The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-12
The Naval Pageant in New York's
Great Celebration.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE DECORATED
IN MANY COL0RED FIRES.

| Bridge-Four Thousand Voices Sang
| Together Patriotic Airs-Celebrations
Elsewhere.
NEW YORK, October lit would be
impossible to imagine more beautiful
morning than the one New York and her
visitors have enjoyed for the great naval
parade held in honor of Columbus. The
sun beamed with dazzling brightness
upon everybody and everything. A
sharp but pleasant breeze made over
coats just desirable enough and not
cloud was to seen in the blue canopy
every busy Gotham. At al very. early
hour this morning many thousands OF
happy families, armed with huge lunch
baskets, were journeying over the diff
ferent ferries and horse car lines, intent
upon camping for the morning at some
place Of vantage where the naval display
could be witnessed with comfort. Thus
twas that the shores of Staten Island,
Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge, Gravesend
Bay and the North river were soon lined
by an army of picknickers determined to
celebrate the event. While these lunch
basket armies were taking up their posi-
tons other armies of people upon pleas
ure bent were loading themselves upon
countless well provisioned steamers of
all sizes and classes, and were otherwise
preparing for a day of enjoyment. There
were yachts and Sound steamers, ex-
cursion boats and tugs, ocean vessels and
coasters and sailing craft of every descrip-
ton loaded almost to the gunwales with
Good Things to Eat and Drink.
But of all these centres of interest, per-
haps the hills of Fort Wadsworth and
Fort Hamilton, guarding the Narrows,
passed, were most crowded. These were
not, however, the only points of obser-
walton crowded with sightsrers. The
roofs of nearly every ''tall' building in
the city, as the hour for the parade APP
preached, became almost alive with hui
man beings, and from these high stations
New York presented as pretty a picture
as one could possibly care to see. Mill
ions of bright colored flags waved to the
breeze from fagstaffs and windows.
The air seemed to be alive with futter-
ing bunting, and all this display of color
was delightfully."- frightened by the giori-
Gus sunshine, and intermixed with the
white steam from thousands of Chin
neys, thus forming fairy clouds floating
about the dancing mass of color. New
York may be said to have turned out en-
masse~sto Witness . the parade of war
ships and pleasure craft.
The vessels in the parade moved at a
uniform rate of six miles an hour, and
there was ample opportunity for every
one to view the spectacle. The trim
looking French man-of-war Arethuse,
the Spanish war-ship Infanta ISABEL, and
the Italian cruiser Bausan were all
cheered as they proudly steamed up the
Hudson. Mr.. S. Nicholson Kane was
the director of the naval parade.
Among the members of the naval COM
mittee who sailed in the tug Howard
Carroll were Mayor Grant, William G.
Whitney, General Martin Mcmahon,
John III. Starin and General Horace Por-
ter.
The start was made at 1890 from the
lower bay. The Philadelphia was the
flagship. and headedithe column
AS the Fleet Advanced
UP the bay, on the starboard side. There
were three columns in the line as they
came up the bay and North river, and
the distance between the columns was
about 300 yards. In the centre column
the foreign ships of war came under es-
cort. The Narrows were entered about
an half hour later, and a salute of 81
guns was fred from the ships and the
forts on the Staten Island and Long ISL
and shores. The order of parade was as
follows:
Patrolling .Flotilla; manned by. Naval Militia,
State of New York, flying its own flag,
blue field, with two crossed an
chorS and the state coat
of-armS.
Director Of the Naval Parade. on board U. S.
Torpedo Boat Cushing, and vidette boats. i
Committee on Naval Parade and Official Guests
U. 5. Flagship Philadelphia.
U. s. Steamship Miant0nomah Captain Mont
gomery Sicard.
U. S. Steamship Atlanta, Captain Higginson.
y. S. Steamship Dolphin, Commander Brownson
U. S. Steamship Vesuvius. Lieutenant Schroeder
French Flagship Arethuse.
Italian Cruiser Bausan. A
Spanish Cruiser Infanta YSabel
Naval Militia, State of New York, Commander
Miller.
Municipal vessels, city of New York.
a. Steam Yachts.
EIGHT divisions of merchant