New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-21
1 DREARY DAY AT HAMPTON.
oxr MORE FOREIGN wARSHIP JOINS THE
FLEET.
.ur ITALIAN FLAGSHIP ETNA SMELLS THE
INTERNATIONAL FLoTILLA-sHE REPORTS
ROUGH WEATHER ON THE ATLANTIC
-wARsHIPs STILL OVERDUE.

,xrrryATIoNAL FLoTILLA-sHE REPORTS
ROUGH WEATHER ON THE ATLANTIC
-wARsMPs STILL OVERDUE.
fsY TELEGRAPH TO THE rAIBUNkI
rort Monroe. Va April 20.--Another foreign
,aniral Joined the feet here to-day. the Etna,
A.. flagship OF the Italian squadron entering
A.. Roads about 10 o'clock this morning She
- reached Cape Henry, coming from Bermuda,
~ Wednesday evening about dusk and lay out
.;as during the night. Stormy weather had fol-
Lived Admiral Magnaghi all the way across the
atlantic, and the Etna steamed into the road
toad in driving rain, the first real bit of ugly
weather which has visited this balmy and shell
tered watering place since the closing days Of
,f,rch The artillerymen in the fort turned out
IN the soaking rain to answer the Italian cruisers
.aute Of twenty-one guns to the National flag.
and the broad-roofed southerly piSzzas of the
Hyeea Hotel were quickly crowded with eager
sishtseers to whom the spectacle of the friendly
,annonading in the roadstead however often re-
heated, can never lose its lmpressvencss and
martial charm. The Italian flagship did not
follow the course of most of the other men-of-war
which have entered the Roads, steaming by the
other fagships without sign, and waiting to
cast anchor at the western end of the anchorage
ground before beginning the round of salutcs
demanded by naval and international
etiquette, which, with the constant in
crease Of the feet, has been gradually
drawn out to the intermnable and deafening
proportions Of bombardment Of the heavens by
Dyrcnforth rainmaking balloon. There are some
believers in the Dyrenforth theory here, who con-
tend that to-day's storm was not brought here
by the Etna from midocean, but is the direct
result Of the lavish burning of powder yesterday
and the days before in Naval salutes. II this
theory be correct, in spite Of the unintentional
discredit cast upon it by General Dyrenforth's
own experiments in the last two summers in the
far West. little fair weather can be expected
here during the remaining days of the rendezvous;
for the number of guns TO be fired when the
Russian, Spanish, Brazilian and Argentine flag
ships come in will increase in a progression too
swift and intricate for computation by any but
an expert in the matter Of Naval etiquette. This
favored and genial climate, now in the flush of
its spring perfection, will be more than likely,
however, to withstand the rigors of the cannonad-
ing and remain, salutes or no salutes for the
rest of the rendezvous week what it has been for
fen days past-the delightful mean between the
sutry April of the Gulf Coast and the treacherous
although inviting, promises of Northern spring
The Etna's arrival and assignment to place
on the western edge of the fleet caused some
changes in the arrangements Of the lines in which
the squadrons are supposed to anchor. and gave
a new and striking character to the group oil
foreign warships massed south Of and beyond the
American cruisers which fly Admiral Walker
SQUADRON flag The Etna, being the Italian flag
Ship took the more eligible OF the POSITIONS
assigned 10 Admiral Magnaghis vessels. assum-
ing the head of the second line Of ships running
cast and west through the entrance TO the Roads
In the eastern half of this division are the British
cruisers under Admiral Hopkins, which until the
sudden departure yesterday Of the Partridge,
haired with the American cruisers Of Admiral
Denhams squadron. To the west the line Is
taken ND by the two Russian cruisers room being
left for the anchorage near her consorts oil thc
Absent Russian flagship, the Dimitri Donskoi'
TIL. Ftn.'s position. near the western extremity
~ the second division, gives her d prominence
onpropriafe to her representative character as "a
modern warship and the high rank OF TN" com
ma,der she carries Her smaller companion SNIP
the Giovanni Bausan, seems to have moved
further of shore from the anchorage she TOOK
last Sunday to make place for the Etna ana
now lns in the third or Outermost line separating
the French and German squadrcns from edcIi
other. The third Italian ship, the Dogal' VIII
probably anchor close 10 the Etna "heh sic
comes in, so that France. Italy and germany
,;,l occnnv nretty much all of the southwestern
section of the great iotila
The Etna sailed from Spezzia nearly mon'il
AGO touching at Gibraltar. at the Azores a""
finally at Bermuda She had hard voyage out
according TO her captain, and showed some signs
Of the violence of the seas. Though out out Va
the shpyards for earmament since fepr"arS' ho'
aides looked dull and bhstered, and new c""'
OF paint and hard scruboing Will be hecuco u
mt her black hull into the state oil dazzins
polish now, after days OF labor, SHOWN ny "',
con,ort. the Bausan. Tho Etna In slze' "cisi.
~ amor and armament and general appearance Is
almost duplicate OF the Bausah' '''uS
TONNAGE OF the flagship is $3.50. while tha' Oh
A.. oo,sor. - 400 less The Etna has an al
v,n.,oo in length Of feet-2o3, as against
o-e and 10 about one foot fuller in beam Both
s,and bch ont of the water for cruisers OIL ,hc"
.,..s and are built up heavily amidshps. Stem
and stern are cut away TO give play 10 inc s'e''
, n I'll s,ou and stern chaserS which are 'ic
,,.in uoanons of these most formidable VI
Iebt-tonnage cruisers. The upper d'cKs ar,
double stacks of both are painted d'i yer
,ow and military masts Of the same hcisht an"
s,rcno,b moi, top-heavy like those OIL the jean
Par, bu. fairly graceful, as these unsl2h'iy SUI
stitut.s for the towering sa-rigged mas's oil 'he
older dav 90. Being the AdmiraPs fagsilip' anu
Hving b.s tcnnant a yellow star on hei" VI
blue. the Etna has naturally larger ere" '''a'i
the Bausan. Carrying d. complement OF 10
officers and 296 men, to the Bausans -
officers and $50 men. The Etna was oui'' III
1883. and a few years later, for reasons OIL eco''
omy, doubtless, was ordered to be 'aid up anu
disarmcd When the Italian Government az
copied this country's invitation to participate il,
the naval review in New-York. desiring 10 sen"
here one of its representative ships OF tie he''e.
order. the Etna was taken out OF the doc"s d.
Spe7zia AMI rearned for this special cruise y.
courtesy. Her two 10-nch guns with those u
the Bausan, are the only ones OF that size III wv
wlO.e international feet. SURPRISING !"
calibre those Of the gigantic biahe
by almost an inch. and exceeding by TWO menus
the biggest guns carried By the American sFuiu'
ron. the s-inch rife OF the Baltimore. rhliau'i-