The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-08-17
TWENTY-ONE FIGHTING VESSELS
OF THE AMERICAN NAVY
DRAW UP IN LINE.
PRESIDENT BEGINS A REVIEW
Magnificent Spectacle Is Presented
When Cannon Thunder a
Salute.
ny ASSOCIATED PRESS,

'"'PS III parallel columns
mile long, and including some of the
best fighting ships OF the United States
navy, resting on the CLASSY surface of Long
Island sound, composed the picture which
lay spread out before President Roosevelt
when he stepped out on the veranda of
his home at Sycamore Hill early this
morning.
Their brasswork, shining under the
slanting rays Of the morning sun, gave
evidence that every ship was spick and
span for this, the first naval review at the
nations summer capital and probably the
first ever held for the express purpose Of
presidential honor.
All Kinds OF Boats.
Commanded by Rear Admiral Barker
and three other officers of similar naval
rank, the fleet, comprising two squadrons
each Of two divisions besides a hotilla of
torpedo boat destroyers, included a repre-
sentative of nearly every type of fighting
craft from the ponderous Illinois to the
lean destroyers.
Two parallel columns of battleships and
cruisers, headed by the Kearsarge, Rear
Admiral Barker's flagship, flanked by files
OF destroyers, composing the North Allan
tic fleet, covered the placid sound for two
miles off shore from picturesque Lloyds
Neck and, blockading the mouth OF Oyster
Bay, presented splendid marine specta-
Gle, abundantly suggestive of Americas
sea power.
Clustered in the mouth Of the bay rested
the presidents yacht Mayfower; Secre-
tary Moody's official craft, the Dolphin.
and Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht
Erin, surrounded by fleet of steam and
sailing yachts gathered to witness the inn
posing ceremony when the president and
the fleet officially exchanged greetings.
Fairer weather for the review could not
have been asked. When the president
boarded the Mayhower there was hardly a
ripple that wrinkled the surface of the
water.
The Mayhower lay in the mouth Of
Oyster Bay. Nearby was the Dolphin,
with Secretary Moody and Admiral Dewey
on board.
Before the president arrived Secretary
Moody, Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral
Taylor chief of the bureau of navigation
Rear Admiral Rodgers, commander of the
New York navy yard; Captain Brownson,
commandant of the naval academy; Cen
eral Chafiee, Sir Thomas Upton, Colonel
Sharman-Crawford of the Royal Ulster
Yacht club, c. Oliver Iselin, w. Butler
Duncan, Woodbury. Kane and Commodore
Frederick c. Bourne of the New York
Yacht club were taken on board the May
flower.
First Salute Is Fired.
As the president stepped on the decks
of the Mayhower her guns spoke the first
salute of the morning. Leaving her
anchorage, the Dolphin passed the May
flower, saluting as she went by.
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bay, followed by the presidents yacht
Sylph, having guests of the president on
board
Slowly the presidents flagship moved
out into the Sound where the battleships
and cruisers lay In two parallel lines
lengthwise of the Sound with a column of
destroyers fanking each line of larger
ships.
The right column was composed OF two
divisions, the first consisting of the Kear.
sarge, Illinois and Alabama, under com
mand of Rear Admiral Barker; the second
comprising the Texas, Baltimore and Chi
cago, commanded by Rear Admiral Sands.
The left column included Rear Admiral
Coghan's flagship, the Olympia and the
cruiser Topeka, comprising the first
division, and the Yankee, Prairie, Panther
and Dolphin the second division, Rear
Admiral Wise commanding. Flanking the
first column and between it and the Long
Island shore was the first division OF the
destroyer fotilla, the Decatur Banbrdge,
Barry, Dale and Chauncy under command
of Lieutenant l.. II. Chandler. Lying out
side of all the remainder of the feet was
fanking column of destroyers, including
the Truxton, Worden, Whipple, Stewart
and Laurence. commanded by Lieutenant
r. X. Benham.
Great Steam Yachts.
Surrounding them was iio,iia Of steam
craft of all descriptions, numbering a hun
dred vessels and including splendid great
steam yachts. A string of code signals
fluttered in the rigging OF the Dolphin, an
answering string hung Imply from the
kearsarge's yard and many flags wig
waggcd from ship to ship of the big fleet.
With the presidents flag flying from the
main truck the Mayhower steamed slowly
off to the east end of the right column,
made a sweeping curve and moved down
through the lane between the first column
of battleships and cruisers and the first
column of destroyers.
Lines of white-clad sailors manned the
rails, superstructures, fighting tops and
yards of the white fleet and dotted the
rails of the dark-hulled destroyers. A Ia-
inch gun in the Kearsarge's secondary
battery spurted little flash Of flame and
smoke and the succession of presidential
sautes began.
Launches put off from the warships and
scurricd over to the Mayhower, conveying
the commanders and flag officers to pay
their respects to the president
This formality completed, the president
boarded the Mayhower's launch and was
conveyed to the Kearsarge to return the
official call. Twenty-one guns from her
secondary battery spoke an Official wei
come and an equal number at parting.
In turn he visited each of the battle
ships and cruisers, the ceremony being re-
peated in each case.