Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-04-28

New York, April 2O.-Such 4 roar ot
1lnnohldlhS VIII greet President Cleye-
i''''A wien he reviews The great naval
parade LII the Hudson river on April -
us probably has not been heard ut ono
lille LII Tue western hemisphere in all
me wars 1t has known. Thirty-four
slnps OIL war with the precision of q
meet wheeling into position, vessel after
vessel Hl1nS on Il fort and then passing
Oh out OF range, will DISCHARGE indiyidu
lily tWenty-onc guns as the presidential
salute. Then, when the president 10
ready to SO ashore, all the thirty-four
SHIPS Will unite i'll bidding him farewell.
anu ut one time each ship will blaze
away With twenty one Guns
lie official diagrams of the n,,nde
up the bay on April 20 from the anchor
age III the lower bay, where the te,t
VIII lie on the night of April %. and of
'he location of the ships as they will
sinclof for the review on April -, hov,
oeen prepared i'll Washintou.
Inc ships, will form for the advances
on the city of Norton'S Point. The two
llnes OF ships will be 600 wards aport
and the distance between each vessc,
III line will be 300 yards. At the hat
Terry the two columns will begin to con
verge, and by the time the ships arc off
1hlrtytourth street the distance be-
tween the two columns will be 400 in
stead of 600 yards.
Inc diagram of the ships at anchor
! SHOWS the position of the DOLPHIN tho
presidential reviewing ship, both be-
tore and after the review. The ships
will be anchored between Thirtieth and
Nlnety-sXth streets. The ship shown in
the diagram off Ninety sixth street will
probably be the Detroit. Then will
come the car;lvelS of Columbus The
Philadelphia, Admiral Ghcrarlrs flag
ship, will have the head of the limited
States column and then will follow tho
Newark and other ships of the home
navy. The United States will have
three tagships i'll line, PHILADELPHIA,
Newark and Chicago.
! There has been lively speculation as
10 what ship of. the foreign Sqluldrons
would have the head of line of the star
board column. 1t is believed to be def
nilely settled that this honor will be ac-
corded to the Russianship Dimitri Dons-
ko1 Wee Admiral kuzuakoff, as he is
| the senior Of Vice Admiral John. Hon
| KIDS, II. &. r., of the British flagship
Blake. SoniorOty of command will mark
the location of the other foreign ships
liz the starboard or right hand column
The Miantonomoh will occupy the
rear of the left hand column and she
will I,N IsI.,t L.,
| tremendous rifles will also announce
the presidents approach
| President Cleveland will board the
Dolphin on his arrival at Jersey Oity.
He will be accompanied on the review
by the two boats reserved for guests,
that containing the members of con
gresS, the supreme court, and the gov
crnorS of the states being on his left,
that reserved for the diplomatic corps
OF his right
| The United States authorities arc us
ing all diligence to make the plan of
policing the river during the review a
success. Captain Rogers, as Admiral
@herardfs representative, has the de
tails of the patrol fleet in charge. This
will consist of. the revenue cutters Man
haitian, Grant, Washington ard Chan
der; seventeen tugs under Commander
Miller Of the naval reserve, and about
| thirty tugs, named by marines from
the navy yard, and each commanded
| by Il naval officer.
| The reserve space Oh which private
! craft cannot encroach during the re-
view extends from the New York shore
at a pOiat. one hundred yards north
Of Ninety-aiXth street by q curved line
out into she river within three hundred
yards of the New Jersey shore, thence
southwark to one hundred yards south
of the rear vessels Of the column and
across to the dock line in this city.
| Private yachts and tugs can go where
{ they please outside of the line indi-
| Gated.
| General Charles A. Il. Coils, who
wrote to, Secretary of tire Navy Herbert
suggesting that the fleet anchor off
Riverside Park and fire salute to
| General Grant received a letter from
the secretary yesterday stating that
after the review the Philadelphia would
move up the river aad fire salute Of
tNenty-one guns at the tomb.
| Tugs are bling mach sought by pri-
xate parties for the day Of the review.
For the larger tugs $500 has been offer
| ed and refused.
There were NO formal meetings Of
any of Mayor Gilroy's reception commit
tees yesterday, but headquarters at
! the Hotel Waldorf were opened during
the day and whenever two or more OF
the members met matters incident to
the coming festivities were discussed.
One matter which was decided re-
lated to the land parade on April %.
| The executive committee had been in
doubt regarding the participation Of
the marines Of the United States men
of-war in this parade. Word has been
received from the navy department in
Washington to the effect that the men
may take part.
Having gained this point the com
mittee are now anxious to have details
of sailors and marines from all foreign
men-of-war for the parade. Admiral
Gherardi will be urged to suggest this
to the officers in command Of the for
eign fleets.
Another point on which the COM
mittees received information yesterday
related to the salute to be fired by
the ships as the pass up the harbor
at the time of the unvailing Of the
Ericsson monument This affair has
been arranged for April 20. The origin
al idea was that tho Niaufnnomoh