Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-04-26
WARSHIPS STEAM AWAY.
The Fleet Leaves Hampton ROardS for New
York HapbOP

YORK HdPD0P.
Fort MONROE, Va, April pat a
few minutes before O'Clock this morn
ing little cloud of light smoke foated
out above the big yellow forward funnel
OF the Philadelphia. AT the same time
from the tunnels Of thirty-one other
men-Of-War in the Roads came other
little puffs of smoke. Gradual
y they grew in volume until
by o'clock the whole fleet was
putting forth like the chimneys of some
manufacturing town. Last night at sun
set the Brazilian fleet, consisting of the
cruisers Aquidiban, Tiradentes and Re-
publica, came in the Roads and dropped
Anchor below the English fleet. The
first saluting Of the morning came from
the Aquidiban, which belched out
welcome to the Italian admiral and ran
up his flag at o'clock.
From early this morning the signal
ing of orders has been continuous and
sometimes has been supplemented by
the visit Of one Of the little launches
from the flagship, bearing some special
order. The whole programme, how
ever, had been carefully prepared, and
each commander knew what his posi-
ton in the formation was to be and only
awaited the order to trip anchor At
9:15 O'Clock the PhiladeIphia's anchor
came slowly out of the water, and at
the same time slight agitation of
the water at her stern showed that she
was in motion. The tide at this mo-
ment was at its young ebb and ships of
the feet lay with their noses pointed
toward Newport News. The Philadel-
phia moved up slowly at first, and then
gathering speed passed more quickly
down toward the western end of
the Roads. In another moment the
Newark was under way beyond the
Philadelphia. She was followed by the
Atlanta. Then came the dandy San
Francisco, the Bancroft, Bennington
and Baltimore. Then Admiral Walk
er's flagship, the Chicago, joined the
procession. After her came the York
town, Charlestown Vesuvius and Con-
cord.
AS soon as the Chicago tripped anchor
the big flagship Blake got under way,
down the Roads to assume her position
of honor at the head of the starbOard
column of the feet. The 9TH
er Englishmen got under way at
the same time and followed
behind the Blake. The Vesuvius, the
last of the American fleet, dropped into
the line, and the Hollander, Van
Speyck, trailed along after her. Thea
came the Germans with the Kaiserin
Augusta and the Seadler. The Phil
adelphia at the head of the
column, proceeded for a mile and
then, rounding the entire feet,
started down the Roads. The line fol-
lowing the Blake was composed Of, be-
sides the English ships, the Russian
General Admiral and Reynda, the
French Arethuse and Jean Bart, the
Italian IEtna and the Gevanni Bausan,
and the rear was brought up by the
Brazilian Aquidiban, Tyrantes and Re-
publica.
AT II o'clock the whole fleet, in two
regular lines, passed in review before
the the thousands on the Wharyes,
boats and ramparts of the fort The
sight was so beautiful and impressive
that the crowd looked on in silence
1t took something to disturb the serenity
of the scene, and it was furnished by
the little torpedo boat Gushing. When
the last one of the Americans
was passing the fort cheers were heard
away down beyond the hotel. The
crowd along the way took it up, and in a
moment the Cushing came along like
Salvador in the stretch. The outgoing
ships were making about knots
and the Cushing, which can 90 "a,
caught up and passed them as it they
were anchored.