The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-25
THE GREAT NAVAL SHOW.
The Spanish CaraVelS Excite the Won
der OF Sandy Hook.
THE FLEET FROM HAMPTON ROADS
Ceremonies Attending the Raising of the
Paul Jones Flag ON Navesink High
lands -saIutes for United States on
cials on United states Cruisers.

NEW YORK. April 5-The Santa Ma
ria. the Pinta and the Nina the caravels
of Columbus, are riding at anchor
this forenoon In the lower bay. Side by
side in the broad harbor of the metropo-
lis OF the world which Christopher Co
lumbus discovered are the navies of old
Spain and the navies of new Spain.
They came In under n cloudless moon
light sky, the advance squadron of the
great feet of modern men-of-war which
are gathering for review on Thursday.
The Infanta Isabel reached the harbor
first with the Pinta. All the three ships
of war with the three ships OF history
came to an anchorage In Gravesend at
midnight
The other warships from Fortress
Monroe were sighted off Monmouth Life
Saving station at $40 n. I'm. bound in.
koi. the flagship OF the Russ an contingen
having on board Vice Admiral Kozua-
koff. commander in-chief, arrived at
Sandy Hook from Russia at 9;45 p. IN.
sSs As ssusa SHE p"'ssa sss y United n' s.,ss HSss
steamer Dolphin flying the fag Of
the secretary of the navy which had
Just arrived from Hampton r. ads and
the Dolphin saluted la return. The Dol
phin has OH board Secretary OF the Navy
Hubert The Argentine republic man
of-war Nueve De Julio passed out at 10
1t. m. 10 join the incoming fleet.
The Infanta Isabel started from Hamp-
ton Roads at O o'clock last Friday morn
ing, and the rest of the party fell in di-
rectly behind her. The speed it was
agreed to keep up was
Nine and q Half Knots
an hour. That would have brought
them TO Sandy Hook at 9 o'clock, and
when Iufahta's commander was asked
why he was tardy, the pilot roared back:
Head winds. Same that Columbus
tackled, only little older"
The chief OF the tlree caravels, the
Santa Maria. is az feet long, - feet beam,
has depth OF 13 feet inches amidships.
aud weighs l2z 81 tons That is good
deal less than the tonnage or many pleas
urs yachts that cruise about IN New
York bay. Her hull Is short, wide and
very hign as compared with the ships Of
today.
The -Pinta and the Nina are smaller
than the Santa Maria, but are of the
same pattern. The Pinta is 81 feet long
on her keel, 65 feet long on her niain
deck, and has % feet breadth OF beam.
The Nina Is 46 feet long on her keel, so
feet long on her main deck. ana has Is
feet breadth of beam. The three boats
will be objects OF aln ost as much wonder
to New Yorkers today AS the originals
were to the native American Indians AGO
years ago
TIE festivities of this week Of naval
display began today with the
Booming Of Cannon
and the sauting of the flag which W as
raised today on the new pole in front OF
she twin lighthouses at the Navesink
highlands.
ihe program for this ceremony was
that while Mrs. Adlai T. Stevenson
hoisted the standard To the Dreezss. the
Miantonomoh, anchored off in The bav
should fire tau appropriate salute. TIE
Hon. William McAdoo, assistant secre-
tary of the navy, followed with an ad-
dress, and the natioaal chaplain. the
Rev. samuel Altman, pronounce the ben.
ediction. The flag Is tue original banner
which Paul Jones hoisted on the Ranxer
the very day it was adopted by congress
as the national emblem.
The official origin of the grand Union
flag Is involved to so.ne extent in obscu-
rty. AT the time OF the adoption OF the
stripes representing the thirteen states
the COLONIES still acknowledged obedience
to the mother country, aud where the
stars are now was he blended crosses of
ST. George and st. Andrew. After the
declaration OF indepe ldeuce the Brit
ish crosses became inappropriate bu
they were retained in the flag until the
following year, whed con gress resolved
That the flag OF tue thirteen United
States he thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white, and that thu union be repre-
sented by thirteen white ars in a blue
field" The Paul Jones fla, as it is ca lied,
was the one originally adopted by con
gress in 1777, aud it has been handel
down from one genera ion OF Joneses to
another. until 1t finally reached Mrs.
Carr. OF Eliz lbeth, n. j.. who loa ued IL
to the government for this OCCASION