The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-09-06
WARSHIPS GREET
Mr.. ROOSEVELT.
Two Score of Bob" Evans Big Boats
Fire Twenty-one Guns Each
simultaneously.


salute of twenty-one guns fred stimuli
taneously by every fighting craft in a
mighty fleet of two score warshps greet
ed President Roosevelt when he stepped
on board the naval yacht Mayilower to-
day TO review what is believed TO be the
! largest war fleet that ever assembled IN
! American waters.
When the President stepped on board
! the Mayiiower, the great fleet lay in
three columns. each about TWO miles IN
! length, with battleships and monitors III
the center column. the cruisers and sew
eral other battlcships i'll the ou-shore
column and long line of torpedo de-
stroyers stretched between the remainder
/ of the fleet and the shore. Encircling
! the entire fleet was Il Gordon OF cutters
making a picket line for the exclusion
! OF the excursion boats.
Dull Sizes Clear Up.
Dull and lowering skies with utful
/ showers of ram sweeping across TIVE
4 sound early in the day threatened to rob
! the display of much of its beauty and
cast a serious damper over the enthusl-
asm of the thousands of spectators who
/ were gathered to witness it III every
manner of craft conceivable.
! Later they cleared up.
Half an hour before the arrival OF the
/ President, Secretary of the Navy Bona
/ parte boarded the Mayilower and was
received with a salute by the marine
| guard and the rutiles of the drums. Fol
! lowing him came Postmaster General
Cortelyou, who was also honored on che
! quarterback.
The naval attaches representing
/ foreign governments came on board the
Des Moines and were transferred to
the Maytower in launches. a large
] number n
Mrs. Roosevelt were on board the
Dolphin.
Bob" Evans in Command
! Followed by the cruiser Des MONIES
and by the Dolphin the Nayflower pro-
ceeded out To Oyster Bay to the head of
the fleet off lIoyd's Neck, where the
batteship Maine with Rear Admiral
Robley ID. Evans on board, lay in the
central position at the head of the fleet.
/ The Dolphin and Dcs Moines took up
their positions respectively at the head
of the third and first columns and the
MaytlOwcr passed down between the long
lines of WarShps while the roar of the
Presidents salute of twcnty-Onc guns
again burst from the three-inch guns of
each warship as the MaytiOwer swept
majcstically past.
Each ship in turn with sailors man
ming her yards and guns sounding paid
her tribute of honor to the commanders
in-chicf as the yacht passed up and down
matinn Of tho Hoaf and t,on Lo,in,, IN
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the position of honor at the head of the
central column.
Great Fleet in Sunlight.
While the review was taking place
the clouds began to roll away and be-
fore it was finished the sun broke
through and brought all the Splendor ot
the great WAIte WarSllpS ana ioh- PACK
torpedo dcStroyerS which went To make
ihe hlEhueSt meet ihat the hlteu states
mas ever assembled.
Panic Among Sightseers
will dasiro +o So, INA ,y,rshi,s ,s-
samhi,I off Dystpr Eo, for tndays lilo
novoI royiau, Iafsa1 n manic ammo, tLc
800 messenger, ON thr hir side wheel
steamer Rrid. rport sunday in which
scores of women and children were
thrown to the decks and tramplcd upon.
As the steamer approached the fleet.
everyone rushed to the port side The
steamer hooied over until her guards
We're submerged and a flood rushed over
the lower deck.
shes turning over was the cry.
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Feast After the Parade.
When the parade of the NIavtlower
was over and the President had looked
with critical eve at each of the tar-
dressed vessels TODAY. his watch came TO
anchor and he received on board the
commanding officers of the fleet, Then
followed q rala luncheon at which tho
tachcs senator sand consressmen were
IL ,ns - inIt tyynntv minrt". mast II
O'Clock when the reviewing yacht came
= WithiA range Of the flagship Maine
column Of the fleet. There came Il flash
4 of flame and n puff of gray smoke, from