National Republican., 1880-11-11
THE GREAT NAVAL REVIEW
The LOng.Deferred Event at Last Takes
Place.
Scenes aud Incidents Preceding tho RE-
yiow-ArrivaI OF Distinguished
Vlsitors-The Landing.
Tho Gront Naval Revlew Yesterday

visitors tomorrow, This oyout promises to bo ono
long remembered In naval circles; FIRST on account
OF It's many postponemens and consequent disap-
polntmcn and, secondly, OIL account of the pres
ent prospects Of its brilliant success. Nothing now
Is wanting but pleasant day tomorrow as every
arrangement for the landing and drill has already
been perfected.
For several DAYS past prominent visitors from
New York, Baltimore and Washington have been
arriving hero TO witness the spectacle, aud some
four or five hundred more are expected by the
steamers arriving tomorrow morning. This morn.
ing the steamer Excelsior brought General Me.
Caulcy. comnnnduut of the marine corps; Cap.
tain COllnm, inspector-gcncrGl and the marno
band, In charge OF Lieutenant Wood, from Wash
ingon together with General French L. s. A.
and family, Lieutenant G.. C. Woloott Third nrtll.
ery nnd many Others, among whom was Harper
Bros. special artist who VIII furnish gkeches OF
the feet while landng. Captain Arthurs. naval
ntache of the British legation at Washington, has
hCcu here for two or three days past, and watches
closely the movements OF The fleet IN thciroom
petiive drills, boat exercise, etc. What he thinks
OF the array OF old wooden vessels Is not known,
but ho may well say you '0vo nothing ere like
we ave NJ ONE"
During the past week the fleet has been
lhroughly inspected by Rcar-Adlniral r. II.
and board Of tnicers have been engaged In
determining tho relative merits OF the different
members of the crews with view to distributing
some handsome and costly prizes to the more de-
serving ones. They have completed their labors,
and the crew Of The famous old corvette Koar-
sarge Of Alabama fame were fortunate enough to
secure the two highest prizes. G. N. Boylcn took
the first prize for general merit, while tic Dahl
eron medal was awarded TO i. o. Messenger for
proficiency In gunnery. The thrd prize fell to
Francis Moore for scamnnshp who is member
Of the crew of tho frigoto Constitution. These
medal; will be presented by tho secretary Of the
navy on Wednesday or Thursday.
An accident occurred here on Saturday night
IN which modest young mldshirman, Mr.. G. n.
Atwoter, displayed all amount of decision aud
courage that he has not heretofore been credited
with. 1t seems that sailor from the flagship
Tennessee, who was little more than half seas
over" wandered down on the wharf and fell over
board. The night was dark aud cold, but Atwater
| seeing the accident, without moments hesitation
went after him and caught tho poor fellow, who
was helpless, just as he was going down. By great
exertlOn he held the man up until boat came to
| their rescue, when both were pulled out of tho
water IN half drowned condition. II Is of such
material that our Farraguts, Portcrs and Wordens
are made. and the act demonstrates OF what kind
| Of material the service is composed.
Lieutenant William N. Wood, now oil duty In
the navy department., Is here to display new sig
| nal lamp. of which he Is the inventor and which
bids fair to supcrsede the present style of night
signals now IN Use by the navy. This light re-
Gently tested by the signal office in Washington
with the most ilattering results. Lieutenant Wood
| Is also the inventor Of simple but effective ar.
rangoment for lowering boats in rough weather,
now adopted ip the navy, and is one Of the rising
| young mon In his profession.
Tomorrow morning tho Dispatch and Talla-
| poosa are expected to arrive here about O'clock
| tho former with the president, members Of the
cabinet and their friends, while the latter will have
on board the chiefs OF the several burenux OF the
| display. II Is undeisoou mat reception Will DC
held on the Tennessee, which viii occupy tho
| comprising about 1000 sailors and marines will
mako landing aud bc received by tho president
| and secretary. Tomorrow night there will DO II
fine display Of fireworks from the fleet and n ball
at tho liygeia hotel, which Will bo an event in
society circles.
Tho Grand Review an Entire Success.
FoRr MONROE Nov, lO.-Tho long.talked,of
naval review has at last taken place and has been
| I'm oll ,tg n q ~
morning the steamer Dispatch flying the pres-
dents flag, came into the roads, followed closely
| by the Tallapoosa, carrying the aaG of Commodore
Earl English, chief Of the bureau of equipment
and recruiting. Upon the presidents arrival tho
yards of the vessels of the fleet were manned and
a salute of twcnty.one guns was fired by the Tcu-
ncssee aud the Minnesota, the two vessels deslg.
nated for that purpose. salute OF twenty.onc
| guns was fired from the waterbatcry OF Fo.t Mon
roc. This was followed in quick succession by Il
salute of twenty-one torpedoes. which was fired
| from a temporary station near the shore-a novel
| experiment In tho way of salutcs AS tho firing
ceased the Marine band from Washington sta.
toned on the balcony of the Hygeia hotel, played
| Hail to the Chief" in which they were Joined by
| the band of the flagship Tennessee. At ii o'clock
| the presido dont aid party went on board the Ten
| ncssec, where they were received by Admiral Wy
man and stan. Tho crow were beat to quarters,
where they were exercised, after which they
repaired to the spar deck to witness somo
| broadsword exercises by some of the experts
Of the crew. This was very interesting and closely
watched by the president and party, who eX-
pressed great pleasure At the proficiency displayed.
At II o'clock the president and party left the ship
| and returned to the Dispatch. The yards were
again manned and salute OF twenty.on guns
| fired OH his departure, At 10 o'clock tho revenue.
cutter Ewing arrived from Baltimore, having on
board Hon. James GihllNn treasurer of the United
States, Hon. John L. Thomas collector of Balu.
more, and number OF fliend9 The steam yacht
Lookout, belonging to the United States fish com.
| mis- a. of Nn,vN Norl.
| yacht squadron, also dropped In. The boatS ar
rlying here this morning brought great many
| distinguished visitors. The steamer Fortune, from
the Norfolk nayyyard brought down Commodore
Hughes, together with the officers OF the yard and
the receivlngshlp franklin and prominent citi.
| zens. AT noon the storm signal was h0islel from
| the flagstaff Of the Hygeia hotel, and the wind,
which was from the eastward, pergepuby making
It doubtful whether tho landing could bo effected.
PREPARING FOR A LANDING.
| All o'clock, however, the signal from the flag,
ship TO prepare for landing was promptly hoistod,
and the crews Rt once went to work lowering
away their boats, The water was quite rough, so
| that it WAS found imp ,sslbc, owing to this fact
| and a strong tide which was flowing in, to form
| line and advance simultaneously rs at first pro-
| posed. The crews were therefore allowed to leave
| their vessels and get ashore as best they could,
| little regard being paid 20 order This brigade was
! safely landed at O'Clock and tho line formed as
follows Marines Of the fleet, Captain BOrtletG sail.
ors OF the Tennessee, under Leutonaut Com.
mNndcr MorriY Constitution, leutenant-Com-
mandcr ;Jlewell ,Kearsarge l4eutcnant.Com
| manner ElNltIt lbllsLlullll lIfultlhllk'N olIl-
mander Snow Alliance Lieutenant IdG; Galcna,
| LieuteuGntCommander Lyon Minnesota, Lieu
| tenant William McC. Little and u bOnd Saratoga,
| Lieutenant Berry Nandalia, Lieutenant Allblne;
| pOwhAtnn, acknowledgements B. NJ MCCalla;
| Yautic Lieutenant f. $, Prime, Tho marine band
| and pioneer corps headed the procession, making
| the entire number in the brigade lS9l men, Al
hafpast they took up their limo OF march for tho
| fort in the 0bCyenamod order. In the meantime
| the five companies Of artillery stationed here,
headed by the baud of the fort, marched down to
| the wharf to meet and escort the president and
party into the fort under the command of General
| George W, Getty who was accompanied by his
| staR Tho water being 10 rough TO favor Il land.
| ing In small boats the yacht Lookout was called
| where they were met by General Getty and stait
and took carriages and drove into the fort There
they were entertained until 1t was announced the
brigade had formed on tho parade ground and
| was
READY FOR INSPECTION.
About o'clock the president and party came on
| the grounds, accompanied by Admiral Wyman,
General Getty and their STATS, and marched down
the line returning In the rear Of the brigade, in
spectng the men. When this duty Vas performed
the president aud party took thor stations at tho
saluung as they pas ed The sailors and marines
then returned to their boats and pulled away for
their ships The troops of the garrison subse-
ouently formed and escorted the president and
party TO the wharf where the president embarked
ON the Lookout and returned TO tho Dispatch
RAIN STORM AT NIGHT
Att O'Clock this evening heavy rain storm set
IN. which prevented the expected display Of fire.
works from the feet The ball at tho IL hotel,