Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-16
THE MARINE PARADE.
A Magnificent Procession of Vessels
of All Kinds.
HUNDREDS WILL BE IN LINE
Numbers of Mau-of War. several Steam
ships. Steamboats, Galore, Pilot Boats
and other Craft viii Make a
Splendid Display.

NEW YORK, April 15-During the past
week a good deal has been said about
the centennial naval parade, but the
main feature, the parade proper, in fact
the display of the merchant marine,
has somewhat beer overlooked, Stern
boat men say that this is to be the
grandest affair of the kind ever seen.
There will be between three and -four
hundred vessels of every conceivable
description in line.
There will probably be a steamship or
two, ever SO many steamboats,, includ'
ing the grand old Mary Powell, big and
little %ferryboats, saucy tugs, steam
lighters, steam canal boats, a number of
those funny, abnormally fiat water
boats, towering grain elevators, steam
barges, dredges, floating derricks, and
in fact every sort of craft known to
these waters tn at can move about with.
out the aid of sails.
The parade will be handled in some
what the same as the last big
one on Evacuation day, six years ago.
Admiral Porter Will be admiral-in-chief,
- r ;. !. 1
or, as the naval committee calls him,
grand marshal of the naval demonstra-
ton. Charles A. Woolsey superintendent
Of the Hoboken ferryline, will be next in
command, and will be known as the
vice admiral.
The new propeller ferry boat at Ber-
gen, of the Hoboken tine, will be the
flagship. His staff will consist of Capt.
F. w. Vosburg, senior rear admiral;
oaPt. =. w. Milier, junior rear aohirai,
ana ten moa eight OF whom
1ave pgen appoih,ea' 1ney are SaP.s.
isaac ~ Flsnef, I. a. fooie, r. v. Us
Durn, y. NJ; moran, S.-f1.
Boyer, w. d.. HOOKER and Y. II. Edger-
on. me Doats rying thelr respeetive
hags nave mo YET peen selected.
me SANDY HOOK plots, VINO mann
tam MAJ IL was q l-L-aber OF pilots VINO
ToWso washington from Jersey TO New
YORK, VIII also be represented
there are only Ito boats entered
ine merchant marine parade thus far,
puI ele comIiiitlee say tnat ~ ls lnPos-
slole to get hold OF any OF the larger
STEAMBOATS, untl almost the last three
Gays, because Ihsy are an runnln reg
uiar trips ana Their owners and captains
cahnot ten JUST Q they can be
9PNo
onthe morning OF 9th the men
ot-War Will make Their way from their
various chora U a point on the
upper bay opposite h mouth OF the
hiil 0 and come to line headed
by the new cruiser Chicago, flying the
nag OIL the secretary OF the navy
Admira Porters flagship, n Boston,
WIZ pc next; then The Atlantic, the
schoolship minnesota, the Yorktown.
the Juniaea, the iantlc, and the school,
ship Ut. Mary's
One OF the Chicago's quarter boats,
with q howitzer IN the bow, will be sent
into n Kills a little way from the
mouth and anchored.
When the Despatch is half way
through the k1iis she will tire U signal
gun. n men.of-warln the oMng will
then weigh anchor, and as the vessel
bearing the president passes by each
q will lire the presidential salute of
thirty-eight guns, beginning with the
vessel nearest the Despatch.
The merchant marine and the yachts
VIII lay OIL Staten Island until the war
shllps are under way, and will then take
h places assigned to them by Vice Adj