Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-20
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
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Already the naval authorities are beginning
70 prepare for the great nAvAl review that Is to
inangurste the celebrations in honor u the
Columbian year, next April
The small appropriation made by Congress.
5000, will not cover the expenses Of MOBILIZE
ing the feet. let alone the Expenses Of maintain
ing il for several months. on our coast. 80 Sec
Rotary Tracy viii have TO draw lber.ny rom
the regular naval appropriation for the run
ming expenses Of the navy, On the lst u
September Rear Admiral Ghernr,ii will he de-
tached from command OF the north Atlantic
squadron and ordered to san Francisco. whore
nc VIII hoist his flag on the Baltimore and take
command Of the Pacific squadron. composed of
the Charleston. Baltimore. San Francesca.
Boston and Yorktown. and bring them around
the horn Co the east coast. Invitations have
been prepared FOR all :he countries Of the
world to be represented at the International
review, and the Invitations 10 the south Amer
lean countries will be delivered bv Admiral
ohersrdi ON his VOYAGE around the horn. IL
10 expected that all the maritime powers Of tho
southern continent will accept
BRAZIL WILL LEAD
OF course Brazil will be the leader. for the
Brazilians look upon the United States with a
warm affection. we were the first country to
recognize their new republic when Dom Pedro
was forced from the throne aud the star. aud
stripes are always honored IN the ports uf the
great southern republic. Brazil has a very good
navy and could send some battle ships 60 tht re-
view that would out rank any our own navy has
IN commission now. The Argeutines are also
very friendly toward the United states and
during the recent visit Of the white squadron
TO the Plata river many attentions were shown
Its officers. President Pelicrincz visited the
ships OF the squadron. reception was ri ven on
board the Almirante Brown. aud all the
officers OF the United States squadron were in
Nited to the Argentine torpedo station At Tigre
and shown through the station. after which a
banquet was served. where all the speeches
tended 10 show the good feeling between the
two countries. thus II L. probable that Argun-
tine viii send up two vesselsSo fy the white and
blue flag IN the grand review. IL Is unfortunate
that the long distance will prevent them from
sending one of their fine torpedo fleets. as they
have thirtv-six fine torpedo boats fitted vithshe
Whitehead torpedo. OF the other countries on
the Plata Uruguay is the only one that pos
sesses a navy. and il is hardly probable that
she would risk sending one OF her 5O1-ton gum
boats up. even If the bankrupt government
could buy coal enough for the Journey.
cHILE's SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION.
Chile, as we all know. has n navy. aud IL she
acts the part of reconciled sister will send her
squadron Of evolution up to Hampton Roads
just TO give us a chance TO see the ships our
white cruisers would have DESTROYED had Chile
not seen the error 81 her WAYS. This Just about
disposes of our sister republics on American
soil. FOR the Central American states have never
been out OF a revolution long enon have
ship built and Mexico's navy IL for revenue
only. while Haytis one little gunboat would
get lost on the voyage IL she did not employ q
pilot. over on the other side the nations
viii watch each other. OF course Russia and
toward the United States. and il Italy probably
honors the memory Of her son Columbus she
will send some Of her ten-thousand-ton
battle ships. The English navy. large ms il is.
is very well divided over the world. so Ii is not
probable that she will send a very large feet
and upon her action in the matter depends
largely the action of France IL is
understood that japan is TO send a cruiser, OF
which she has eome fine ones. across the Pacific
and around the horn 10 take part in the first in
ternational review held in the country that first
visited Japan 10 secure a mercantile treaty and
that Turkey will unbend from her religious
rigor enough TO send over one of her fine war
ships. This vessel will have a distinguishing
feature that may be new TO many Americans. As
an article Of the Mohammedan religion makes
the bell sacred it cannot be used on board Turk
ish ships. as il is upon others, for striking the
hours and sounding fog signals, and by a spe-
cial suspension Of the navigating rules drum
10 used instead.
OUR OWN wARsHrrs
or our own warships all the new steel ships
will be in the review except the little Petrcl
which is out in China, probably to spend the
rest Of her life there. Several of the ships now
under construction will be in commission bv
that time. but il is doubtful if the big cruiser
New York will be finished in time to participate
In case the Cramps do get her completed by
March she will probably be Admiral Gherardis
flagship during the review. The Montgomery,
Detroit and Machias will be in commission by
that time The other ships taking part will be
the Baltimore, Philadel. hia. Charleston. Chi
cago. Boston, Atlanta, Miantonomoh. Concord.
Yorktown, Bennington, yesuvius and Kearsarge
II the regulation feet formation is conformed
with the sixteen vessels will form a feet, with
Admiral Gherardi commander-in-chief: then
there will be a division of the feet into
two squadrons. with a commodore or
rear admiral in command of each; the subdi-
visions Of the squadrons go under the techni-
cal name Of divisions and are composed Of
four vessels, then the division is again divided
into two sections.
When all the ships anchor in Hampton Roads
next April IL will be a grand array. and the
visiting and winning and dining the balls. par
ties and receptions will be something for OH
GERS to remember and tell of for years. while
the din when all the ships salute some new
conner will dwarf large-sized bombRrdment
And an ''oficer of the deck" on any one Of the
ships viii have to keep his eyes open for COM
manding Off GERS remnants, signals and all the
routine of a wa rship if be does not wish TO re-
ceive the angry 'benediction" of his captain.
THE LARGEST ARRAY.
II is probable that the United States squadron
will have the largest array Of ships of any coun-
try, as the great foreign powers will not send
the grand squadrons that they could easily
mobilize in time of need This fact NAV prove
delusion and a snare 10 the great American
republic, with their usual habit of jumping at
conclusions" for when they the different
fleets and note that our own is the largest they
may forget that while we have every available
ship present, England and France have bali a
dozeniarger squadronsa at home. which viii be the
silent factors in the parade, and Jump at the
conclusion" that our navy is the largest in the
world.
After the mobilization of the fleets at Hamp-
ton Roads they will proceed in company 10 New
York harbor. In column NJ cruising distance,
400 yards. fifty ships. which number seems quite
probable, will make parade twelve miles long.
and by the time the last one has passed the
leader viii be ''huu down." only a patch OF
smoke or light network of rigging. IL is to
be earnestly hoped that the review viii be the
grandest naval display Of modern times. all
calculated to increase the friendship Of the ma
tons. ID. w.
They Would Drop