Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-17


of-war. IN addition there are any mum |
her III people who DO not belong 70 me /
families of the officers. but who stahd |
good chance 81 doing SO M tue iutHfE
IL one Is safe in Interpreting me 3ths Vi
the times The hotels are crowded anu |
there are ten times 0s many Applications /
for quarters during the next Week @a
csn Poe promised
The hotel managers about here IN the !
different places hat are convenient 70
HAMPTON Roads haye adopted the phrase.
"rhe terrible 10TH and they mean ~
too 10 seems as though every one wants
% come on that same day, 50 as tq ~
here for the beginning OF tue tesivitirs
fhat win mark he week of the rendcz.
vous. And yet an the hotels are crowded
10 their VERY last limit and no one shows
end iuciihatiQn 10 20 away Hnd MAKE
room for the others They Oh want 20
stay and see the fun. Crowds come QgWn
on every boat and train from Wnshlhs
ton and Baltimore ana from Tue Sou.u
as wei. trusting 20 luck % br able 10
got some place To- rest their heads over
NIGHT As rule thcy are unsucccssiul
and 20 bnckagain that same evening
What ii viii De next week when the reh-
devious reaches its climax Is a thing that
only n bold man dgres imngine. AZ any
rate. one can reach here IN the morning
leaving, and every possible Arrangement
Is being made both here and az Norfolk
10 take care of the crowds that VIII be
here
Although the rendezvous does not form
ally commence until next MnndaI 10
last the week. there Us still an Immense
deal 10 see aud DO here now. me more
important part Of the United states
Share IND the parade Is already here and
has been for days. So far os II does
not Interfere with discipline and tue M
forests of the service the oincers are al
lowed To be ashore. nud they are not
slow In awaiting themselves of The chance.
There Is an almost constant procession
OF steam launches and small boats put
Ting Iii from tine big ships aud heading
for the steam boat wharf, where they dls.
charge their carWOps Of passengers ana
Take ON loads Of sightseers who nie anX-
ious to 90 aboard ono or other oi the
ships The officers are most courteous
iu their reception and treatment OF lhelr
guests and small entertainments ana re-
copugus of am Informal character are
not wanting The entertainment OF the
visiting officers from the foreign men-ot
war 4, OF itself no small undertaking.
but every man in uniform is made to feel
himself guest of honor and is az once
made at home and introduced about ~
most hospitlhle manner. Ihe inter.
course. quite the order Of the day, ana
/ the waters Of Hampton Roads present a
gala spectacle M seen either from the
| ships or from the shore.
FIRST or THE VISITORS.
RUSSIA * the FIRST Of the foreign nations
/ to have q representative here ms
/ came Saturday, late In the day, w the
/ form of II big ship, the General Admiral.
/ The first news of her arrival came IN
I d. 80 t..IA. Henry
| which told Of th" appearance there of n
! foreign ship The first rumor was 10
! tlo effect that 10 wns a Frenrhunn, but
| later it was seen from the blue diagonal
| cross ON the white field of her flag that
! she was q Russian. She anchored beyond
| the Philadelphia, and the gulrdshlp OF
! the day, the Charleston, boarded her ana
| reported information 20 the Philadelphia.
! As she dropped anchor there was ma
| tiuuul salute of twenty-une guns, which
was returned by the fort, and then came
salute of thirteen guns ~ honor OF
| Rear Admiral Ghernrdi which was re-
| turned by the flagship. The captain Of
the General Admiral ls a distinguished
officer by the name of BresshragrOQ, and
! rhe carries crew of 900 men, The
| General Admiral s a deck-OrmOrrd YES
| sci of 1904 tons displacement and her
! armament consists OF six Iight-iSch nine.
| ton hreech leaders. two siX-u"h urCech
/
! number OF torpedo tubes. She was hdlt
! In 1873 and has q speed Of twelve Knots,
The flagship Newark. Rear Admiral A,
~. Is Benhum, came down Saturday
aud anchored on the 0it-shure side OF
the Philadelphia. In the evening Admiral
Ronham aud number of his officers
came ashore aud were quite the lions of
tue hour, ms they were also yesterday,
AMERICANS ORDERED no SEA.
nv Al
out this afternoon when il WIS stated
officially that all the American vessels
with the sole exception of the Fhiladeh
phiu had been ordered out 90 sea for
a few days cruise lt Is needless 90 sUy
that immediot 'ly great deal of female
influence was brought to peur To huy
the cruise made q brief one The cruise
like That of last week, is for thr purpose
uf giving the fleet plenty of practice IN
fleet ryolutions and IN the work OF march
| ing Ina close order. This is done so thui
they viii make % good showing In the
evulutious here and in the great pnrud,
"a New York for the grand review there
IL was stated this afternoon that m,
cruise INTO deep water viii probably mo-
last more than three days. tn" flagship
the Philadelphia, viii remain here in
Hampton Roads to receive any foreign
vessels that may arrive here In the mean
time. IL rs expected that the admiru
of the Russian contingent, as well ~
the English tleet will arrive In the r0nd
10y the early part of next week
Rear Admiral Ghcrardi has been sui
ierlng from a severe attack OF the grip
and It was even thought at one tim
that he might not Doe able to take com
mand of the heot He has almost com
plctely lost his voice, aud this lac find
decidedly bothcrsOme, as he must need
do great deal of talking and enter
a tanning He has SO fur recovered. how
ever 10y this time that he Is able to sa,
p 10 the Star correspondent this Afternoon
, ! that there was no longer any doubt of hi
/ being able 20 command the fleet iron
now ON until the end of the review. III
; I is a busy man and will continue 10 b
p Hooded with matters Of importance fo
no small affair to take charge of grca
, naval review made mp of vessels from nj
the leading powers Of the world.
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