Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-01


of West Twenty third street, where a
thousand men and women who had
stood in the rain for four hours
cheered him enthusiastically. The
party was Immediately escorted to the
launch of the Dolphin, which started
away as soon as the company was on
board. The launch steamed rapidly
out to the Dolphin. AS soon as the
president reached the deck bang went
one of the Dolphin's guns, and the
presidents flag was unfurled at her
masthead.
The double turreted monitor Mian-
tonomah, lying at the rear of the port
column, fired for the first time in
port one of her huge 10-inch guns,
charged with nearly $50 pounds of
powder. Almost before the reverbe-
rations of this 25-ton gun had died
away in the distant echoes the whole
feet was called to quarters, yards
we're manned and every preparation
made to receive the president of the
United States with becoming respect.
Seen at this moment, before half the
the enveloping clouds of gunpowder
smoke from the subsequent salutes
had obscured the air, the scene was
pretty as will be imagined. AS the
Dolphin's bow came in line with each
man of-war, "present arms" was
sounded on the bugle, officers and
crew saluted, the bands struck up the
national air, and national salute Of
21 guns was fired by each ship. Dur
ing the half hour or more that the
presidential progress lasted cannon
aiding never ceased, until in all more
than 1900 guns had been fired.
1t was peculiarly a manifestation of
sentiment, not of force. Yet some of
the f1eetest and most formidable ma
val vessels in the world were there.
And the quaintest part of the days
proceedings was that the post of
honor at the head of the reviewed
columns was given to the apparently
unseaworthy reproductions of the
Columbus caravels, the Santa Maria,
Pinta and Nina, which, with infinite
care, had been toWed over from Ca
diz to Cuba by our own Admiral Ben
helm, and from Cuba escorted to
Hampton roads and New York by the
Spanish Warships. These pigmy boats,
high popped and lateen -rigged cut
away amidship like Roman gallery,
were anchored opposite Nintey- third
street, and formed practically the
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trast of four centuries of naval de-
velopment could not have been more
strongly and picturesquely marked.
The line of vessels reviewed was
over three miles in length, stretching
in two columns from the foot of
Twenty third street to about Ninety
fifth street, where the reviewing ship,
the Dolphin, anchored.
The foreign vessels were most of
them stationed on the New York side
of the Hudson river; the American
fleet, with the German, Dutch and Ar
gentine cruisers, occupied the New
Jersey side. The ships were anchored
300 yards apart, and a space of 400
yards was left between the two col
umnS.
The British flagship Blake, the Bra
lillian battleship Aquidaban, the Ar
gentine cruiser Ninth of July, the two
German warships, and the vicious,
ugly-looking French ironclad, the
Jean Bart, seemed most to excite the
interest of the visitors, Our own
magnificent white feet, through one
or more of it's Representatives has be-
come somewhat familiar in New York
waters, but it's superb efficiency in
comparison with the foreign visitors
was none the less acknowledged.
When close under the bows of the
British flagship, its immense size,
5000 tons, double that Of the big Phil
adelphia, could be appreciated.
The rapidly of the fire from the
American ships was very marked,
differing greatly from that of the
others, which was much slower.
The ceremonies closed by grand
Columbian ball in Madison Square
Garden.
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class postmasters goes on merrily but
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