Evening star., 1902-01-15
COMING lN7EERn!,,,;;aaRY
Prince Henry to Reach This Country
on Washington's Birthday.
PREPARING 4 PLAN OF RECEPTION
German Ambassador A. s Receives
Official Notice of Itinerary.
DEW EY'S OLD FLAGS SHIP

The President Is taking a great personal
interest In the arrangements for the re-
ception OF Prince Henry of Germany. Sec
retary Hay has been requested to prepare
general plan, Of reception and entertain
ment OF the royal visitor, and win confer
with Secretaries Root and Long In arrang-
ing the necessary details. 1t Is too early
yet to announce any definite program for
the reception, but the matter has already
received serious consideration and will be
finally settled in few days.
A cablegram was received by DR.. Won
Holleben. the German ambassador at
Washington. this morning, from Berlin. CIV
ing the dates of arrival and departure OF
Prince Henry and list Of the party who
will accompany him to the United States.
Prince Henry will arrive at New York on
board the Kronprnz Wilhelm on February
22 and will sail for Germany. aboard the
Hamburg-American liner Columbia on
March g.
The Princes Escort.
Prince Henry will be accompanied by
Hofmarschall Vice Admiral Won Secken-
dorff and two aids-de-camp; Lieutenant
Commanders Schmidt Won Schwind and Won
Egidy. His chief attending physician will
be DR.. Reich.
Herr Won Tirpitz. the German secretary
of state for the navy, with his aid-de-camp,
Lieutenant Commander Won Trotha, will
also accompany the party.
Emperor William will send his adjutant,
General Won Plessen Won Mueller, captain
Of the navy Won Grumme. aid-de-camp to
the emperor.
Prince Henry will have his own retinue
OF servants and each of the gentlemen of
the party will bring his own valet. Herr
Hintze, the chief clerk to the secretary of
state for the navy, will be one of the party.
The voyage of the Imperial yacht Hohen-
yOllprn
will arrive off New York in season to join
the steamship Krom Prinz William, carrying
Prince Henry and party, and permit their
entry into New York harbor on that vessel
under the escort of a fleet of naval vessels
and merchant steamers, which will un-
doubtedly assemble In the vicinity of Sandy
Hook for that purpose.
Dewey's Old Flagship May Greet Him.
Although not settled, 1t Is more than
probable that the escort fleet will include
Admiral Dewey's old flagship, the Olympia.
and the cruiser San Francisco, formerly
flagship of the European station. Both Of
these fine ships have been almost complete
ly reconstructed in the Boston and Norfolk
navy yards. AS 1t has been suggested that
the commanding officer of either Of these
ships would not have sufficient rank for
the purpose Of receiving Prince Henry,
who Is an admiral in the German navy, Sec
retary Long Is considering the advisability
of assigning rear admiral to that duty.
There are several officers In this city
available for that assignment, including
Rear Admirals Howell, president Of the ma
val retiring board; Farquhar, chairman of
the lighthouse board; Watson, president of
the naval examining board: Sumner COM
mandant of the naval station, League ISL
and; Cotton, commandant of navy yard,
Norfolk; Evans, president of the board of
inspection; Terry, commandant of the navy
yard, Washington; Taylor, member of the
general board and Shepard, at the Naval
War College,
1t is probable,5 however, that Rear Admi-
raj Evans will be selected to command the
receiving squadron. He was IN command
of the cruiser New York at the great naval
demonstration at the opening of the Kiel
canal and met the German emperor and
Prince Henry on that occasion, when the
royal visitors were received on board the
flagship.
Major General Brooke, mmanding the
department of the east at New York. and
Rear Admiral Barker commanding the
New York navy. yard, will undoubtedly
have charge of military and naval
ceremonies connected with the landing and
reception Of Prince Henry's party at New
York 1t Is probable that an army officer
with the rank of colonel and a naval officer
with the rank of captain will be detailed to
duty with the royal party and accompany it
from New York to Washington, and to any
other place it may be found desirable to go.
First Long Trip of Emperor's Yacht.
The trip of the Hohenzollern will be the
first long one ever attempted by the en-
peror's yacht. Owing to her lack Of steam
Ing radius she will be compelled to make
several stops in order to secure coal enough
to cover the voyage to New York. Across
to Bermuda would naturally be the short
est route after leaving Gibraltar but ow-
ing to the feeling existing in Great Britain
agaist Germany it has evidently been de-
cided not to risk any unpleasant reception
there. but to proceed by the longer way
through the West Indies.
The Hahenzollern will be the largest.
most powerful and most sumptuous yacht
Of ruler ever seen in this country She
Is two-thirds warship and one-third yacht
In her equipment and arrangements She
Is as large as the average first-class cruiser
and is magnificently equipped.