Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-26
Brilliant Naval Parade.
Celebrating the Magnificent Work OF
Admiral SIMPSONS Fleet on the Gu
ban Coast

Celebrating the Magnificent Work OF
Admiral Sampson's Fleet on the Gu
ban Coast
Admiral Sampson arrived at New York
from Cuban waters with the big fighting
ships of his feet last Friday night. Ar
rangements, of which he knew nothing
until his arrival, had been made for a
grand triumphal parade of the war ships
up the North river, and this took place at
1890 Saturday morning. Hundreds of
thousands of people gathered to see the
brilliant pageant, and the river was crowd
ed with craft of every kind.
Before the parade began Mayor Van
Wyck extended a formal address of well
come to Admiral Sampson, to which the
Admiral made a very brief and modest re.
Spouse. The New York, the Admirars
flagship, led the way in the grand p rade
up the river, followed in SINCE column by
the Iowa and Indiana, the Brooklyn, the
Massachusetts,, the Oregon and the Texas,
our seven armored ships of war, excluding
monitors. As the ships approached the
city the tumult grew and the number Ct
decorated river craft carrying spectators
became as thick as a drove OF sheep.
Each war ship was literally surrounded by
tugs and steamers escorting it up the
stream. As the passengers cheered and
waved hats, handkerchiefs and flags, the
knots of jaunty ensigns and liz utenants
aft would lift their caps and display their
nobby, well-set-up forms in graceful bows.
To see their elegant dark blue jackets and
blazing white trousers, who would have
supposed them to be Just from wal?
The whitehead "iackies," meanwhile,
stood in long rows and in punches forward,
on the turret and along the sides, grinning
at the storm of iubilation which swept
them along.
The arrival at the tomb of Gen, Grant
brought the spectacle to its appropriate
elimination. The high slopes and long
sweeping banks of Riverside park were
covered by great masses of people Two
cannon spoke a thunderous welcome from
the shore, and finally the New York was
seen to stop opposite the massive and
beautiful sepulcher of the great warrior.
The fleet paused and from every ship there
came the national salute.
The return down the river was a repeti-
| ton in most part Of the trip up the stream,
| But most of the excursion craft fell out OF
the line as the feet approached the Bat
terry again. where il paused for while,
and then proceeded back to its anchorage
at Tompkinsvlle. AT ! o'clock the
pageant was over. The enthusiasm from
one end Of the route to the other was un-
bounded, and it spent itself layishly upon
every ship and every commander, from
| Sampson with his rear-admirars flag, and
! Schley with his commodore's, back tC
| Philip Of the Texas, who now also flies
the single star Of the commodore.
In no way did the big ships, as they
swung to anchor, show the hard usage Il
which they had been subjected. The
Brooklyn's - holes, with the exception o
those through the smokestack, had beer
patched and the big ship reprinted ant
polished till she shone. On the starboard
side could be seen great steel patch owe
the hole where one of the Nizcaya's shots
! went through, and on the qnarter-deck ;
wooden patch, where the deck had beef
torn up. The Iowa has patch Over he
bow where she was hit by a sX-inch shell
and the Indiana had patched up the holt
IN her deck. All the ships have b ell
painted and their peace trappiugs arranged
50 that as reminders of one Of the creates
naval battles ever fought, they are rattle
disappointing.