The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
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trance to Oyster Bay. President Roose-
welt, in company with Secretary OF the
Navy Moody, Admiral Dewey, Rear
Admiral Taylor, Rear Admiral Rogers.
Capt. Brownson, Gen. Chaffee and
Gen. Barry, stood on the bridge of the
auxiliary cruiser MayffoWer, as she
steamed slowly down one column OF
the warships and up the other. The
two columns extended $500 yards, the
ships being anchored at intervals OF
500 yards.
AS the Mayfiower passed each ship
in the two columns, the yards and rails
of each were manned by jackies in
white duck, the marines were paraded
and presented arms, the presidents
salute of twentyone guns was fired,
the buglers sounded a flourish, the
drummers gave four ruffies, the band
played Hail Columbia" and the en-
tire crew stood at salute. AS the May
flower swept majestically past each
ship, the crew of the saluting vessel
gave the president three cheers.
Receives the Officers. .oool
At the conclusion of the review Pres.
ident Roosevelt received on board the
Mayfower Rear Admiral Albert S.
North Atlantic fleet; Rear Admiral
James A. Sands, commander of the
Caribbean squadron; Rear Admiral Jo-
seph B. Coghlan, com1ianding the
coast squadron and Rear Admiral Will
liam c. Wise, commanding the train
ing squadron. He also received the
captains and commanding officers of
the % vessels in the fleet.
He received also the naval attaches
to the legations of the great powers
to the legations of four of the great
powers, Capt. Dechair, of the British
embassy; Capt Edwin Schaefer, of the
German embassy; Commander w. C.
Boutakoff, of the Russian embassy,
and Lieut.. Commander Isam Take
sh ka, of the japanese legation. Among
the other guests of the president on
board the Mayf1ower were Assistant
Secretary of War Sanger, Sir Thomas
Upton, G. Oliver Iselin. Butler Duncan,
Commodore Bourne, Of the New York
Yacht club, Sharman Crawford, rep
resentative of the Royal Ulster Yacht
club, and Emlen Roosevelt.
Then They Lunch.
President Roosevelt entertained his
guests and all the commanding officers
of the fleet at luncheon on board the
Mayflower. The president said: I'VE
have with US today representatives Of
the great powers, Great Britain, Ger
many, Russia and Japan. 1 ask you to
their sovereigns."
The toast was drunk standing. Then
the president continued: 1--WE also
have with us representatives of an in
ternational incident. AS to that. may
the best boat Win"
With laughter and applause that
toast likewise was drunk by the guests
standing.
Capt. Dechair, Of the British en-
haSSV toasted the president
At the conclusion of the luncheon the |
officers returned to their Ships At
1928 the president left the Mayfiower
in barge for the flagship Kearsarge,
to return the call of Rear Admiral
Barker. He was accompanied by Sec
rotary Moody, Admiral Dewey, Rear
Admiral Rodgers, Rear Admiral Tay-
Tor. Gen. Chaffee and Commander AL
bert G. Leaves, of the Mayfower. The
Mayf1ower fired a presidents salute as
the barge cleared the ship. AS the
president went aboard the Kearsarge,
his flag was broken out at the main
peak and every one of the twelve sa-
luting ships in the fleet fired a presi-
dents salute.
other f1agships, to return the calls of
the rear admirals, addressed the en-.
listed men and officers of the ship.
He complimented their appearance and
work, spoke words of encouragement
and said the navy was never so eff
cient as now.
Steam Past -Mayhower.
During the entire ceremonies of the
day 1904 shots were fired, all from six
Founders. Upon the return of the pres
ident to the Mayf1oWer, after his call
upon the flag officers, the vessel got
under way and steamed eastward for
several miles, coming to anchor then
in order that the fleet might pass in
review. The vessels of the fleet weigh
ed anchor and in a single column, head 4
ed by the Kearsarge, steamed slowly
past the Mayf1oWer. The yards and
rails of every vessel were manned, the
marines were paraded and the bands
played Hail Columbia
President Roosevelt, with his distin-
guished naval guests, reviewed the
fleet from the Mayflower's bridge. AS