New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Peace Plea of
Roosevelt Tread
At His Grave
100 Pilgrims Journey to
Oyster Bay on Third An
niversary of Death, Where
Simple Service Is Held
Tablet Unveiled Here
Ceremony Takes Place in
Office Occupied by the
Colonel as Head Of Police

CIiASS OSCupISN tAIC
Colonel as Head of Police
side in Oyster Bay where Theodore
Roosevelt is buried was visited yestcr-
cay by 100 persons. who chose to OBJ
serve the third anniversary of his
death by pilgrimage to his grave.
They were led by DR.. Lyman Abbott
and included in their number many
who had been the Colonel's close
friends. The only address Of the SIM
pie service was a speech of Theodore
Roosevclt's own. his Nobel Peace Prize
Address in 1910, read by James r.
Garfield, who was n member Of the
Roosevelt Cabinet. The speech included
some references to naval disarmament
which seemed to have prophetic value
when viewed from the standpoint of
recent csents in Washington. Mem
bers of the pilgrimage. who had for
gotten the tenor Of the 1910 address.
lifted startled eyes to one another as
Mr. Garfield read:
Something should be done as soon
as possible to check the growth of
armament, by international agreement.
No one power could or should act by
itself, for it is eminently undesirable,
from the standpoint of the peace of
righteousness, that a power which
really does believe in peace should
place itself at the mercy of some rival
which may at bottom have no such
belief and no intention of acting upon
1t.
Urged Arms Limitation
But granted sincerity of purpose,
the great powers Of the world should
lind no insurmountable difficulty in
reaching an agreement which would
put an end to the present costly and
growing extravaganza of expenditure
on naval armament"
Theodore Roosevelt's dream Of an
nternational association for world
when he said:
Finally, it would be a master stroke
il those great powers honestly bent
on peace would form a league of peace,
not only to keep the peace among
themselves, but to prevent, by force
If necessary, its being broken by 9TH
crs. The supreme difficulty in connec-
tion with developing the peace work
OF the Hague arises from the lack of
any executive power, of any police
power to enforce the DEGREES of the
court"
At the conclusion of the address
Mrs. Thomas Robbins, of Philadelphia
laid wreath on the grave, after which
the pilgrims went to Sycamore Hill
where they were received by Mrs
Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt and DR.. and Mrs
Richard Derby assisted Mrs. Roosevelt
IN receiving the pilgrims. An hour was
spent in the trophy room, after which
Luncheon was served.
To Make Annual Pilgrimage
1t was voted to make the pilgrimage
en- annual event for the admirers OF
Theodore Roosevelt. The custom was
started lest year by party Of nine
friends of the former President and
this year their number had increased to
100.
II was not 20 a close friend of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, but as one who had but
shaken his hand once, that Eugene
Reltz, q car inspector, Joined yester-
days pilgrimage.
Although he is more than seventy
Years old, Mr.. Beltz had risen at
o'clock in the morning and walked four
miles to catch a train from his home in
Packerstown, Pa, which would bring
hm to the grave in time for the cere.
mony.
The party included Lawrence Abbott
Robert T. Bass, Porter Emerson
Browne, Henry p. Fletcher newly ap-
pointed Ambassador to Belgium; James
r. Garfield, Arthur L. Garford, William
n l,,,E l.. l.
Iamlin Garland, Elon II. Hooker, Har.
old +. Ickes, Herman Hagedorn, ]. r
krkwood, Mrs. c. G. LaFarge, William
Draper Lewis. Henry d. Lindsey, Will
liam Loeb jr.. Francis McGovern, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Robins, Oscar S
Straus, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Knox
Smith, Henry L. Stoddard, Henry l.
Stimson. f. A. Van Valkenburg, Julian
Street, William Finn and Father ]. J
Curran, of Wilkes Barre.
The officers of the pilgrimage were re.
elected as follows: Chairman, DR.. Ly.
man Abbott vice-charman, f. A. Var
Nalhenburg, and secretary. Lawrence
Abbott.
Tablet Is Unveiled
William Boyce Thompson, presiden,
of the Roosevelt Memorial Associa
ton, gave a luncheon at the Hote1
Rrevoort, which was attended by Lieu.
tenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Mrs. Douglas Roosevelt and many othe,
relatives and friends of Theodore
Roosevelt
After this many of the guests at
tended the ceremonies incident to the
unveiling of tablet in the offices he
occupied as Police Commissioner at 300
Mulberry Street, the old Police Head
quarters. Mayor Eylan and Police
Commissioner Enri9ht paid tribute to
the memory of Roosevelt.
The tablet was unveiled by Mrs
Douglas Robinson, who told how her
brother had loved the police. from
patrolmen to inspectors, and that some
of the happiest hours of his life had
been spent in that Office.
The inscription on the tablet bears
these words:
"Ths tablet is placed in the Office
occupied by Theodore Roosevelt, as
president Of the Police Board, 1896
1897. in grateful appreciation of his
services and inspiration to the police
force of the city Of New York"
The tablet also says:
"Aggressve fighting for the right is
the noblest sport the world affords"
The unwilling was witnessed by
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