New-York tribune., 1922-10-28
City Flocks t,
See Warsllips
On Navy Day
celebration of 64th Birth
Anniversary Of Theodore
Roosevelt Held I'M Con-
junction; Ends With Bali
lurs Parade in Hudson
5000 School Children Get
Half Holiday and Assist
in Patriotic Ceremonies

New York City joined with the
.,.;on yesterday to pay tribute to the
..vv on the sixtyfourth anniversary
4 the birth Of Theodore Roosevelt.
r.s day was set aside for the double
osseryance by proclamation of the
PRESIDENT OF the United States and
y. governors Of twenty-one states,
,;nk,ns Roossvelt's birthday with Navy
nav a most fitting tribute to the
former President.
Throaghoas the day and evening
omen horse. MAS held by all battleships
II port, and all naval stations, and
maritime and civic organizations ar
unred appropriate ceremonies ending
sss night with two great gatherings
4 Carnegie Hall and at the Collegiate
church Of st. Nicholas.
Ait Carnegie Hall the meeting was
vnaer the direction of the Women's
Roosevelt Memorial Association, Of
shish Mrs. John Henry Hammond is
lie president. The speakers wexe Sem
saf George Wharton Pepper, Mrs.
august Belmont and Mrs. Hammond.
Three hundred school children on the
asge sang patriotic songs, accom-
anied by band of women trumpeters.
hs ushers were twenty-five young
kbutsntes and members Of the Junior
sague under the direction of Miss
Gtarlotte Demorest, and large num-
her Of prominent persons were box
ialders.
Church Holds Open House
At the Collegiate Church Of St.
skholas, Fifth Avenue and Forty
sgash Street, where the Roosevelt
anily held a pew, open house was held
sr soldiers and sailors, who attended
ii large numbers. There were COM
zsnity singing led by Harry Barn
ssrt, war time leader, and short ad-
ivsses by w. Warren Giles, Christian
+ Reisner and Elmer E. Shaffer. Fol-
living the reception Refreshments
we're served.
Memorial services held at the grave
81 Roosevelt, in Oyster Bay, L. l., were
marked by the attendance of Admiral
Hilary P. Jones, commander of the
Atlantic feet, and a large staff of
naval officers, who placed a wreath
upcn the grave. The party was met by
Yrs. Roosevelt, who showed the Of
seers the famous trophy room and
library at Sycamore Hill.
The 5000 children at Public School
e, the largest in the country, were
given haif-hoiiday and took part in
ptriotic ceremonies arranged by the
Dogntown Chamber of Commerce. The
speakers were Harry Schlacht, presi-
dent of the chamber; Congressman
iaac Siegel, julius Hyman, of the
AaAd Patriotic Societies of New York:
nas.t Brodie, principal of the school.
aM 10. Block. A number of Roose-
nM letters to his children were also
Md The whole of the East Side was
sforated with flags and virtually every
iaop in the district displayed picture
the former President.
Entertain at Navy Yard
Many thousands of persons. includ-
ag 5000 school children, visited the
BROOKLYN Navy Yard, where they were
net by Admiral G. I, Vogelgesang. the
and escorted by officers
arough all the buildings and to see
me ,battieship Maryland in dry dock.
All boats belonging to the city were
decorated and New York had its first
tugboatt parade when thirty of the
feet Of the New York Tow Boat Ex-
change started from the foot of West
fourteenth Street, went down the
river, circied the Statue of Liberty
and saluted it with blasts of their
Whistles in honor of the occasion.
The National Navy Club, of New
iofk, at 10 East Forty-frst Street, was
open throughout the day for sailors
ana marines, and last night q ball was
given in the Pennsylvania Hotel which
was attended in large numbers by the
enhsted men and officers of both sery-
ICES. The club also took advantage of
.ae aay to push the sale of medals for
bers 1 'ss iheiii-
Portraits of Roosevelt were unveiled
n shirty,fiye armories throughout the
s.ate and the Women's Roosevelt Me-
e n,efiai Association announced that a
ssenoiarship in American literature has
ceeh established at the Wallcourt
eenooi, Aurora, N. Y. and has been
astned the Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
sehotarshlp after the sister IF the for
..sf resident. The first to receive the
sssiaoiarshlp, which is worth $1,000, is
a,ss n, heoecca Scurry, of Seattle, Wash.
u ne radio and films were also used in
Ie observance of the day. News reels
.asoushout the country featured the
@sasion s and William n. Gardner, vice.
Trssident of the Navy League of the
'ed States, broadcast an address on
history of the navy and why it
Sia be kept at least the equal in