The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-09

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NEW YORK. Nor. u. - Eighteen
American aud British warshlps from
their anchorage In the North river firei
In unison today n national salute Of
twenty one guns In honor OF King Ed'
wards birthday. Each ship was In full
dress. a rainbow Of nags stretching
from stem 10 stern. Rear Admiral
Prince Louis OF Battenberg. with his
squadron Of six armored cruisers. mr..
rived from Annapolis. coming 10 an.
Choir In company with Admiral Evans
squadron.
Awaiting HIS arrival here eight bat.
tleships aud four cruisers Of the north
Atlantic feet lay at anchor In the
North river. stretching In single col.
umn In midstream from seyenty-ninth
street TO One Hundred and Twenty.
ffth street. The column headed down
stream. with the flagship Maine on
Seventy ninth street and the Missouri.
Kentucky and Kesrsarge OF tho first
division, Alabama. flagship OF the sec
ond division: Illinois. Iowa and Msssa-
chusctts and thearmored cruisers West
Virginia, flagship Of the fourth divi-
sion: Maryland, Colorado and Pennsyl.
vanla stretching In single column up
stream at a distance OF about 400 yards
apart. These twelve mighty ships. un-
der the supreme command OF Rear Ad.
mirai Robley ID. Evans. constitute the
most formidable American fleet ever
assembled OF Manhattan Island.
The entrance Of the great white feet
into the river was an impressive sight.
Stolldly the majestic column Of twelve
warships steamed up stream. with the
flagship Maine In the lead. and an
chored In succession.
Four hundred yards above the Maine
the Missouri came 10 anchor, and so on
until the Pennsylvania, steaming the
whole length Of the column, dropped
anchor of One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street.
There were official salutes from the
American feet when the British squad
ron arrived. All this ceremony was
gone through with when Prince Louis
ships arrived OF Annapolis week ago.
Rear Admiral Evans, commander in
chief Of the north Atlantic feet; Rear
Admiral Davis, commanding the sec
ond division Of battleships, and Rear
Admiral Browns0n, commanding the
armored cruiser division, repaired
aboard the British flagship Drake to
felicitate the British admiral prince
upon the occasion Of the kings birth
day. and Admiral Prince Louis then
escorted the American commanders to
his cabin, where the health Of his maj
esty was toasted.
The British ships will anchor In reg
ular order, the column headed up
stream, so that the British flagship
Drake lay about 400 yards from the
flagship Maine.
Every day Of the princes six day
visit In New York Is filed with elabO-
rate entertainments In honor Of his
highness and the officers of his squad
ron. General Grant will be his host ut
luncheon on Friday. and reception
at Rear Admiral Coghlan's will follow.
In the evening the Naval Academy
Alumni association will entertain the
prince and his commanding officers at
dinner. An excursion to West Point Is
scheduled for Saturday, and that even
ing Colonel Robert M. Thompson, pres
ident OF the Naval Academy Alumni
association, will entertain Admiral
Prince Louis at dinner. The prince will
spend Sunday as he wishes and In the
evening will dine with Mayor McClel-
Ian. On Monday he will be the guest
of the New York chamber of commerce
at luncheon and In the evening will
attend the dinner at Coney Island
which the American bluejackets are to
give to their British cousins"
The prince will give grand ball on
board the flagship Drake on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the last evening Of his
visit, he will be given dinner by the
Pilgrims society Of New York. The
next day his squadron sails for Gibral-
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