The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-27
The Naval Fleet Moves from the Lower
Bay to Anchorage in the Hudson.
Steaming in Two Columns. with the Philadel-
phia and the Blake Leading. they Make a Ma
rine Display That Thrilled the On Lockers
President Cleveland and His Cabinet at
New York Ready for To- Day. Review.
Arrived Too Late last Night to Attend the
Reception and Banquet at the Union League
Statue of Inventor Ericsson Unveiled.
ANCHORED IN THE HUDSON.

ANCHORED IN THE HUDSON.
The Fleet of War ships Ready for the Great
Review To-Day.
NEW YORK, April 26-At daylight this
morning when the sun rose over tho hills
il looked down on the lowers bay on the
Rrandest marine view that has ever been
seen in the waters of New York. The ves-
sells which arrived at Grsvesend Bay last
night SWING at their anchors in the beauti-
full sunlight of this April morning. and not
long after sunrise everybody in the fleet
and those who had to do with getting
ready for its reception were making the
final preparations for the parade ND the
bay and river to the anchorage. Extend
ing south and east were two long lines OF
war vessels, ell in holiday attire As the
sun advanced higher in the heavens the
wind. which was blowing stiffiy from the
north west. aided by tho ebb tide. swung
the ships In the fleet about with
sterns out to sea with their
bows pointed straight mp the bay in
the direction of the city. The fussy little
tugs flying the blue cross of guard duty
were putting about the Narrows and the
patrol feet was ready to do Its duty. The
ferry boats to Staten island ana Brooklyn
were filled with sightseers who were bound
to get as early start as they could. aud
long before the time for the parade the
high banks along the Narrows and the
bluffs at the forts. both on Staten island
and Fort Hamilton, were thronged with
people, and the roads were filled with spec
tators hurrying towards the shore TO find
q good point of view. The colors aboard
the vessels were blown out by the wind
till they resembled SO many painted boards,
rendering the work of reading the Phils-
delphla's signals an easy task conn pared
with that of last night. when the mist and
fog made 1t hard work TO distinguish flag
signals.
Early In the morning tho low-hulled and
aggressive-iooking Miantonomoh left the
fleet and went up the bay to point off the
Battery. where she prepared to give the vis-
itors an American salute. When the Mian-
tonomoh left IT seemed to be the signal for
every ship in the feet to start coaling up.
and in short space of time rolls of black
smoke were rufiiing out of black and white
hulls alike. Notwithstanding the ships
were all on an errsnd of peace. they wore q
particularly war-like appearance, for many
of the foreigners have bows whioh are
curved most aggressively. and the hulls are
rugged In fashion so foreign and strange
to merchantmen that they take on Q nat.
urally pugnacious look. The sun. which
vessel in the fleet flash and the brass
works of the decks slistened like patches
Of FURNISHED gold. From the bluff of Fort
Wadsworth it did not require field glass
to distinguish siRns OF activity aboard the
white squadron. There Was hustllng and
q business like air aboard them all. but
there seemed to be no confusion ut all.
even In getting ready.
A GRAND SPECTACLE.
At 9:lS tho Philadelphia fired Q single
gun. and . good many of the sight-seekIng
pleasure craft, bent on curiosity, footed
their whistles. but the noise could hardly
be heard. SO strong was the wind. They
gave il mp In despair. for those aboard
seemed to appreciate that they were out of
the spectators to cut any figure at all. The
feelings of more than one were echoed by
New Yorker who was one OF the many
who frin9ed the green hills Of Fort Wads-
worth. he said: II have eoen the marine
parade in New York harbor on evacuation
day. the fine Statue of Liberty celebration.
the magnificent scenes which accompanied
races We had here several years ago. and
the marine display of a few months ago.
but never saw so grand sight as am
now looking at, and never expect to see
1t again In these waters"
By all odds the American line made the
finest showing. That was the opinion of
every one. But then every one who wit
messed the picture from land was actuated
y oG
Americans. and they numbered thousands,
who looked down upon the Philadelphis.
Newark. Atlanta, San Francisco Bancroft,
Bennington, Baltimore. Chicago. York
town, Charleston, Vesuvius and Concord.
had reason to feel pr0ud. Just snoh day
was given to the fleet on its start from
Hampton Roads. and while the harbor
room in New York is by no means as great
as that of the Southern port, there was
plentyo of room for the war ships to move in,
and surely the high banks of the n arrows
gave plenty of room for visitors, thousands
taking advantage of the oppor tunities.
Nearly every one was furnished with q
glass OF some kind. and closely watched
the beautiful fleet at anchor, waiting for
Admlrsi Gherardi to give the signal from
the flagship Philadelphia.
The fleet was anchored in squadron for
nation, the powerful Blake. with Woe Ad-
mIral Sir John o. Hopkins's pennant
standing out stiff in the wind. being abous
five hundred yards below Fort Lafay cite.
and the Philadelphia. with Rear Admiral
Gherardps blue flag, with two white stars
at her main, the same distance below Fort
Tompkins. strung behind each leader
were the ships which were to follow up
the bay, and all were III readiness for the
start. The Dimitri Donskoi was in the
position In " whIoh she anchored last night.
and the crew had been kept busy getting
her into trim for the review. As she had
not been in port at Hampton Roads 1t was
necessary for the other sdmirals to pay
their respects. and. at $50 o'clock, Sir
John Hopkins put off from the Blake and
was saluted by fifteen guns from the Rus
sian as he stepped on the quarter deck.
the British tag at the same time bein q
hOisted. This was the first salute that
broke the stiffness of the morning air. and
the spectators. not generally knowing the
cause of the firing. were waiting for the
fort TO answer.
THE SIGNAL TO GET READY.
A minute or two afterwards the atten-
tion of all was directed to black speck
MP the Narrows, and with two streaks of
foam diverging from her bows and wide
wake of white water astern of her, the
torpedo boat Gushing rushed by at ex press
train speed. She reached the Philadelphia
in short space of time, wheeled around as
il she were on Q pivot, s1d ran mp along
side the flagship with q dispatch TO Ad-
miral Gherardi She reported all right at
the anchorage and along the route OF the
parade. and at O'clock the signal pre-
pare TO get under way" was given. The
fort was crowded with people at that time.
and the roads and banks were hlled with