The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-18
THE BRITISHERS COME IN.
v,rr ENGLISH WAN SHIPS DROP An
cBoR IN HAMPTON ROADS.

cHoR IN HAMPTON ROADS.
ss. H,eLe, Australia, MseicIeupe, Tartar
and Partridge. the Dntchmnn Van sPeyk,
.,d the rrenchnaa Hus-r-d JoIn the
fleet waitise at Fortress Monroe for the
oreat Naval Parade-Johu Bun spends
so Pound. In salute, and Then the All
a,r,,. Go a-vi-iing-yaat che Eogi,sh-
men Look Like and What They Can DO.
eoprrEss MONROE. April lT.-This was John
nplrs day at Hampton Roads. True to Adj
mini Gherardi's prediction the Britishsrs
oame In in admirable order this morning with
,hs redoubtable md lonR-awaited Blake. tho
n,ze cruiser 81 our naval review. leading all
the rect. There was q sort Of solemnity about
chair coming. for thoy formed n dieniiod.
.lox.moying. long black line upon the dane
,,c sunlighted waters OF this noblest Of oil
our roadsteads.
The dining room OF tho Hrgeia Hotel was
crowded with people at breakfast, and all
stood up at the tables to SEQ the sable SQUAD
,ou come 10 anchor. All the scattered popula-
ZION of this queer village OF army quarters.
hotels. and boarding houses gathered on tho
only wharf. There had been so much talk o;
ths high quality OF the British ships that an
tntanse 6Xp0CJuJlOu uuu pbbu uoNolOpous III
their arrival was the sensation Of the naval
rendezvous.
Tho Blake. which IL like our cruiser New
york in point Of modern efficiency. showed a
long black hull the length OF q sccond-clsss
transatlantic liner. Her deck houses were
white. and above them she carried two light
masts, with very light spars. and two tall land
conspicuous yellow smokestacks. In . general
vay the smaller ships were like her. but one.
the Australia. showed stubby masts with
fighting tops. The Blake 10 not as ugly and
vicious a looking craft as the best Frenchman.
the Jean Bart. but sto is twice as large. and.
indeed, she is double the size OF any OF our
cruisers. She has 5000 tons displacement. so
that she sizes up with the Alaska Of the Guion
line. which was the model ocean racer Of ten
years ago.
On the stern OF every English ship was . flag
new to American eyes. q white flag with q red
cross. as seen at a distance. This Is tho royal
naval flag. As seen close at hand 1t is white
flag with the union Jack In the corner and the
cross Of st. George on the white field.
The great Blake. moving with all the self
sunlciency and cool confidence Of Q typical
English swell. dropped her anchor when she
was astern OF Admiral Gherardi's flagship. the
Philapelphia. and then she let loose her broad
side guns and blew precisely 500 worth Of
powder into flame and smoke as she ran up
our Stars and Stripes and saluted them with
twenty one guns. The soldiers on Fort Monroe
at once responded with . similar salute to the
Gag from which we cut loose o century or
moro age. Al that Rear Admiral Gherardi
saluted V~ice-Admiral Hopkins with thirteen
guns. 1t was tho first salute he has had to
IRE: but now he met a man OF higher rank
than his own. Vice-Admiral Hopkins. Baronet
member Of the Order OF st. George. and
Knight Commander OF tho Bath. fred thirteen
guns In salutation OF our gallant naval leader.
All this meant How do you do 2" to the ma
ton and How are you ?" to the navy.
Then Admiral Hopkins ran up the French
Tag and saluted the Jean Bart. After that no
flung the italian flag to the breezes and banged
away at tho land Of the Caesars. He blew
away powder that cost her Majesty ESQ at
least We. by the way. do not salute with our
broadslds mi We use our littl" auick-fr-
Ing ~three-poundsrs. They make Just as much
noise. which is all that is wanted. and each
explosion costs us only 80 cents. so that .
rational salute which Is worth 500 to q for
signsr costa US but SG1O.
The BIitishers made twenty-threo out OF .
possible thirty-eight ships for the review
already assembled of old Point Comfort
Fourteen snow-white Yankee cruisers tugged
Sssthssit anchor chains in one lonE line; and
Before night Tell another foreigner. a second
txsnty.iOur. AIIthe Yankees are White and
al their guests are black. An officer Of
me the b ,ss F IN ffiG%Rn as upon the sd fat; SAID ttd
He said that some war ships that are kept In
sHs ''s snd int Sy he he t Rf'snsn 4" Els s0. sn ad I shesais
idea also. because Of the concealmont 1t gives
2 snip n time Of war. though the reason for
ltd,dn't seem best to tell him that there is
s sa ae'0' sud il0 Is IL. ia ta a thuush is eq Is T 70 ts
win pay no heed to it; The choice Of white
who have seen our ships. both here and
abroad. but 1t is a singular fact that white and
sssn are tssss oply yos sppos that ns, can R %S Sssd to 9
cover scratch or "a" a Stain it Is like the rest Of
brown is laid on tho patches don't match. and
Gnilt. True enough, we viii paint our ships
WI, eye a ! G"s el. s"'' fiat FL tn eolo aet appro %a! ss
me hue OF the sea and helps to hide u vessel at
It was not long after, the Britishers came to
cooked. hat and swell coat and .buckled on his
o. me Bath. Tho cooked hat OF an Admiral
WIN It's beaver crown and band OF broad gold
tape around Its rim. Is ono OF the most I'M
Rresslye and beautiful pieces Of head gear In
ne world. yet practical seafaring mon.
! .iSSt these two Adnirals. hate the
h.ass and feathers" The rest OF Ms would
nstslt. too. II We had to change ou4 clothes
tnd put 1t on our heads as often as an ADMIRAL
u0esi Under such circumstances as those Ad-
MWtai Glerardi changed his clothes to-day as
nhe were the Earl 0! Craven or u society belle
~ the Hygeia. The American Admiral was
cordially received aboard the Blake. and had
tne good luck to, be able to visit In an easy.
da.ernal way with those who speak his Ian
It ls understood by those who Witnessed all
ne VISITS ne made. yesterday and to-day that
me french and Italians were the more demon
stra'lye. but That nothing could exceed the
G2rdiniity OF the English Admiral and of Can't.
hamilton otthe Blake. 1t is also said that.
3Hst as our Government expected, All
vi .nrrieners now anchored here
NIL glaaiS adopt the programme laid
Hown LOT we government OF the Yankee shins
IN p.aSeedlng from here to New YORK and in
kM.aa,hS ana forming in that harbor. Tha
thot sai,ains say that they understood
anat our ADMIRAL cannot put them mnder lis
SiadiyS move an" 'S wSsn no but that they will
goes: steer as he steers. and contrinut, \"