The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-03
FINEST OF YANKEE FLEETS
~ SHTPSH are AND bristol
FASHION, READY FOR REVIEW.
The Commln icr In Chicf Of the Army ami
Navy. In he Yacht Maynower. VIII
Lead the D,pioInalIsts To-day through
n Mighty Array 20 the Roar Of Guns.

In placid magnihceucp. the shafts OF an
ardent sun glancing from their immaculate
armor, the most superb feet Of Yankee war
vessels ever assembled In American waters
lay at anchor yesterday In tho wind dim
pied Sound OF Oyster Bay. just az IL will
lie to-day when the Commander in Chief
Of the Army and Navy will review II from
the yacht Mayiower while the green topped
Long Island hills reverberate with the thun-
der Of saluting guns. Following the May
fower through the feet in the cruiser Des
Moines will be diplomats from many foreign
capitals, who doubtless will be impressed
by the splendid condition Of a shining sam
pbe OF the ships and men OF the third naval
rover in the world.
As Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans sur
eyed from the bridge Of his flagship, the
Maine, the forty odd vessels Of his COM
mand stretching more than three miles
down the Sound in three columns, no
looked an admiration that he refused to
exr ress, being a modest man, to the news
Iarcr men who visited him just after the
feet had got in formation, at about 50
o'clock in the afternoon. The multitude,
not modest as the Rear Admiral, that had
come out from all the bays and inlets for
many miles along the Connecticut and
Long Island shores in floating things OF
beautiful and homely and weird design,
gave vent to their appreciation in cheers
which at times were answered by waving
81 hats from the peoples OWL spotless
craft. Everybody who owned a boat on
either shore was out in it with his family
or hs friends, or, II he we're a speculative
clammer or oysterman, with folks who
we're willing to put up the price to 90 out
Every now and then a fine yacht sailed
among the ships to anchorage for the night
in Huntington or Oyster Bay. They will
help swell the attending heterogeneous
Hotilla to-day.
1t is a long way from both borders OF
the Sound to the anchorage of the feet,
and small craft were nearly swamped at
times by the wash from larger boats and
the spray torn by the brisk southerIy breeze
from the wave tips, but the little ships
came bounding out fearIessly until the
sun went down.. Power launches, that
looked as il they ought not to have a license
to ply the Erie Canal, came out as con-
fdently as if they were liners but were
not by any means as dry. Balling was
the rule when they plunged their snub
noses deep into the handkerchief lace OF
the waves. They were mighty numerous
around the feet yesterday, and to-day
II they come out in the numbers, that one
Of their shippers prophesied there may
be a lot Of minor marine disasters TO record.
After the feet was in formation the me- VS.
paper tug Eugene Moran vent over the
course that the President viii take to-day
and made its own inspection Of the ships,
whose aspect satisfied the most ancient
Of the artists and the ablest OF the SUBJ
marine reporters. Even the lustre Of the
gathering at Santiago, as described by
the man who had seen fighting in, around,
above and on Cuba, appeared q trifie pale,
adorned with the friIls Of fancy
Of a fervent raconteur. Here was indeed
deetl Every bluejackst who reviewed the
looked radiant and fresh, with Just enough
Of jauntiness and swagger to keep up the
traditions Of the navy.
The brass work Of the ships gIea med
in the sunshine and there did not appear
10 be from a. view Of a few hundred feet
a spot as big as a fly on black cleaning
guns, protruding from sponsors, sand the
shimmering white Of the bulls Of battleships
and cruisers; yet everywhere bluejackets
we're securing and polishing and cleaning.
Never will a Commander in Chief see vessels
more spick and span.
Sleek and black and wicked looking, In
marked contrast : with the snowy craft,
were the tordedo boat destroyers and the
hrst class torpedo boats, the Whipple,
Worden, Truxtun. Hopkins, Lawrence,
Marlborough, Wilkes, Tingey, Rodgers,
Stockton; Blakeley and De Long, extending
in the order named hear the Long Island
shore, from east to west.
The middle column OF all white ships
Is composed Of the flagship Maine, the
battleships Missouri, Kentucky, Kearsarge
Louisiana, New Jersey and Virginia, n
the monitors dow lying floating fortresses)
Puritan, Nevada, Florida and Arkansas.
The third formidable white cloumn is made
up OF the battleship Alabama Flagship Of
Rear Admiral B~rownSon), the battleships
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, the armored
cruisers West Virginia, Colorado, Penn
sylvania and Maryland and the protected
cruisers Minneapolis, Tacoma, Cleveland
and Denver.
The President, Admiral Evans said, will
steam out OF Oyster Bay and pass west
ward through the columns headed by the
Whipple and the Maine. Before he starts
twenty-five Of the white warships stimuli
taneously will roar out with three Founders
The Presidential salute Of twenty-One guns.
AS he comes down the line the Des Moines
will trail the President and zach battleship,
cruiser and MONT tor that he passes will
salute individually the moment the May
Hover gets clear OF the guns. So there
VIII be a continuous banging until the review
is over.
After passing between the first and
second columns the Mayhower will turn.
pass west, outside OF the column headed
by the battleship Alabama, and will make
a complete circuit Of the feet, coming
back to Oyster Bay between the columns
headed by the Alabama and Maine. The
President will then visit the transport
Yankee, which recently returned from
Santo Domingo and still has flying from
her mizzen truck a gorgeous 400 foot home
ward MI pennant, Inc have a talk with
the marines. One Of these marines, who
had been III on the voyage, fell from his
bunk yesterday and was killed.
Inc Yankee and the supply ships and