The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-12


de!phia as escort to the flagship, OF the
French North Atlantic squadron,
L'Arethuse, with Rear Admiral Lebrum
in command. Following, on the star
board or easterly side, came the dis
patch boat Dolphin, Captain w. S.
Bronson, with the armored cruiser
Atlanta, Captain F. s. Higginson, in
line on the port hand, 200 yards distant.
In the centre, $50 yards TO the rear,
came the Italian cruiser Bausan, and
next line were the Vesuvius, Lieut..
Seaton Schroeder, and the lighthouse
steamer American. Captain Congdon,
to starboard and port respectively.
Again, in tine central place OF honor,
came theSpanish cruiser lnfanta Yisbel,
the rear being taken up in turn by the
revenue steamer Grant, Captain Thomas
smyth, and the survey steamer Blake,
Lieutenant c. Vreeland, followed by
the revenue steamer Dexter, Captain j.
A. Slam.
This formed the naval division, the
naval reserve tugs patrolling down the
outside OF the line, doing police duty.
The esCorting fleet was in ten divis-
ions and was composed Of steam yachts,
launches, river and ocean steamships,
and in fact every kind Of steam craft in
the harbor, each division in charge OF
an officer and the whole lined up with
a precision equal to that OF the men ot
war.
Commander Erben gave the signal to
start from the Philadelphia promptly
at 1880, and the squadron got under
way, taking up their places in line, and
as the head OF the column entered the
narrows they we're greeted with q ma
tional salute OF twenty-one guns from
the forts at either side, amid the dip
piugof flags, shrieking OF steam whistles
and cheers OF the multitudes on the
hills.
The squadron OF honor moved up
through the narrows, responding with
saluting batteries to the courtesies ot
the land batteries, led by the torpedo
boat Cushing, flagship Of the director oi
the naval parade, S. Nicholson Kane.
The hilly shore front OF Bay Ridge
was thick with people, who viewed the
procession from the coign OF advantage.
Club houses and hotels along the shore
were gay with decorations and black
with people.
Staten Island from Fort Wadsworth
to the hill at st. George was full OF yisi-
tors from back sections and from New
York, and many outhouses were pro-
fusely decorated, the effect being re.
markably pretty in the thickly wooded
portions OF this stretch ofshore.
Along the route I'D North river the
various steamboat piers were decked
in colors, and New Jersey We'd with
New York in making bright the path.
way OF the fleet.
But it was when the vanguard OF the
parade finally appeared that the enthu'
siasm Of the sight-seersr reached its high
est pitch. Almost every third person
carried field glasses and these were lev
eled incessantly at the ships as they
glided up stream amid the booming Of
cannon and the vociierous applause ol
the crowds.
Gracefully turning, the war ships
came to anchor and saluted the escort,
ing fleet as il proceeded past them
When the last ship had glided by the
war vessels, tho parade disbanded and
New 1ork,s SOluulDlHu AaN"A PabS"n'
had passed into history.
As the parade passed Battery park 9
second salute oftwenty-one guns wa!
fred. The rumbling OF the cannon had
scarcely died away when the mighty
host along the shores began to cheer
1t began at the Battery and swept alonG
slowly but nightly like the roar OF ar
awful uuearthly thunder bolt Before
il reached the end OF the line it was
again taken up by the assembled thtonf
on the battery and again the roar rolled
along the shores OF North river until
the very foundations OF Manhattan Is
land seemed TO tremble. The three
columns OF vessels moved on uninter
rupted until opposite l95th street, where
the ships cast anchor.