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ROOSEVELT'S DEPARTURE FOR AFRICi* 



left the country say the acclaim given him could not compare with 

 that which Theodore Roosevelt received. 



There were present men high in politics, finance, and business, 

 officials and former officials, and thousands of people in all walks of 

 life. It was all a grand occasion in which the participants shouted 

 and smiled with tears in their eyes. 



Probably nothing could have shown more clearly the deep feel- 

 ing of affection and re- 

 spect for Col. Roosevelt 

 than the behavior of the 

 crowds which punctu- 

 ated the way from his 

 home at Oyster Bay to 

 the dock of this steam- 

 ship. 



Upon the steamer 

 President Taft was re- 

 presented by his mili- 

 tary aid, Capt. Archi- 

 bald W. Butt, of the 

 quartermaster's depart- 

 ment of the army, who 

 brought to the former 

 chief executive a letter 

 from the present occu 

 pant of the White 

 House, wishing him 

 ''Goodby and the best of 

 luck," the favorite ex- 

 pression of the retired President, and a gold scale inscribed with 

 the name, ''Theodore Roosevelt." 



''Give my best wishes to the President," Col. Roosevelt said 

 to Butt. Then he sent the following telegram : 



COL. THEODORK ROOSEVELT. 



"The 

 sincerity. 



President, Washington: — Parting thanks, love 



Theodore RooseveIvT.'' 



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