New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-29
JACK TAR'S DAY OF TRIUMPH.
ADMIRED AND CHEERED BY THE IMPERIAL
CITY OF THE NEW WORLD. !
ENGLISH BLUEJACKETS THE FIRST TO LAND
THE BANNERS OF OTHER NATIONS
c,osr nrurxn rurN >.
CLOSE BEHIND THEM.

CLOSE BEHIND THEM.
Jocl, Tar is always an early bird. It is noo
because there is a wealth of early worms on ship
board but simply from a surplus OF Elgor ana
general inclination TO be up and doing iester'
day morning the tars on the war heet In the
Hudson River were even more previous than
usual The great ironclads were astir with lie
and preparation. The picked men of every vessel
were TO march through the streets of New-fork.
and the usual amount OF cleaning ana scrupplhs
had 10 he done beforehand. morning mist
obscured the shps but by 80 o'clock the south
wind had swept il up the river and the movements
of the swarming bluejackets We're visible from
the shore Launches tugged at their painters
AT every gangway and when the boatswalns whis-
lie sounded strings of agile men ran out on the
booms and dropped down into the bobping Doats
beneath But tho expected picture OF whoie
feet sanding it's swarming forces ashore in small
boats did not materialize Prosac excursion
steamers like the Laura NJ. Starin the Matteawan'
and the Blacxbrd, pressed into duty As Transports
bore the majority of the bluejackets ana marines
from ship to shore.
NAVAL VETERANS GREET THE INVADERS.
At the Fortv-second-st. landing great prepara-
tions had been made to receive the in'adihg
forces. There were about sixty New York naVai
veterans on the float waiting TO receive the au'
mlrals and the Oinc'Ts Ol Ntss'is d' "hSh"' IA '~
river Admiral Osborne had charge of them.
They are nearly all old white bearIed fellows, ana
over their hearts nearly all of them wore bad2es
and medals which they had won by their vaior.
Other cities sent delegations. Captain W. IL.
Thompson commanded a delegation of ten from
the Maryland Naval Association Of Baltimore
Ncw-IIaven sent twelve under Commander william
f. Gould; New bedford sent six from the Cumoer-
land Association under Captain [. L. Weldon;
tho Farrarut Association of Philadelphia sent
twelve under Commander Simmonds; the Naval
Veteran Legion sent fourteen men uhaer No"-
mandcr Archer: tho Monitor Association oil brooh'
lyn sent thirty men under Captain william y.
Herbert: the Central Association of Annsterdaih'
y N sent four under Cominanier JOHN
s Maxford: Buffalo sent a delegation under
A. c. Fortier and Providence tile hearsarse
Association of Boston. III" Farragut Association
of New-York. the IIerrck Blues OF AanesViiie.
Ohio. and other associations sent delegations OK
men. There were many old warriors present.
TIE BLUEJACKErs DIsEMBARK.
Ist il did not comport with naval ideas OF
strategy to land an invading force at the poiht
where it was expected 20 the Dulk OF the
sailors were disrmbaried at sundry convenene
piers in the nciehborhood of Forty-second-st., ana
the spectators who came down 10 welcome 'IeW
occupied their time in running up ana d)wn 'he
river front in the effort TO find the right street AT
which a particular transport would come In. Inc
general officers all came ashore at Forty second
St, so the corps OF naval veterans ielt 'hcy
had not lived in vain.
Ascach TRANSPORT touched the wharf tho head OF
the column of agile sea addies jumped ashore
without waiting for the formality OF gang
plank. and came down the whaE at trct. Ihe
,.ieniticd marines, however. marched with meas
ured tread and Slow and never risked their
precious lives by hurrying. The sailor boys were
loaded Down with cartrdg" belts, cantecns and re-
volyers and were busin,S>like even in their make
believe evolutions. An easy swing ana
a dash to their movements indicated
a deaIth Of sIarch, but an abundance
of muscle. In the working of the officers, too
there was the same business like directness, with
a careessness of the useless formatifs.
The battalion is all right, sir. said a trim
young lieutenant in charge of one boatload Of
Uncle Sans men rs he approached his command
ing officer at the head of the pier, and he re-
ceved no reprimand for this paraphase OF the less
cooquial tactical phraseolOgy.
" Bring your men down here. Jones. ~ shouted
youthful mdshpman TO his comrade in command
of the adjoining squad, and the friendly hint was
promptly acted upon without the formality of
salute or other Acknowledgement.
ACCURATELY PERFORMED EvOLUrIONs.
But the necessary evolutons were made without
hitch or tne slightest confusion in any case, and
the nter-twisted masses upon the crowded trans
ports were landed, straightcne1 out into their
proper formation and started up the street In the
shortest possible space of time.
The first foreigners to set their feet upon tho
sacred soil of Manhattan Island the English.
There were $50 of them in all, heavy, broad
chested fellows, and English to the There
were no composite types in those ranks Of stall
wart, strong featured men, 1t was pure John Bull
from the smallest MILDLY to the short-egged, hairy