IS 
ROOSEVELT’S DEPARTURE FOR AFRICA. 
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 
COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. i i j: 
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: 
"The President, Washington:—Parting thanks, love and 
sincerity. Thkodorf Roosevelt." 
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