Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-08-23
BRITISH WAR SHIPS PAPll|
VIEWED BY KING EDw..,
FIRST Time Since His Access,o
rnde Consisted of the ~. ra'
Only-ThOusands No FLEET
The Day Opened Fine. h.. Of'-'
With Heavy Rainstorn ended

49, fine, but Eps.,
"Hh Heavy Rainstorm mn, aed
Portsmouth Aug. 1S-King NJ.
completed the program of tho Nard
festivities by reviewing the aoo. Aa'Ou
hrst time since his accession =, ~ ths
spectacular point of view tho Om
of a hundred odd war vessels in ~
stead off Spithead was tOdd'
snow but to those looking boneo., 'ent
brilliant veneer of paint and - As
was evident that the fighting strena sn !
the Meet was by no means forr,,s', u
The line of ships was thickly dottos aDe
!neffectives. However, Tho d., WIN
resented merely the home fleet M, ~,
single vessel having been withsN
from foreign station to particin... ~"a
The day opened fine. There
immense influx of visitors. The wo... ~
the solent were covered with nloa@0
craft of every variety, from tba a.
canoe to the big excursion steamor
every vantage point on shore NO.
ered with spectators. AT a. M. An ;.
Spouse to signal, the feet hroto :.
| flags, and in the space of a roirr.. !,
lines of black hulls were trar.fo..,
into varicolored lines Of flutter,ns ~.
ing. simultaneously the pennant Of A,
miral Sir Charles Hotham, commands, ).
| chief at Portsmouth, was flung ont t,o..
the peak of the Royal Sovereign wb,oh
acted as flagship of the fleet Five
other admirals' flags were also in view !,
different sections of the parade. The 40,
lines in which the fleet was moor4d wo,.
located midway between the Isle of
Wight and the mainland
Nearest to the Portsmouth shore war.
the special service vessels and Yacht.
and few distinguished visiting vessel,
headed by the conspicuous white hull Of
the Japanese torpedo boat DESTROYER
Aschio. The next line was made up of %
British torpedo boat destroyers. Then
there was a line of cruisers and gunboats,
then double line of battleships and final
ly another line of cruisers. Another par
allel line nearest to the Isle of Wight
was made up of foreign men of war, In
Guiding two Japanese cruisers, the Asama
and Takahago; the italian armored
cruiser Carlo Alberto and the Portuguese
cruiser Carlos 1. The precaution had
been taken to compel all the vessels pres
ent to burn smokeless COAL but as the
day advanced a haze spread over the
water and small craft frequently disap
peared in banks of mist.
At 1890 p. m. the lines Of the feet
closed, the gunboats drove all unauthor-
lied craft out of the forbidden area and
promptly at O'Clock the royal yacht Vic
toria and Alberta, with King Edward,
Queen Alexandra and other royal person
ages on board, slowly got under headway
This movement was signaled by gum
shot from the Royal Sovereign, and thou
sands of jackies swarmed over the decks
superstructures and fighting tops and
manned ship in honor of their approach
ing majesties.
Then came the firing of the royal sa'
lutte. Amid the crash of naval ordnance
the kings yacht moved slowly, aceompa-
MED by the royal yachts Osborne and Al
bert and three others, escorted by heel
of torpedo boat destroyers. The King
who wore the uniform of an admiral Oh
the fleet, was surrounded by brilliant
staff AS his majesty passed each sup
the officers and men cheered, and when
the Victoria and Albert, after traversms
the lines, took up fresh mooring aoreass
of the Royal Sovereign, the whole nse'
Joined In a final roar of cheers for inc
king, who then personally signaled tn'
invitation to all the flag officers inciuohs
those of the foreign ships, to join him gu
the royal yacht.
Thousands of persons who were expee'
family awaiting the illumination OF tn'
fleet at night not only We're disappoin''''
but were drenched by thunder seoi~
and rainfall of almost phenomenal SUD
denness.
The illuminative decorations Of the to"A
ball and in that vicinity, CONSISTING :,
balloons, were quickly ruined by rain an1
wind, which blew half a gale.
The storm blew for half an hour. Ai','
that the night was fair and the Hun
nation was carried out and witnessed =
thousands who reappeared upon ~
shore.
Lands of Umatillas.