Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-04-28
GREAT NAVAL REVIEW.
The Wonderful Scene Witnessed by
the President and his Cabinet.

The Wonderful Scene Witnessed by
the President and his Cabinet
Yesterdays issue of the DEMOCRAT
contained an article describing the
trip of President Cleveland and the
members of his Cabinet from Wash
ington, d. c., to New York City, to
witness the great naval review, in
which fully two score Of the finest
modern war vessels afoat, represent
ing several of the famous maritime
powers Of the world, were to be seen
participating. To-day we take pleas
ure in giving complete and COM
prehensive account of this magnif-
cent marine pageant, the equal of
which has, in many respects, never be-
fore been witnessed in American
waters. 1t is indeed pleasing to note
that not a single untoward event or
mwelcome incident occurred to mar
the splendor or disturb the serenity
of this beautiful and majestic scene,
which is thus graphically described in
the telegraphic reports sent from
New York City, on yesterday;
"Thls morning when the sun arose
over the hills it looked down in the
lower bay on the grandest marine
view there has ever been in the waters
Of New York. Soon everybody was
making final preparations for the
parade on the bay and the river to
anchorage. AS the sun advanced
higher the wind, which was blowing
Stifly, aided by the ebbtide, swung
the ships about, with their sterns out
to sea and their bows pointed up the
bay in the direction of the city, Long
before the time for the parade, the
right bank along the narrows and the
bluffs at the forts, both on Staten
Island and the Fort Hamilton side,
were thronged with people and the
roads we're filled with spectators hur-
rying toward the shore to find good
point of view.
Early in the morning the Mianto-
nomah left the fleet and went up the
bay to point off the battery prepar-
ed to give the visitors an American
salute.
A minute or two afterward, the at
tention of all was directed to a black
speck up the narrows and with two
streaks Of foam diverging from her
bows and wide wake of white water
astern of the diabolical cushes she
rushed by at all express train speed.
She reached the Philadelphia in a
short space of time, wheeled around
as if she were on pivot, and ran up
alongside the flagship with dispatches
to Admiral Gherardi. She reported
all right at anchorage and along the
route of the parade and at 8 o'clock
the signal "prepare to get under way"
was given.
One gun sounded from the Philadel
phia, and her signals came down on a
run, Her screw began to churn up
the waters of the bay as she slowly
forged ahead against the strong tide.
Another gun from the Philadelphia
was answered from the Chicago at
$3.50 o'clock. 1t told that the Blake
was abeam Of the flagship and the
actual start was then made.
The patrol boats leading the fleet,
pushed ahead, and the Philadelphia,
with the Blake abrest, swung into the
narrows at eight knots an hour. Once
more the guns of Fort Hamilton and
Fort Wadsworth doomed. A streak
of red flashed out from Long Island
bluff and the sound Of more cannon
came across the water. a flash and
boom from Fort Hamilton would be a
signal for another from Fort Wads-
worth, and for ten minutes at regular
intervals the guns spurted flashed Of
fire. The Philadelphia and Blake
dipped their colors in answering So
Lutte and came up the bay.
The other vessels followed in the
following order: Port column
United States, Philadelphia (nagship)
Newark (hagship), Atlanta, San Fran.
cisco, Bancroft, Bennington, Baltimore,
Chicago, (hagship), Yorktown, Charles
ton, Vesuvius, Concord Argentina,
Neuve de Julio; Holland, Van Speyck;
Germany, Kaiserin, Augusta, Saedler;
United States, Miantonomah.
Starboard column-Great Britain,
Blake, (nagship), Australia, Magiclenne,
Tartar; Russia, Dimitri Donskoi,
(aagship) General Admiral, Kinda;
France, Aretheuse (nagship), Hnssar,
jean Bart; Italy, Etna (hagship), GIo-
yanni, Bausan; Spain, Infanta Isabel