The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-23

| An interesting incident occurred dur
ing the early reception in the harbor
Col Roosevelt was waving his hat il
response to the cheers that were wafte'
to him from craft on all sides, when IA
suddenly paused, and, looking in tn
direction Of the press tug, Gilkerson
pointed his hand to the south. He seemed
10 be giving a warning and the men OF
the Gilkerson turned quickly in the di
rection indicated. They saw the bow o
the battleship South Carolina looming NJ
hardly a hundred Yards of The tug
starboari quarter and Capt. Martin o
the Gilkerson, who had been looking 70
danger in another direction, put hi
wheel hard over just in time to get hi
boat out of the big warship's way. From
the Gilkcrson Mr.. Roosevelt could b.
seen leading Mrs Roosevelt by the arm
TO the front of the flying bridge an'
pointing out to her the picturesque scene
Spies Children on Cutter.
As the cutter Manhattan came along
side the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Mr.
Roosevelt made his way through
group of second cabin passengers wh'
lclustered along the rail, and spying his
lchildren on the Manhattan, called t
them and threw them kisses.
| Mrs. Roosevelt was the first to come
down the gangplank from the Kaiserii
to the Manhattan. In moment she
had thrown her arms about Archie anC
Quentin and effusvely kissed anc
Ihugged both of them. She next greeted
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and his fancee
Miss Eleanor Alexander.
Mr.. Roosevelt made flying leap &c
the deck Of the Manhattan and with the
IcXuberauce and spirit of a school boy
he stamped his son Theodore on the back
He then turned to Miss Alexander and
kissed her He took up Quentin and
Archie IN his arms and gave them re-
sounding smacks.
These greetings over, Mr.. Roosevelt
with Collector Of the Port Loeb at his
side. extended cordial greetings to the
Iotbcra on board the Manhattan. He
shook hands with everybody, including
members of the crew.
In the meantime the big liner was
Ihemmed in close by mail boats and news
paper tugs, while clustering about this
central group were tugs yachts, eNcur
sion 6oats. Fighters. and all kinds of mer
chant craft, nil gayly decorated with
flags, The cheering was continuous be
tween those on board the assembled fleet
land the passengers on the Kalserlu The
Icarly morning had been foggy, but under
the influence Of clearing skies, Iags and
pcunants broke out gayly ard the sun
was bright and warm.
/ he ENpuiH 'ul'lllld CAME W lii' ~
a thousand feet in front Of the liner
land two cable lengths away from tn,
hCh Lin. Once more the guns belchec
| forth a salut, this time from the battle
ship to the secretary of the navy aht
from the secretary'S boat in return
simultaneously with the firing of the last
gun both ships broke out lines OF burgess
and signal flags from masthead to decb
line.
As the time for Col. Roosevelt's ar
rival at the Battery drew near enormous
Icrowds swarmed toward Battery park
lovertlowing the sidewalks ana alm0sl
tying up traffic in the lower part Oh 'h'
city.
The whole city had taken on holiday
appearance. Flags tloated everywhere
lpictures of Roosevelt were hung il
thousands of windows, and along the
lime of march buildings were drapec
with bunting.
At 9.2S the Kaiscrin Auguste Victoria
ltasscd the battery, gong up the Norti
river TO her berth in Hoboken. She
Iroared a deep bass salute and a slrei
answered.
white canvas and decorated with bunt
ing and flags. Directly in front of the
stand from which Mr.. Roosevelt speaks
n spnce had been reserved for the re
lccption committee and other guests oil
the day. Back of this the people began
Milling IN, row on row, by countless
thousands, patiently awaiting the coming
of the ex-President. broadway and the
other streets leading into Battery park
were filled with moving streams of hu
mainly, all hurrying on in the struggle
for places of vantage.
Furious Din from Whistles.
While the naval parade was still inyls
ble from the Manhattan shores all the
whistles in the lower harbOr broke into 9
furious din of discOrd. Roosevelt was
approaching and the crowd began to stu
ncrvously. Swift excursion steamers
the rails black with sightseers, began e
file by the Battery, and still the parad,
was invisible. At 900 the heavy thun
der Of a salute came rolling across tn,
harbor
4 moment later the white hull of tn,
first ship iii the parade, dressed from
stem TO stern in flags, came in sight ant
the Seyeuty-tirst Regiment band, sta
toned on the water 'front.' struck vi
I"Culmhiu, the Gem Of the Ocean
There were no cheers from the GROVE
that packed the park and filled windows
Of office buildings. The people were still
and cNpcctaut
But from excursion boats in the har
Dor n better Jew Of the water parade
was 10 hc had. As the gray huIIeC
Suulh Carolina came abreast of the Rob
Inns Reef light. a churncd rift Of whit,
foam at her bow. the patrol fleet o
revenue cutters swung into position t,
siarhoard and Port of the line, and slow
" the maritime pageant passed on, Will
the AudrusruEgiu Immediately behind til,
skjrmiSh line Of war vessels Behind tn,
Aulroscoggin the merchant vessels tool
their positions in double columns main
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