees secretary.
The committee, therefore, an
nounced to the country at large that
any organization in good standing will
be given position in the parade, the
out of town bodies being accorded the
right of line. AS many political, So
cial, business and other organizations
and clubs have already placed their
applications on file Captain Cosby re-
quests that all wishing to take part in
the welcome notify him Immediately
at the committees headquarters, lac
Broadway. New York.
While many minor details have not
ments have been determined. Colonel
Roosevelt will sail on the Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria of the Hamburg
American line and will reach Quaran-
tine in the upper bay at 3 o'clock.
The committee is able 10 name the
precise hour of arrival, as arrange
ments have been made with the steam
ship company to delay or increase the
speed of the Kaiserin SO that she will
make Quarantine at the exact time
set
Be Welcomed by the Mayor.
AT N{udI luc iOlI III
will board a revenue cutter and pro
coed to the Battery, where he will be
officially welcomed by Mayor GaynOr
Early in the morning every available
craft, laden with crowds OF Roosevelt
enthusiasts, will sail to meet the
Kaiserin and escort her to Quarantine
From this point they will escort the
cutter to it's destination. Several or
ganiZatiOns which have chartered
ocean going steamers will pick up the
feet liner east of Fire island and add
the footing OF their whistles TO the
roar of the guns of Forts Wadsworth
and Hamilton as the ship passes
through the Narrows.
The land parade will form at the
Battery and proceed up Broadway TO
Washington square, thence through
the Washington arch and up Fifth ave-
nue. to Fifty-ninth street. the point OF
dismissal. At the latter point, probably,
there will be a reviewing stand OF
course, there will be other stands
along the line of march which will be
profusey decorated. The parade will
be led by mounted police and mounted
police band. The Roosevelt Rough
Riders, forming the personal escort OF
Colonel Roosevelt, will follow, after
which will come the entire reception
committee of $40 representative citi-
gems and the visiting and local socie-
ties.
AS the hotels are already booking
many guests. the committee advises
that reservations be engaged without
delay