The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21


right resting ut a point opposite the
dock Brooklyn. The port column
formed 10 the westward of the center
Of tho channel. its right resting ~
point abreast Of Oyster island.
At 1880 the signal 20 START was given
and tho column formed. First came
the naval militia Of the state OF New
York, under the command, of j. W. NH
Ter. consisting Of the tugs OF the Penn
sylvania and Eric railroads, OF the Bee |;
Transportation line Of the New NorH
I.igh,crage Co. These. divided into foar
snundrons, formed the patrol line %
the parade. Every tug rs IL fell into
line sounded It's shrill whistle ana
the dccp-voicei fog signals OF tAe
larger steamers beloved rcsprnHe.
These were bat tho police 10 clear me
way. swiftly dariing through the wa
ter came the torpedo boat Gushing, NO
flagship OF the parade, Commodore ;.
Y. Kane on board. and ~ three AZ
trnGant v;aettc boats. the steam yacht,
Aida. Allcgra and iscive.ia. NrNt II
order was the steamer Howard Carroll.
with the distinguished guests ~ the
naval committee. Thea The visiting war
ships and the United states naval
snuadron. cscorting them at the rate %
abont seven knots with the visitors in
the center The flagship PhiladcipAia
headed the starboard column, followed
by the Dolphin and the Nesuvius; the
Miantonomah headed the port column,
followed by the Atlanta and Black.
The three steamers with the commit
tee Of 100 fell in after the war vessels
and headed the column Of the escortng
feet SO they moved through the
long double row OF gayly-declsed wait
ing vessels, bands playing, whistles
blowing, flags dipping, yards
manned. and every possible display OF
enthusiasm being made. When the '~e'
boat 81 the war feet had run iAe i'tr +
let Of this peacerui hoiday-ma's'N
tilla the cscortrg vessels weighed '.'i'
chor aad followed in set order ia their
wake.
The FIRST division. flying the municipal
aar Of the city ~ New York. with ITS
conspicuous crossed anchors, was head
Cd bv the tugs Of the daclS aud fire dc.
partmcnts. and consisted Of q spccia
division Of chartered stccr,crs. Th'
signs If mc.riment on board these well
appointed steamers were too ohviou
for conccalmcnt Evidently AL on ooar'
we're having The best Of times.
The second dlisinn WAS under th'
! command Of Vice-Comm.naer r. d
Morgan. Of the New York Yacht cluc
, with Chester Griswold as fleet captain
/ 1t comprised the steamer yachts Ituna
flagship: Emu Corsair. Conqueror
! Orientn, Susquchnnna. lIalcyon. lean
Iso,ene. Nourmahal. sapphire. Rival
: Aztec, Clcrmont. Stral. Golden Fleece
+ Noova. Eyclin. Theresa and Adcla. o
I the American Yacht club tCommodor
4 Lawrenccl. and the Sewaren, liannal
/ and Fleetw g.of +. j. Harpcrs Ncwarl
i Yacht club.
4 The third division was composed o
, the following steamers: Mary Powell
/ sandy Hook, lIousatonic, James 1
r Brett. Cygnus. Pegasus Cetus. Taurus
r plainlicid. Angler and st. John.
O The fourth division comprised tn
:. staten Island Brooklyn ald Mort
!, river fcrryhnats. Tho other six wer
|. miscellaneous steamers and Tugs.
Z AS the warships which had bcci
2 anchored in the lower bay passc
: Forts Wadsworth and Lafayette a
. 1880 u. IN. the guns II those fort
a doomed out national sainte OF twcr
|. tyrone guns. which was taken M =
y the Philadelphia, and under It's lead y
, the other vessels of the squadron, an
II returned by the visitors The roar Z
i the great guns was deafcning and cor
a tinuous. and the smoke lay over tfl
10 water in such dense masses that stec
- ing for a time became difficult and M
K der instructions previously given n
: speed was slowed down until tlsc q
a once more cleared. Passing Governor
a. island another national welconr
Il twenty-onc guns burst from the flia
y walls of Castle William and again IS.
$ echoed by continuous reverber~tia
n by the feet.
> The war-ships. OF course, wcrss
,e- most interest TO the sightsccrs. At Y
\ tervais Of 100 yards, in three column
IN zoo feet apart. sailed after u
~ Miantonomah. Philadelphia and T. IL
90 thusc. nine other naval engines 81 wa
IL The United States steamer, ATTAIN
q. and Dolphin escorted the French gu
cl beat IluSsarl.
ed slowly the ships moved by. pass
~ slowly up the North river. past 7
IL crowded docks and piers. flags hyi
on and the glistening sides rejecting !
re- SIMS light, making the occasion
,rt morablc one 70 those who witncsse"
"a The cscorting llcet brought mp
-. rear. II was in ten divisions.
~ A fitting climax 10 this most succ'
cd full pageant was the scene at the ~
~ inr point at Riverside. This
~ natures own amphitheatcr. The =
,r- Ing hillsidcs gave every one an ul
,rs ,crrup,ed view Of the display.
,se wealthy. whose costly eFuipa
,hc blocked the carriage way, had r"
,aa vantage over the poorest citizen
~ conld chamber up n Hill or scr:an
~ Down III. rocks To the waters edge.
MANY thousands Of them did so. ~
a.. nearly n. IN. when the Philadeip
proceeded by a cloud of tugs ana n
~ urc boats slowed down in front 81
~ crsidc. with tho foreign war ships
~ the rest os the naval escort wei
III line. The tide was beginning 70
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