The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-04-27
NAVAL REVIEW.
Magnificent Weather For the First
Day OF the Columbian Naval
Parade.
The Fleets Move In Perfect Order
From Quarantine to the Hud.
son River.
Hospitable Welcome by the Union
League Club-The Great
Ball.

QUARANTINE. s. l., Aprit 27-The
phantom ships which sailed in che
mists of the sea as they came into tho
bay are now bright and majestic reali-
ties in the glorious sunshine. The only
element waiting to ensure the triumph-
ant spectacular success of the great
naval parade is supplied by the perfect
weather. Not trace was left of the
steel gray clouds and fog. Clear skies.
bright sunlight and 'bracing breexes
gave a setting to panorama whose
beauty and suggestiveness have never
been surpassed.
In the sharp clear light of the early
morning every distinctive feature of the
great warshirs stood out in bold relief
anchored in two great columns stretched
over the whole surface of the bay. the
represented could be distinguished at b
glance.
The Most Striking Feature
Of the scene was the absolute silence
that prevailed during the early hours OF
the day. Each of these formidable
Heath dealing engines of destruction lay.
notionless at anchor, reflected in the
placid waters OF the bay by the early
morning rays of the sun like the often
quoted painted ship upon the painted
ocean" There was grim suggestive
ness of repressed force and stern disci-
pline in this impressive quietude. But
1t did not last long. AS the prepara-
tions for breaking anchor begun the
scene changed to one of
Brisk Animation and Life.
The sea became alive with pleasure
craft of every description, and patroi
boats had difficult task to keep the
anchorage grounds clear of intruders.
and 10 permit the formation OF the col-
umns in which, in stately procession,
the vessels were to pass through the
Narrows into the upper bay, and to
move mp the Hudson river to their as
signed stations, and there to await the
review.
1t was shortly after o o'clock when
Admiral Gherardi's flagship gave the
preliminary signal to break anchor and
fall into line
The Formation.
The starboard column, looking toward
the bows of the vessels. commanded by
the British admiral, Sir John Hopkins,
consisted of foreign vessels in this
order:
British-Blake. Australian, Mag;.
cienne and Tartar; Russia-Dimitri
Domonskoi, General Admiral and Rynda;
France-Arethuse Hussard and Jean
Bare; Italy-Etna, Bausan and Dogoli:
| Spain-Infanta Isabel, Reina Regenta
and Neuva Espana; Brazil-Aquidaban,
Tiradentes and Rapublica.
The port, column, commanded by Ad-
| miral Gherardi, consisted of the Ameri-
| can feet, with some of the visitors
thrown into balance in the following
| order:
| American Philadelphia, Newark,
| Atlanta. San Francisco, Bancroft, Ben
nengton. Baltimore. Chicago, York
| town, Charleston. Vesuvius and Con-
cord Argentine Neuvo de Julio; Hol-
land, Van Speyk: German. Kaiserine
| Augusta and Zeadler with the Ameri-
can monitor IiIiantonomah bringing up
1 the rear.
The start Was Prompt.
/ The start was made so promptly at
$40 that thousands of spectators who
had gathered to witness the spectacle
from the Navesink highlands and the
heights Of Fort Wadsworth, and other
points of advantage on Staten Island,
had hardly taken up position before the
guns of Fort Hamilton and Fort Wads-
worth doomed their welcome to the ad.
vancing feet. steaming neck and neck,
the two admirals and their hagships
leading the way at the rate of between
| eight and nine knots an hour. A
brisk breeze curled the waters into
white capped breakers, but the
magnificent ships glided along &C
| smoothly that their motion scarcely
seemed perceptible A cable and a hall
length 600 yards) separated each shiI
from the other and this distance was
maintained with absolute precision.
The contrast presented by the snow.
| white American feet and the dark
hulled foreigner was very preceptible al
| they moved along side by side, eacl
heightening the effects OF the other
The two schools of naval architecture
flor nearly all the ships in the feet not
American-built were of English con.
struction) were strongly marked and
every patriot
i Felt a Glow of Pride
that the new navy of the United States
did not suffer by the comparison The
time occupied in passing the forts wa.
exactly half an hour. The naval ships
| after passing the Narrows entered thu
upper bay, and the feet Of excursion
steamers and yachts and big boats fel
In and became d voluntary escort.
The scene then became one Of com