Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-27

commanded by the British admiral, Sil
John Hopkins, consisted of foreign vessels
In this order: British, Blake, Australia
Magicienne and Tartar; Russian, Dimitri
Donsloi, General Admiral and Rynda
French. Arethuse, Hussard and Jean Bart;
Italy, Etna, Bausan and Dogali; Spain, In
fants Isabel. Reins Regente and Neuvs
Espsns; Brazil, Aquidaban, Tiradentes and
Republica.
The port or left hand column, COM
manded by Admiral Gherardi, consisted
of the American feet, with some of the
visitors thrown In to balance, in the fol-
! lowing order: American, Philadelphia,
| Newark, Atlanta, San Francisco, Bancroft,
Bennington. Baltimore, Chicago, York
town, Charleston, Vesuvius and Concord
| Argentine, Neuve de Julio; Holland, Van
Speyk; German, Ksissrin Augusta and
| Seeadler, with the monitor Miantonomoh
| bringing up the rear.
AS the fleet came out of the Narrows
and Strengthened the lines to come up the
upper bay the squadron distance was
formed, and the two columns were then
800 yards apart. The tide currents, how
ever, caused some of the boats to fall be-
hind, and therefore they were somewhat
out of place when the Battery was in sight.
Coming up the bay with the fleet the sight
was brilliant one. Every ship in the
harbor was flying every bit of bunting it
could get together, and the buildings in
the lower part of the city were decorated
with flags of all nations. Steam whistles
all the housetops and other places from
which the river could be eeen were black
with sightseers.
When the leaders in the parade got op-
posite Governors Island the battery in the
old fort began a salute and the feet steamed
along half hidden for few minutes in the
smoke from the cannon. The ships dipped
their flags in answer, but did not return
with cannon.
When the prows of the war ships were
turned into the river, at a quarter before
eleven o'clock, on the straight course to the
anchorage between Thirty fourth street
and Ninety eighth street, an attempt was
made to bring them into review formation,
but the slowness of the three Brazilians
prevented this, and while the others were
in good line, they were far behind. The
patrol tugs had cleared the river of the
boats which usually throng the waters,
and the ships had practically clear field
to their destination.
Looking up the river as the ships pro-
ceeded 1t was a pretty sight, the big
steamships had thrown to the smart morn
ing breeze nearly all the bunting and flags
they could muster, and the buildings on
shore were decorated as we'll. Every point
of advantage was taken by sight-seers, and
they waved anything which came handy
to the ships as they passed. The process
sion up the North river was an almost
constant salute from the thousands of on
lockers, and the cheering of the crowds
was continuous.
The parade took about half an hour to
pass given point, and was about three
miles in length, the squadron speed not
being maintained as was expected. The
anchorage was reached at half past twelve
O'Clock, and the vessels dropped anchor
and swung to the food tide to wait for the
review of tomorrow. The ships were
moorsd in the order in which they passed
up. The Miantonomoh finished her part
In the dedication of the Ericsson statue,
and left the Battery for her position in the
North River just an hour behind the feet.
While the crowd on the buildings, in the
streets and on the piers was dense in the
lower part of the city, 1t was not until the
streets along the anchorage was reached
that 1t seemed as If the whole of New York
city was down on the river front. The
people stretched far up the streets, and on
the house tops was sea of heads wherever
the river could be seen. In the tenement
districts on the west side of the city each
family living In the houses near had in
vited enough of their friends to fill the
housetop, and when all were assembled
this morning 1t made compact mass on
each house, judging from the sight from
the river as the feet passed up.