Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-04-13
FORTY WAR SHIPS

wnl Unite In Giving ThundrOus Well
come to the Presidenc OF the Unieeo
states when He Reviews the GreaS'
Fleet Participating In the Columbian
Naval Parade In New York HarbOr ON
April ~.
New York, April 6-Final orders
from Rear-Admiral Gherardi issued
Thursday night direct, that ON April
~. the day Of the great Columbian
naval review in New York harDor'
there shall be fired in national satutes-
alone no less than 1850 gums As
many of the cannon which Will oe'
brought into play are OF heavy cancef.
there is promised an uproar and con-
cussion the like of which has never be-,
fore been heard in this country. The
president, according to the orders.
will pass through lines formed
by forty warships He VIII
be on board the dispatch.
vessel Dolphin. When the Dolphin,
on the morning of the 27th. obtains
word that the feet is ready to receive
the president she will Immediately trip
her anchor. The moment her anchor
has left the bottom and the vessel
FORCES ahead she will fire signal gun.
For fully twenty minutes before the
solitary gun of the Dolphin Is fired. an
officer with his hand on an electric
bulb connection will be standing in
the turret of the big double-tur-
reted monitor Miantonomah. At the
moment that this officer sees the
fash from the Dolphin's gum his hand
will crush the bulb. Those who are
then watching the Miantonomah will
see at that instant lurid column OF
fame hurl itself fully 100 feet out into
space, followed instantaneously by an
explosion that will shake every build
ing along the city's water front 1t.
will be caused by charge OF powder
weighing, roughly, $50 pounds. fired
from one of the Miantonomah's main
battery gums, and its roar will be the
signal to every vessel in the Columbian
fleet that the president Of the United
Stotes is approaching.
It is not often that occasion arises for
forty warships to be assembled at ono
time with all their arms at quarters,
but on this occasion when the president
passes up between the lines the crews
of every man-of-war in port will be
either at the guns or aloft manning the
yards. AS each ship will fire twenty
NuC SuuSs GLCEC Will OC uAoSA"tH SN ~S
the outset $40 guns. Inasmuch as the
total number of guns will not be en-
gagged at the same instant in firing the
first discharge. the spectators must
wait for the disembarking of the pres
ident before looking forward to the up
roar which $40 guns fred in unison will
create.
Following the passage of the Dolphin
up the lines and her arrival at the up-
per end of the feet, the president will
receive Admiral Gherardi and all the
captains and flag officers aboard the
Dolphin. After short levee the pres
ident will disembark. As he steps into
the barge the Dolphin will give the
signal and for q second time the yards
and rails of every warship will be
manned. It is at this latter
moment that the grand cam
nonading of the day will be
heard. Each ship will commence
and continue until ended the national
salute. This means that each warship
must fire before closing twenty-one
guns. It will be long time probably
before such an uproar is heard again.
Unless strong breeze is blowing at
the time it will probably be twenty
minutes after firing before the smoke
of the cannonading will be sufficiently
dissipated to make it safe for vessels to
navigate the water in the vicinity OF
the fleet