The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-10
BRILLIANT MARINE SCENE
AMERICAN AND BRITIsH VAR SHIPS EXCHANGE CoURTESIEs.
The sixty-fOurth Birthday Of King Ed ward Made the Occasion Of Great Naval DispIny-NIost Formidable AngIo-American Naval Force Ever Seen fin Home or Foreign Ports-Ad- mtraI Prince Louis Dined by Associ- ated British Societies. #s

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 New York, Nov. 9.-Thousands watched on the banks of the Hudson river at noon to-day while six British warships in unison, with double that number of American men-of- war, fired national salute of twenty-one guns in honor of King Edward, who celebrated to-day his sixty-fourth birthday.
 Bedecked with flags Of many colors, the column of ships stretched for five miles up the Hudson, from Forty-sec- ondo to One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. by far the largest most forrnid- able Anglo-American naval force ever assembled in home or foreign ports.
 Gracefully these vessels rode at an- chor In mfdstream at intervals of four hundred yards, each wearing full dress" in honor of the kings birthday.
 Flying at the foremast of each British man-of-war was the Royal George and at the main the Stares and Stripes. The American flag fioated at the fore of the ships of the North Atlantic fleet and the Royal Jack at the main in honor of the British sovereign.
 A clear sky poured a wealth of sum- shine upon this scene, and a stiff breeze rudely barred the heads of those who failed to show this mark of respect as the last gun of the salute thundered forth and across the water came the strains of God Save the King"
 The bands on the Drake, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Bat tenberg, and on Rear-Admiral Evans flagship, the Maine, struck up the Brit ish anthem and quickly the melody, as 1t echoed down the column, was taken up by the bands on the battleship Ala bama, flagship of Rear-Admiral Davis, and on the armored cruiser West Vir- ginia, flagship of Rear-Admiral Brown son, until the music resounded to the shore, where the hum of a thousand voices swelled it's volume.
 As8night fell the scene on the Hudson river suddenly changed. About o'clock the six British cruisers and the eight battleships of the American first squad ron suddenly flashed into view, their outlines marked by strings of electric lights. In addition to the brilliant rib bons which marked the deck lines of all the ships, outlined the masts, the smokestacks, the turrets and the other parts of the superstructure, the British cruisers were also girded along the wa- terline with chains of lights which add ed to their phantom-like appearance.
 Over the four stacks of the flagship Drake was a crown of brilliant red lights and beneath in gold lights the royal letters "E. R.'
 Facing the English ship lay the eight American battleships, deckline and su- perstructure outlined in electric lights, each with it's name spelled in electric lights across the forward turret. Maine Missouri" Kentucky" "Kearsarge," Alabama" Illinois" |" Iowa. Massachusetts" the magic letters spelled.
 A unique feature of the illumination of the American warships was the use of the powerful searchlights which on each ship were trained on the flags that flew from foremast and mainmast.
 Great crowds viewed the beautiful picture and cheered Admiral Prince Louis as his barge came alongside the boat landing and the prince, accompa- nied by the officers of his staff, clam bered over the numerous Instructions and entered waiting carriage, which took him to the Waldorf-Astoria, where he was the guest at the annual dinner of the Association of British Societies. The health of the president and the king was drunk amid great enthusi- asm.
 Tomorrow the prince will be the guest of Brigadier-G General Grant at an elaborated luncheon at Governors Isl- and; later he will attend a large recep- tfon at the navy yard, and in the even ing, with 250 officers of the two fleets, he will be the honored guest at a din- ner of the Naval Academy Alumni asso- citation,