People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-05
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
Great International Display of
Warships at New York.
Rain Mars the Event, But Still 1t Was
Great Success-Sea Monsters of Ten
Nations in Line-Revlewed
by the President.

tory. The post Of honor before the warships Of
the civilized nations was given to the appar.
emily unseaworthy reproductions Of the Colum.
bus carayels, 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 10 about Ninety-fifth
street The foreign vessels were most Of them
stationed on the New York side Of the Hudson
river and the American feet with the German,
Dutch and Argentine cruisers, occupied the
New Jersey side. The ships we're anchored 500
yards apart and a space Of 400 yards was left
between the two columns.
Thousands of visitors poured into the city to
witness the sight as, by act Of the legislature
and proclamation Of the governor. the day was
made public holiday. 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 no unauthorized boat was al.
lowed to pass the line, but nearly every tug
boat and excursion steamer in the harbOr was
engaged for the day aud crowded with sight
seers, awaiting their chance 10 review the war.
ships on their own account
Ats o'clock by precOncerted arrangement,
the ships OF France, Spain Brazil and Argen.
tina simultaneously hoisted cOlors and dressed
ship, while the others hoisted the American
flag but did not dress ship until 10 o'clock be-
cause Of the rain. At 9:3J all the steam launches
of the American men-of-war we're dropped and
manned ready to go TO the assistance Of the
patrol feet should any intruders seek to rass
through the lines.
A handsome special landing place had been
erected for the presidential party at 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 BY 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
or Of the general public were permitted on board
the presidential yacht Even the duke Of
Veragua, the nations specially invited guest
the lineal descendent of Columbus, was brought
along in separate vessel, the General Meigs
On the Dolphin a great cabin had been built
across the ship covering onefourth Of
her entire length and this and the after
cabin had been elegantly decorated.
unu q efa hw ard tbo
river all morning and hundreds of excursion
boats, steam yachts, tugs and other craft, which
had been pressed into service, were filed up
with sightseers who were not kept at home by
the downpour. 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
machintoshes keeping out portion Of the wet
The many steamboats, and tugs engaged to
carry parties up the river to witness the re-
view we're early filed up Gov. Flower and his
stan, with their families and friends, took the
steamer General Slocum at the foot of West
Twenty-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 1880 the signal
boat Gushing started out from Thirty.fourth
street, and, cunning up alongside OF each YES
sci in line, carried the information that the re.
view had been postponed 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 chilller 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 D0lphin's bow came in line with each
manof-wGr, Present arms" was sounded on
the bugle officers and crew saluted. the bands
struck up the national air and q national salute
Of twenty-One guns was fired for each shin
During the half hour or more that the presi-
dental progress lasted this cannonading never
ceased until more than so guns had been fired.
The firing began with the German flagship
kaiserin Augusta and the Brazilian battle shin
AQuidaban, was taken up by the Dutch Van
Speyk and the Spanish Infanta Isabel, was fol-
lowed bv the Argentine NuevO de Julio and the
Charleston and the French AretheuSe, was pro-
longed by the flagship Newark and the Russian
admiralS ship Dimitri DonSkoi, and was closed
b. Adm Gherardi in the Philadelphia and Adm.
Sir John Hopkins in the noble Blake The in.
tervalS between the artillery exercises of the
fiagShips was filed up By similar exercises on
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, az.
tended by Gen Schodeld, OF the army. and
Rear Adm. Belknap, OF the navy. The only
other steamer permitted within the sacred lin.
its during the brief progress Of the presidential
review was the Monmouth, upon which were
senators 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 ana made ARRANGEMENTS 10 re
eeive 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
koZnakoi, the Russian admiral, who was in.
troduced by Prince Coniacuzehe, the
Russian minister, Rear Adm De Ii
bran, OF France, was third. presented
by Mr.. Patenotre the French am
bassador Then 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
fleet, and the blonde haired and blue eyed can
tains Of the German and Dutch steamers As
nearly all OF the foreign officers spoke or IN
derstood English the ceremonies were attend
ed by no stiff formal;ies, but were marked b,
cordiality
Fifteen minutes before the reception ended
and when the president was preparing to land
an admoni;ory signal was given from the Dol
phin, and as he left the vessel and entered his
barge at the foot Of Ninety-sixih street every
vessel in the feet again manned Yards and rails
and once more fired salute Of twenty-one
guns, following the Dolphins lead. Then III,
presidents flag was lowered from the DOLPHIN
and the public ceremonies OF The day were COB
sidered over