New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
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station. where the party were met by o. II. p.
| Belmont, chairman OF the Reception Committee
| and his aids. Rear-Admiral s. Il. Luce and r. j.
Berwind; The visitors were escorted to be,,
court. where luncheon was served, after which
! the guests proceeded TO the reviewing STAND.
| The landing of the marines and sailors from the
warships, LOO strong, begar shortly after
o'clock With clocklike regularity. boat after
boat, filled Yith marines and seamen was towed
up to Briggs Wharf and the Elm Street Pier by
| the steam. launches Of the ships. and as prompt
ready for the march. Colonel A. A: Barker,
| X. l. NJ. was chief marshal Of the day. with
Lieutenant Z. st. J. Greble. L. s. A.. Lieutenant
Sidney S. Jordan. L. g. A.. Ensign r. r. Beknap,
| L. s. N Lieutenant NJ. ] Shaw. L. $. NJ G..
Lieutenant ]. H. Stacey. Lieutenant A. j. De
Blois and Lieutenant s. II. Hazard, assisting az
aids
THE PROCESSION STARTS.
Under their experienced supervision the par
tlcpants in the procession were assembled
promptly in Washington Square before o'clock,
and shortly after that hour the long line moved.
1t was headed by the Chief Marshal and his
staff The I'd Artillery Band followed. and
then in order came the foot battalion. I'd Arti-
lery. from Fort Adams; the band from the
Training Stations. the marines from all the war
ships In six companies: the band from the flag
ship New-York, a battalion of seamen from the
Maine. the Iowa. the Massachusetts, the BROOK
lyn the New-York and the Indiana, In that
order a naval battalion of artillery, the New
port Band the Newport Artillery, COMPANY b,
ID Regiment. r. !. NJ. cadets. Light Battery
F, "a Artillery. L. s. A., and the Hospital corps
r. l. NJ.
From the stand in front Of the Ocean House.
the line was reviewed by His Excelency Elisha
Dyer. Governor Of the State. and his staff; john
d. Long, Secretary Of the Navy. accompanied
by Rear Admiral Montgomery Scard ana ms
staff; the officers commanding the several ships
Of the North Atlantic Squadron: Commodore
Wallace, commandant Of the naval station; COL
onel A. c. NJ Pennington, commanding fort
Adams. and his staff; Commander c. F.: Good
rich, Y. S. ~. president Of the Naval war COL
lege; Commander John MCGOWAN u. s. N. COM
manding the Naval Training Station; Lieuten-
ant-Commander T. c. Mclean. U. S. NJ, com
manding the torpedo station; Senator nelson
w. Aldrich, Congressman Melville Bull ana A.
B. Capron, and the Mayors OF the several cities
of the State.
The procession was loudly cheered as it passed
the stand. where the largest crowd conSregateo.
The men from the ships made an imposing ap-
pearance and of course. attracted the most az,
tenton but the marchers from Fort Adams ana
the local militia received their share or honors.
A RIVAL TO VENETIAN GORGEOUsNEss.
If Venice in all the splendor of a gorgeous
water carnival ever afforded a more brilliant
spectacle than the illumination with which New
port crowned her f6te tonight u Is dlihcult 10
imagine IT, 1t fitting end 10 the day
celebration. and that the city's guests VIII
not soon forget It is estimated that fully
twenty thousand visitors enjoyed it, During the
DAYTIME the streets were crowded, but to-n1Sht
they were jammed. This morning the harbor
was comfortably filed with yachts or al! de-
scriptions and numerous excursion steamers
crowded in throughout the day; but the arrival
of the great fleet of tha New-York Yacht CIuh
brought the climax. Darkness had hardly se.-
tied down before the blaze of light was klndled
The graceful lines of the many yachts were
shown by scores Of electric lamps and lanterns
hanging from the rigging and co!cred hres
burned all about. The warships made mag
pi1cent display. Lights beamcd out all over the
powerful vessels. and their searchllghis swept
the sky and glared in every nook and corner oi
the harbor The cruisers New-York and BrooF-
lvn and the battle-shps Maine, MASSACHUSETTS,
Indiana and Iowa were al, lavish III their decora-
tions The Dolphin, too, was attractively embe!-
Ushed with electric lights.
The boats entered for the Venetian parade be-
gan to form in order at 13O o'clock. and soon
after they moved. amid the barking OF yach,
cannon and the detoI,ation Of bombs ashore.
Slowly like a huge snake, the line OF boats
wound round Goat Island. while the fireworks
continued without cessation surprise following
surprise for over two hours The fete was 10
conclude with the ascension OF a pyrotechnic
flag $50 feet long and 60 feet wide to be car
ried up by balloon and unfurled in midair; bu'
this feature was missed on account of its fall
ure to work expected.