New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23
DOLPHIN JOINS THE FLEET.
ARRIVAL OF SECRETARY HERBERT AND his
PARTY AT HAMPTON ROADS.
THIRTY-oNE VESSELS NOW AT THE RENDEzvouS
OBSERVING KING HUMBERT's SILVER WE'D
DING-GUESTS WHO WILL SAIL TO-MoR.
ROW WITH THE AMERICAN SHIPS
n ROUND OF GAYETIES.
ROUND OF GAYETIES.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l


wedding anniversary, made to-day, in point OF
spectacular brilliancy, the gayest and liveliest
since the rendezvous began. In celebration OF
the twenty-ffth anniversary Of King IIumbert's
marriage to the beautiful and popular Italian
Queen, each ship in the international fotilla was
dressed" the sailors say, with bunting, hum
drcds of flags and pennants being strung from
mast TO mast and mp and down the rigging while
the bine white and green Italian ensign foatcd
from the peak of each vessels mainmast.
It was into the gayly bedeclSed and anything
but warlike feet that the Dolphin ran this morn
ing about 10 o'clock, with the Secretary OF the
American Navy aboard, and his pennant OF four
white stars on blue field flying from the maintop.
The trim and handsome dispatch-boat had, with
the fatality which has curiously attended the
"ofcial yacht Of the Navy, began her career az
a Presidential pleasure-boat by running aground
in the Chesapeake Boy just of Annapolis, ana M"
been RULED off the shoa last night only ait"r
much patience and hard labor. No injury had
been done however, and the journey was COLL
tinucd and finished with no worse results 'nan y
loss of four or five hours in the tune sch'uu'eu
for the Sccretarys arrival here ,
Entering the Roads the Dolphin passcd 10 'no
outer line of the feet and began TIP arounu
thc shps. receiving and returning saluts as .'o
aagshp of each squadron was reached i"o
rl,lc honored the Secretarys arrival hrs'' D'
seventeen guns being quiciIy answered. oS ',"
two pieces of the rapid-lre battery on .''r i'
rhins foIccastle deck, the lnianta lsape1' ''
V.n SNOWY tbe Kaiserin Augusta, the General
,d,;roI tbo Arcthuse and the Etna hosting the
,moric.n flag and delivering salutcs as the mead
of tbe Navy Department passed by. 'lrci'hs 'n'
,orcion souadron. the Dolphin turned east again.
running close into the line of the American
cruisers as if on inspection and review. Each
Shin saluted the officers stood on the upper oecks
win heads barred. the marine guard on the main
deck presented arms. and the ships banos s'rucS
nm the familiar National air. 1t was an inspirio
ING and truly martial spectacle, the erect OF WHICH
was heightened by the gala trimmings OF 'a'
cruisers and the general air OF festlVi'y III 'he
roadstead.
Tho Donhin. after visiting the last American
shin. returned 10 her anchorage near the rhiia-
rnlnh, close 10 the Government pier, and was
put in holiday inery like the rest OF the nee0
The Socretary's pennant was hanled down
,omrorarilv from the maintop and the Italian flag
hoisted in its place. while the masts and the rig
oinc were soon strung with all the multi-colored
bunting which the official yachts lockers were
found IN contain In accordance with naval Gus
tom OIL gala days like to-day, national salutes
were fred at o'clock, at noon, ana again az
sunset by all the warships in the harbor. AS
each shin begins firing its twcnty-one guns at the
same minute, and keeps on at its own spced 'iii
the number is finished. the effect of these savos
is naturally terrific. For PERHAPS three or iour
minutes there is continuous roll OF cannonad-
ing. tie thirty ships of the fleet are gradually
enyclopcd in the white clouds of smoke shot out
from their gun-decks or portfolios, and the sound
and shock of the individual firing become merged
into one overpowcring volume which racks the
sensitive ear with its thunder and sets all tho
frame buildings on thc Government reservation
to trembling their foundations
At sunset, with the last salvo OF artillery 'he
gay bunting was stripped from the rissihs oi
each ,hip and the Italian flag was run down iroui
the mastheads of all except the Bausah anu t"'
Etna. The hotilla regaining at once Its normal
ASPECT as a gathering of men-of-war from whose
severity and dignity of character 50 essential III
a warship, the tawdry flags and streamers' which
dcckcd the masts and upper works OF the V'ssel'
detracted more than they could possibly compeh-
satc for in the way of added color ana sauiS
meretrcious air of showness and decoration.
Notwithstanding the fayoring weather reported
outside the Capes. there were no further aou'iohs
70 the fleet ND TO dusk tonight and none can be eA-
pcctcd for it is the custom for the arriving war
ships 10 wait outside if they arrive OIL cape Henry
after dark, and come in by daylight. Inc YES
sells now here number thirtyone' Inc DoipiiHs
return fills ont the American squadron 10 i's lu't
strength of fourteen, if the Cnshihs DC icSu"e"
as a warship. For convenience. the llst may pc
giyen again 1t comprises the fhilaaelpiEi' hae-
ship of the squadron, under hear--Aumird' "nei
ard: the Dolphin, the official yacht ana uispa'c"
boat of the feet the Newark. Baltimore behhin1-
ton Bancroft San Francisco ana Atiahta' uhuer
Rear Admiral I,enham the Chlcago, 1orkto"n'
,-,,,,.iu. Charleston and Concord, under Rear
,l,ir,l Walker: and the torpedo-boat Cushing.
The doublc-turreted monitor Mantonomoh VIII JOIN
ADMIRAL Walkers division In New-lork haroor'
and tLc torpcdo-boat Stlletto, whlch Will DE used
for patrol or harbor police purposes, WIZ also Do
a;o,,nI nm bv Admiral Ghcrardi in New-York. With
thr-. two ships the SQUADRON VIII humoer siN'een'
Ther. ,rc already seventeen foreign men-of-war
h.re They n,ludc the British squadron of four,
urdor Vice Admiral Hopkins, the flagship Blake,
,I,n N,ciccpnc. the Tartar and the Australia; the
rr.ncb squadron of three, under Rcar-Admiral De
+, prun fine Arcthuse, the Jean Bart and tha
IIuss,rI three Spanish men-of-war. under Rear
,d,n;r,I Crzman the Infanta Isabel the Reina
poocn,e and the Nucva Espana, with the three Co
Iun,bus corayels: two Italian cruisers, the Etn3
and Giovanni Bausan. under Rcar-Admral Mag
,.,bi. the Russian war-ships General Admiral and
pvnda. 10 be commanded by Nice-Admral Roma
ro0 when he arrives with his flagship, the Dmitri
nouskoi: the German cruisers kaiserin Augusta
and Seeadler and the Holland man-of-war Van
Speyk.
IL is settled that no difficulty will be made by
o,v of the visiting commanders about allowing the
sailors of their sluadrons TO appear IN the naval
norade in Ncw-York. Captain John &. Watson,
of the San Francisco, will have charge OF the
division of tars from the American ships, and he
counts on getting about 3,i00 men in line. Ihs
foreign ships will contribute about 1000 seamen
70 the display. which will make the parade the
LARGEST and most important of the kind ever held
in New-York The selection Of Captain Watson
for the command of the American division is
graceful and well-deserved compliment to this
gallant and popular seaman Farraguts nag lieu
tenant in the battle of Mobile Ilarbor, whose
service in both the old Navy and the new has
been of distinguished merit and unfiagging zeal,
.taly MN nd yvh m