Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-23
THE NAVAL PARADES.

Getting Ready for the Columbus Celebration
and the Grand Review of Next Spring.
An officer from the Navy Department was at
the Brooklyn navy yard the other day to inform
himself relative to the wishes Of the committee
having In charge the marine parade Of October
II as to the part that the navy should take in it.
Lieutenant Commander Henry D. Mansfield
will superintend the arrangements for the naval
part OF the parade. and it Is certain that the
steel cruiser Philadelphia, the double-turreted
monitor Miantonomoh, the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius, the torpedo boat Gushing and the
navy tug Narkeeta will take part 1t is also
possible that the Atlanta can be made ready
Commander Henry Erben, commandant Of the
navy yard. will have command Of the feet, and
the Philadelphia will probably be his temporary
flagship.
The officer from Washington was asked il the
cruise outlined for Rear Admiral Gherardi
would not interfere with the arranging of the
program for the international naval rendezvous
at Hampton Roads and the naval review in
New York harbor in May next. He said that
the matter mad been fully talked over by Ad-
miral Gherardi and Secretary Tracy and As
sistaIt Secretary Solely before the admiral
started for San Francisco a week ago. The
admiral had given general outline of what his
plans would be, and during the cruise he will
ue'OAe MUCH Vi LIS time TO completing
the program so far as it can be done before it is
known absolutely how many vessels will be sent
here from other nations. He added
Admiral Gherardi will probably reach San
Francisco tomorrow and will once make his
arrangements to go to San Diego with the Bal
timore. his flagship, the San Francisco and the
Charleston to take lart in the anniversary cele-
bration Of the discovery of that point b. Ca
brillo In 1872. He will be joined there BY the
Boston and Yorktown and then the fleet will
proceed on its special cruise among the Central
and South American ports He expects to ar
rive at Hampton Roads about the latter part Of
February. by which time il will be known how
many foreign ships will come, and then the pro-
gram can be COM leted
The admiral expects 60 large feet as to
make ii inadvisable to have the series Of ma
neuvers that il was at first proposed to have in
this harbor. The United States will have a
fleet of at least twenty of the vessels of the new
navy. Then the vessels from Mexico, Chile
Peru. the Argentines. Brazil, Italy, SPAIN
Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia and
Austria will make gathering Of nearly hun
dred more, if not above hundred Admiral
Gherardis present idea is that this big fleet, in
order to present good display and avoid acct
dents. will be moored bow and stern from off
Bay Ridge and stretch along in line up the
Hudson river This will enable the President,
accompanied by his cabinet, the foreign minis
tiers and other representatives of the foreign
governments. who will be accommodated on
one of the vessels-probably the Baltimore-to
pass in review of the whole line and receive the
honors due to him. l imagine 1t will be much
larger than any one has anticipated and will be
the grandest marine picture ever seem