Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-04
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
Great International Display of
Warships at New York.
Rain Mars the Event. But Still 1t Was q
Great Success-Sea Monsters OF Ten
Nations in Line-Reviewed
by the President

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Great Success-Sea Monsters OF Ten
Nations in Line-Reviewed
by the President
| NEW YORK. April 2s.-The International
naval review in honor OF the achievements of
Christopher Columbus eliminated yesterday, de
| spite dreary downpour Of rain, in demon
stration more remarkable in mary respects
than anvt thing OF the kind ever recorded in his
| tory. The post OF honor before the warships of
| the civilized nations was given to the appar-
| emily unseaworthy reproductions of the Column
| bus caravels, Santa Maria Pinta and Nina,
which were anchored opposite Ninaty-third
street and formed practically the turning point
of the review. The contrast OF four centuries
| of naval development could not have been more
strongly marked
| The line OF vessels drawn up for review BY
the president was over three miles in length.
stretching in two columns from the foot of
| Twenty third street to about Ninetv-ffth
street The foreign vessels were most of them
| stationed on the New York side OF the Hudson
| river. and the American feet with the German,
Dutch and Argentine cruisers, occupied the
| New Jersey side. The ships were anchored 500
yards apart and q space of 40) yards was left
between the two columns.
| Thousands of visitors poured into the city to
witness the sight as. by act OF the legislature
| and proclamatio of the governor. the day was
orally suspended. Flags were displayed from
| all the shipping and from many public and
private buildings Hundreds OF thousands
| of spectators undeterred by the storm OF
water, lined the waters edge on both shores of
| the river. Gordon was tightly drawn around
the reviewing vessels and until actual ceremo-
| mics were over no unauthorized boat was al
! lowed to pass the line, but nearly every tug
boat and excursion steamer in the harbor was
engaged for the day and crowded with sight
seers, awaiting their chance to review the wac-
ships on their own account
/ AT o'clock by preconcerted arrangement
the ships of France, Spain, Brazil and Argen-
4 tina simultaneously hoisted colors and dressed
| ship, while the others hoisted the American
| flag but did not dress ship until 10 O'Clock be-
| cause of the rain At $50 all the steam launches
| OF the American men-of-war were dropped and
manned ready to go 10 the assis lance OF the
patrol feet should any intruders seek to PASS
through the lines.
handsome special landing place had been
erected for the presden tial party the foot of
Twenty third street, the approach to which was
carpeted and draped in bunting. The president
| was escorted by his naval aides and accom-
panied by Mrs. Cleveland and the members of
| the cabinet with their wives and the members
! of the diplomatic corps representing foreign
governments No representatives of the press
! of the general public were permitted on board
| the presidential yacht Even the duke OF
Veragua. the nations specially invited guest,
| the lineal descendent of Columbus, was brought
along in q separate vessel the General Meigs.
| On the Dolphin great cabin had been built
across the ship covering onefourth OF
her entire length. and this and the after
| cabin had been elegantly decorated
There was steady stream toward the North
river all morning and hundreds of excursion
boats steam yachts, tugs and other craft, which
had been pressed into service, were filled uE
| with sightseers who were not kept at home by
| the dOwnpour. Other crowds who sought
places along the docks, on tops of buildings
and at Riverside park, plodded through mud
and stood in pools of water with umbrellas ana
mackintoshes keeping out a portion of the wet
The many steamboats, and tugs engaged to
carry parties up the river to witness the re-
view were early filled up Gov. Flower and his
staff, with their families and friends, took the
steamer General Slocum at the foot of West
Twentv-Second street and proceeded up the
river Just in the of the Dolphin.
Just as everybody was expecting that the
programme would be carried out despite the
storm, tbs announcement was made that the
review had been deferred At 1880 the signal
boat Gushing started out from Thirty fourth
| street. and, running up alongside of each YES
sci in line, carried the Information that the re-
view had been pos tponed until 2 O'Clock. When
the excursion boats heard OF this they put back
to their docks, and there was some grumbiing
among the passengers. who had been getting
damper and chillier the time passed
At 1 o'clock President Cleveland and party
| left the Victoria hotel and were driven rapidly
to the landing stage There they were met by
the Dophin's barge and about 2 O'Clock the sig
nal was given for the start
AS the Dolphin'S bow came in line with each
man-of-war, present arms was sounded on
the bugle, officers and crew saluted, the bands
struck up the ma tional air and ma tional salute
of twenty-one guns was fired for each ship.
During the half hour or that the presi-
Dental progress lasted this cannonading never
ceased Until more than ], 600 guns had been fired.
The firing began with the German flagship
kaiSerin Augusta and the Brazilian battle ship
AQuidaban, was taken up by the Dutch Van
Speyk and the Spanish Infanta Isabel was fol-
lowed by the Argentine Nuevo de Julio and the
Italian Etna, continued by the American
Charleston and the French retheuse, was pro-
Jouced hV f13PSh;r1 Newark and the Russian
admiral ship Dimitri DonSzoi, and was closed
BY Adm. Gherardi il the Philadelphia and Adm
Sir John Hopkins in the noble Blake The in
tervals between the artillery exercises OF the
hagships was filed up by similar exercises on
the part of the other vessels of the squadron
Following close in the wake of the Dolphin
and getting the full benefit of the saluteS came
the army steamer Gen MelgS bearing the hon.
ored guest of the day. the duke of Veragua, at
tended by Gen Schoield, of the army, and
Rear-Adnl. Belknap, of the navy. The only
other steamer permitted within the sacred linn
its during the brief progress OF the presidential
review was the Monmouth, upon which were
senators and members of congress, governors
of states. newspaper representatives and other
invited guests
When the Dolphin reached the end OF the line
In the neighborhood of Ninety-fifth street she
dropped anchor and made arrangements to re-
ceive the commanding officers of The foreign
sQuadrons who were presented to the president
by their respective ministers Sir John o.
Hopkins, the British admiral, was first received
being presented by Sir Julian Pauncefote the
British ambassador Next Rear Adm
Koznakoff. the Russian admiral, who was in
troduced by Prince Contacuzehe, the
Russian minister. Rear Adm De LIZ
bran, of France, third presented
by Mr.. Patenotre the French
bassador Then followed Rear Adm Mag
naghi of Italy, for whom Baron Fava did the
honors. The Spanish admiral, Senior Yiono-
though an invalid, did not fail to pay this cere-
monial mark of respect to the chief executive
and followed by Rear Adm. Howard. of
Argentine, Rear Adm Norona, of the Brazilian
feet, and the blonde haired and blue eyed cap
tains of the German and Dutch steamers AS
nearly all of the foreign officers spoke or IN
derstood English the ceremonies were attend
ed by no stin formahties, but were marked by
cordially
Fifteen minutes before the reception ended,
and when the president was preparing to land
an admonitory signal was given from the Dol
phin. and as he left the vessel and entered his
barge at the foot Of Ninety-sixth street every
vessel in the feet again manned yards and rails
and once more fired salute of twenty-one
guns, following the Dolphin's lead Then the
presidents flag was lowered from the Dolphin
and the public ceremonies of the day were con-
sidered over
AS soon as the Dolphin passed out from be-
tween the anchored feet, the Gordon was brok-
en- and private steamers and yachts rushed in
When The smoke had partially cleared they OBJ