New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-17
IN SPEECH BEFORE HOLY N4ME SOCIETIES HE EN-
PHASIZES HONESTY And STRENGTH
Wildly Appded By Three Thousand at Oyster V
Todays There-Prominen Men See It,
FOUR ADMIRALS ABOARD.
Elaborate Preparations Made for
Naval Ceremony.
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Oyster Bay. Long Island. Aug 16-Fmal ar
rangements for the Presidents review and in
spection of details of the Caribbean coast. bat
tleship and training squadrons Of the North
Atlantic fleet off Oyster Bay tomorrow were
completed to-day. Tonight four of the largest
battleships in the United States Navy. six Of
the largest cruisers and ten torpedo boat de-
stroyers lie at anchor off Lloyds Neck point.
about six miles out and midway between Oyster
Bay and the Connecticut shore. Tonight a
population than double that OF oyster
Bay lies floating off the point.
The intermittent red and white flashes of the
Ardois signals and the festoons OF lights vague
ly outlining the hulls of the larger ships. alone
serve TO break the intense darkness of the
Sound. In the destroyers-low. Iean black
rakish craft-the lights dim. the squat fun
nels invisible save at near distance. Except
for the Jagged sawlike lines Of broadside guns
thrusting long. tapering steel muzzIes above
the headlights of the boats. small hint is there
of the rnorrow's thunder OF salutes and dense
fog of acrid smoke, iuttering pennants and
bTavely manned yards
Tomorrow. for the first time since the
waters of the Atlantic flowed In between the
north shore of Long Island and the shores OF
New-York and Connecticut. a fleet of warships
will be reviewed at the west end of the Sound.
Tonight. with the Holy Name societies cele-
bration behind II. and the review in perspective.
Oyster Bay, the summer capital. feels it has now
last entered pretty fully into it's long deferred
heritage.
FLEET IN TWO SoUADRCNs.
The feet is divided into two squadrons OF five
vessels each. each squadron being sub-dvided
into two divisions. the first division of the first
squadron and the second division of the second
nj narne yVh
the second division of the first squadron and the
first division of the second squadron contain
only two vessels apiece. Rear Admiral Barker.
in addition to his duties as commander in chief.
commands the first squadron and first division.
Rear Admiral Coghlan commands the second
squadron and it's first division. Each of the re-
naming two divisions is commanded by flag
officer
While there are four rear admiraLs in the
fleet, the absence of the injured battleship Mas
sachusetts. and of the Indiana. which is bearing
her company. has reduced the commands OF
Rear Admirals Coghlan and Sands each by one
vessel The Massachusetts and the Olympia
both belonged TO the last named rear admirafs
division, and their absence left him with only
one ship. the battleshio Texas. Accordingly.
the command of the cruiser Baltimore has been
transferred from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Rear
Admiral Sands making both of their commands
two vessels The cruiser Chicago arrived in
Oyster Bay late this afternoon from European
waters. and may possibly be assigned TO Rear
Admiral Sands's squadron in the maneuvres.
The revised formation of the fleet when the
President aboard the Mayfiower. first passes in
review will be follows:
Destroyers-The Truxton. the Worden. the
Whipple the Lawrence and the Stewart.
North column-The Olympia. the Topeka. the
Yankee the Prairie and the Panther.
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Alabama the Texas and the Baltimore
Destroyers-The Decatur. the Bainbridge. the
Barry the Dale and the Chauncey.
Five hundred yards win be the distance be-
tween all vessels in the same column. and be-
tween the ships and the destroyers and eight
hundred yards the distance between the two
columns of the larger vessels The vessels will
remain at anchor until nearly a. m. to-mor-
row. Then, although the present positions OF
the parallel columns on lines bearing east and
west will not be subject TO any material altera-
tion. the anchors win be weighed. At a. m. the
auxiliary cruiser Mayfower with the President
as commander in chief of the naval forces OF
the United States. on board. will steam up from
her anchorage in the southeast, and will pro-
ceed to the head OF the south column. passing
between the Kearsarge and the Decatur and
along the south side of the column, ana, emerg-
ing between the Baltimore and the Chauncey,
Will SwerVe round the western enu OF tne heelf
entering between the Panther and the Stewart
and steanlng along The northern side of the
north column,
SALUTES TO THE PRESIDENT.
On emerging from between the Olympia and
Truxton the Mayhower will swerve to the south.
coming TO anchor midway between the central
columns. Then. the Mayfiower passes. eaen
vessel along the line will hoom out salute OF
twenty-one guns. Admirals and commanding
officers will then steam in toward the May
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