Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-20

AAA>~'S "StO JUL Iuc pOliCc W C1cdI lES
way. Swiftly darting through the wa
ter came the torpedo boat Cushing, the
flagship of the parade, Commodore S.
V. Kane on board, and its three at
tendant vidette boats, the steam yachts
Aida, allegro and Helvetia- Next in
order was the steamer Howard Carroll,
with the distinguished guests of the
naval committee. Then the visiting war
ships and the United States naval
squadron, escorting them at the rate Of
about seven knots, with the visitors in
the center. The flagship Philadelphia
headed the starboard column, followed
by the Dolphin and the Vesuvius: 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 CT the escorting
fleet. So they moved through the
long double row of gavly-declSed wait
ing vessels, bands playing, whistles
blowing, flags dipping. yards
manned, and every possible display of
enthusiasm being made. When the last
boat of the war feet had run the gaunt-
let of this peaceful holiday-malsing flo
tilla the escorting vessels weighed an
Choir and followed in set order in their
wake.
The first division. flying the municipal
flag of the city of New York, with it's
conspicuous crossed anchors. was head
cd by the tugs of the dock and fire de-
partments, and consisted of a special
division of chartered steamers The
signs of merriment on board these we'll
appointed steamers were too obvious
for concealment. Evidently all on board
were having the best of times.
The second division was under the
command of Vice-Commander E. D.
Morgan, of the New York Yacht club,
with Chester Griswold as fleet captain
1t comprised the steamer yachts TUNA,
flagship; Emu, Corsair, Conqueror,
Orienta. Susquehanna, Halcyon, Jean,
Isolene, Nourmahal, Sapphire, Rival.
Aztec, Clermont. Stral, Golden Fleece,
Nooya. Evelin, Theresa and Adela. of
the American Yacht club Commodore
Lawrence), and the Sewaren, Hannah
and Fleetwing, of +. j. Harper's Newark
Yacht club.
The third division was composed of
the following steamers: Mary Powell,
Sandy Hook, Housatonic, James T.
Brett. Cygnus, Pegasus, Cetus, Taurus,
Plainfield, Angler and st. John.
The fourth division comprised the
Staten Island, Brooklyn and North
river ferryboats- The other six were
miscellaneous steamers and tugs.
AS the warships which had been
anchored in the lower bay passed
Forts Wadsworth and Lafayette at
1850 D. m. the guns of those forts
doomed out a national salute of TWEEN
ty-one guns, which was taken up by
the Philadelphia, and under its lead by
the other vessels of the squadron, and
returned by the visitors. The roar of
the great guns was deafening and con-
tinuous, and the smoke lay over the
water in such dense masses that steer
ing for time became difficult and I'M
der instructions previously given the
speed was slowed down until the air
once more cleared. Passing Governors
island another national welcome of
twenty-one guns burst from the rude
walls of Castle William and again was
echoed by a continuous reverberatiOn
by the fleet.
The war-ships, of course, were of
most interest to the sightseers. At in
tervals of $50 yards, in three columns,
500 feet apart, sailed, after the
Miantonomah, Philadelphia and L'Are-
thuse, nine other naval engines of war.
The United States steamers Atlanta
and Dolphin escorted the French gun
boat Hussard.
Slowly the ships moved by, passing
slowly up the North river, past the
Id Nd Aoo a1-ir
AID the glistening sides rejecting the
suns light, making the occasion a me-
morable one to those who witnessed it.
The escorting fleet brought up the
rear. 1t was in ten divisions
A fitting climax to this most success
full pageant was the scene at the turn
ing point at Riverside. This was
own amphitheater. The slop-
ing hillsides gave every one an unin-
terrupted view of the display. The
wealthy, whose costly equipages
blocked the carriage way, had no adj
over the poorest citizen who
could Chamber up a hill or scramble
down the rocks to the waters edge. and
many thousands of them did So twas
nearly D. IN. when the Philadelphia |
preceded by a cloud of tugs and pleas |
ure boats slowed down in front of Riv-
erside, with the foreign war ships and
the rest of the naval escort well in
line. The tide was beginning to turn,
and the gaily bedecked vessels swung
around at will and indulged in all
kinds of naval horse play while wait !
ing the appointed signal for the part
ing salute. The three fire patrol boats
spouted geysers in the air and treated
the passengers on the upper deck of
the crowded excursion boats with
impromtu shower baths with
the utmost impartiality. One of
the railroad ferry boats, it's
decks so blackened with passengers
that it looked like the old Merrimac,
gravely took advantage of this and
usurped the place of the Santa Isabel
amid derisive toots.
the president, Gov. Flower and other
distinguished guests turned the buoys
and passed the war ships on its home
ward trip Then the signal to salute
was given and the river rang with the
echoes of the guns reverberating
around the tomb of the silent Grant.
A sight fully as interesting as that
of the vessels in line was presented by
the immense crowd of spectators on
shore. Every point of vantage, from
the waters edge to the top of the tall
est buildings, was occupied by people
who had waited for hours for the head
of the column of boats to appear.
When the procession moved up the
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