The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
SAILING OF THE FLEET.
The WarShipS 10 Start for New
York This Morning.

Fortress Monroe, Va, April 23.-Twen-
ty-seven ships of war will sail from here
tomorrow for New York. The tide run
ming out to sea will have swung the mas
sive hulls and the sharp prows will be
pointed toward the ocean. This is a mat
ter of no small importance, as an
attempt to turn all the ships at
once would be most dangerous expert
ment. There has been no rest for Admi-
raj Gherardi to-day. Signal flags have
been running up and down from the yards
of the Philadelphia; blue-coated
messengers have been hurrying
in plunging launches from ship
to ship and the typewriter
in the admiral's Office has been going at
pace almost as rapid as the life which the
bellies and the beauX have been living at
the Hygiea. There is no question but
that Admiral Gherardi feels the response
bility which rests upon him as COM
mander-in-chief of the squadron.
THREATENING WEATHER.
Several times to-day he has been upon
the bridge of the Philadelphia, viewing
with anxious eyes the gathering clouds
and wondering if the gale would abate.
Everybody here, naturally, hopes the
weather in New York will be fair, but
Lllt StttoOiltu OlNl od1Io' WIN hilON al
about weather, shake their heads dubi-
ously to-day. The wind has been blowing
from the northeast, and is bleak and cold.
The fOrbidding weather has been unfortlI-
nate for the crowds, who, with the earli-
est morning boats, began to swell the al
ready numerous colony here. The steam
ers from Washington, Norfolk and
Baltimore were loaded down with pas
sengers. the incoming trains bore their
quota of sight-seers and every craft in
Norfolk harbOr seemed to have been
utilized to carry people who wanted to get
final look at the men-Of-war. In more
ways than one was the fact that this was
the last day of the rendezvous emphasized.
One of the most interesting Incidents was
the preparation for provisioning the ships
for the cruise. Steamers from the large
cities this morning were piled high with
edible freight.
REGULATING THE CHRoNoMETERs.
Equally interesting, although a scene
entirely different, was the regu-
lation of the chronometers at noon
to-day. Shortly before 12 O'Clock a COM
pany of officers filed through a long and
narrow passage to a room in which teleg
raphers were at work. Some of them
carried fttle mahogany boxes under their
q arms which they placed with more than
ordinary care upon small tables.
A dozen instruments were click
s. ing busily. At II so o'clock the
8 chief operator manipulated key board and
the rattle of one of the saunders ceased.
Instantly the lids of the boxes were raised
4 ana disclosed the glass covered faces of
the chronometers. Every officer stood
S with his watch in his hand. Click,
& tick, sounded the telegraph slowly
& beating to the pulsation of the
s. great clock Qin the observatory at
Washington. The officers at the table
q were noting the movement of the chro-
8 nometers. Tick, tick" clicked the
sounder, tick for each second of time.
One minute of II O'clocklarrived. During
this minute there was no sound Then a
s. snort. sharp, decided click told the hour
q1 noon. A dozen observant eyes and
DfdlnS noted the second, minute and
II hoqr hands of the ships timekeepers
and then with the chronOmeters again
u unoer their arms, the officers went down
q stars and carried the delicate mechan-
lSInS back to the vessels.
GUESTS OF THE FLEET.
81 Senators Butler Gray and Gibson of
Maryland, and Representative Benton
McMillin Of Tennessee. will 90 around with
the feet to New York They will
Il oe quartered on the San Fran
s CISCO. Representative Cultivate of
ONO, will go on the Philadelphia. Sec
feJaiy Herbert attended church
on the Blake this morning at the request
OF Admiral Hopkins. Returning to the
y
irlends informally at luncheon and then
q ne came ashore for the first time
SINCE he arrived. He had heard
Ildt quite number of SEN
alors and congressman were here
ana he wanted them to come over and
ulhe with him on the Dolphin.
TIE CARAvELs
The Spanish warships, with the cara
yeis, left here this morning, much to the
~ UlSdDDO1Otmpnt Of thnT1conHS of
Slomsts, who would have been glad to
nave had sight of them. Late
IlllS afternoon, however, the tops
u the military masts of the
IIPIdnua Isabel and the Reina
hegente were visible over the horizons
edge from the mast of the Philadelphia;
SnoWlng that the sea outside was so
II4qu%h That the feet had anchored in Lynn
maven bay until the wind abated.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRAZILIAN FLEET.
with the arrival of the three Brazilian
oulps late this evening the entire foreign
oon1lngent is present or accounted for,
SMSPt the Russian Vice Admiral which is
s,,I svLll among the missing. 1t was nearly
?1"lSeJ When the black hullS of the Brazil
Ian vessels loOmed up against the horizon
bat44e tn C4e iead was the Aquidaban the first
uaIIIeshlp to be represented in the
tguuezVous Behind the battleship came
e Gle CRUISER Republic and in the rear was
"A II luSIOGS, bIle SMALLEST OF bQe YES
sSels, but still formidable warship AS
sL sne Aquidaban came up the bay her
IfaIuIe TO the national flag was returned
~ me Tort, and then the flag
4I Admiral Gherardi was saluted,
st which the Philadelphia in
SANITY responded By this time there
WAS nothing left of the sun but rosy
EIoW % IN the western sky and further sa-
,Co 1ooes mad to be postponed until tomorrow
sHIvERING WITH THE COLD.
Inc Brazilians were shivering in the
.u oo.u night air when the Associated Press
correspondent, who had met the
looming ships in a special tug,
81 ooepped upon the solid deck
81 VI , lne Aquidaban; the teeth of the negro
mIaIlne who stood at the gangway were
TiaIJerlng and the officer of the deck,
"a r,l ~ltn his cape fastened around him, was
81 1AAlng up and down the deck
vain effort to keep warm.
'y'"n own IN the admirals cabin the picture
IA Ceeo.Inoo w. more cheerful. The admiral, Julio
81 fsof Norenha, tall, slightly built man
''AII t.f,