Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-21
ESCORTED ASHORE BY MAGNiFI-
CENT WATER PARADE AND ON
LANDING IS MET BY RECEPTION
COMMITTEE; MAKES TALK.
POPULAR WELCOME
CONCLUDED AT NOON
LAND PARADE THAT WAS,
A WHIRLWlND OF DEMONSTRA-
TIVE GREETINGS, FORMER
PRESIDENT JOINS RELATIVES.

TIVE GREETINGS, FORMER
PRESIDENT JOINS RELATIVES.
| New York. June 1e.-Rooseveit
set foot on American soil at
1855 o'clock this morning. He
stepped from revenue cutter
AndroscogeIn at the Battery and
walked to his place in tho speak
er's stand, accompanied by Mayor
Gaynor. The land parade started
up Broadway from the Battery at
New York, June 1S-The Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria reached Sandy Hook
at o'clock this morning. The bat
tleship South Carolina with its crew
assembled on the deck steamed close
In and fred the national salute. The
band Of the warship played "The
Star Spangled Banner" and "The
Old Folks at Home"
The steamer passed into quaran-
tine at 1888 this morning and to the
boom Of guns of the harbor forts came
to anchor. She was escorted In from
the Ambrose channel light ship by the
battleship South Carolina with It's
band playing "The Star Spangled
Banner" and by halt dozen torpedo
destroyers
The Official welcome began at $50,
when Roosevelt boarded the tug Man
haitian from the steamer. At that in
slant the steam whistles Of the as
sembled craft were blown long and
loud In unison and the salute was
taken up by every vessel within rad
ius of mile and more and continued
for some minutes.
Roosevelt was transferred to the
revenue cutter Androscoggin, on which
he led the water parade, which got
under way at 9:12, the United States
steamship Dolphin leading, closely fol-
lowed by the Androscoggin.
The first address Of welcome pre-
scented to Roosevelt was handed by
the boarding pilot in behalf OF the
Pilots association. This association
was the last to speed him on his de-
parture from New York.
An interesting incident occurred
during the early reception in the har-
Dor. Roosevelt was waving his hat in
response to cheers waited from the
craft on all sides when he suddenly
paused and looking in the
direction Of the press tug, Gilkerson,
pointed his hand to the south. He
seemed to be giving warning and the
men on the Gilkerson turned quickly
in the direction Indicated. They saw
the bow Of the battleship South Car
olina looming up hardly hundred
yards of the tugs starboard quarter
and the Gilkerson's wheel was put
hard over Just In time to get out of
the warship's way.
AnectIonate Greeting for Children.
Roosevelt could be seen leading
Mrs. Roosevelt to the front Of the
bridge and pointing out to her the
picturesque scene of the soldiers Of
Fort Wadsworth standing at attention
along the green entertainments.
As the cutter Manhattan came
alongside of the steamer Roosevelt,
spying his children on the Manhattan,
called to them and threw them kisses.
Mrs. Roosevelt was the first to come
down the gang plank from the kais-
she had thrown her arms about
Archie and Quentin and effusively
kissed and Rugged both. She next
greeted Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and
his fiancee Miss Eleanor Alexander.
Roosevelt made flying leap to the
deck of the Manhattan and with sx-
uberance of spirit Of a school boy he
SLAPPED his son Theodore on the back.
He then turned to Miss Alexander
and kissed her. He took up Quentin
and Archie tn his arms and gave them
resounding smacks. These greetings
over, Roosevelt, with Collector of the
Port Loeb at his side extended cordial
greetings to others on board the Man
haitian. He shook hands with every.
body, including men members Of the
| crow. Meantime the big liner was
hemmed in by boats Of all kinds, gay
" decorated with flags: The cheering
was continuous between those on
board the assembled feet and the
passengers Of the Kafserin.
Meanwhile all points Of vantage
! ashore became thronged with people
and the city Itself took on holiday
appearance. Flags and decorations
we're everywhere Everything was
ready for the two great parades on
water and land.
The Water Parade,
| In the din that could be heard down
in the lower harbor, the parade Of hun
dreds of vessels, from the mighty bat
tleship to the tiny yacht were lining
I'D and passing in review Swift NOV.
ing excursion steamers began to pass
along the water front and then the
white hull of the first ship in the pa
rade, dressed from stem to stern in
flags, came in sight, and the list reg1-
ment band, stationed on the water
front, struck up Columbia, the Gem
of the Ocean," Then came the great
display of the water craft and the
thousands cheered and cheered, the
demonstration reaching climax as