The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-18

IL, and nobody was more deeply impressed
than was Mr.. Roosevelt.
The accident in which two Of the torpedo
boat destroyers, the Barry and the Decatur.
were slightly injured. was the only incident
that married the review
The ceremonies OF the day began shortly
before O'Clock in the morning, when SEQ
rotary Moody who had spent the night
on the Dolphin, boarded tina MayHower.
which Law at anchor off a sandy bluf at
the mouth of Oyster Bay, not far from
Sycamore Hill. One of the Mlyfower's
8-pounders boolued seventeen times as
the Secretary car,e on board
This was the beginning of cannonade
that continued almost without interruption
for seven hours, until more than $500 guns
had been fred and the Sound atmosphere
was heavy with smoke.
Admiral Dewey followed the Secretary
to the Mayfower a few minutes later. He
had come up on Brooklyn navy yard tug
Again the yachts guns blazed salute and
again the bugle sounded and the drum
was ruffied and the marines presented
arms. Sir Thomas Upton was the next to
come aboard, His yacht Erin lay oil in
the bay. only few hundred yards from
the Government yacht.
The watch at the bow sang out the news
when the Presidents launch was sighted.
The jackies, in their loose white uniforms
and their white caps, hurried to man the
sides and the marines stood at attention. AS
Mr.. Roosevelt stepped on deck. he was
met by Admiral Dewey, and as the President
prasped the Admiral's hand the MayAowers
guns began the Presidential salute OF
twenty-one guns, which announced to the
feet and the thousands of small craft that
dotted the water that the review was about
to begin.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt
and the following guests, besides those who
were already on the Mayf'ower, came
with the President, or soon after he
arrived: Rear Admiral II. c. Taylor,
Chief OF the Bureau of Navigation; Rear
Admiral Frederick Rodgers commandment
OF The BroolAyl navy yAd. capt W. IT.
Brownsom, Superintendent OF The Naval
Academy; Ma ior-Gen. A. H. Chatlee, Col
Sharmln-C rawfoEd, Oliver lsehn, W; butier
Duncan, Capt. Woodbury. Kane, Commo-
dore Bourne of The New York Yacht Club
and Col. Sanger, Assistant Secretary OF
War
The Presi lent soon after he boarded
the Mayflower neld an informal reception,
ana meanWii'le me plS ydCh'' Vo"ei az liSt
by'a navy yard tug. swung around ana
headed toward the fleet. Tie assemblage
of fighting ships Was off in the Sound
two miles from where the Maytiower was
anchored. They were anchored i'll columns,
having maintained the formation estab-
lished uuon their arrival Saturday night.
On The TANKS of the double columns of
attlnships and cruisers We're the destroyers,
black, ugly, Enthusiastically on'one flank
and five on the otI.er.
The ships headed toward the erst In
the south column were four baitleships
and two cruisers in the north column five
cruisers. The flags of fou" Rear Admirals
float cd from the truck of as many ships.
As formed for the review, the ships were
stationed in this order.
South Column Beginning at the eastern
Of Rear Admiral Barker. CommsndsT-in-
Chief: battleship Illinois. battleship Ala bama,
battleship Texas, flagship Of Rear Admiral
cruiser Baltimore, cruiser Chicago,
North Column Begnning at the eastern:
Rs sst S SG Grn cSEh oymps aishp S
Yankee, flagship Of Rear Admiral Wise. com
cruiser Prairie. cruiser Panther. 5. N''l'
Thanking the South Column First torpedo
beat ota by Lieut. aogd g.
Decatur cambridge. Barry. Chauncey and
to4 TeasnS Boat A ort Under s
Lieut.. H; X. Benham, made up Of the de-
stroyers TruXtun, Whipple, Wordsn. Lawrence
and Stewart.
From o'clock, when the crews were
awakened for the day, the men were kept
busy polishing up brassworii, cleaning
decks and otherwise adding to the neatness
Of the warships, so that when the time for
the review came every vessel of the fleet
was in its spickest and spannest condition
fIlf ,y
special full dress, which has a lot of gold
braid in il, and every jacky wore his oleanest
suit of white, with white cap to match
When The May flower, bearing the Presi-
dent and his guests. was sighted by the
feet, shortly after o'clock, the order went
from the kearsarge Admiral Barkers
flagship. to have the SIDES of every ship
manned by the enlisted men The officers,
wearing cooked hats and swords with
their special full dress, were on the bridge
of each ship and the marines In their fun
dress were assembled at attention under
arms on rne quarter deck
The Mayfower. as graceful az in the
days when she was one of the finest private
yachts a'1at, steamed slowly down toward
the south line. coming from the west. She
approached the Kcarsarge from astern
and passed to port of her and between her
and the first destroyer of the first hotila
The battIeships and cruisers We're anchored
500 yards apart head and stern direction,
and, the interval between the columns was
1000 yards. Each line of destroyers was
500 yards from the line of the larger craft
As the Mayflower drew nearer to the
flagship the saluting began. Bang" went
the first of the Kearsarge's 8-pounders,
and twenty more reports cracked out
as the Presidents vessel went by. Mr..
Roosevelt stood on the bridge Of the May
flower, holding his silk hat slightly raised
from his head. As the Mavfower came
abreast every whit addressed saiorrnan
brought his right hand to his cap, the ma
rines presented arms and the band struck
up Hail, Columbian
Admiral Barker standing on the Kear-
sarge's bridge, surrounded by his officers,
brought his whi; e-gloved hand to the for
ward point Of his chapeau. Then during
a brief pause in the firing Of the sauting
battery an officer called for three cheers
for the President Of the United States, and
they were given with vigor.
The Mayfower, on her cruise up the
columns, was followed by thousands of
pleasure craft, which formed a distinct
show in themselves that was well worth
seeing. The Sylph, with the Roosevelt
children and some other relatives Of the
President on board, led the fleet of smaller
craft The wonder of it was where they all
came from.
They mannuvred in and out among the
warships sailing under bow or stern of the
first great armor clad or carefully around
her and then passed up behind the May
flower slowly, so as to see everything that
was to he seen.
There We're also few large excursion