"So well, indeed, was the ex-President that the doctor said he did not bother to take his pulse and temperature."
Col. Roosevelt arrived at Sagamore Hill at 10 o'clock in the morning of October 22.
When the ex-President's physicians left him at dusk they gave out this bulletin, impressing their insistence that Roosevelt devote himself to solid rest:
"Col. Roosevelt has stood the journey well, but, of course, is tired. The wound is still open and oozing. Rest and quiet are essential to him to avoid possibilities of wound infection. He will be able to see no one tonight. While Col. Roosevelt is extremely anxious to take up the work of the campaign we are not willing to say at this time that that will be possible.
"Jos. A. Blake.
"George E. Brewer.
"Alexander S. Lambert.
"Scurry L. Terrell."
The colonel was brought to Sagamore Hill in an auto from Syasset, L. I., without going to Oyster Bay, in order to avoid any crowd.
Flowers sent to Sagamore Hill by the school children of Nassau county were the only tokens of public welcome for the homecoming.