Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-04-26
THE NAVAL REVIEW
First Pant Of Celebration
in New York Harbor.
OUR SHIPS, GOOD SHOWING.
Everything Now in Readiness For the
Grand Parade Tomorrow.

New YORK. April 26.-The great mari
time pageant of the week began here with
the arrival of the feet. This morning it
steamed up the Hudson and on Thursday
will sail down the river In grand review.
The opening event was the raising of the
United States flag on the large flagstaff Of
the veterans association at Navesink
Highlands. In heavy rain the American
flag was run up and rs 1t furled in the
breeze a salute Of II guns was fired by the
Miantonomoh. The Dolphin preceded the
feet, bearing Secretary Herbert.
Promptly on time the naval squadrons
of the world took possession of the lower
bay of New York harbor The lookout in
the "crowsnest" of the vicious looking
double-turreted monitor Miantonomah,
which was lying anchored midway be-
tween Sandy Hook point and the light
ship, first signalled the feet in sight. The
big white fsyship Of Admiral Gherardi,
the Philadel ia, headed the port column,
the huge bi ok British cruiser, Blake,
Admiral Hopkins flagship led the star
board column, all acting according to the
program, the other vessels following In
regular orier.
procession up the bay was exceedingly
beautiful. As Gravesend was reached the
Philadelphia opened the salute by firing
Is 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, and the Philadelphia fred one
gun as a signal to come TO anchor, and the
Newark passed the signal to the other
vessels Of the squadron, which instantly
hove to.
The Voyage Of a70 Miles
from Fort Monroe to the anchorage was
most delightful one. The ocean was as
smooth as the typical mill pond, and the
wind did not at any time blow with much
force. There was no hitch in the program
at any point save In the inability Of some
of the foreign vessels to maintain even the
moderate speed set by the Philadelphia.
When the feet sailed out of Hampton
Roads it consisted of n ships, formed In
two columns. In this position the com
bined feet passed out to sea The men
of-war presented q scene to charm the
eye and stir the Imagination. This was
especially true of the United States YES
sells, which kept In excellent line and posi-
tion.
When all Of the vessels were at rest and
the roar Of the saiutes had died away 1t
was seen that the Americans had by far
the smartest looking boats. The English
had the most aggressive looking; the
French the wickedest looking craft, the
Jean Bart: the Argentine Republic the
fastest and most graceful vessel, the
Neueve de Julio; the Brazilian, the only
battle ship, the Aquidaban; the Germans
the only triple screw vessel In -he fleet,
the Kaiserin Augusta, and so the naval
honors went But In the magazines of all
these vessels was capacity for destruction
which everyone forgot, but which II let
loose would make an excellent side show
for that kind of chaos which the books
tell us marked the beginning Of created
things In this sphere.
Plenty Of Noise.
II was fully o'clock before the Bra
lillian feet got into its place at the foot of
the starboard column, and the Miantono-
moh got into her berth at the rear of the
port column. Each national salute was
answered by Forts Wadsworth and Ham
ilton in turn with the 15inch smooth
bores and Sinch rifle guns.
What racket the saluting all madei
The sharp boom of the cannons from ships
and forts rolled over the water In q rum.
BILE that broke into crash when the sound
waves struck a warship and made the
noise seem like an extra crash Of thunder
such as often interrupts the steady roar OF
q hard thunder shower. The echoes went
bounding, tumbling, breaking across the
water and humping up against solid
things until the echoes went to pieces and
died out with something like a groan.