NATION GREETS COLONEL ROOSEVELT. 



When so much of the line had been formed the Androscoggin 

 slowly turned her nose toward the North River and set out in pur- 

 suit. The revenue steamer Seneca, with another load of committee 

 members and a battalion of newspaper men and photographers, 

 steamed along behind in line with the Mohawk, another revenue 

 steamer, and back of them came the Manhattan with the family and 

 intimate friends of Mr. Roosevelt on board. 



That closed the official list of parading vessels, but in a line 

 that stretched for miles back of the Manhattan was the Albany and 

 a fleet of private yachts, tugboats and other vessels under command 

 of Commodore F. B. Dalzell, on board the tug Dalzelline. As the 

 Androscoggin steamed leisurely up the river the twelve divisions 

 of following vessels made a magnificent tail to the procession, 

 dressed up in multi-colored bunting. 



THE COLONEL HOLDS A RECEPTION. 



All interest was centred in the group at the stern of the Andro- 

 scoggin. There, flanked by Cornelius Vanderbilt and Captain 

 Cosby, the secretary of the committee, with Collector Loeb and 

 Commodore R. A. C. Smith standing in front of him, Colonel Roose- 

 velt was busy shaking hands and greeting those on board as they 

 passed in line before him. 



Captain Cosby alone of the committee was not attired in the 

 traditional frock coat. An old Rough Rider, he had donned the 

 uniform of the corps for the occasion, and the Colonel slapped him 

 on the back and shook him with both hands in sheer glee at the sight 

 of the beloved khaki. 



An old friend of the Democratic side of the House to be wel- 

 comed was James W. Oliver, the Assemblyman known as " Paradise 

 Jimmy." Oliver looked ill as he stepped up to clasp the Colonel's 

 hand. He was met with a handclasp as gentle as a woman's, yet 

 full of the characteristic Rooseveltian heartiness. 



" Ah, Jimmy," said Mr. Roosevelt, '' it's really a pleasure to 

 see you again and have you welcome me. How goes it with you? 

 He and I, vou know," was added, with a glance at the reporters, 



