Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-24
OFF FOR NEW YORK BAY
The Big Fleet Leaves the
 Roads Amid 7gIuch Noise.
RAMPAR1s OF BREAD TAKEN ON


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 FpisT MONROE, Va April 24-Promptly at g o'clock this morning 50 ships of war started from their anrhoras,c in the Roads ard sailed far New Ncr'l amid booming of cacnon, t..osi,Ic of whistles, cheers, and shaking of i,,,;dkrr,hiefs and flags. The vessels d,p;,rted one by one. From here the squadron proccaied to Newport News, w..cre the line was formed and the long oc.aa 2arade began. They will not be in any hurry. and will keep up only m eight knot gait. so as not to get ahead of the carayy,ls.
 The Spanish wnrshps, with the caravels, left ieye yesterday morning, much to the disappointment of the thousands of eXcur- sin,,is;s who came here from all around, wan would have been glad to hlve had a sight nf them.
 TM~y were obliged to start early, be cauS, it Is necessary for them to go very | slowly and iYy takins. an early start expect to arrive &t the destination at the same time as tie rect of the fleet. l ;.,p i.. the afternoon, however, the tops | of tr military n,asts of the lnfanta Isabel | ani the kcina ReEcnte were visible over | the ho,izon's eds;e from the n,aSts of the | Phiiadrll lhia showing that the ses outside | was ao rough that tie fleet had anchored in | Lynn Haven bay unUil the wind abatei | Inc Russian Nice Admiral is still ! among the missing. If he turns mp in the ryvIeW in New York he ought to get a | donh:e salute, and then he could be put on | exhibition.
 The order taken by the ships, and | Ihp same order will be retained later | turing the review in New York harbor,
 rp>iaw is us follows: The port column | | IL sI> It.. .N-.. Al | ja.-Ship of Admiral Ghernrxli. Com
 rnader-in Chief; the Newark, Atlanta,
 ,4u Francisco, Bancroft, Renuins;on and ! :.:..Ginure of Admiral Beuhtm's squad
 roil arL the Chicago, Yorktown, Charles
 ton, Vesuvius and Concord, of the second,
 or Admiral Walkers squadron.
 IG&n iIilow tL" -Nr ;entiuA cruiser,
 the Ninth ut July, under command of
 Rear Admiral Howard the Holland man.
 two German vessels ka;serin Augusta
 and Sec;..lrr. under command of Capt.
 Bushei. with the Giantonomoh bring | int up the Tar
 ! At Gne he;pl of the starboarl column
 will !F *ha British t;"'S. '"ita Vice Ad-
 mira Hopkins ch.u .i,ild 'cia cailf, and
 co.,@i .;,s of the Blake as che flagship, the
 Ans.. .in, tine Magic:enne and the Tartar.
 Rus"a will come next with Nico Adtuiral | Eos,',,i&0T, comman.lcril- chief. in the
 firSi;D Ditnitri DonSkoi. anl General Ad- | mirti a.i;L t:Ic RvIl.la.
 Tr,t@ce will follow with Rear Admiral
 De I.:hrrn as Commlnder in-Chicf in the ' flagship ArcthuSa, and the HuSsard and | lean :art following. ItaiT will coil> next | n~:. Rear Admiral Magn1yhi with the | jmn and the Giovanni naisan. Spain ! i,, :.>ws under Rear Admiral Gomez Y | 0In wit three vesscls-the lnfaata lsa
 ac 2eina Regente and the Nueva Es- \ para.
 7Lo rear of the column will be Brazil | with rear Admiral as Commander in | Chief. in the Aquida!lan, and accoIipanied
 by thc Tiradentes aud the Repuhlirs
 N';th the arrival of the three Brazilian
 shi,s late last night the entire foreign
 C. ln;ingcnt is present or accounted for ex-
 cept ,ie Russian Vice Admiral, which is
 still among the missing. The Brazilian | ,u@lron was reported early in the after
 notn having passai through the capes | hn; it. was nearly sunset when the black | husls Uf the vessels loomed mp against tht
 horizon.
 In the lead was the Aquadaban, the
 frs; battleship to be represented i" the | rrni,Z, uuS Its towering sides rost | squarcly out of the water with a precipi | tancy that added to the imposing appear 7 arce of the immense ship. close view ' | tEis morning made visible the turrets a | e;tt'ti clltI equipped WlUl a psttT Ol l ten inch guns placed side by side. Tie lower portion of the hull is black : while the upper portion of the steel wall |, is of white.
 X The flag of Brazil, square of green 2 with d diamond of yellow and a globe O
 blue, swugs from the stern, while at tn : | hcad is the flag of the Rear Admiral, JuiC T Cesar De Noronha. Behind the battlcshi y came the Republica, n cruiser and in tn kl, fl,A
 the vessels, but still formidable warship
 As the Aquidaban came up the bay he
 salute to the national flag was returned b. = the fort, and then the flag of Admirsa
 Gherardi was saluted, to which the Phila V delphia instantly responded. These wer I all the salutes that were allowed to b O fired last night, the rest being given thi |, morning after sunrise
 "a The Brazilians were shivering in tn , | cold air when a correspondent steppe n | upon the solid deck of the Aquidaball ia The teeth of the negro marine who stood a a the sEangway were shivering, and tine office
 of the deck, with his cape fastened nrouh, L. him. was running up and down the dec IT in d vain effort to keep warm. v Down in the Admirars cabin, spacioll 'e apartment, prettlly furnished with flowers
 pictures, and even bronze statues, the pic
 ture was more cheerful. The Admira
 himself, n tall, slightly built man, with Il grayish beard and piercing gray eye, ha
 his uniform hidden beneath great ulste
 coat. In his hand he carried hat with y gold braided visor. He had left Barbadoes, he said, on th l. 10th of April and had made pleasant tri le until near the coast of the United State lyI when he encountered severe storm. H. In was anxious to know if the weather wa m likely to be any colder and he was exceed 5 ingly disappointed to hear that the flet \. was, to put to sea again early in tt t. morning.
 sr A Then he turned to receive Lieut.. Potte " who had come from Admiral G Gherarii, all ie when the correspondent left him he ha
 already begun to examine the mass
 charts and other literature which u
 American Admiral had forwarded to hi - for h.s guidance.
 in. fur1iddina weather of yesterday W; ,r unfortunate for the crowds who with u ' eariit,st morning bonus began to swell Il