The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
GALLANT WAR SHIPS SAIL UP INTO
NEW YORK HARBOR.
After Pleasant Trip From Hampton Roads
the Fleet in Double File Sail Into
the Earbor and Let Go
Their Anchors.

NEW YORK, april 25.-Promptly on
time, with every pre-arranged detail
carried out with marvellous eXactness,
and after most pleasant voyage from
the rendezvous at Hampton Roads,
the combined naval squadron of the
Old and New worlds took possession OF
the lower bay in New York harGor
this afternoon. The fret feet to ar
rive was the Dolphin with Secretary
Herbert on boaro. Closely following
in her wake was the Russian man-ot-
war Dimitre Douskoi, the flag ship of
the Russian contingent, direct from
Russia, with Vice Admiral Kozenkoff
commander in chief of the
Russian fleet, aboard. AS she
passed the Hook she saluted the
secretary of the navy's flag on the
Dolphin, the latter promptly ac-
KnowIedgibg the courtesy, and she
also exchanged salutes with the mont
tor Miantonomah, all the forts in turn
answering the salute. Shortly before
/ O'clock the lookout of the Miantono-
nah signalled the fleet in sight.
A special tug with the Associated
Press flag at her fore promptly put
out 70 sea, and through the gathering
hage and drilling rain sighted the
fleet moving along at rate of fully
ten kuots an hour in double column.
A perfect alignment of distances, &C.
cordingly marked at 800 yards between
each ship, 600 yards between
each squadron, was stately and ma
jestic sight. The flagship of Admiral
Ghirardi, the Philadelphia, headed
the port column. The huge British
cruiser Blake, Admiral Hopkins flag
ship, led the starboard column, other
vessels following as follows: On port
side the flagship Newark e. dmiral
Bonham), followed by the Atlanta,
San Francisco, Bancroft, Bennington
and Baltimore. The flagship Chi
cago admiral Walker), fol-
lowed by the Yorktown,
Charleston, Vesuvius and Concord.
After them and bringing up the rear
of the column the Dutch warship
Van Speyck and the German cruisers
Kaiserin Augusta and Zeadler.
The Blake was followed on the
| starboard column by the other ves-
sells of the British squadron, the Aus
tralia, Magicienne and Tartar, and by
the Russian vessels General, Admiral
| and Rykda. Next came the Italian
vessels Etna and Bausan and the
Brazilian squadron Aquidiban, Tiran
and Republica
The Philadelphia swung round
Sandy Hook light ship in majestic
Gedney's channel. The vessels of the
starboard column slowed down and
allowed al the American fleet
to round the light ship first.
Then the Blake and others followed.
The entire fleet proceeded in single
file and impressive rilence up the bay
to the anchorage grounds. The Phila-
delphia opened the salutes by firing
fifteen guns in honor of the Russian
admiral and his flagship, the band on
board the Philadelphia playing the
Russian national air. The Russian
promptly acknowledged the salute,
At $3.50 p. m. the Philadelphia fired
one gun as signal to come to anchor
and the vessels instantly hove to. 1t
was exactly 3:47 when the Philadel-
phia let go her anchor off Craven
Shoal buoy and swung round with the
strong flood tide with her nose point.
ing for Sandy Hook.