New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09
THE GREAT NAVAL DISPLAY
ONE FLEET OF WAR-vESSELS AND ONE OF
COMMERCIAL SHIPPING.
WHAT THE SPECTATOR MAY EXPECT TO SEE
AND HEAR-EorrE AID FORMATION

AND HEAR-EorrE AID FORMATION
or TIE LINE.
For all those who love the sen and its eternal
mystery and can comprehend the greatness of the
conquest which man has made over the unstable
norton of the world. the naval parade oi Tues
d,v will be of the greatest interest. The shlt'-
in,, pororama of all sorts and conditions OF craft
which will move in stately columns over the waters
~ thc I-ppcr Bay and the broad Hudson VIII
he n pageant worthy Of the second maritime city
in the world and especially appropriate as
commcmoratlon Of the daring navigator WHO
In his moon-shapci oaraval brought the shin-
Tnr flag OF Castillo ard Aracon 70 wave IN WINDS
that blew the foam from the s!lver-ilashln5
snrQcs Of san Salvador
One Of tho best pictures Of the marine dis
play can be had from tie green heights oil
Fort WadswoIth. towering on the western shofc
~ the entrance 10 the Narrows. from thiS
rlacc far TO the castwar the whit" breakers can
b, seen on R1ckaway shoals and beyond '''
ocean miuglin- at IT, ouicrlno,i verge VIVID 'e
.iv. To the south The Ili-hlands OF tn" Nave
sink hearing their twin light towers. rise ABOVE
the sandy reaches Of III" Hook. 10 th' hor'h
flo rrcot cite, crowded about the Upper Bay lift
,hcir Jones and towers ana st''Pl'S' WIN"
,c,cI nm the broad. shining pathway of the
,hc distance. lit Themselves against the sky.
This = 4 beautiful place NJ all times but one
vho sta there on the green entertainments on
Tuesdav afternoon sill see sight OF when he
can toll hi. .randchillrcn in the winter days
.ybcr no - waiting to take 4 voyage upon
marc unknown ,ca than That oi Columbus.
over in ,raycscnd Bay viii hc aN>"mhl'd
gect - war yc--c,s There vii wave the N'uF
and S,ripc, above Trio towering white nan o. t''
phirod,luli, and nutt"r from tie scrnN oil oth'r
,.sscls ~ ,hc American Navy, and waved by th'
Ann. wind ne can 500 IN" la-s of France Npiih
ii t,.t, n,.in., from the r!cr-ol-War which mos
r,tions have sent oycr 20 talk" part ~ tue 81
MAY lie will also 500 flee of tu-H lc nV one
0y,nc a biz blue flag charged with crossed aHc"oi'
and the coat Of arms Of the state oil '-io'N'
Some ono will tell him, II h" dos NOT Know Una
This j, the notlla Of tine NaNai h'''t' '' 81"
state of Ncw-Nork and that blue lIas l. IL as
,,n.,,;.iing .yn,bol Fast little boit4 will Sloot
about here and there; almost jumping ON OF "'
watcr in their hurry and these are the torp''p
ho,, cushing. from whose deck 5. Nicholson Kan"
will marshal lie parade ana iour AIsu-SP'c'
LITTLE yachts on which will be aides
r., beyond the Narrows there will be an orcn
r,,hw,v Of water. extending between two long
,iros os anchorcd vessels These lines will extend
from, lust below Governors Island down to Staten
IsIon1 and back of them will be floating city OF
,osscls- which have come ont to see the show
ctcomcr. and tugs and yachts will be ranged III
,hc.c two long lines which edge the silver path
WAY IN which the fleet in Grdy".cnd BAY Il 10
move in stately procession. liz the cmpia@"ics
If Forts Hamilton and Wordsworth ana bchlni the
red walls Of Castle Wlllam tho cannons are loadcl
and the eunncrs stand with LANYARD in hand. The
hour hos come, the sigGll is gwen StI"t' hlhS
;tsclf out from Gravcrcnl Bay the lert, wh'h
has been living there, moves mp through IN" mar
row gateway Of the lp!>or Bay. and the cannon IN
flo two forts at the cntranc" shake III" cdrth am
air with their discharges while tn" clouds OF blue
gray smoke which spring from them for while
hide the passing fleet from view. Then tho
shns emerge and in three columns 20 sweeping
an ND toward the shadowy walls OF the Palisades
Cycrywhcrc on the water arl on the land
waving flags, and the flags on the sca are
di,ncd ~ the fleet passes by. When the fleet
has reached Governors Island and the battle
mcnts of Castle William wrcatlrd in the
smoke of the saluting gums, that Heating
ritv shrouch Whose single broad street the
fee, has passed becomes at once moving mass
and falling III behind the war-vcs,cs, the whole
dispnv moves mp the river. On Riverside PARK
the ships OF war will anchor. and - the pro
ccssion of civic boats passes the thnGrrS OF
their guns will echo around the tomb where
rests tho body OF Grant Waving nags and moving
ships and laundering guns will all unite 10 make
the water dispay worthy Of the great Gcnoesc
pilot whose eye saw Pow Ncrlds beyond the
deep
II is to be hoped that all this display will take
place with a bright sun Shining down on 1t
through the crisp clear air of the early autumn,
that it will be one Of those days when mast and
spire are sharply defined against the BACKGROUND
of sky and sea and shore are clothed with a clear
beauty which no other season of the year brings
out. In such an atmosphere as Is common 20 the
bright DAYS of fall in these ATTITUDES even prosaic
things take on poetry of appearance AMI on per-
feet autumn day such "A marine di.plny as that
will be which will take place on Tuesday will be-
a spectacle OF beauty not often 10 be- seen and
ne'"- he forgotten. If il rains is cloudy. aud
cold winds sweep down from the north, the spccta-
Gle will still be grand The parade will take all
the afternoon, and before the vcssco participant
ing in il have returned to their anchOragcs or to
their piers the shadows will probably be falling
on the night which will he the 4O0th anniversary
OF that night through the gloom of which Colum-
bus saw light moving. IA if being borne along a
shore, whercupon he lay to. waiting impltiently
for the dawn
Those who see tho display from the slopes OF
Riverside Park will got a good view of the moving.
shifting columns of the parade, for Just above
there tho cscorting feet will 20 around tue lofty