Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-29
The Naval Parade "A Brilliant Pa
geant in New York Harbor.

The Naval Parade A Brilliant Pa
geant in New York HarbOr.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-The temporary flag
ship of the naval feet, the coast survey
steamer Gedney, in command of Captain F.
Fl. Crosby of Greedy relief fame, lay bobbing
on the tide at the foot of West Twenty
seventh street waiting the arrival of the
presidential party at the dock where the
launch of the Despatch was moored. The
Gedney was to lead the naval parade and
under Captain Crosby. Lieutenant A. w.
Dodd was in command of the deck with En-
signs E. w. Sweeting. G. M. Fahy and g.
W. Street in subaltern command. At five
minutes to twelve the Gedney steamed out
into the river and fog as we'll and at the
same time her little launch bobbed about her
and finally succeeded in hosting signal
howitzer on board. At 1916 a gun from
the Gedney announced the official time of
the start. The cartridge was poor one and
the fog was so dense that none of the other
boats could distinguish the smoke from the
fire. Ten minutes afterwards another gun was
fired from the Gedney and on a speculation
that everything was right Captain Crosby or
dered the boat down the river on one bell.
Az they passed down the hull of the Despatch
the Presidents boat-loomed up through
the mist and the leader of the fleet gave
salute of three dismal whistles. The big tug
Cheney jumped out of her division as laid
down in the naval programme and followed
the Gedney. On the way down the course
through the fog as indicated by the compass
of the coast survey vessel was S. by w. q
w. with the exception of SO much deviation
from it as was necessary to dodge the fleet
~ 9nhOOnArS
between the Battery and Communipaw.
AS the head of the fleet approached
Bedloe's Island the ships Yantic,
Alliance, Tennessee, Minnesota, Jamestown,
Saratoga and Portsmouth were discovered
swinging on their anchors with the ebb tide.
On the quarter deck of the Tennessee sat
Mrs. Secretary Whitney in company with
Mrs Captain Boyd and her daughter, Gener-
al Payne, Miss Mackinson, the niece of Com
modore Vanderbilt, Mrs. Almy, wife OF the
feet signal captain of the squadron, Mrs
Emory, wife of Lieutenant Emory of the
Greedy relief expedition, now of the Des-
patch, and the Swedish minister at Wash
ington. On the steam yacht Kinda Mr..
George Washington Childs tried to peep at
the feet through a pair OF blnocu-
lars, but to judge from the CELEBRITY with
which he ceased his Investigations it was
apparent that the fog had gotten the best of
him. Keener eyes than his could not have
picked the fleet out of the fog. At 1 o'clock
the Gedney, leading the supposltltlous heet,
dropped anchor just south by east OF the
statue which doomed up through the mist like
a dissolving view and lost its upper half IN
the fog. The man in the chains kept sing
ing out that the vessel was anchored IN seven
fathoms until gun from somewhere an
nounced that something had happened
ashore. The firing of the gun cleared away
the fog for while and disclosed the statue
with her face hidden behind piece OF the
tri-colors of France, holding her torch
into the mist The only apparent living
thing was the little crack steam launch Hen
rietta, which with Norman l.. Munro, the
publisher, danced occasionally into sight and
as phenomenally bobbed away again on the
wings of the wind. Bye and bye the fog
lifted from the ground and disclosed dense
mass of humanity climbing up to the pedes.
tai of the statue Nobody knew what had
become of the procession. Small boats,
tugs and tramp river and harbor steamers
came down to gain good positions. Shortly
before half past two the Despatch loomed up
with the President on board. The man Of
war crews manned their yards
and the President waved his hat
stiffiy to the officers on the quarter deck,
while the sound of bugle calls and poat-
SWANS pipes blew from all the ships. Pass
ing the Tennessee Mr.. Cleveland put MS nat
on his head and drawing his handkerchlef
from his pocket waved it to Mrs. h1tney.
Then the Despatch drifted away In the fog
and soon a tremendous screening from the
inshore boats announced the arrival OF the
presidential party on Bedloes Island That
was at o'clock. Broadsides were tired from