Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-08
SMOKE WILL HANG THICK.
Hundreds Of Guns to be Fired During the
Naval Review.

NEw YaEk, April Final orders from
Admiral Ghs randi. jus, Issued. direct that
on April - the day of the great Colum-
bian naval review, there shall be fred in
National salgies alone no less than i6S0
guns.
As many of the cannon which will he
brought ihto play are of heavy cahhre.
therefs promised an uproar and conclusion
the ike of which New York city has prob
ably never Witnessed.
The President. according to the orders,
will pass through the lines formed ty 40
warsLips. He will be on board the dis
patch vessel Dolphin. When the Dolphin
on the morning of the eth obtains wort
that the fleet is ready To receive the Presi
dent, she VIII imm. diarely trip her anchor.
The uoms Mt her anchor has left the bottom
ans the vessel forges ahead she will fire a
signal gun.
Fer fully twenty minutes before the soli-
tary gun OF the Dolphin is fired an officer
witt his hand on au electric bulb connee
ton will be standing in a tnrret of the big
double turretted monitor MiantonomOh,
At the moment that this officer sees the
flash from the Dolphin's gun his hand will
crush the bulb.
Apet " NO dtththS
tonomoh will see at that instant IA column
of flame hurl itself full 100 fee, out into
space, followed instantaneously by a roar
which will threaten TO shake down every
buil,iing along the city's water front.
That overpowering column of flame
which will he seen 10 leap from the Miin-
tonomoh's Iurret will come from one of the
vessels monster lO-inch guns. Ii will be
caused by IA charge of powder weighing,
ronghly, $50 pounds. For the first time in
New York waters the Miantanomoh will
fire one of her huge main battery guns.
Its roar will be the signal TO every vessel in
the Columbian fleet that the President is
1t is not often that occasion arises for 40
10 be assembled at one time with
all their crews at quarters, but on this oc-
casion when the President passes up be-
tween the lines the crews of every man of
war in port will be either at the guns or
aloft and standing upon the yards. As
each ship will fire u guns there will be
discharged at the outset SO guns.
In as much as the total number of guns
will not be engaged at the same instant in
firing the first discharge, the spectators
must wait for the disemharking of the Pres
ident before looking forward TO the uproar
which $40 guns fred in unison will make.
Following the passage of the Dolphin up
the lines and her arrival at the upper end of
the fleet, the President will receive Admiral
and all the captains and flag Off
cers aboard the Dolphin. After short
levee the President will be prepared to dis
embark, hut 10 minutes before he steps
into the barge which will convey him to the
shore the Dolphin will fly a signal flag. As
the President steps into the barge the Dol
phin will give the signal and for second
time the yards and rails of every war ship
in port will be manned.
1t is at this latter moment that the grand
of the day will be heard. Each
ship will commence, and continue until
ended the national salute. This means
that each war ship must fire before closing
II guns.
It will be long time, probably, before
New Workers will again listen to such an
uproar as the second grand national salute
will cause. Unless strong brc, re is
blowing at the time it will probably be 90
minutes after the firing before the smoke
of the cannonading will be sufficiently dis
sipated to make is safe for vessels to navi-
gate in the vicinity of the fleet.
The entire scene of the review can be
from the river banks of the IIud
SON The main points of vantage will be
above the foot of West Twenty-sixth street
and below the foot of West One Hundred
and Thirty second street.