Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-19
The NAVAL REVIEW.
English Officers 10 Visit AnnapoIis.
"A Great Aggregation.
PREsIDENT CLEVELAND PRORARTy
TO VISIT ANNAPOLIS

PREsIDENT CLEVELAND PRoRARTy
TO VISIT ANNAPOLIS
This morning at daylight the Dolpbip
sailed FOR Annapolis from Norfolk She
Is 10 take with her Vice sdmirsl Hon.
klns, In command of the English feet
his stan and several of the senior foreign
otnceTs. who are DESTROYS of seeing the
Naval Academy. She will remain here
day and Will be joined by the Score
tary OF the Navy, who will return 10
hampton Roads with the foreign guests
Ihen there will be salutes, receptions
etc
with eleven more men-of-war TO ar
rive at Hampton Roads the naval rem
devious has already assumed proportions
which entitle il 10 rank as one of the
greatest aggregstions of floating batter
les which the world has ever witnessed.
III does not, TO be entirely accurate. com
pare with the naval review of the British
navy on Spfthead on the occasion % the
jubilee celebration in 1887, when over a
hundred ships were gathered together.
since that time, however, there have
been enough improvements 10 the con
struction and armoring of naval fighters
10 make the exhibition here thoroughly
unique
hN SNFNht1~An DdllluOTG ana An
napolis society people who chartered
the steamer Lancaster as their home for
four days arrived at sunrise at Norfolk
yesterday morning. During the run
down the bay they spent the evening
playing cards, dancing to the music of
the orchestra on board. drank some of
the champagne on board or chatted and
listened to the concert music. The bar
Der on board shaved the men before
breakfast, and after the boat circled in
and around the war-ships she tied at the
Old Point wharf
The naval brigade are to be landed
from our own ship in New York upon a
day 10 be selected by Governor Flower.
OF that State. Each squadron is to send
a separate battalion to be brigaded under
Captain Bridgman, the present chief of
Admiral GherardPs staff. President
Cleveland will return from the review in
the dispatch boat Dolphin, and will
probably land at Annapolis He will no
doubt, take in the sights. and be shown
through the Naval Academy and then
return TO Washington.
The famous baseball nine composed
of officers of the Chicago vanquished
yesterday afternoon team selected from
among officers OF the feet. Cadets Laws
and Smith were the winning battery
Hartung and Hubbard were the fleet
battery. The score was 10 to The
game was played on the post parade
ground in the presence of several thou
sand spectators The cadets that play
ed in the game formerly composed the
Naval Academy team.
If Admiral Gherardi can be induced to
take command of the Naval Academy as
some of his friends want him to, the
command of the North Atlantic squad
ron win then, it is believed, devolve up.
on Admiral Benham Admiral Walker,
it is pretty generally accepted. viii be
given command of the Boston navy
yard.
Governor Brown went out to see the
boat races yesterday morning in company
with Commodore Yates Stirling. the
Baltimore beauty, Miss Marie Stirling,
Mr.. Patton, of California who. with
others, made up party on the steamer
Violet. The Governor next lunched
with Marion DeK. Smith and Spencer
Jones on the Governor McLane. While
at the table the captain of the French
ship Jean Bart paid them a visit and
lunched and chatted with them. Gov
Brown will return the visit tomorrow.