The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-09-06
ZIG NAVAL REVIEW

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assssaat salute trom Ii7s guns ~ ihf
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The rea8ew vas arranged wiih the
aimssA care IL every detAd. MOI saip
vas - give from IS place nnii The
ceremony VAS over The three lpnE
ealamns lay with bead mile Nosi Of
d. extreme point Of Lloyd's Neck sad
ihrce miles south q sycamore hili'
through the hnrbor entrance u Oyster
Bay. Nth Intervals between column.
alsd ships " 400 yards They stretched
along lhe sound toward New York for
more than tao niles. The i!ee' con
..asd " three -qussirons u tao d'Hi-
ssons raeh, two torpedo boat iioilliaA'
submarines. troop ship, aud Eve aux
iliArcs The Maine l. the flagship Of
Rear. Admiral Robley u. Evans. in
command
In The fleet. commanded by Rear
Admiral Evans. there we're 1900 men
10 cheer President Roosevelt as the
Mayf0wer steamed through the lines
u warsbips.
When the review was over, the ships
proceeded to different stations accord
ing 10 previous assignment, Al the
close Of the review there was reeep.
ton on the Mayfower at which the
president gnee,ed the commanders Of
the ships.
CLASSIFICATION oP TnE SHIPS.
This il the classification Of the differ
eni ships that we're in review:
Bat,leships Of the First Glass Iowa
Is guns, Capt. Benjamin +. Tilley In
diana, l6 guns, Capt Edward d. Taus
sig; Illinois, IS guns, Capt. Gottfriet
Blocklinger; Alabama, Is guns, Capt
Samuel 7. Comley, flagship Of Rear
| Admiral Davis Virginia, a guns, Capt
Seton Schroeder; New Jersey, "a guns
Capt. William w. Kimball; Rhode II
land. "a guns, Capt. Charles q. Bow
man: Louisiana, ~ guns, Capt. Alder
| X. Couden; Maine. 20 guns, Capt. Ma
than Il. Niles, flagship Of Rear Admira
| Evans; Missouri, 20 guns, Capt. Edwin
c. Pendelton; Kentucky, - guns, Capt
T.. y. Barry; Kearsarge, y guns, Capt
Herbert Winslow.
Armored Crusers-West Virginia, ]
guns, Capt. Conway II. Arnold, flag
ship Of Rear.Admiral Brownson; Col
orado, IS guns, Capt. Sidney A. Staun
ton; Maryland, Is guns, Capt. Roya
X. lngersoll; Pennsylvania, Is guns
Capt. Thomas c. Mclean.
Protected Cruisers Denver, 10 guns
Commander John G. Colwell; Cleve
land 10 guns, Commander John ]
Newton; Tacoma, 10 guns, Commando
James r. Smith; Minneapolis, II guns
Commander Bradley A, fiske.
| Monitors-Puritan, 10 guns, Capt
Charles W. Bartlett; Nevada, 9 guns
Commander Alfred Reynolds; Florida
6 guns, Commander W. l. Chambers
Arkansas, 6 guns, Commander Roger
| II. Gait.
Torpedo Boat Observation-Disclosures
Lawrence, Macdonough, Whipple
| Truxton and Worden.
Torpedo Boats Wilkes, Blakeley
Stockton, Rogers, Tingley and Wilkes
Submarines--Porpoise and Shark.
Auxiliaries-C Leonidas, Leb
anon, Aberenda, Arethusa. Celtic, sup
ply ship; Yankton, tender, and Nina
tug.
A salute of tweniy-one guns wa
fired simultaneously by every fighting
craft in the fleet as the president step
ped on the naval yacht Mayilower Il
review the fleet. Secretary of the Nav,
Charles j. Bonaparte and Postmaster
General George b. Cortelyou were ais
ON the Mayilower.