The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-29


b., and stah; Captain Holland, Of the
Australia; Captain Pipon, Of the Magi-
eienne, and Commander Fleet, OF the
Tartar,
The Russian navy was represented by
Vice Admiral Kosnakotf and staff;
Captain Zeloni, Of the Dimitri Donoskol
Captain BesabaFoR, OF the General Ad-
miral, and Captain De Kriegen, OF the
Rynda, with their officers,
The Spaniards were present in force,
There we're Rear Admiral Y. l.opo and
staff; Capt, Julien Garcia De La Vega,
Of the lnfanta Isabel; Capt. Jose De
Paredes, OF the Reyna Regenta; Capt.
Jose Pidal, OF the Nueve Espana; Capt,
Victor Concus, OF the Santa Maria;
Capt. Roderlgo Garcia De Quesada, OF
the caFavel Pinta, and Capt, Juan Wig
nau, OF the caravel Nina.
The Brazilians were Rear Admiral
Julio Caesar De Noronhe and his staff
Captain Marentes, OF the Aquidaban
Lieutenant Commander CRravolhos, OF
the Taradentes, and Commander TaVa-
ris, OF the RepubIiCa,
Argentine was represented by Rear
Admiral Howard and stat.
Italy had for her representatives
Rear Admiral Magnaghi and staff; Cap.
tains Sartou, OF the Etna; Alberto De
Libero, OF the Giovanni Bausan,
The German fleet sent Captain Buch'
set and his officers and Captain Kirch-
hotI. Tho Seeadler sent Commander
Koellner.
The French representatives were
Rear Admiral De Libran and staff; Cap
tains Benier, of the Arethuse; Parfait,
OF the Jean Bart, and Commander
Krantz, of the Hussard.
Holland was present in the porson OF
Captain Arriens, OF the Van speyk.
AMERICAN CONTINGENT,
From our own navy were Rear Ad-
miral Bancroft Gherardi; Captain A. s.
Barker, OF the Philadelphia; Lieut.. F.
+. Fletcher, OF the Cushing; Rear Ad-
miral A. Il, X. Bonham. with his stat; f;
Captains Silas Casey, OF the Newark; +.
j. Eligginson, Of the Atlanta; j. q.
Watson, OF the San Francisco; Lieut.
Commander Walker, OF tho Bancroft; (;
Capt. G. W. Sumner, OF the Baltimore; I;
Commander Il. V. Bradford, OF tho Ad.
vance No. 6: Admiral ]. G. Walker,
with his staff, Captains ]. I. McGlen.
sey, OF the Chicago; II. /. Pickins, OF
the Charleston; Lieut.. Seaton Schroe-
der, OF the VesuYius; Commander Ed.
win White, OF the Concord; Capt. II.
Sicard, OF the Miantonomah; Comman.
der Buckingham, OF the Dolphin, and
ex-Lieut. Commander Solely, OF the
Enterprise.
Following the carriages came the first
division, consisting OF United States
sailors and marines. Commander
White was chief of brigade, and Capt.
W. Spicer, commander OF the marines,
These were from the Charleston, Chi.
cago, Yorktown, Concord and Philadel.
phia, marching in tho order named and
resplendent in their SNOWY dress uni
form, They were led by tho Marine
band.
In the second, third and fourth bat
talions were Uncle Sans blue jackets
from all OF the ships in port.
The second division was the one that
interested the crowds on the streets
more than any other. 1t contained the
sailors OF the visiting fleets and tho ma
rines OF Great Britain and Holland, tho
only two nations represented besides
our own who have marines.
BRITISH TARs.
First came the troops OF Her Majesty,
the Queen. There were, officers and
men, $50 all told. Captain Hamilton,
Of the Blake, was in charge OF the bat
talon. Tho British marines were re-
splendent in red jackets, blue trousers,
with narrow red stripe down the side,
and black helmets, topped with gilt.
The baud from the Blake led them.
Tho British artillerymen wore blue
jackets, blue trousers, with wide rod
stripe down the side, and little dinky
caps, with yellow strap and yellow
band under the chin.
Her Majesty's blue jackets wore the
regulation blue sailors shirt, opon low
at tho neck, blue trousers, very tight at
the hips and very wide at tho ankle,
and light straw hats.
The Britons marched with precision,
and looked neither to the right nor tho
left They were Cheered as they passed
the reviewing stands and whenever
they wheeled to turn corner.
Following the British came Argen-
tines representatives from the Nueva
Do Julio. They were less than one hun
dred in number, and wore dark blue
shirts with white braid on the collar
and blue trousers. The officers wore
long blue coats, blue trousers and caps
with long front pieces.
Tho Russian vessels sent $50 mon and
fifteen officers. Tho battalion wRs in
charge OF Commander Stemman, and
was in three companies. Tho band
from tho Rynda accompanied them.
The uniform was OF blue, with white
and blue striped shirts and white caps,
on tho bands OF which was the name in
Russian Of the ship to which tho mon
belonged. Tho men carried muskets
with bayon0ts fixed.
The Hollanders from tho Van Speyk
came next. There wero forty marines
in long tailed blue coats and blue
trousers, and eighty sailors In blue
jackets, bluo trousers and soft blue hats.
FRANCE AND GERMANY.
Tho French ships had 800 men in limo.
Thcy were all blue jackets, Tho frat
companywas commanded by Lieutenant
Bardonl, OF the ArOthusc, aud tho soc.
ond by Lieutenant Malcoo, Of tho Joan
Bart. Tho uniform was btuo jackots,
bluc trousers and bluo cups. HNvOr.
sncks wero carried, The French band
Bot Il lively stop for tho mon, y
Germany followed on the heels OF
France with 100 mon under command
OF Lieutenant Meyer, OF tho Kaiserln
Augusta, They wore all sallors aud
their drcss was very similar to that OF
..lar ..t..t L. hlnn innLnAn ulhn hnnl Of III.