New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27
THE NAVAL DISPLAY.
Great Assemblage Of Wars1ips Re
1ic7ced by President ROOSeTGt.

1If1Cfd OY PFC@dPnt hOOS6tfH.
Norfolk Va April 26-The guns of I'VE nations
to-day saluted the American flag and the Presi-
dent of the United States. The boom of the can
non echoed over Hampton Roads, where nearly
half a century the Monitor and the Merrmac
met President Roosevelt from the bridge Of the
Mayhower. whose decks were the meeting place of
the peace penipotentiaries OF Russia and Japan.
reviewed the great assemblage Of fighting ships
Steaming down the column of foreign warships
the President greeted by each vessel In turn
with "A salute OF twenty -one guns. The MayhoWer
then turned down the lane of American batteships
and cruisers and again the saluting cannon roared
The magnificent Atlantic feet. under command of
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans presented an i'm
presslve picture Of fighting strength.
The foreign vessels had the position OF honor I'm
n line stretching and parallel TO the shores
Of the exposition grounds. browning and forind-
able in their dark drab coloring with tunnels as
black as the smoke which poured from them. the
Eauadrons sent by Great Britain. Austria. Germany
and the Argentine Republic doomed in relief against
the background Of American vessels, whose glis-
tening white sides sparked in tho rays reflected
from the water and whose light bun superstruct-
lures and stacks made harmonious setting FOR
the many hued flags floating from masthead ana
peak from fghting top and flying truck
Back Of the first line of foreign vessels was
ranged the strongest column Of American battle
ships the history of the nation has ever known.
Stretching away curyinE line up the broad
channelway from the government pier OF old
Point Comfort sixteen battIeships formed the
centre of tho feet arranged for the reNie" In d
third line and all but hidden from the shore by
the bulk OF the batteships. were the cruisers and
torpedo craft Clustered far inshore, toward the
exposition waterfront. the vessels which have
been assigned station ships and Will remain
here until the close OF the fair the last OF NoFem
Der.
There we're thirty-eight American ships in III"
review The foreign ships numbered twelve mod
ern fighting craft. and furnished picturesque ana
striking between the foreign built cruiser
and the products OF American ship and navy yards.
All the vessels OF the combined fleets were dressed
in the flags pcnnants and bits OF bunting which
form the international signal code. While the
saIutes 20 the President were being fred the white
puffs Of powder smoke ioated away Ike tiny hecks
Of summer clouds among the huttering flags Of the
decorated ships. the effect being one OF great
beauty.
THE BRITISH SQUADRON.
The British squadron commanded BY Admiral Sir
c.eorge Neville and consisting OF the armored
cruisers Good Hope. Argyll, Hampshire and
RoxburRh attracted large share Of atten-
ton The Good Hope vessel with the strength
and striking power Of battleship. combined with
a speed OF twenty-three knots and score Of thou
sands Of horsepower. serves as Admiral Nevte's
flagship Her tonnage. 14.l0), is equal to that Of
more than One-haif Of the American ships, but IS
not so great as that OF the new type OF American
arrnored cruiser represented by the Washington
and the Tennessee. each registering 1880 tons.
The Good Hope and the German imperial flag
ship Room. arm0red cruiser. lighter than the
British boats but built much the same lines.
four funnes and two military being the
striking features OF similarity assigned TO
berths right and left OF the Connecticut the
5000 ton battleship to which Rear Admiral Evans
recently transferred his flag These three fagships
formed triangle where the Mayfower. at the end
OF the review dropped anchor. The Room has on
board Commodore Won Hon. commanding the Ger
man South Atlantic squadron. Captain Won Rebeur
Paschw;tz adiutant of Emperor william is also
IL
The nag officer Of the Austrian squadron is Com
modore Hermann Pescott. The Austrian flagship
Sankt GeOTg. is two thousand tons lighter than the
Room Dark of hull and tunnels. she and most
of the otner foreigners might have been considered
to-day as one feet except for the variance of the
flags al truck and stern. The great assemblage OF
ships seemed to be divided into only two classes
the white OF the American vessels being in oppos-
ton to the darkness OF the foreign visitors
In the American feet was represented almost
type of boat known to the navy of the coun-
try. The battleships Connecticut. Louisiana and
Virginia had to share honOrs with the almost
forgotten monitor Canonicus relic Of Civn
War days, the old vessel has just been fitted out
at the Norfolk Navy Yard al cost Of S1nCa0 70
enable her TO take place in the review Heavy
coats OF black paint do nor altogether hide the
scars OF the antiquateG ship. which will remain
a permanent feature of the exposition.
sALUTING THE PRESIDENT.
The trim Mayfower bearing the President and
n few in
Vited guests. approaching from the eastward ar
rived at the head of the column OF war vessels al
most an hour before the usual call for quarters is
sounded aboard man-of-war AS the NovAo,vor
approached with flags ahutter. the American 6ap
ship fired the first guns of the Presidential salute
i, an instant the other American ships and the
foreign vessels manned thei. cannon and the roar
OF twenty-one guns Aired from each vessel NJ tba
feet began. The Mayhower made her vov IN
the roads toward Norfolk passing along the outer
line Of foreign ships. close aboard AS she cleared
the first of these. the visiting vessel open.d fire
with new series OF salutes repeated in turn nv
every batteship and cruiser of the big feet The
MayhoNer's way had been kept clear for her since
early morning by the little steam launches sent
out from the ships TO do picket duty Dar,,,
here and there. with whistles screeching a warn
ing 20 respassing craft the little policemen OF the
roads were an interesting feature OF the pageant
Each foreign and American ship manned the rails
as the President passed in review The crews were
drawn up In close order along the forward and
quarter decks and the elevations OF the supcr
structures. and stood attention as the Mayaover
passed.
ne hrst OF the British ships to be met was the
HoNourSh then the Hampshire. and next the Ar
gym All three are sister ships. forming with their
neeship. toe Good Hope. one OF the many cruiser
n