Evening star., 1897-04-27
THE MARINE SPECTACLE.
American and Foreign WarShips An
chOred on Riverside.

American and Foreign Warships An
chOred on Riverside.
NEW YORK. April 27.-The warships
claimed the attention of the crowd al
Riverside before the arrival OF the dig
nftaries and the commencement of the serv-
Ices Of dedication. The river was dotted
with small boats. which were tossed about
on the roCghened waters, and looked from
the BLUM Ike SO many bobbing corks. All
was life and hustle aboard the men OF
war.
At O'Clock orders flashed from the flag
ship for the feet to dress for the day S
festivities A few moments later rain
bow CT cclors began going up from the
bow of the New York. Immediately every
vessel iE the fleet followed suit. sAe
The big ships made magnific eAt show
ing in their gala attire with rainbows OF
bunting from bow to stern.
The naval part of the demonstration.
the grand division. lay at anchor In the
river in sight of the tomb. while the mer-
chant marine division was located in the
lower bay. awaiting the word at o'clock
The grand division was under the COM
mand of Rear Admiral Francis H. Bunce.
United States navy. whose staff consisted
Of Commander John Sonular, Lieutenant
Hugh Osterhaus. Lieutenant Chas. Marsh.
The marine division. which was scheduled
to leave the lower bay at o'clock, was
divided into four divisions, each command
ed by a commodore. The rear admiral in
command of the entire division was r.
G. Osborn. with the America for a flag
ship. The commodore in command of the
first division was Fred B. Dalzeil. with
the Fred B. Daizell flag ship; the COM
modore in command of the second division
was A. B. Valentinel, with the George W.
Washburn as flag ship. The commodore
in command of the third division was NJ.
Moran. with the P. II. Wise as flag ship.
The commodore in command of the fourth
division was F. H. Boyer, with the For
tuna as flagship.
The signal dress ship was the first ma
neuver OF the day, and the nimble tars
were upon every yard and top of the rig
ging in a trice. All the available flags
and bunting aboard the warships seemed to
have been hauled out of lockers for the
occasion. Strings of flags were run from
the stern up to, tffer masts and down again
to the bow.
of all our warshp3 and at the fore of all
of the foreign vessels.
Opposite the lfnc of warships were the
revenue marine and the lighthouse tenders.
] he dispatch bfat Dolphin lay Off above
the warships decked profusely in bunting
She was to carry the President later, when
he re !iewed the naval parade.
An interesting feature was the parade of
the merchant marine.
Each division was divided into two squad
line. i9
All the vessels We're covered with bunt-
ing. fapping out sun as boards in the brisk
wind. and presented pretty and animated
picture.
The hour set, for. them to start up the
North river was 2 o'clock. but as early as
noon they began to assemble at the rendez-
vous. 81 S5Gt 600.
The parade was started In splendid order,
and maintained excellent order throughout.
the fiotilla turning the stakeboat anchored
half mile above the head of the warships,
in admirable style and then stemmed the
tide. until all fell in line at quadruple
columns behind the monitors to await the
coming of the President on the Dolphin,