The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05
NAVAL FETE ON AT NEWPORT.
,opTU ATLANTIC SQUADRON AND
1rVy YORK YACHT CLUB IN PORT.

,t. civ Decorated en- an Elaborate
.e.le in Honor of the Nautical Wis
itors-lntercsting Races During
the Morning and Successful
,and Parade During the After
..o..n--,IriIIiant IHumin a ! d n :
,noat and Ashore at Night.
D-.,.nort. r. /, Aug 4.-This is the day
- %awoort's great fete in honor of the
NJ, York Yacht Cub and the North At
..i. squadron For weeks, committees,
.,,rnling in their membership some of the
a,os, prominent men in the country, have
,., rlannfng for the festivities, with the
,...,,ton of making the observance one
,bat would overshadow anything ever at
,.,,,-ed here. and the city's permanent
...i5ants have worked in hearty co-opera-
inn with her summer guests.
Decorators were busy this morning put
t,ng the finishing touches on their work.
and the electricians were connecting wires
and filing and putting the last of the
iamps in their places The old town has
never before been decorated on such an
elaborate scale.
In the harbor the early morning saw
more life than ashore. The yachtsmen al
ready here were about their preparations
for the day almost as promptly as the dis
cpHned tars of the warships.
number of interesting races were held
during the forenoon.
The land parade this afternoon fully
eoualed expectations, and was viewed by
what was undoubtedly the largest crowd
that ever filled Newport's streets. The
landing of the marines and sailors from
the warships 1900 strong, began shortly
after l o'clock.
COL A. A. Barker, r. I. M, was chief
marshal of the day, and with his aides
headed the procession. The Second Artil-
lery band followed, the marines from all
the warships in six companies, the band
from the flagship New York, battalion of
seamen from the Maine, Iowa, Massachu-
setts. Brooklyn. New York and Indiana,
in that order, naval battalion of artillery,
Newport Band, Newport Artillery, Com
pauy b. Second Regiment Rhode Island
Military Cadets, Light Battery f, Second
Artillery L. S. A, and the hospital corps,
r. ]. NJ
house the line was reviewed by Gov. Dyer
and staff, Secretary of the Navy John d.
Long. accompanied by Rear Admiral Sic
ard and staff, the officers commanding the
several ships of the North Atlantic squad
ron and others.
Blown along by a good wheel sail SOUTH
Wester the best breeze of the week, the
fleet of the New York Yacht Club swept
into the harbor from New London this ar
ternoon, filing the already crowded road
stead to overlooking and finishing the sec
ond Of the runs of the 81 cruise. 1t can
not be said, however, that the fleet came in
bunch for when the regatta committee,
at Brenton's Reef lightship, where the
racing finish was made, took the time of
the four leading boats, which were the
two crack sloOps Vigilant and NaVahOe,
and the two trim schooners Emerald and
Colonia, the rest of the fleet We're hull
down in the southern horizon. The run
from New London was the most salts
factory OF the week, for not only did the
breeze make the start close and exciting,
but the wind held throughout and all the
Nachts, smothered in SAIL to the little fly
er with only a few kites set, bowled along
right merrily, while not few Of the skip
pers INDUCED in playful luffing matches,
While rounding Point Judith.
Tonight was a fitting climax of the
day celebration and one that the city
guests will not soon forget 1t is estima-
ted that fully 10000 visitors enjoyed it.
During the day time the streets were
crowded, but tonight they We're damned.
rms morning the harbor was very COM
iortably filed with yachts of all descrip-
ions and numerous excursion steamers
crowded in throughout the day, and the
great fleet of the New York Yacht Club
that came later
Darkness had hardly settled down be-
fore the blaze of light kindled. The grace
lul outlines of many yachts were shown
hy scores of electric lights and lanterns
dependant from their rigging, and colored
lfes burned all about the warships made
magnificent displaysc Lights .beamed out
dI over the powerful vessels and their
SearcAlishts swept the sky and glared
z every nook and corner of the harbor.
ne cruisers New York and Brooklyn and
me hattieships Maine and Indiana, Iowa
ana Massachusetts, were lavish in their
decorations. The Dolphin, too, was at
actively embellished with electric lights.
ne boats entered for the Ventian pa
4dde began to form i'm order at Z 80 o'clock
ana soon after they moved amid the
breaking OF yachts cannon and the detO-
Hauon of bombs ashore. Slowly like a
nu-e snake the line of boats wound round
Noat Island while the fireworks continued
without cessation. Surprise followed sur
Prise for over two hours