The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-31

and Olcott Others present were Borough
President George McAney, Louis Stern.
John D. Crimmins.. Maj. Gen. Daniel
Sickles. Mai. Gen. Julius H. Stahl.
Brig. Gen. Arson G. McCook. Brig.
Gen. Horace Porter. Brig. Gen. John
n. Lockman. Col John J. McCook.
Brig Gen. Thomas H Hubbard. John
Jacob Astor. Brig. Gen. Nicholas w. Day.
and Brig Gen. Walter Howe.
Drives to Monument.
After the reception the President and
the members OF the reception committee
took autos and rode to the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument al Riverside drive and
Eighty-ninth street. where the reviewing
stand stood. The old guard, with its
band playing Hail 10 the Chiefr' led the
way on foot, while the chauneurs did
thelr best 10 throttle down the FESTIVE
autos Accompanying the President 10
the monument in addition 20 the old
guard We're two battauons Of regulars
under Lieut.. Col Phillips Bands from
Forts Schuyler and Totten helped the
old guard musicians 20 keep things lively.
After the parade the President hurtled
back 20 his brothers house by auto. but
it was still nearly two hours 10 lunch
con. and after changing his clothes he
went for an auto ride 10 Bronx Park.
coming hack by way Of Riverside drive.
and reaching Henry ". Taft's house al
a little before . o'clock. After the lunch
con. al which only the Tafts and Capt.
Butt were present. President Taft re-
ceived few callars, among them Mel
vile T. Stone and Cornelius Vanderbilt
The return trip 70 washington began at
$50 O'Clock, when the President, wear
ing a gray fedora and a morning coat
left his brothers house in an automobile
for the Twenty-third street ferry. There
was no military guard this time, and the
President rode down Fifth avenue, pre-
coded by a bicycle policeman or two.
without attracting the attention Of even
! the megaphone artist on sightseeing
automobile until Twenty-fourth street
was reached. Here the Presidents auto
drove past the reviewing stand for the
work horse parade and Mr.. Taft was
/ recognized and cheersd-
Maps on Ride 10 River.
At the Twenty-thivd street ferry the
! President drove on board the ferryboat
! Somerville for the ride 20 Communipaw.
/ The auto stopped near the bow OF the
! ferry boat and Mr.. Taft. remaining in the
auto. took cat maps during the ride down
the river and seemed grateful for the
cool breeze. He seemed very tired.
/ There were only a few people on the
/ boat and these Iaid very little attention
| TO the President
Some ore suggested that the lack az
/ interest was due 20 the frequent ap-
! pearances which Mr.. Taft has made in
! New York. but 70 any one who had seen
the people gather about Col. Roosevelt
/ when he passed through town. and poke
each other in the ribs 10 call attention
to Teddy" the Indifference with which
most Of the Presidents fellow passengers
leaned over the rail and looked az the
| scenery was a marked contrast
At Communipaw the President boarded
the special car Colonial" after calling
! "good-by" to the little knot Of railroad
hands and others who had gathered.
The special train pulled cut at 40
II was run over the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey. the Reading. and Baltimore
and Ohio. The train was scheduled 10
reach Was aington about midnight
President Taft got back home safely al
9 o'clock last night from his trip 10 New
York. The President. IL was said. has not
decided as yet just whom he will appoint
as his private secretary 10 succeed Fred
w. Carpenter. who Is 10 be made United
States Minister 10 Morocco. Il is under
stood that this appointment win come Up