The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-13
GRAND NAVAL PAGEANT
NEW YORK HARB0R A FOREST OF
MAsTs AND BUNTING.
Men Of War Of ALI Nations and Steam Wa.
ter Craft Of All Glasses Join in
Making the Naval Parade
Notable Event.

peace SHOOK nanuS EnlS uOIuluS anu
congratulated each other. Despite
this fact it required but very little
imagination to effect every moment to
see puff of smoke, flash of light,
ana hear the gruff voices of the men-
of-war guns. 1t was glorious morn
ing. The waters of the bay were as
smooth as those of mill pond. The
boatswain sounded shrill bugle at
daybreak end the stars and stripes
were flung to the fresh morning
breeze at the masthead OF the
Philadelphia. simultaneously were
similar proceedings on board each OF
the beautiful vessels OF war anchored
in the stream and the colors fluttered
to their position in concert on the
Minantonomah, Atlanta, Dolphin,
Blake, Vesuvius, Grant, American,
Dexter and Cushing. At the same
moment the stars and stripes fluttered
to the fore truck of each. Visiting
vessels anchored in the same locality
were the French Larethuse and
L'Hussard, the Italian cruiser Bausan
and the Spanish cruiser lnfanta lsa-
bella. No prettier and more attrac-
tive scene could be portrayed than
the line of graceful hulls swung
to the heavy cables, as the
bright emblem OF liberty
.floated in the air over each,
standing out boldly from the myriad
of flags which draped the vessels from
bowsprit to taffrail. The streamers,
burgers and pennants hung in lines
strung to each masthead, the whole
aspect being gay and bright with
colors. Never before was the snip
ping in the harbor SO protusely Dec
grated as today. Forests OF masts IN
both North ond East rivers hung full
of fiuttering flags, and when the an.
rors of the war fleet weighed and
4 !, command of Commodore Erben
.s communicated by signal to the
vessels to move down stream to the
rendezvous below the Narrows, salute
after salute rang out in deep diapason
br shrill roar of steam craft, while the
feolors dipped in honor OF passing man
Il 0f-War.
N From early morning huge fleet OF
Iismall craft had assembled from all
noints of the compass, each craft
laden with sightseers, ana py tne
time the warships reached the lower
forts fully 500 of these crafts were
clustered near the Narrows, manouev-
ering to keep out of each others way,
and narrowly escaping collision. The
hills back of Station Island and Fort
Hamilton on Long Island were black
with people assembled to view the GER
emonies of the exchange OF the
national salute Of twenty-one guns.
As the men of-war passed down
throuoh the Narrows they made
long detour of Hoffman island ana
took up their places in the order
,of parade in three columns, American
vessels to the right and left, foreign
ships in the center, each column 10y doO
wards apart with an interval OF 2oo
Yards between the ships in line. me
fleet formed with divisions alternately
to starboard and port, of course, each
under the flag ship flying the nag OF
it's division. At the head OF the
column steamed the torpedo boat
aCushing under command of Director
8. N. Kane, with j. d. Kelly. United
States navy chief aide. Next came
three fleets of yachts acting as vidette
boats. each with an aide in command.
At the right of the man-of-war squad
ron was the flagship Philadelphla
At the left was the double turreted
monitor Miantonomah, acting with
the Philadelphia as escort to the nag
shin of the French North Atlantlc
SQUADRON L'Arenthuse. FOLLOWING on
the starboare came the dispatch boat
Dolnhin with the armored cruiser At
lanta in line on the port hand. In the
center to the rear came the Itaiian
cruiser Bausan, and next in line
the Vesuvius and A merica to star
board and port respectively ana again
in the central place OF honor came tne
Spanish cruiser Infanta lsapelia, tne
rear being taken up In turn py the
revenue steamer Grant ana survey
steamer Blake, followed by the feve-
nne steamer Dexter. The escortlng
fleet was in ten divisions and COM
nosed of steam yachts, Launches, rlv-
ar and ocean steamships, and in TACT
every kind of steam craft in the mar
hor Each division was in charge OF
an officer and the whole lined up with
a procession equal to that OF men OF
war. A., o;oo,
te start from the Philadelphia prompt
iy at 1880, and the squadron got un-
der way, taking up their places IN
line. and as the head OF the column
entered the narrows they were greet
ed with the national salute OF twenty
one guns from the forts on either slde
amid dipping of flags, shrieking OF
steam whistles and cheers of multi
tndes on the hills. The squadron OF
honor moved up through the NaIrows arc; vs.
resnonding with saluting batteries to
the courtesies of che land batteries lea
by M the torpedo boat Gushing, the
fiaeship of the director of the naval
naTade. So eager were the
agIinners of the small craft to
eiye their passengers close view OF Of
fhe vessel that they passed between
the line of the squadron OF those es,
corting the fleet, waiting at each slde
to fall In line. 1t was for all the Worlo
ike III a crowd of boys fiocking to tne Q
music of a band and following IL along
the line of march, the numbers In
creasing as the fleet proceeded; .
The billy shore front OF the pay
20. covered with epeople who