The Detroit times., 1910-06-18

Noooevoat enu tno reception couiuit-
tee came ashore
AZ Roosevelt came from the pier
house and advanced toward Mayor
Gaynor who was waiting for him with
outstretched hands. Colonel Roosevelt
was given the noisiest vocal greeting
| Il had ever been his fortune to hear.
From massed bands there came the
roar OF music; from the thousands or
throats came one hurrah that lasted
for several minutes.
As soon as the terrific cheering
ceased sufficiently for his voice TO be
heard, Mayor Gaynor. in the name or
the people OF New York and speaking
as a representative of the American
nation, welcomed Roosevelt back 20
his home.
Colonel Roosevelt responded extern
poraneously and was given close atten-
ton, though few OF the thousands
could hear q word he said.
Replying to Mayor Gaynor's speech
of welcome, Col Roosevelt said;
II wish TO thank you Mr.. Mayor,
through you thank your committee
and through them wish to thank the
American people for their greetings.
I need hardly say that am most
deeply moved by the reception given
to me.
II have been away year and a
quarter from America; and | have
seen strange and interesting things
alike In the heart of the frowning
wilderness and in the capitals of the
mightiest and most highly polished or
civilized nations. l have thoroughly
enjoyed myself; and now / am more
glad than l can say to get home, to
be back In my own country. back
among the people I love and ready
and eager to do my part so far as I
am able In helping solve the problems
that must be solved.
This Is the duty of every citizen
but II Is particularly my duty for any
man who has ever been honored by
being made president OF the United
States Is thereby forever after rem
dered the debtor of the American peo-
Pile, and is bound throughout his life
10 remember this as his prime obliga-
ton and In private life as we'll as in
public life SO to carry himself that the
American people may never have
cause to feel regret that once they
placed him at their head"
The Land Parade.
Immediately following the speeches.
the police formed a Gordon about
Colonel Roosevelt and the reception
committee and had literally tn fight
their way to Broadway. where the land
procession was formed. First came a
company of mounted policemen, picked
officers who rode magnificent horses
and rode them like centaurs. They
were followed by the mounted band OF
Troop c OF Brooklyn. Then came 100
OF the Roosevelt Rough Riders. clad
in the uniforms they wore at San Juan
Hill. They were mounted on the
horses OF Troop c and received a con-
tinuous ovation as they rode past. Be
hind them came $500 members of the
Spanish War Veterans association.
Following came the Seventh Regiment
band, on foot. proceeding the open car
rage In which sat Colonel Roosevelt,
Mayor Gaynor and Chairman Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Then came the fifty open
the reception committee.
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Fifty-ninth-st, had been assigned to
various clubs and organizations, which
lined the sidewalks and acted as a
human wall to hold back the massed
thousands. Behind ti1e uniformed or.
CARNATIONS were jammed living sea
CT people. while every window along
Broadway and Fifth-ave. was filed to
'overfowing with people who desired
TO get better glimpse Of the former
president.
From the Battery. the parade passed
up Broadway, In which every Office
building was jammed with spectators
10 Fourth-st. II turned over Fourth
st. to Westinghouse. wound through
the square beneath the massive gran
lie arch erected to the memory OF the
first president Of the United States and
passed into Fifth-ave.
While many persons carried the na-
tional colors there was little attempt
at decoration In the financial section
Of lower Broadway. There was one
solitary flag flying In Wall-st. The
stock exchange. cotton exchange, j.
=. Morgan & Co. the Standard Oil
Co.. and the Chamber of Commerce
buildings were absolutely bare OF dec
Grafton.
The express company buildings,
steamship agencies and hotels, how