The Yellowstone journal., 1893-04-28
THE NAVAL. REVIEW.
The Preliminary Movements
of the Great pageant Sue
cessfuily performed
The White squadron of Uncle sam
suffer, Nothing by
Conn pa ri>on.


bright and clear. and soon the whole
harbor was blocked with craft of all
sorts loaded with sight seers. The YES
sells which arrived at Gravesend bay
last night swung at anchor in the beau
tiful sunlight and not long after sunrise
everybody in the fleet and those who
had TO do with getting ready for its re
ception were making final preparations
for the parade upon the bay and river
to anchorage.
Extending south and east We're two
long lines Of war vessels. bedecked in
holiday attire. Ferry boats to Staten
Island and to brooklyn were filled with
sightseers who were bound to get as
near to the start as they could, and long
before the time for the parade the high
banks along the narrows and the bluffs
at the forts both on Staten Island and
Fort Hamilton. were thronged with peo-
Pile. and the roads filled with spectators.
hurrying toward the shore to find
good point of view. The fleet made /;
too imposing sight for the spectators to
cut any figure at alb
As the Dimitri Don skoi had not been
in port at Hampton Roads. it was nee
cssary for the other admirals to pay
their respects. and at $50 o'clok Sir
John Hopkins PVT off from the Blake
and was salute6 by fifteen guns from
the Russian, and as he stepped on the
quarter deck the British flag was at the
same time hoisted. The other admirals
followed in due course. \ minute or
two afterwards the attention of all was
directed TO IA black speck up The Mar
rows. and with two streaks OF foam
diyerging from its bow and "a wide wake
of white water astern. the diabolical
Gushing rushed by at express train
speed. She reached the Philadelphia
in short time. wheeled around as if she
was on pivot. and ran up alonside the
flagship with dispatches to Admiral
Gherardi
Shortly after o'clock Admiral Cher
ardi. from the flag ship Philadelphia.
gave the signal to move. Then the rep
resentatiyes of the naval strength of ten
nations fell into double lines. the port
column headed by the Philadelphia
taking the New Jersey side, and the
starboard column headed by the British
cruiser Blake taking the New York
shore.
As the vessels got into line at inter-
walls of 800 yards between the ships in
! the same column and like distance be
| tweens the columns. and moved forward
at a speed between eight and nine knots
per hour. the forts in the harbor turned
their guns loose in grand salute. and
all the steam crafts within hearing dis,
tance added to the din with screech.
ing OF whistles.
The contrast presented by the snow
white American vessels and dark hulled
foreigners was very marked. as the.
moved side by side. each heightenine
the effect of the other. The two schools
of naval architecture were easily com
pared. and every patriot felt with glow
of pride that the new navy OF thu
United States did not suffer by the com
parison.
Standing on the high Long Islant
shore midway between Owls Head an,
Fort Hamilton. the view was a beautiful
one. The fleet then proceeded at abou
eight knots an hour. and in perfect for
nation. The narrow channel ha,
brought them almost side by side. tn
! GOO yards interval between the column
was abanded of necessity. An interva
! of 300 yards between the vessels wa
maintained and they steamed along il
G company. Every point of view along tn
) Bay Ridge road was packed with spec
tators, who eyed the ships as they passed
As the fleet came out OF the narrows an
the Strengthened lines came up the VI
per bay.fsqradron distance was agai
: formed and the two columns were the
GOO yards apart. Tide currents. howeye
: caused some of the boats to fall benin,
n and therefore they were somewhat OF
T. ID place WIltH tue DdtteIs Nds III Sly II
Coming up the bay with the fleet I'll
sight was brilliant one. Every ship
), ~ harbor was flying every bit of bunting
could get together. and buildings in Il
: lower part of the city were decorat,
ic with flags of all nations. Steam whistl
we're screeching. and the battery W;
"a aud all house tops and other places fro
ys which the river could be seen were bla,
With sightseers. When the leaders
It's .Ae . 'e'"
the battery in the old fort began salu
= an1 the fleet steamed along half hidd
he for few minutes in smoke from the ca