Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-22
SEC. HERBERT ARRIVES
He Receives a Noisy Welcome
 in the Roads.
THE cARAvELs ARE cuRroslTlEs

Grounding of the Dolphin Delayed the
 secretary-The Grand Ball Success
 Description of the Cufios-vessels Al
 ready Here.
 FORT MONROE, April 22.--Secretary Her bert reached here at I0:30 o'clock this morning and was received with salutes be- fitting his rank from all the foreign ships and Admiral Gherardi's flagship.
 The people here thought they had heard a racquet before, but they acknowledged after the canonading was over that it was the biggest one yet given. The Secretary was little late in arriving on account of an accident which happened last night whict occurred soon after leaving Annapolis. The national yacht ran aground and it was two hours before she was hauled off by 6 tug. After lunch the high naval officers called on hlm and then Admiral Gherardi came by appointment to talk over several matters in regard to the review.
 This evening he will give dinner on board the Dolphin to the commanding and flag officers, while the junior officers will entertain their wnrdroom brethren of the visiting ships. Tomorrow evening Ad- miral Hopkins will entertain the Secretary
 
 the Blake.
 Admiral Gherardi states that the fleet will sail at 10 o'clock Monday morn n z for New York.
 The grand international ball at Norfolk last night was an immense success as far as a crowd is concerned. The ttncia s however. was not a great success uujil Chs early morning hours served to t;l.le away the ol,.er people. winch allowed mDrr Splc. fthrf nt-,Ap Nr1,S tfN,
 When the Spanish clr.trI.s .tr.l,ri in the Roads yesterday the n0st br.iliant scene of the rendezvous was iresautld und thing which has never before occUilyt iI any navy happened. A fort salu, e,i a for eign vessel before the national hls had been itself saluted
 At tue head of the fleet was the Infants Isabel towing the flagship santa Maria, which dis; 'laycd tae flag of an Admiral. Behind ani mile HSteru c:tllle tine turYedl vessel Neuva ESpana with tle I>Iiiu as hel charge, and in the latter's wa:le was the big black protected cruiser Reina R,gtntt with the Pinta.
 They were lowed by at least a quarter oi a mile of hawser and looked like so man, ducks setting on the water with the fe lth CTS of their tails plucked. When on tine fort the stars and stripes were broken out and saluted by the leader, the fort QulcKly responding.
 When the Santa Maria was abreast oi the Philadelphia the Dutch frisate Van Speyk r;tu up Jhe Spanish colors and sa luted them with 13 rounds
 Then the Russian ship General Admiral commenced to salute, and later every flag ship in the harbor honored these curious looking crafts and the country they came from.
 The sails of the caravels are of all shapes and have red crosses patched on their front Modern naval terminology probably has nc names for such rigs One peculiarity oi the rig is square sail under the bowsprit which is high above the water. About amidships each vessel has a de pression which brings the bulkwarks al that point near to the water edge. The comments of the crowds as the caravels passed by were of varying degrees of origi- nality, and dealt mainly with the person. ality of Columbus or Klumbus, to which much use has abbreviated his name here. Persons seemed unable to realize that Americas discoverer had really crossed the ocean in such a craft and instead of prais- ing his daring were disposed to criticize his foolhardiness. Such is the gratitude of the American people.
 The Russian flagship Dimitri Donskoi, has not yet been heard from, neither has the Argentine cruiser, Nuevo Dejulio. The foreign vessel now at anchor in the roads are: French-Jean Bart, Artheuse and Hussard. Spanish-Infanta Isabel Nueva Espana Reina Regente and the car avels Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria Ital ian-Etna and Giovanni and Bausan Dutch-Van Speyk. German-Kaiserir Augusta ana Seeadler. Russian-General Admiral and Rynda. English Blake, Ma gicienne, Tartar and Australia