Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-18

Secretary Herbert ID deeply interested in the
coming Columbian naval demonstration. and is
| taking active and comprehensive measures to
insure its complete success. He has placed
the matter entirely in the hands Of Rear Admit
raj Gherardi, and has given him wide discre-
ton in the arrangement of all the details He
had a long conference with Admiral Gherardi
on the subject in New York this week, and
arranged Tor another conference at the Navy
Department next week. The selection of April
4 q as the date Of the review in New York harbor
has made it necessary to hasten the prenara-
tions for the event. 1t was az first thought de-
sirable to have the pageant at a later date SO as
to permit the participation of some OF the ves-
sells now nearing completion. particularly the
New York, which was originally selected
as the flagship OF tn American feet But the
act of Congress authorizing the review fixed the
month of April as the time for holding H. and
besides many people may like TO be present both
at this great international display and at the
opening of the worlds fair. This can ROW be
done under the arrangement made bv Score
tary Herbert. The guests can see the great
show in New York harbor to their hearts con-
tent and Vet have plenty Of time to catch the
| train FOR Chicago.
1t is now certain that the naval review will
be In a very thorough sense international. ana
the failure to obtain many American ships
as had been hoped will simply bring the foreign
ships into greater prominence. 1t may be as
sumed that about FORTY war ships. including our
own. will take part in the drills and naneuvers.
while many naval. revenue and merchant craft
NAV be onlookers. escorts and perhaps mar
ticipants in some portions of the ceremonies.
The U. S. S. Philadelphia. now at New York
will be used BY Admiral Gherardi as the flag
ship Of the American squadron.
THE BRITISH VESSELS
OF the foreign fleets Great Britain leads Of
with the flagship Blake of her n orth American
souedron- now AT Rer,,nda The P,,la i. a
q ooo Co., 49,, -. -.
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r.nh;narr hnl s';nnh 49, ~ we .op Vi ms
classmates of the main deck guns have 6-inch
steei on the cupboard sides ana two inches in
.~ me auiniuhi.ion tapes ana tnoes from
-, 80; 80 10 'n'ne' "i4u 'ne eon-
Mex, in importance il the Aust-a,;. of the
Mediterranean SQUADRON She Is a ba,taa
cruiser of Z 500 toms disnl.cen,ent c.rrv;no an
Ter incl bsc-f ,r a;
lance of 100 feet amidsbins Tbe nrotect;y.
deck is from two tn tbree inches tb;ct .nd ,ha
coming tower thirteen inches The trinIa ey
mansion engines we're MANNED To d.valor 8 200
horse mower and a maximum of ei,brae,
knots. Long after cha was fnisbnd sha 40.
ye.oued in 1890 an average sneed of sixtae, ard
one-hslf knots during y five hours, rnn u, ~
seaway without resort To the extreme
forced draucht The Mapiciepne of .ba
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class. designed. like the Meipomene and the
Marathon. 10 be a nineteen and three-onarter-
knot conper-bottomed PARTIALLY pro,acraa
cruiser The Tartar is one of the vessels of the
wel-known Archer class which was the nroto-
tyne of orr Yorktown They have a nrotect;va
Gecl EXTENDING tbronobou: tLe,r lanrth an5
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mower and , sud of y % -nos E;r,il -ba
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anu %. uaii uoAen ~. pe1o .uoeS
nc ~ 40 i 1it III our Ma'eis anu
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no''iAN 'hifN
From present indications Russia will have
the stropeest delepntion in mower and perhaps
rrr,ar;..n, tn p,Ss;,, .r,,o.oa .,,,;.a,.
tne uenerai Aofitrai. "nich Is 20 oe one OF ner
REPRESENTATIVES,. Is hot very iormidaoie as SHIPS
go now. since she was iaunehed twenty years
ago Sne Is OF 4.4ao TONS displacement; IRON,
~ooo sneatnea unoer was yer ana coppered; ohe