The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-18

are the pusillanimous naval powers of
China ana Japan-at least it is signifi-
cant TACT that none of Albion's great ar
mored battle ships are to enjoy the hospi-
tally of the United States.
Unfortunate il is that the United States
Will not be able to show it's phenomenal
advances in naval architecture by having
In line such vessels as the battle ship In
diana, the armoured cruiser New York,
and the commerce destroyer Columbia;
though the Philadelphia, Newark ana
Baltimore will be far ahead of anything
OF their displacement participating in the
parade. Since the recent record breaking
performance OF the New York, however,
Secretary Herbert has decided to give our
| foreign friends at least a fleeing glimpse
OF vessel that is more than the peer of
| their heaviest cruisers.
The pride of the navy will. therefore,
DE gotten ready as rapidly as possible, and
II the turret and sponsor armor can be
placed IN position by April q, the New
York will be as spick and span as any
vessel under the blue flag of Admiral
Gherardi. Of course the new cruiser can
not be put in commission by that time,
for she will not be ready for her official
trial before May; but the Cramps intend
to man her with crew OF picked men;
and genial Captain Sargent will show
them all the power that lies within her
| shapely lines. AS soon as the war vessels
are sighted off the capes of the Delaware,
the New York will put to sea and accom-
pany them on the voyage north.
With the possible,exceptio of the Rus
sian armored cruiser Dimitri Donskoi,
and the English flagship Blake, no vessel of
the combined fleets can compare in battery
and armor to our latest creation; and the
opportunity to compare America 8 mar
Vicious advance in warship building with
the latest productions from the boards of
European designers will be an object les
son well worth the paltry sum appropri-
ated by Congress to defray the expenses
of the gathering clans.
Difficult would it be to find. in Ameri-
can waters more appropriate spot than
Hampton Roads for the monster vessels
of the work. to rendezvous. Land locked
and easy of access by deep water channels
from the sea, this broad expanse of water
b tween the capes of the Chesapeake, is
an ideal anchorage for the visiting war
ships. Here it was that the rebel ram
MerrInac, running out from Norfolk
one morning, created such havoc among
the United States feet, and sank the
Congress and Cumberland - only to be
herself vanquished few days later by
John Ericsson's 'scheese box on a raft''
the little ironclad that saved the union
and gave the initial impulse to iron ship
building both at home and abroad
Across the sun gilt waters of the road
stead, lies our strongest fortress, behind
whose thick walls Jefferson Davis, the
president OF the Confederacy, was once a
prisoner.
The Columbian naval review was con-
celved many years ago, though the idea
did not take practical form until Con-
gress authorized 1t on April %, 1890. By
virtue of this act, the secretary of state
extended invitation to the navies of the
world to 'send ships of war to join the
United States navy in rendezvous at
Hampton roads, thence to New York
barbor, there to take part in the naval re-
view in connection with the international
exhibition at Chicago, commemorative of
the 400th anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus. - The invitation
further said, sit is the sincere and earn
est wish OF the president that this pro-
posed celebration shall be commensurate
with the importance of the historical
event which it commentaries and shall
illustrate the extraordinary advance in
the progress of naval architecture up to
the present time.
Acceptances were received by the state
department from time to time, each ma
ton designating the number of vessels to
be sent AS soon as the review became
an assured success, Rear Admiral Ban
croft Gherardi, the senior officer of the
United States navy was detailed Z. the
COMMUNICATIVE chief. Early in SeK.em-
Der, 1892, this officer left Washington for
San Francisco to assume command of all
the vessels that the navy department.
could spare from their legitimate duties |
in the Pacific. He hoisted his flag on the |
cruiser Baltimore, and steamed down the
west coast for Hampton Roads via the
Straits of Magellan, where he arrived |
few weeks ago.
A special order from the navy depart |
ment temporarily discontinued the North |
and South Atlantic sqnadrons, instructing
their respective commanders to report to |
Gherardi for duty in the naval |
review squadron. The organization as it
stands today is as follows: The Philadel- |
phia, bearing the flag of the commander |
in chief, is the flagship, with the gunboat |
Dolphin and torpedo boat Cushing as dis |
patch vessels. Rear Admiral A. e. K, |
Benham, in the flagship Newark, com |
mands the first division, consisting of the /
steel cruisers Baltimore, San Francisco, |
Bennington and Bancroft. Act |
ing Rear Admiral John G. Walker. with |
the Chicago as his flagship, commands |
the second division, consisting of the |
steel cruisers Charleston, Concord, York
town, the dynamite boat Vesuvius, and |
The monitor Miantonomah. The United Z
States force, the vessels OF which are
Ill familiar to the American people, thus /
consists of fifteen vessels, all of them of /
modern build and armament.
The feet will start for New York OF the
morning OF April "a, and will anchor that
light at Sandy Hook. The fleet will get
nto review formation on the morning of
April %, and enter by the main channel
It twenty-three minutes to p. M, an
;horing IN the lower bay on the ebb tide
before thirteen minutes to p. m. The
most interesting days for those who wish
o view the feet will be on April rs, when
he ships viii come up the harbor and
AXE their positions IN line, and on
april q.
Anchor will be weighed about o'clock
n the morning of April rs, and after en-
ering the Hudson river the interval be-
ween the two columns Will be reduced to
90 yards. The feet will come to final
anchorage with the heads of the columns
# Eighty ninth street and the rear off
'hirty- fourth street. The afternoon will
'e devoted to getting ready for the review L
n April 81.
Colors Will be hoisted at o clock on
he day Of the review and Az $50 each OIL