Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-29

The steamer Monmouth, flying the state
flag, left the foot Of Rector street shortly
after II o'clock. On board were Cover
nor Roosevelt and his staff, delegates
from the state senate and assembly,
judges of the court Of appeals, regents Of
the university, congressional delegation
of the state, Major General Roe and his
staff and various state representatives
and representatives Of the naval militia
Of New York.
| At 11:15 the City Of Lawrence, with 250
| |Chicagoans and a like number Of citizens
from Hartford, Conn, left her dock.
| At l O'Clock sharp the squadron got
| under way. 1t was an inspiring moment
as the column started up the harbor and
| the great naval parade begun TO be a
reality. First came the police boat Pa
troll" which was the apex of a wedge
spreading out to the fire boats, New
Yorker and Van Wyck, which followed
abreast. The steamer Sandy Hook, hav-
ing on board the mayor and the represen-
tatives of the city of New York with
standards of the city flying fore and aft,
steamed alongside the Olympia
After the Olympia came the armored
JCIulS6i Ne" OIh, lllc udSSIIp VI ItedI
| Admiral Sampson, with her big turrets
and guns appearing like moving fort
ress as she followed in the wake Of the
admral's ship. The Chicago brought UP
the rear of the column. Following the
New York We're the first class battleships
Indiana and Massachusetts. In the rear
of these modern engines of war came
the Lancaster. the type of old navy YES
Isels of the Hartford class. Then fol-
lowed the gun boat Marietta small in
comparison with the Lancaster. with the
Iauxiliary cruiser Scorpion behind.
abreast steamed the torpedo boats Por-
ter. Dupont, Ericsson, Winslow and
ICushing and following them came the
Inatty revenue cutters, Manning. Algon-
Iquin, Gresham, Window and Onandaga
Next in line were the transports Sedg-
wick, Mcpherson and Mcclellan and af-
ter them came the hospital ship Missouri
Then began the civic and maritime
aspect of the parade. Flying the flag OF
the state of New York and having OF
board Representatives of the naval mill
tia the steamer Monmouth followed by
lother boats with members of the nava
militia
and Glen Island with members of th'
general committee of citizens: The
Mount Hope with the legislative branch
of the city government, the Warwick
with heads of the city department ant
the Mattewan with members Of tht
Ipress.
| Then followed abreast 9S sra ceful, mag
nificently appointed yachts led by thu
Corsair, flagship of Commodore J. Pier
pont Morgan, and Sir Thomas Upton
yacht Erin. After the yachts came 1O
! stea mships of the maritime marine witt
three fiagships IN sigle file. then fv,
steamers abreast and the remainder i,
Ifiles of three.
} The third and last division OF the pa
rade consisted of more than 100 hand
! somely decorated tugs, yachts, pleasur,
craft etc. There Wee sideWheelrs
. lpropellsrs. electric boats and every kin,
except sailing vessels.
1t was about 12:42 when the cruise
5 New York hosted the signal for readi
ness. There was a sudden footing o
Ibrassy bugles and excitement and bus;i
on all the big war vessels. The crow,
was alert. The police boat Patrol, witt
| standards set and signal flying. fired
: gun. The New York broke out the sig
: nal to up anchor. There was q. rattle o
t chains and banging about of the metalli
. warships.
Promptly at ! o'clock every vesse