The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-05-05
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
Great International Display OF
Warships at New York.

! Rain Mars the Event. But Still 1t Was n
Great Success-Sea Monsters of Ten
Nations In Line-Reviewed
by the President.
NEW YORK, April 2S-The international
| naval review in honor Of the achievements Of
Christopher Columbus eliminated yesterday de
spite q dreary downpour Of rain, in q demon
stration more remarkable in maLy respects
| than auv thing Of the kind ever recorded n his
! tory. The post Of honor before the warsh;ps OF
| the civilized nations given to the appar-
entity unseaworthy reproductions of the Coum
bus caravels, Santa Maria Pinta and Nina,
which were anchored opposite Ninety-third
street and formed practically the turning point
| Of the review. The contrast Of four centuries
Of naval development could not have been more
strongly marked
The line of vessels drawn up for review by
the president was over three miles in length,
stretching in two columns from the foot OF
| Twenty third street TO about Ninetv fifth
street The foreign vessels were most Of them
| stationed OF The New York side Of the Hudson
! river. and the American fleet with the German
Dutch and Argentine cruisers occupied the
| New Jersey side. The ships were anchored 500
! yards apart and q space Of 4OJ yards was left
! between the two columns.
| Thousands Of visitors poured into the city to
witness the sigh, rs. by act Of the legislature
| and proclamation Of the governor. the day was
made q public holid.v Business was gen.
orally suspended Flags were displayed from
| all the shipping and from many public and
| private buildings Hundreds of thousands
| Of spectators undeterred by the storm of
water, lined the waters edge on both shores Of
the river. A Gordon was tightly drawn around
| the reviewing vessels and until actual ceremo
! MES were over unauthorized boat was al
! lowed to pass the line, but nearly every tug
/ boat , a INF ha har hnr
engaged for the day ard crowded with sight
seers, awaiting their chance to review the war
| ships on their own account
| AT o'clock, by preconcerted arrangement,
| the ships Of France, Spain, Brazil and Argen-
| tina simultaneously hoiSted colorS and dressed
ship, while the others hosted the American
flag but did not dress ship until 10 O'Clock be-
cause Of the rain. AT $3.50 all the steam launches
OF the American men-of war were dropped and
manned ready to go 10 The assistance of the
patrol fleet should any intruderS seek to PASS
through the lines.
A handsome special landing place had been
erected for the presidential party AZ the foot OF
Twenty.third street. the approach to which was
carpeted and draped in bunting The president
was escorted by his naval aides and accom-
panied bv Mrs. Cleveland and the members of
the cabinet with their wives and the members
OF the diplomatic corps representing foreign
governments. No representatives of the press
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the presidential yacht Even the duke of
Veragua. the nations specially invited guest,
the lineal descendent of Columbus, was brought
alOnl in separate vessel. the General Meigs.
On the Dolphin great cabin had been built
across the ship covering one fourth of
her entire length. and this and the after
cabin had been elegantly decorated.
There steady stream toward the North
river all morning and hundreds of excursion
boats, steam yachts, tugs and other craft, which
had been pressed into service, were filled up
with sightseers who were not kept at home by
the dowupour. Other crowds who sought
places along the docks, on tops of buildings
and at Riverside park, plOdded through mud
and stood in pools Of water with umbrellas and
mackintoshes keeping out portion Of the wet
The many steamboats, and tugs engaged to
carry parties up the river to witness the re-
view were early filled up Gov. Flower and his
staff. with their families and friends, took the
steamer General SlocuIn at the foot of West
Twentv-second street and proceeded up the
river Just in the rear of the Dolphin.
Just as everybody was expecting that the
programme would be carried out despite the
storm, the announcement was made that the
review had been deferred At 1890 the signal
boat Gushing started out from Thirty fourth
street and, running up alongside Of each YES
sci in line, carried the information that the re-
view had been pos tpOned until O clock When
the excursion boats heard Of this they put back
to their docks, and there was some grumbling
among the passengers who had been getting
damper and chi,lier as the time passed
At o'clock President Cleveland and party
left the Victoria hotel and were driven rapidly
to the landing stage There they were met by
the Dolphin's barge and about O'Clock the sig
nal was given for the start
AS the Dolphin's bow came in line with each
man war, present arms sounded on
the bugle officers and crew saluted, the bands
t1,o loir opdo 1onl mn
Of twenty-one guns was fired for each ship
During the half hour or more that the presf-
Dental progress lasted this cannOnading never
ceased until more than l. 600 guns had been fired.
The firing began with the German flagship
Kaiserin Augusta and the Brazilian battle ship
Aquidaban, was taken up by the Dutch Van
Speyk and the Spanish Infanta Isabel, was fol-
lowed by the Argentine Nuevo de Julio and the
Italian Etna, was continued By the American
Charleston and the French Aretheuse, was pro-
longed by the flagship Newark and the Russian
admiral's ship Dimitri Donskoi, and was closed
BY Adm. Gherardi in the Philadelphia and Adm.
Sir John Hopkins in the noble Blake The in
tervals between the artillery exercises Of the
fagships was filed up by similar exercises
the part Of the other vessels Of the squadron
Following close in the wake Of the Dolphin
and getting the full benefit Of the salutes came
the army steamer Gen Meigs bearing the hon
ored guest Of the day. the duke OF Veragua, at
tended by Gen Schofeld, of the army and
Rear Adm. Belknap, OF the navy. The only
other steamer permitted within the sacred linn
its during the brief progress Of the presidential
review was the Monmouth, upon which were
senator's and members Of congress- governors
OF states. newspaper representatives and other
invited guests
When the Dolphin reached the end OF the line
in the neighborhood Of Ninety-fifth street she
dropped anchor and made arrangements to re-
ceive the commanding officers Of the foreign
sQuadrons who were presented to the president
by their respective ministers Sir John O.
Hopkins, the British admiral. WAS first received
being presented by Sir Julian Pauncefote. the
British ambassador. Next came Rear Adm
Koznakon the Russian admiral, who was in
troduced by Prince Contscuzehe, the
Russian minister Rear Adm De L.
bran, Of France, was third. presented
by Mr.. Patenotre the French am
bassador Thon followed Rear Adm Mag
naghi OF Italy, for whom Baron Fava did the
honors. The Spanish admiral, Senior Yiono-
though an invalid, did not fail to pay this cere-
monial mark Of respect to the chief executive
ana was followed by Rear Adm. Howard. Of
Argentine, Rear Adm Norona, Of the Brazilian
feet and the blonde haired and blue eyed cap