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had prepared for the celebration of its history. After the arrival of the fleet 

 there was a street parade of 5,000 men, in which the sailors and marines from 

 the warships joined. The paraders afterward were guests at a big "shore 

 dinner." 



REDSKINS GREET HALF MOON. 



Gov. Hughes, the Hudson-Fulton commissions from up and down the 

 river, members of the legislature, foreign and other guests were welcomed 

 by Mayor McClung as they went ashore at Newburgh. Members of the 

 Waorneck tribe of redmen, gay with paint and feathers, arrived, sent out a 

 welcoming detachment in canoes to greet the Half Moon, while guns boomed 

 a welcome from Palmer's park. 



During the formalities attending the transfer of the Half Moon and 

 Clermont to the upper Hudson commission, the sailors and marines of the 

 American and foreign warships were landing further down the river, to take 

 part in the parade, one of the features of the day ashore. 



• FEW AT DEPOT TO MEET PEARY. 



When Commander Peary stepped off a train in the Grand Central station 

 at 7:15 a. m. on his return to New York from his trip to the pole few per- 

 sons were at the station. He and Mrs. Peary were warmly greeted by Her- 

 bert L. Bridgman, secretary of the Peary Arctic club. 



With the laughing remark that he was too hungry to talk. Commander 

 Peary hastened across the street for breakfast. After breakfast the com- 

 mander and Mrs. Peary left in a taxicab for the pier to board the Roosevelt. 



"I appreciate the honor of being in the naval parade," said the com- 

 mander, "and it is an especial pleasure to be with my crew on the Roosevelt 

 on such an occasion." 



While on the pier Peary walked up and down several minutes without 

 being recognized by 200 persons gathered there to see the Roosevelt. 



"How does it feel to be back?" Peary was asked. 



"It does not feel so worse— in the words of Chimmie Fadden," replied 

 Peary. 



Then his eyes turned to the Roosevelt. "She does not look* like a very 

 imposing ship, does she?" he said. "But up in the ice she looks like some- 

 thing, and there were times when she looked mighty good to me. You notice 

 the way she's built. The round of the bow prevents the ice from getting hold 



