The Washington times., 1917-04-11
ROOSEVELT GOES
BACK TO NEW YORK
Colonel Admits Yesterday Was
Busiest Day He Ever
Spent.

After spending 1.-The busiest day OF
his life," as he expressed It today.
Colonel Roosevelt returned to New
York at IL clock this morning, to
take up the preliminary details of or
ganizing the division which he hopes
to take to France at once.
Col. Roosevelt spent the morning
with his daugI -. Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth. He had 10 engagements.
and at 10 o'clock, accompanied by his
daughter and son-in-Iaw, he noticed
to the National Museum to "look
over" some of the specimens which he
shot in Africa.
Nothing To Say.
Absolutely nothing to say" said
the Colonel as he climbed aboard a
train at Union tSation. yes, I'm
going to New York now to get to
work. received courteous treat
ment everywhere, and am. sure that
1 have made progress. Goodby!"
The ticket men were kept busy
holding back people who crowded for
ward to shake hands with the ex-
president.
Everybody who talked with the
colonel knew that IT was a different
Roosevelt than the man who "made
things lively at the White House" a
few years ago.
He was just as forceful as ever.
He was just as brimful OF pep" and
ginger as ever. He said by George"
just as much as ever. and he clicked
his famous teeth just as many times
as he eyer did. But with all that,
deadly earnestness subdued him. It
brought his voice to a lower pitch,
and his nervous falsetto-as well
known as his flashing teeth-was
heard only on rare occasions OF in
tence fierce expression of his convic-
tions.
Roosevelts thrice repeated deadly
earnestness in his mission did what
no one else in the history OF the
world has ever dine before-it hob
bled the colonel.
Would BE Satisfied.
II the Colonel could just plant the
Stars and Stripes in France he'd be
satisfied. He thinks the flag alone
whipping in the breeze Of a French
trench would mean quicker victory
for democracy against autocracy.
And IT makes the Coloners teeth
come together with a click OF i'm
patience when he finds that others
are not in favor of such impetuous
action.
The Colonel had a busy day yester-
day trying to put his big idea across.
He never had a buster day when he
was in the White House.
He saw President Wilson at the
White House at noon, and then "the
fun began" AS fast as they could
come he saw the British, Japanese,
and French ambassadors; Chairman
Dent, of the House Military Commit
tee, who opposes conscription or uni
versal service-the Colonel wouldn't
say whether he'd been able to con-
vince Mr.. Dent that he was wrong,
though he said he'd made progress"
Mccormick, Congressman
Kahn, ranking Republican member OF
Dents committee; Congressman Len
root. Republican; Uncle Joe Cannon
Chats what T. r. Called him in nam
ing of the list last night: "Mr.
Hicks, my Congressman" Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate
Military Committee: Senator Weeks,
Senators Fall, POindeNter. Hi" John
son, Watson, and Assistant Secretary
OF State Phillips, and Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy Roosevelt-who,i in
cidentally, holds down the job the
Colonel once had-Daniel willard,
Daniel Willard, president OF the Balti-
more and Ohio and member OF the
Council OF National Defense.
Others Who Called.
Others who paid respects were How
ard Cofhp. Rear Admiral Wainwright,
Gen. S. B. NJ. Young. retired. Judge
Josiah Van Orsdell. Major Hancock. and
countless other admirals, lieutenant
major generals, brigadier
what not
Then later in the evening Secretary OF
War Baker called. Just to visit" as the
colonel put II. But there is no doubt
hat the colonel told him-just what he
told everybody else-that he wanted to
go to France at the head OF a division
OF lighting men"