The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
PRINCE IN NEW YORK
LOUIS OF BATTENBERG CALLS ON
 OFFICIALS.
Visit to Mayor Mcclellan, Rear Admiral COghlan and General Grant.
 Tells of Talk With the President.

New York, Nov. Sled by the flag ship Drake with Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg on the after bridge. the British squadron of six ar mored cruisers arrived in North River early today and came to anchor at in- tervals of about 400 yards with the column headed up Stream.
 This brought the flagship Drake and the Maine. Admiral Evans's flagship, within several hundred yards of each other on Seventy-ninth Street. The combi:ied squadrons formed a column that stretched from Forty-second to Ons Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street.
 Tn spite of the early hour, thousands gathered in Riverside Park to witness the arrival of the British squadron. Lined up to welcome the visitors were the twelve men-of-war of the North Atlantic fleet. the flower of the Ameri- can navy.
 Rigged out in full dress. In honor of King Edwards birthday, the spotlessly white American ships never looked hardsomer. From stem to stern in rainbow fashion was strung line of flags of all colors. Flying at the fore of each man-of-war was the stars and stripes and at the main the Union Jack. The British ships were also dressed. flying the British flag at the fore and the American at the main.
 
 grander display of'hghting ships. Be- ginning at Forty-second Street the festoon of flags seemed to wind over and under the eighteen mem war un- til 1t was lost to sight over the stern of the Maryland at anchor off One Hun dred and Thirty-fifth Street. There was stiff breeze blowing which set every bit of bunting fapping in spirited celebration of the Kings birthday.
 The first salute fired by the Drake from anchorage in North River was thirteen guns, as Rear Admiral Evans. commander-in-chief of the North At lantic fleet. went over the side, after paying a special call on Prince Louis to congratulate him on the occasion of the sovereign's e4th birthday.
 Admiral Evans was accompanied by Rear Admira1s Davis and Bronson. As the Drake's first gun rang out. A beautiful yacht. her white side shining in the sunlight. steamed up the column of British ships. It was the Presi- dents yacht Maynower from An napolis, in command of Captain Came ron Mcwinsiow. The Mayfiower came to anchor in berth between the bat tleship Kentucky and the New Jersey shore, four or five hundred yards from the Yankton. the tender of the fleet. which lies near the Maine.
 The crowds along shore had doubled Uy hoons when tHc uTbI gun or the | national salute of twenty-one runs boomed out in honor of the King's birthday. Before the last. gun of the return salute had been fired. the unjrh. 1 ty column of men-of-war was shroud- ed in smoke. After lunch many visit ors went aboard the ships. Admiral Evans having ordered that every DOS sible facility be afforded for this pur- | pose
 Admiral Prince Louis spent the morn ing in calls on the Mayor and Rear Admiral Coghlin, commandant of the New York navy yard. These calls will be returned this afternoon and tonight he will attend a dinner given by the Association of British Societies, Considerable criticism is heard throughout the American fleet of fine poor arrangement for landing along the New York side of the river. The mat to the American officers because of the care with which this sort of thing ia looked after whenever an American shin visited British water.
 On board his hagship. the Drake. Prince Louis described his Impressions of President Roosevelt, saying:
 oDurInR the brief time. three days. that I was in Washington I had each day m interview with the President, and that is an honor I prize most highly. The President Is so niany-sided and has such a command of knowledge that to talk to him is Illuminating and in- struetive. He possesses the same mag netic charm of our own King.
 T bore no message from sthe King