Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-04
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Between 10 and IL o'clock was the
hour assigned for the President to COM
mence the review. 1t was nearer
than 10 when the signal was given for
the start. As soon as the President
stepped on board the Dolphin the YES
Sci tripped her anchor and fired one
shot as signal. This was responded
to by boom which seemed to shake
the whole city. The double turreted
monitor Miantonomah, lying at the
rear of the port column, fired for the
first time in port one of her huge To-
inch guns, charged with nearly $50
pounds of powder. Almost before the
reverbera tons of this gun hau died
away in the distant echoes the " hole
fleet was called to quarters, yards We're
manned and every preparation made to
receive the President of the United
States with becoming respect. Seen
at this rloment. and before the envelop-
ing clouds of gunpowder smoke from
the subsequent salutes has obscured
the air. the scene was as pretty as we'll
could be imagined AS the Dolphin's
bow came in line with each man-of-
war, present arms was sounded on
the bugle, officers and crew saluted;
the bands struck up the national air
and a national salute of twenty-one
guns was fired by each ship
During the half hour or more that
the Presidential progress lasted this
cannonadlng never ceased until more
than 1000 guns had been fired. To-
~ar,s v4Ie close of their booming long
separate identity had been merged into
one titantic roar, while flashes of red
flame and dense sulphurous clouds of
smoke were all the spectators on the
shore could dist nguish. The firing be-
gan with the German flagship kaiserin
Augusta, and the brazilian battleship
Aquida ban; it was taken up in more
ponderous manner by the Dutch Van
Speyk and Spanish Infanta Isabel; it
was followed by the Argentine Noevo
de Julio and the Italian Etna; was con-
tinued by the American Charleston and
the French Arethuse. followed by the
flagship Newark and thu Russian Adj
mirdls ship Dimitri Donskoi, and
closed by Admiral Gherardi in the
Philadelphia and Admiral Sir John
Hopkins in the noble Blake. The in
tervals between the artillery exercises
of the flag ships We're filed up by
similar exercises on the part of these
vessels of the squadron.
Following close in the wake of the
Dolphin and getting the full benefit of
the salutes, came the army steamer,
Genera Meigs, bearing the honored
foreign guest of the day, the Duke of
Veragua, attended by Gen. Schofield
of the army and Rear Admiral Belk-
nap of the navy.
When the Dolphin reached the end of
the line, in the neighborhood of Ninety
fifth Street, she dropped anchor and
made preparations to receive the COM
manding officers of the foreign squad
rons, who were presented to the Presi-
dent by their respective ministers.
Duly attired in full ceremonial uni
form, with cooked hats and swords, the
distinguished officers entered their
barges and pulled off for the Presi-
Dental yacht. Sir John o. Hopkins,
the British Admiral, was first received.
He was presented by Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador.