New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-29
READY FOR LAUNCHING.
FINAL RFHEARS.fL Held.
We'll EnOsca People invifed to SeeG
Connecticut Take the U'Gtcr.

For tho launching ~ tie rev batte9clp Doi'
necticut this morning Al II o'clock everything
Vas p.acticsliy completed and IT. readiness al
fhe Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday. II * esti-
mated that twenty-five thousand perso1.s WI
pe present when Miss Alice WeIles. a grand
dcu-a or Of G5d5o. Weiles. Secretary u TIC
-Nary urder President Lincoln. breaks hottie
cf cIla,a-acne over The DoNs
The l-et plate WIS rivefed On the af;er turret
-evte.5ay After Naral Constructor Baxter
ard captain Roh,aso". The constructor" Of the
hs:iicship. had made Il personal eSauinat.on
~ - baat. yeayc ard applianree for lalnchiHg,
=. Eaz5e. ~ail no was confident everything
~.l-'. ~1a smoothly tfi7 morning at The launch
ing
feature % the ceremony viii he the playing
~ -Iire Siar spangied Bsnre-'' bv all me binds
~ the different vessels AT the navy yard when
h. asttleship makes her start. The Kearssrse.
chc Kentucky and the Texas 1iI o. al heir
aags
4 rehearsal Of lie eptire :sul.chipg force TOOK
place yesterday afteraoaH under The personal
direction Of Nv Baxter II was mora complete
than The rehearsal which took place last sun
day morning. when only the foreman quarter
men ana leading men were put through The
practice. Yesterday all the motions we're thor
ougliy rehearsed. and special attention
given 10 the minutest details. 4 multitude q
sightseers visited the navy yard, under false
impression that the launching would take place
YESTERDAY.
Among those expected 10 oe present are Sec
rotary Morton. General 4. g Barnes. Cornelius
X. Bliss. Governor Chamberlain OF Connecticut.
Lieutenant General Adna r. Chaffee. Major
General Corbin, Admiral Erben. aiss Helen Nil
,e- Gould. Mr.. and Mrs. r II. Hartman. Mr..
and 5irs. Charles F. Murphy. Governor Murphy
u New-Jersey. Mayor Mcclellan. Mr.. Mrs. and
Miss McAdoo and the Duke Of Newcastle.
General 3. f. Tracy. president Of toe Navy
League of the United States; William 'AlcAdoo.
vice-presideE,: Robert s. Sloan secretary; ~ :.
Apgar. treasurer: Herbert 1. Satterlee. general
counsel; George H. Owen. assistant secretary;
Captain ). ". Miller chairman Of the executive
committee. Aaron Vanderbilt. J. F. Tams.
Colonel r. D.. Thompson ard the chairmen OF
the sections Of the league in this city viii repre-
sent the league az the launching. Those invited
to be guests Of the Secretary of the Navy are:
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