Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-17
BIG NAVAL REVIEW TODAY.
President Roosevelt Looks Over
Our Big War Vessels

Disappointment Because the Massa-
chusetts Was Disabled Also
Kept the Indiana Out of the Bunch,
as Well as Two of the Four Rear
Admirals.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Aug. 17.-An-
chored in four straight columns in
Long Island sound just off Lloyd's
Neck point the north Atlantic fleet was
reviewed by President Roosevelt, the
fleet having made a leisurely run from
Bar Harbor, Me. The fleet made a
pretty picture as it came down the
sound in single file, the Kearsarge, the
flagship of Rear Admiral Barker, SEN
ior officer in command, leading the
way. Circling to the south, the four
battle ships, the Kearsarge, the Alaba-
ma, Illinois and Texas, and the cruiser
Baltimore came to anchor 500 yards
apart and formed their station as the
first squadron of the fleet for the re-
view
Then the second squadron, under
Rear Admiral Coghlan, consisting OF
the flagship Olympia, the Topeka, the
Yankee, the Prairie and the Panther,
fell into position, anchoring in column
500 yards to the north Of the first
squadron. Following these, the tor
pedo destroyer flotila, in two divisions,
anchored, the one on the Long Island
side of the battle ships and the other
on the Connecticut side of the cruisers.
four long lines reaching more than q
mile.
There are four rear admirals in the
fleet, and the loss of the Massachusetts
through her running on rock and of
the Indiana through her having to
stand by the Massachusetts has dimin-
ished the command to two rear admi-
rails. The Massa chusetts and Indiana
both belonged to the division of Rear
Admiral Sands, and this left him with
but one ship, the Texas. The Baltimore
Admiral Coghlan and added to that of
Rear Admiral Sands, Thus Rear Ad-
mirals Sands and Coghlan have each
but two ships in their divisions, the
Texas and Baltimore, under Rear Ad-
miral Sands, and the Olympia and To-
peka, under Rear Admiral Coghlan.
The Yankee, the flagship of Rear Admi-
raj Wise, commands the second divi-
sion of the cruiser squadron.
The president went on board the
Mayfower at $50 o'clock. With him
were Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral
Taylor, chief of the bureau of naviga-
ton; Read Admiral Rodgers, command
ant of the New York navy yard; Cap,
tain Brownson, commandant OF the
Naval academy; General Chaffee, Sir
Thomas Upton, Colonel Sherman
Crawford Mr.. Oliver Iselin, Mr. Butler
Duncan, Captain Woodbury. Kane and
Mr.. Frederick 6. Bourne, commodore
of the New York Yacht club.
The Mayflower passed in review at
9:3O, steaming to the head of the south
column, then along the south side of
that column, between it and the tor
pedo flotilla, passing around it's west
end and steaming back along the north
side of the north column, finally
anchoring between the columns. Each
ship fired the presidential salute as the
Mayfiower passed.
After the Mayfower came to anchor
the flag officers and commanding Off
GERS called upon the president At 1:3O
O'Clock the Mayfower steamed to the
eastward, followed by the fleet in sin
gle column. The Mayfower stopped
while the fleet passed in review. The
fleet then continued down the sound,
and the Mayfiower returned to oyster
Bay.