Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-10
SALUTE IN KING
EDWARDS HONOR
BRITISH AND AMERICAN SHIPS
JOIN FORCES
Combined squsdrons Extend for -Four
Miles Up the Hudson River.
Prince Describes impress
sions Of President
Rv Assn, ,iaied Prose

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov. at noon to-
day six British warships i'm the Hud-
son river. in unison with double that
number OF American men of war, fired
national salute of twenty-one guns
i'm honor of King Edward, who cele-
brated today his Gath birthday. Be
decked from stem to stern with gaily
flutering flags of many colors, the
column of ships stretched for four
miles up the Hudson river from Forty
second to 125th street, by far the
largest and most formidable Anglo
American naval force ever assembled
i'm a home or a foreign port. Inc
weather was perfect.
Led by the flagship Drake, with
Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Batten-
burg on the after bridge, the British
squadron of six armored cruisers ar
rived in North river early today and
came to anchor at intervals of about
400 yards with the column headed up
stream. This brought the flagship
Drake and the Maine, Admiral Evans
flagship within several hundred yards
of each other off Seventy-ninth street.
The combined squadrons formed
column that stretched from Forty
second to 135th street.
In spite of the early hour thousands
If people 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 American navy. Rugged out in
full dress, in honor of King Edwards
birthday the spotlessly white Ameri-
can ships never looked handsomer.
From stem to stern in rainbow fash
ion was strung a line of flags of all
colors. Flying at the fore of each
man of war were the stars and stripes
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British ships were also dressed, flying
the British flag at the fore and the
American at the main.
New York has seldom witnessed a
grander display of fighting ships.
The first salute fired by the Drake
from her anchorage in North river
was thirteen guns, as Rear Admiral
North Atlantic fleet, went over the
side after paying a special call on
Prince Louis to congratulate him on
the occasion of the sovereign's sixty
fourth birthday. Admiral Evans was
accompanied by Rear Admirals Davis
and Brownson.
National Salute Fired
The crowds aongshore had doubled
by noon, when the first gun of the ma
tional salute of twenty-one guns
doomed out in honLr of the kings
birthday. Before the last gun of the
return salute had been fired, the mighty
column of men of war was shrouded
in smoke. After luncheon many visit
ors visited the ships, Admiral Evans
having ordered that every possible
facility be afforded for this purpose
Admiral Prince Louis spent the morn
ing making calls on the mayor and
Rear Admiral Coghlan, commandant
of the New York navy yard. Consd-
cradle criticism is heard throughout
the American fleet of the poor arrange
ments for landing along the New York
side of the river. The matter is a
source of keen embarrassment to the
American officers, because of the care
with which this sort of thing is looked
after whenever an American ship visits
British waters. This was a detail in
the hands of the city authorities.
On board his flagship, the Drake,
Prince Louis described his impressions
of President Roosevelt, saying:
During the three days 1 was in
Washington l had each day an inter-
view with the president, and that is an
honor 1 prize most highly. The presi
dent is so many sided and has such a
command of knowledge that to talk to
him is Illuminating and instructive. He
possesses the magnetic charm of our
king.
II bore no message from the king to
the president except a kindly greeting
in the name of King Edward"
Late in the afternoon the prince
boarded a tugboat and visited Admiral
Coghlan at the Brooklyn navy yard.
When this visit was ended Mayor Nc
Clellan at the city hall received the
prince. The princes party next went
to Governors island, headquarters of
the army of the east, to be received by
Gen. Grant.
The Eighth infantry was drawn up at
the boat landing on the island in two
long lines, between which Prince Louis
walked.