Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-08-30
MANY WARSHIPS TO ATTEND
Expected That About Two Hundred
Vessels Of All Sorts Will Sail
Up the Hudson Behind
Dewey's Flagship.

New York, Aug. 30.-Preparations for
'he naval parade in honor OF Admiral
Dewey are being made rapidly, and Cen
oral Howard Carroll. chairman Of the
committee which has the parade in hand,
aid that by next week the heaviest part
D. the work Of arrangement would be
ger. General Carroll said that the
la ardest problem with which he is con-
tP nted is the arrangement which will
sure that the vessels in the parade
.till remain in the positions assigned to
1hem.
NAVAL paradcs." said General Car
roll, "all have their objective point, and
the rush of vessels toward it generally
results in confusion. No vessel will be
allowed in the parade proper whose cap
tain has not agreed to keep in line.
The police boat will see to it that all
other vessels are kept out of the way"
The navy department has decided that
it would be too great il risk to bring the
old frigate Constitution here from Bos.
ton, but other relics of old war days will
figure in the celebration. The old frig-
ates New Hampshire and Plymouth, both
of the CONSTITUTIONS build, will be used
as stakehoats and will serve to com.
plete the object lesson on warships Of
the old and modern types. While unable
to grant the request as to the Constitu-
ton, the navy department is doing every
s thing in its power to make the parade a
success. Besides the vessels of Admiral
ISampsons squadron, there will be at
4 least 16 other war vessels in line. and
the total number of warships will be
.over 20.
blu. Features of the Parade.
ina feature Of the parade will be two
4, doats which will be mounted with fig
ares and groups symbolic of Victory
asand Peace. The floats will be towed
u up the river on either side of the Olym-
n pia and will be anchored beside her when
= that warshp stops off Grants tomb.
: The National Sculpture society has
agreed to furnish the designs for the
groups. Members of the several choral
societies of the city will sing a song of
welcome and national anthems from the
floats when the Olympia comes to an
| chor.
According to the plans for the parade,
about 75 yachts will be in the line behind
the warships, and these will be followed
by about 100 vessels of larger class. 1t
Is expected that vessels of every kind
| III the nafDOf Will HRufe IN tnP nafuue.
The total number in the parade proper
will depend upon the number Of owners
of vessels who will agree to keep i'll the
line.
The mayor, the governors of the states
who will attend and number of city
officers will be on the steamboat Sandy
Hook. The Sandy Hook will meet the
Olympia off Tompkinsville. whore visits
will be exchanged between the mayor
and the admiral. When these have been
made. the parade will begin. The pa
rade will he started so that the finish
may be reached about sundown. The
vessels will move up the bay and North
river at about an eight knot speed
The Sandy Hook will accompany the
Olympia Mt the head Of the column and
will come to an anchor with her of
Grants tomb. The other warships will
countcrmnrch around the Olympia in re-
view and will come to anchor to the
south of Admiral Dewey's vessels in
their original positions in the line. After
this the other vessels in the parade will
sail around the Olympia, to be reviewed
by the admiral.