Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-10
Hawlho,ns pe,etIss, Ihs sr,l P,nds.

Hhwihofns Describes the Naval Parade.
II De- hard to say what the people OK.
ported, hut fancy that most u them
had allowed thor IMAGINATION to work
With the Idea % the exploits which
th'ae ships nad performed, until tho
cNt oried each one OF them 10 nu the
fiNcr from side to side. and from end
TO end, Moreover. We are accustomed
90 Heclng the great Atlantic liners.
some Of which are nearly twice az blg
aH these ships ~ war. though from tho
giory % tho latter. no one would not
expect H. At all events. the words 1
heard from more than one spectator
were to the eject that the mighty yes.
sells were strangely small nut after
making this observation. the observer
would reflect that.umnli or large. these
We're the actual Hhisa which had per.
formed one ~ the greatest feata OF
arms ever done on the sea. and there.
upon their wonder would grow greater
than ever, 10 think that something
which after all was not ten thousand
feet long and q mile wide should have
achieved such miracles. OF course.
the ships were somewhat dwarfcd BY
the magnitude Of their surroundings.
they could not look the same In the
Hudson ~ they would hayelookod IN
Wv AaNNANAh ANNNliNI lNl NNNflllNs Iuk
hy degrees, when the FIRST surprise
wore on they began 10 wax large and
larger. and by the time they had
passed. they were large enough one
began 10 ucrutlnize them In detail, and
search FOR their honorable scars, and
mark the awful menace OF those 10
inch guns and the manlvcncas OF those
lghtlng mnrta and tops. and the stu
pcndoun strength Of their embatticd
sides, and rounded turrctr. and people
suid, 10 husky voices. That's the
nrooklyn-thats schloy'H."and That's
Fighting Boba hhlp-thc Iowa." and
Look at the OtcgOn-ahe came round
the Cape and knocked a hole through
the NiEcaya'" And then the ships
began 90 irc those guns; not the u
inch oncn,l think, the s-inch were quite
hig enough for M. In these peaceful
times. Hut We could partly Judge
from the sound OF them what the
others might be-; though what they
would be " one were In the turrrt
with them h something which no one
can imagine who has not been there.
and even he cannot tell you. and prob
ably does not CLEARLY know. himself
on the gray decks OF all the ships
were crowds " sailors. standing. or
moving about. looking al the crowded
banks " the river. they were neat In
their white Jackets. and auies IN their
dnmeanor little over a month ag0
they were nghtlhE one Of the great
Nights Of history, In the midst of hell
Of noise ana smoke and Ny,tcmsnt
and peril OF which no one can Torn a
Just IDEA. These massive ships wert
nhudiering al each discharge u their
own guns and reellng back from the
shock of the rccoili and across the
water the ships of the enemy, belchlng
Intellectual but furious nfe. staggered
from the blows which We gave. aimed
with ewful certainty. They staggered.
ana weakened. and went down; and u
was an over 80 soon, ln comparison
with the magnitude ~ the feat. that Il
must have seemed the affair % a mos
ment TO those enEaFed In lt-of a mo-
ment. and OF a lifetime, Here were the
men who had been the actors la that
drama standing quiet and clean and
modest ON their decks. making holiday,
ana looking az u they had never done
anything else. Ana on the bridge stood
the men who had directed the nght;
you could not Distinguish them AZ the
distance. but you knew thsy were
there. and that was Jus, ~ good. How
their s0ull must nave dllatcd sud tow
oted and namrd. while yet they kept
thoif professional wits about them. and
knew the ranges, ana noted the course
OF pursuefa and pursued. and marked
the effects OF those fiylng tons 20 atlll;
and felt the great vessels leap forward
beneath them In the race, and from
uncertainty gradually frlt the certainty
that victory was theirs. These un-
demonatrativc. low-spoken, courteous
gentlemen on the bridge are the same
mem throughout that long earthquake
and tornado ~ battle they ruled and
directed every movement. they We're
equal 10 the occasion. II seems 70 them
that they cannot deserve this Rreat
tribute OF a peoples thanks, IL was the
tackles who aid Il. they say; and The
tackles say Il was the oflieera,--Col-
ller's Weekly.