The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-26
PEACE NAVAL PAGEANT
FORMAL OPENING OF THE QUAKER
CITY's GREAT JUBILEE.
Secretary Long Leads a Procession of
Vessels i'm a Procession Around
the Anchored War Ships.


lifted its hand and DOTTED the Nations hat
to its naval heroes to-day. Nomnally it was
the active opening of the peace jubilee.
Actually, it was a thunderous greeting of
praise welcome and thanks to a puissant
armada and the men who swept it on to un-
challenged victory The most ilIustrious
actors of the war whose glorious end is the
motive of the celebration learned what their
country thinks of them Sigsbee, Philip,
Evans, Wainwright-these were some of the
men. The Texas, the Gloucester, the Wins
low, the Maytiower-these were some OF the
ships. The government was represented by
Secretary of the Navy Long, the people by
a throng that filled every bit of the timber
on either shore of the Delaware river and
Jammed every available craft to the point
of danger. The marine pageant was one
of surprising brilliancy and grandeur
To-days naval review was the opening of
the festival, which will continue until
Thursday night. 1t consisted of a process
sion of vessels around the anchored war
| ships, but that bare statement conveys no
idea of the demonstration. The yacht May
with Secretary Long and the Washington
party on board, led the parade, the ships
| of the navy being anchored in single file
in midstream, the line extending from Chris
| tian to Hanover streets-a distance Of three
miles. Arrived off League island, the south
ern extremity of the city, the May found
the line of reviewing vessels in waiting. She
promptly swung in front ard at 3 c'cIock
the parade began to move along the Jersey
side of the anchored war ships, which lay
about a thousand yards distant from each
other in this order: Columbia, Mayhower,
New Orleans, Texas, MarDlehead, Dolphin,
i nd MI
Kasagi lay at the northern end of the line.
off Cramps ship yard. where she was re-
Gently built.
AS the procession moved river and shore
were one fiaring mass of color. All the war
ships were in full dress flags flying from
bow to stern, from masthead to masthead.
Trailing along behind the May were vessels
| of every description, all bravely decxed in
| colorS and putting and shrieking their
whistles like marine demons Secretary
Long, with Lieutenant Switzerland and
| Captain Bob Evans on either side, sta
toned himself on the bridge Of the May
and presently the Columbia, the first of the
war ships, was reached Her officers and
| men We're drawn up on deck every hand
raised in salute, and then her sx-pounders
began to roar out the secretary's salute of
seventeen guns With the beginning of the
! salute came the bugle and drum salute
from the ship, and before the echoes of the
first shot had been swallowed up by the
boom of the second a veritable pandemon-
ium of whistles. smaller guns and the roar
| of the crowds broke out and continued
| throughout the procession. The Texas, the
Gloucester and the Winsow received the
greatest share of enthusiasm.
The Kasagis officers and men were lined
The
retary quite as well. but as her guns are at
| Armstrong; in England, the salute was
perforce a silent one. A thousand yards be-
yond the Kasagi the line of reviewing YES
sells swung round and proceeded down the
river along the Pennsylvania shore. The
trip down was merely a continuation of the
enthusiasm and clamor, minus the guns of
the war ships. When the Texas was again
! reached the May was brought to a stand
still, and, at the invitation of Commodore
Philip and Captain Sigsbee, the party went
| over in launches to the battle ship. Here
! they were escorted below TO the wardroom,
where the commodore. captain and officers
received the guests
After the exchange of informal greetings,
Mayor Warwick proposed the health of
| Secretary Long and called upon him for a
response. He did so very briefly, thanking
the mayor for his words If welcome and
| Commodore Philip and Captain Sigsbee for
| their courtesy to him as their guest. Mayor
| Warwick then spoke a few words in praise
of the Texas and proposed toast to Com
modore Philip. paying tribute not only to
his heroism. but to his humanity in silenclng
the cheers of his crew while the vanquished
! Spanards were perishing. Heroic and hu-
mane," he concluded, "such a race can
never be overcome"
! Commodore Philip replied with a few
words of thanks. and then Captain Sigsbee
| was called upon. He spoke of the gratih-
cation to him. by the universal sympathy
| for the Maine but asked to be excused from
| speaking of the ship. Some time l may
say how 1 feel about the Maine. but not at
| this time"
This ended the Texas's reception and Sec
retary Long and his party returned to the
May. the battle ship repeating the salute as
they left. The May was promptly steamed
| over to her dock to give the secretary time
| to catch the 6:15 train for Boston.
| Apart from the naval pageant this city
| passed a busy day preparing for to-mor-
| rows civic display and receiving incoming
troops for the military parade on Thursday.
/ Commodore Philip to-day received the fol-
/ lowing telegram: Can you find place for
me in the parade Thursday as a Confederate
| veteran and a survivor of the old Merri-
mac?" 1t was signed by r. G. Foute, a
| California bishop. who is now in Washing
| ton Mayor Warwick assumed charge of
| the request and said Foute would be
mounted beside Gen. Joe" Wheeler in the
military parade.