Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-25
Argentine Republic Wapsh|p Arrived
Yesterday and Was Greeted
by Usual Salute.
AUSTRIAN SQUADRON ALSO DUE
Armored Cruiser Brooklyn, the Bat
tIeship Texas, and the Old fife
Mentors canonicns and Mianto.
*nomoh Attract More Attention
Than Any of the other Ships.
lFlom Staf Correspondent

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OLD POINT COMFORT, VA, April
"a hirtS'eishl hattleships, cruisers.
monitors, torpedo boat destroyers anu
AUXILIARY craft composing the great
est American fleet ever assembled
the German armored cruiser Room,
which was brought in by Captain w.
w. Scott, of the Virginia Pilot Asso.
citation, and protected cruiser Bremen
ana the Argentine Republic training
ship Presldente Sarmieto, ride Deace.
i'llly Mt anchor on the waters of
Hampton Roads tonight awaiting the
arrival tomorrow of the British and
Austrian squadrons, and the grand re-.
view Friday morning by President
Theodore Roosevelt as he passes
through the Roads on the yacht May
flower senroute from Washington TO
mo jamestown Exposition.
Two of the foreign warships now in
the Roads arrived this morning, the
bremen coming down from Newport
News, where she has been undergo.
ing an overhauling, and joining the
Room. and the Presidente Sarmieto ar.
irving from Baltimore, where she
went several days ago to be painted
Both OF the vessels We're welcomed to
T the Roads by the booming of the guns
of battleship Connecticut, flagship of
Rear Admiral Robely d. Evans.
British, Coming Today.
1t is confidently expected aboard
the American fleet that the British
squadron. under Rear Admiral Ne.
Vilie, and the Austrian, fleet will ar
rive here tomorrow morning. In the
British squadron will be four nam.
moth armored cruisers. homogene.
Gus set of grey-coated fighters built
along the fleet lines of all of the mod.
crn British warships. The Good
Hone will be the flagship and her
companion ships will be the Argyel,
Hampshire and Roxburg. The Aus.
1rian vessels will be the armored
cruiser Sankt George and the protect.
ed cruiser Aspern.
others Coming.
The exact dates of the arrivals of
the other foreign sQuadrons that are
to attend the jamestown Exposition
are not known but 1t is expected that
the CHILEAN and Brazilian fleets will
reach me Roads by Friday morning.
Historical Ships There.
The ships of the great American
fleet that possibly have attracted
HiOIe dtleiIllOl IMAM any others are
the armored cruisers Brooklyn, the
secondclass battleship Texas and the
old-time monitors Canonicus and Miau-
tonomoh, OF Civil War renown, which
are anchored near the Exposition
grounds and apart from Rear Admiral
Evans atlantic fleet. OF these four
ships the most interesting is perhaps
the Brooklyn, the flagship of Rear
Admiral Schley in the battle with Adj
miral Cerveras squadron off Santi-
5ago, Cuba. On the aft turret of this
wilrshp is the memorial plate. simply
1888" The Texas fought beside the
Brooklyn at Santiago. These four
slips will remain in the. Roads
throughout the life of the Tercenten-
NAL.
President Will View Ships.
In reviewing the fleet from the
bridge OF the yacht Mayflower Fri
day morning President Rooseyelt will
pass through and around the entire
fleet Of American and foreign war
Ship When the Mayflower passes
Fort Monroe the guns there will boom
forth the Presidents salute of 81
guns and the salute will then he talk.
en- up Ey the American and foreign
fleets. After the review, the May.
flower will steam to the government
pier at the Exposition, where the
President and his party will disem.
bark