New-York tribune., 1902-05-21
THE GAULOIS HAS ARRIVED
GREETED OFF NEWPORT NEWS AND
ESCORTED TO ANNAPOLIS BY NORTH
ATLANTIC SQUADRON.
tBY TELEGRAPH To THE TR1BuNE.I

Newport News. Va May 20.-The armored
cruiser Gaulos, OF the French Navy. bearing
the mission sent by France 10 the United
States TO be present on the occasion of the un-
yelling OF the Rochambeau statue in Washing
ton May "a was sighted off the Virginia
Capes this morning before o'clock At 7:30
o'clock. escorted by the ships Of the North At
lantc Squadron, which left here Saturday
to meet the Frenchman, she passed up Chesa-
peake Bay. en- route to Annapolis, where the
mission will be met tomorrow morning by the
Presidents representatives and taken Wash
ington a special train.
At Old Point the smoke from the warships
as they steamed in the direction Of the bay
was visible until about $50 o'clock. The
cruiser Olympia. Rear Admiral Hgginsons
flagship and the battleships Kearsarge and
Alabama. had been waiting outside of the
Capes since Sunday night. when the GauIois
was sighted in the distance this morning the
cruiser Olympia sent a French flag 10 the top
mast and fired a salute in its honor The Stars
and Stripes were soon flying from the topmast
of the Gaulois and a responsive salute
fired. The Kearsarge and the Alabama in turn
did honor to the flag OF the country represented
by the formidable black coated cruiser that
speeding toward them. When the Gaulos
was within reasonable distance Rear Admiral
Higginson put off from the Olympia in a launch
spects TO Vice-Admiral Fournier. the senior
naval officer board. and TO meet the other
distinguished representatives OF the French re-
public.
Escorted by the three white and buff colcred
men-of-war. the black grim looking foreigner
steamed in to the Capes. The ships shaped their
course for the bay. and started for Annapolis.
The orderly OF the cruiser Olympia. who came
to Old Point this morning. says it is the general
belief in the squadron that the Gaulos will
come to Newport News the latter part of the
week, escorted by the American ships and. after
coaling. will sail for Newport. where the mis-
sion will board her again.
Annapolis Md, May 2O-The French cruiser
Gaulos passed in the Virginia Capes at !
o'clock this morning escorted by the Olympia
the Kearsarge and the Alabama, of the United
States Navy. The vessels were anchored for the
night off Cove Point, at the mouth of the
Patuxent River
According to the programme arranged by Ad-
miral Hgginson the vessels will remain at
anchor until o'clock tomorrow morning, when
anchors will be weighed and the warships will
proceed to this port Anchorage will be made
at about II o'clock in Annapolis Roads, four
miles off the Naval Academy. this being the
nearest approach possible for heavy draught
vessels.
So soon as the Gaulois has been anchored
the United States commissioners, Colonel Theo-
dore A. Bingham. Assistant Secretary of State
Peirce and Commander B. r. Rodgers, will go
aboard the auxiliary cruiser Dolphin, in COM
mand of Superintendent Wainwright of the
Naval Academy, and proceed TO the French
vessel formally to receive and welcome the
French commissioners. Commander Wainwright
will CO. as a matter of naval etiquette, to pay
his respects to Admiral Higginson. Several
naval attaches of the French Embassy will also
go aboard the Dolphin to call on their naval
superiors on the Gaulos. The United States
Commissioners will arrive in Annapolis to-mor
row morning.