The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-28
NAVAL DISPLAY,
"arships in the River Reviewed by
President Mckinley

The Warships which lay at anchor in
the river in sight of the tomb, claimed
the attention Of the crowd before the
arrival of the dignitaries and the com
mencement of the service of dedication
The river was dotted with small boats
which were tossed about on the rough
ened waters, and looked from the bluffs
/ like so many bobbing corks All was
life and hustle aboard the men Of-War
! The merchant marine division located
in the lower bay. The signal dress
ship was the first maneuver of the
day and the nimble tars were upon
every yard and top of the rigging in a
! trice. All the available flags and bunt-
| ing aboard the warships seemed to have
been hauled out Of lockers for the oc-
casion. Strings of flags were run from
the stern up to the masts and down
again to the bow The United States
ensign flew at the stern Of all our war
ships and at the fore of all of the for
eign vessels.
The American warships headed the
line which was made up with the New
York, flagship, at the head. Behind
the New York and in the order named
lay the Indiana, Columbia, Maine,
Texas Raleigh, Amphitrite and Terror
OF the foreign warships, H. M. S.
Talbot was given the position of honor,
her commander, Capt. E. H. Gamble,
being the senior officer. Opposite the
line Of warships were the revenue
marine and lighthouse tenders, eleven
of the latter and five of the former
! The dispatch boat Dolphin lay off
above the warships decked profusely
in bunting. She was to carry the
president later, when he reviewed the
naval parade.
An interesting feature was the parade
of the merchant marine, which was
divided into four divisions. F. G..
Osborne was the real admiral in COM
mand of the merchant marine on the
flagship America. His command as
sembled in the upper bay, eastward of
the center of the channel on the Brook
Ign side The first division was COM
posed principally of tugs and lighters
belonging to the New York Central
and Erie railroads. : The Eecond and
third divisions were maCH up of tugs
and steam lighters with a couple of
big ocean tugs in the lead. The fourth
division consisted Of side-wheel steam
| boats, ferry boats and tugs Each di-
vision was divided into two squad
rorA and there were about $50 boats in
line.
Tl,r hour set for them to start up the
Nortt. river was 2 o'clock, but as early
as noon they began to assemble at the
rendezvous The black wicked-look-
ing torpedo boat Porter sharply out
lined against the white hulls of the
United States squadron, rushed in and
out of the naval lines, carrying orders
while the big patrol Of the harbor po-
lice, with four steam launches as as
sistants, each newly painted for the oc-
casion, scurried hither and thither on
/ errands to the commanders Of the
merchant marine divisions. The parade
was started in splendid order and main
! tained excellent order throughout;
the f1otilla turning the stake boat, at
anchor half a mile above the head Of
the warshipe, In admirable style, and
then stemmed the tide until all fell in,
! in quadruple columns, behind the mont
tors, to await the coming of the presi-
| dent on the Dolphin.