COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN ENGLAND. 



aware of his intention he had left the city, and not a dozen persons 

 knew the time or the manner of his departure. 



When the Colonel arrived at Southampton in the morning he 

 immediately joined his family and then the entire party went to the 

 steamship dock. There was a large crowd waiting, and he was 

 greeted by the Mayor and the Sheriff of Southampton. To the 

 Mayor the former President said : 



" I would like to express through you, Mr. Mayor, my thanks 

 to the people of this country for the way in which I have been re- 

 ceived and to say what pleasant memories I shall always retain of 

 the last portion of my sojourn in England. 



" Of course, it was begun under the saddest of circumstances. 

 When I came as the representative of my people to express their 

 sympathy for your country in its hour of affliction I was glad to 

 have the chance of being the American representative here at such 

 a time ; and since then your peonle have received me with such cor- 

 dial and courteous hospitality that I cannot sufficiently express my 

 appreciation in words." 



After cordial farewells to Sir Edward Grey, Lieutenant Colonel 

 Arthur H. Lee, formerly Military Attache of the British Embassy 

 at Washington, and other friends who had come to say good-by, the 

 Roosevelts embarked upon a tender and were carried out to the 

 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. The vessel sailed soon after they had 

 gone aboard. 



ROOSEVELT MADE " HIT " AS STOKER ON OCEAN LINER. 



Every one of the great number of people aboard the huge 

 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria had a chance to see and hear Colonel 

 Roosevelt. 



On June 15, he completed his round of the ship by a visit to 

 the stokehold where he grasped the grimy hands of the stokers 

 and chatted with them as though they were the crew of his own 

 private yacht. 



The visit to the stokehold was one of the most interesting 

 events of the trip, and the stokers did their best to show their 



