New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-12

THE FIFTH DIVISION.
TIE NTH division got under way from the battery
bright and early and stood the harbOr for Graves
| end Bay laden with thousands OF men and women As
the steamers drew out into full line they presenter an
imposing spectacle and greeted with many cheers
and the waving Of handkcrchef,. The boats We're
gayly bedeched with bunting. English. French. Rus
Sian, German Irish. Norwegian. swiss, Chinese Jap
ancsc and every other conceivable and inconceVable
| Kind OF flags were thrown 10 the breeze. but pre-
dominating them all were the Stars and stripes,
| the spanish and the Italian flags.
j. g. Emmons was the senior officer OF this division
and the George starr assigned as his flagship but
| ut the Inst moment his flag transferred to the
| steamer j. g. Emmons. which named after him.
Walter Brandon the second officer I'm command OF
the division, and he took his place In the Lewis PulNer
which named the veteran president Of the
| Ncw-Iorll IIarbor Towboat Company.
The steamboats, and officers in the fifth division We're
aS follows steamer J. c. Emmons (hagship), Captain
Joseph Peck; George starr. Captain samuel Morrell
Lewis Irlver Captain Walter Brandon; Hazel kirhe,
Captain William Clappcr: william Fletcher. Captain
| Nicholas Miller, George Tiffany, mate, F. NJ. Millard
Captain John Nichols, Claudlus Miller mate; John r.
| Moore, Captain J. IL. Patterson: VI. A. LenoX cap
tain George Roden; Colonel f. A. stevens. John Gil
| chcrson; Adelaide, Charles Gates. Annie Emnon'
| Captain Clark The tughoats OF this division were ;
Walter J. 11ce. Il. Ii. williams, jr. +. q. Burgess
Charles F. sopcr. Archie Crossman e. y. Kingsland
THE SINIl DIV ISlON.
Tho riXrli Division OF the escOrti1g fleet under
command of A. b. Valentine, senior officer, and
| Isaac NJ. North, junior officer. met I'm the
! North River, OFF Bethunc-st., AT 10 80. The di-
vision composed OF :he screw tug lnternatiora
with party from Philadelphia, and the following
screw TOWING boats Of The Cornell Steamboat Com
pany f. II. Mead, J. c. Hart. G: W. Wash6urn
\. c. Cncrey, :. l.. Crosby. H. g. Townsend. 'erc,
Golden Rule, Margaret J. sanford. James I. ElSt9n'
John ii. COrdte ". h. Street. Edwin Terry, j. W.
Hedges. II b. EawSOn. Guiding star, 'NOn0"anth'.
Emma X. Ross. Howard Carroll. The f. IL. Mead
sons carried General James ~ Dumont. supervising
Inspector General Of the United states: George ~
party Of his friends from Washington, including cen
cral j l.. Carr, Major William Y. Richardson ana
ON TIE : L. Crosby were several members Of the
United states Board Of Vessel Inspect 1rN. and New
York Board Of Vessel Inspectors. ON the ether boat"
the friends and families OF the empoyc, Of the
Cornell steamboat Company. and some Of the oihc@ls
Of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. inc
Iennsy lvania coal Company IN" knickerDock'T Ice
Company. and the Brick Manufacturers Company
al various piers along the river. From Hc'hrHc->i.
Bay There they took their position Of third I'm line
on The west side OF The formation. and fell In be"lnd
the Vessels.
THE SEVENTH DIVISION.
This division consisted Of twenty five steam light
ers and was commanded by Charles II. Boyer with
Frank Shorthand junior officer. Mr.. Boyer looked
otter the thirteen boats that formed the starboard
division from the deck If tic tug Fortuna, Captain
L. l.. tIIl>ier. Wlil" shorthand toWNlANdtd Ms
twelve vessels from The tug Watt, captain Henry
Fritz,n. These steam lighters are not bctulifh
crafts. rule. but Yesterday they were lOohlng
wonderfully clean ana were a mass "f hunting
from To Stern. and conspicuous among The
nagS being large blue orc with IN" No. on IL.
showing what division tr"y belonged. what also
added greatly 10 the appearance Of these useful car.
ricrs were the women who numerous on all
OF them. their different cO.Orcd dresses rVias TIE
decks quite CAV appearance.
These steamers lc their different piers early and
by 10 O'Clock one Of them on lis way down
the bay. adding the din with Slnl whistles. and
took up It, position Just north ~ Robbins Reel Light
The vessels the starboaId column were H. III" fol
+. ~ Parker s'pator -. &. Chmcc. Emidr. j. W.
Cloud Mischief. Nicilant Josephine Il. ~ MINIS Gen
era T. >igcl and Thomas Shorthand Those In the port
column mp IN" bay in tie following Orcr Mary
+. Gordon. Tacoma. james Stckley. Thomas J.
Scuy, Mary Ann. William +. Chapman, Erie. Rambler,
EdCcwater, Mary T., Border CITY aud Admiral. They
kept their distances well and passed the Battery Ia
good clder each trying TO outnval It's ncighbors
with the noise 1t made.
TIE EIGHTH nINISIOE.
The eighth DIVISION which consisted Of tugboats,
scnbcd at Robbins Reef at II 30 II. H. Lewis
Luckenbach, on hoard the tug Levi, Luckenbach.
the senior officer Of the division. and Edgar f. Luckcn
bach. on boird the tug Edgar /. Luckcnbach the
senior officer. The other tugs Ia this division w"r'
the Astral. ImpcTaOr, Acme. White Rosr. Mutual.
W. L. Ferguson. l.. VI. Timmlns. {. :. Grant. i. Il.
Dalzcl. CyCOps. y. &. ROsr, W. GooiWin. \. &.
Nckcrson, Joshua LOvcti, q. ". WlnslOw, Dudley
Tray. Wrs'ler. Gladiator, Alpha. ConquerOr Lynhnr~t.
Mascot, Royal c. +. Roe, Wonder ana West Farms