President Returns Rested by Voyage
Title
President Returns Rested by Voyage
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
WWP20710
Date
1913 April 29
Description
President Wilson cruises the Chesapeake Bay on the Sylph.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
President Wilson returned to Washington last night from a two days’ voyage down the Chesapeake Bay on the govenment yacht, the Sylph. He reached here shortly after 8 o’ clock and went immediately to the White House for a late dinner. The President’s party had consisted of his daughter, Miss Eleanor Wilson, and Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the White House physician.
It was Dr. Grayson who prescribed the trip down the bay as an antidote for the constant strain undergone by the President in the rush of work of the past two weks. The physician determined that the President needed to withdraw himslf as completely as possible from thinking of his official duties.
The Sylph sailed from the Washington dock at 9 o’clock Saturday morning, headed down the bay. At night she was turned up the St. Mary River in Maryland and was anchored for the night off the village of St. Marys. No landing was made there, however. The voyage extended almost to within hailing distance of the Virginia Capes.President Wilson has a strenuous week ahead of him. He must keep in constant communication with Secretary of State Bryan, who will reach Sacramento, Cal., tonight for the purpose of trying to smooth out the international tangle caused by pending alien legislation in California. On Thursday he plans to go for the enactment of a jury reform law by the special session of the New Jersey Legislature, which will meet May 8. He will speak at Newark and Jersey City.
It was Dr. Grayson who prescribed the trip down the bay as an antidote for the constant strain undergone by the President in the rush of work of the past two weks. The physician determined that the President needed to withdraw himslf as completely as possible from thinking of his official duties.
The Sylph sailed from the Washington dock at 9 o’clock Saturday morning, headed down the bay. At night she was turned up the St. Mary River in Maryland and was anchored for the night off the village of St. Marys. No landing was made there, however. The voyage extended almost to within hailing distance of the Virginia Capes.President Wilson has a strenuous week ahead of him. He must keep in constant communication with Secretary of State Bryan, who will reach Sacramento, Cal., tonight for the purpose of trying to smooth out the international tangle caused by pending alien legislation in California. On Thursday he plans to go for the enactment of a jury reform law by the special session of the New Jersey Legislature, which will meet May 8. He will speak at Newark and Jersey City.
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Unknown, “President Returns Rested by Voyage,” 1913 April 29, WWP20710, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.