New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

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across % th noon In the Bay. but padded dtrectI
,o,nos -. 'he Crescent Athletic Iara,nS - S''
10 form IN earnest 'iia' the parade began
The first .,,
Seminole buadron AZ was led by the revenua c,,tter
Csnta, 'ne flagship OF the raven,,a e.. 80
hrP.sIh h,P.Sh & S. Cochran ahoors Hue heet' with
tba roScoggin and the third sUS ss, oguau' VI On
the Cenora1 =. Inc government squadron LED h.,
hardt inol,,s1s commanded by Lieutenant Ever.
SO, "eluoed also the General Josenb z -,
60 me Apache the PsUneo ~. 80 ~ = 'ohh-
Iap,io iIV and the Harvey Brown IT, A.
den .b r, uo hotilla came next with the W.
s,rt, DiakeIy. the Shubrick the Stoot-.o -,
While ~. 'e me Forter the Dupont and the Biddla
Hair ~, crowd was still looking for the distor.
- ''ooh along came the scout -, ' ~
V,,h ~ JACOB w. Miers flagship. the CIo,,oos.n-
tbo r,., ~" as aids were the Tarpon the h,,oh,o,
and the C uIe mermaid. the Whrlwind the scout
so,, Drawing The first division OF the co..
S9uadron made the watchers oraro .t, ''le escort
pc'ahcy They were the Eileen ana tho TS M III
-, second division was COMPOSED ~ tb ..,St
o.e me Meet in which were the c,astiro 49,,
and the Plunger. 'ne viper
MOSQUITO FLEET IN LINE
With all this small frv ~ ,ba -
service in her van. the Half Moon ~ To-. ~ 'I'V"l
- inc Erie Basin. passed Governors island Ihoro
S epl some more salutes from Fort Jav ana an
t,,,a q" 'he Battery. The parade had been on
i'e III starting. but was a little late IN roooh,,a
'he lower end OF Manhattan Island
"hen the Half Moon had reached tho fire. =. A..
g ..., Gu meet the auxiliary yacht Mayhower known
oie PRESIDENTS yacht" the laborinr C,Iermont
~ o ana three and half miles an hour
HS mile and half behind Her old ,a++
machinery wouldn't drive bar - - pa''ei" r
craving pace. The Half Moon, Therefore ,r,tb ~
ad'"Iitaees OF speed which fast tug gave her
60 &c" Oh the scene first TO receive the homage ~ tbs
feet anchor 0''se OF Ole
me gunboat Machas was the second warsbin T.,
me 10 extend the glad hand OF eunne-, 70 +bs
81 c.tHuslasuc Dutchmen. In the days OF Pieter
''us'esaht says old Father Knickerbocker Dutch
were Iat and logy, and sat in their doorways
LOT hours at a time. smoking their long mines
Perhaps they may be known 70 do +ba -, =,
fioiland to-day. but the New Amsterdam OF old has
oa"seu INTO New York, and the atmosphere OF il
'ie vibrating explosion Of blank shells seemed
10 get on the Dutchmen's nerves as II got ON
everybody else's, and II made them jump up and
OoWh IN the rigging and on the deck waving their
req captain Kidd hats and shouting for all their
worm IN a language more familiar here three hun
dfed years ago than now
Certainly the Dutchmen U,era nla.sA5 81 +bo -.
eepuon given to them Down IN the Lower Bay
"heh they had been saluted at Tompkinsvile then
at Governors Island. and again by the torpedo
'oDia' the HAIR Moon had replied with two dis
C"a4 ses OF heT little swivel gun that made her
ieht ouIk jump at each rebound Now she replied
10 the warships with keen endowment I'm the fact
that she was once more somebody, and not a mere
vague memory associated with dead mems bones.
ne enthusiasm on the Half Moon aroused into lively
demonstration by the firing was CONTAGIOUS and
woke the crowds on ferryboats and other craft,
besides those on shore. similar enthusiasm and
the sightseers cheered at football game.
The schoolship Newport was Of three in the
entire feet that did not fire of big guns as signal
or naval welcome. OF course. being only a school
ship. she had guns and therefore wasted no
powder. Neither did the Dutchmen. although they
dipped their big flag at the poop the Newport
cadets dressed in white duck. raised the Dutch
flag TO the yardarm.
The Mexican gunboat Morales. her rail manned
like the other ships with sailors in blue raised the
colors Of Queen WilheImina and the Dutch King
dom and fred her salute OF twenty-one guns
bravely as the rest. although she is only little
fellow and was built not long ago at Lewis
Nixon's shipyards at Ezabethport
One Of the prettiest sights the river the
Presidente Sarmiente, of the Argentine Republics
navy. Painted white and full rugged. with her
yards trimmed and the string of signal flags
tending from bowsprit tip TO mainsail boom, she
looked like OF the old frisate rgged ironclads
which made up the United States navy not
many years ago.
1t was 2:27 o'clock when the Half Moon passed
the MayfOwer. After that the gun firing and
screaming of whistles. the snap of the Half Moons
swivel, the cheers of her crew, the band music
on the warships and the interest of the throngs
both banks of the Hudson made the second trip
Of the Half Moon up the river triumphal journey.
The tiny ship. fashioned in type similar that
Of the ships that composed the Spanish Armada
vessels often pictured big and broad affairs
with elaborately carved fgureheads and wide
spreading spars and portfolios flashing fire and
smoke from thick cannon-a craft OF this general
shape. but painted like a toy and dancing over the
Hudson's steamboat swells and natural waveletr
in a dipping, joyous movement like runaway
boys play yacht, glad to enjoy a dangerous free
dom, was receiving the highest honors from the
naval representatives of the worlds powerful
tons and being treated with all the respect possi-
bic by the biggest battleships ahoat.
The little Half Moon might almost have been
slowed away in a turret of OF the big fellows
and d shot from of the smallest pieces of the
modern ordnance bristling from the sides of the
long fleet could have sent her TO the bottom with
ease. II the general air of perkiness and self
assurance compared to the reserved might of the
neighbors she was passing in the tow of her tug
that ticked the crowd and caused them TO smile
a little and then cheer great deal.
HAD HEARTS OF OAK
1t was the thought that men like Henry Hudson
crossed the ocean in such cockeshells the Half
Moon that appealed to the Imagination of the men
on shpboard who knew what the terrors of the
sea were, but had been rendered able TO laugh at
them. They could appreciate the difference be-
ween the sailors courage of yesterday and the
sailors courage Of to-day.
The warshps were not the only of the
sharp cracks of salutation. Opposite the Holland
American Line piers in HOboken the line which on
occasion furnishes transportation for Dutch troops
ana which trains youths for the Dutch navy, the
Half Moon received the salute of twenty-one guns
The I.usitania whose contribution 10 the Hudson
Fulton celebration was sharp with the In
iexible the British flagship again took part by
irIng a salute the Half Moon, TO which she re-
llied as gracefully as usual
About this time the ClermOnt, suil padding along |
or dear life too proud 10 accept the aid of tug,
Ter costumed crew Of descendants of Robert Fulton
sitting on her decks. beginning to creep up a
little on the Half Moon But she was stil so far |
,Uay that people the piers wanted to know-and |
yhat they wanted know was not always eX- !
...5 a, the most uolite Ianguage-When that |