The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-31
80 WARSHIPS
ON HUDSON
Biggest International Fleet
Ever Assembled
FIFTY THREE U. 5. VESSELS
10 Battleships Arc to Be Among Those
Included--Prince Of Royal Blood
viii Represent the
Japanese.
FIFTY THREE U. 5. VESSELS

New York, July 3f.- General stewar
t. Woodiord, president Of the Hudson
Fulton Celebration commission, an
nounced yesterday afternoon at
meeting Of the trustees OF the commits
sion at its headquarters, 1874 Nassau
street, that he was in receipt OF a letter
from George Won L. Meyer, secretary OF
the navy, stating that iifty-three YES
sels Of the United States navy would
be available for participation IN the
Hudson. Fulton celebration this fall. The
list OF vessels is as follows; f6 battle.
ships ; armored cruisers; 3 scout crnis-
ers; 10 torpedo boats: I submarines; 2
parent ships Dixie and Castine);
tender (Yankton); I repair ship pan
thw); ! torpedo vessel montgomery;
tug (Potouac) and 7 golfers (Abar
enda, Brutus, Hannibal, Lebanon, Leon
idas, Marcelms and Sterling) The NUM-
Der Of auxiliaries win be left undeter-
mined at present owing to the probable
crowded condition of this harbor at the
time Of the celebration. General
Woodford, IN making the announcement
said:
We are now assured the largest col
lection Of war vessels, aggregating at
least eighty, that has ever been as
sembled in one place, with the excep-
tion Of the rendezvous Of British ships
in the English Channel. II will be the
largest collection Of war vessels ever
brought together on this side Of the At
lantic and the largest collection Of an
international character ever assembled
anywhere. The state department mott
fees rs that ii IL informed. through its
ambassador IN Berlin, that Germany
win send squadron probably four
vessels), under the command Of the
ranking officer Of the German navy. Ad.
miral a. d. son Gester; England win
send four cruisers the Drake, Argyle.
Duke Of Edinburgh and the Black
Prince under command Of Rear Adj
miral Frederick 7. Hamilton, who will
be the official representative of
Great Britain al the celebration, italy
viii send the cruiser Etruria and her
cadet ship Aetna; France viii also send
an official representative and ships I
have been informed unofiicialIy that
FIVE warslps win come "a take part IA
the celebration from South America:
Mexico win send one gunboat. Bravo,
under command 81 Captain Manuel n.
Imguirre; the Netherlands viii send
the cruiser Utrecht from the crew Of
which the replica Of the Half Moon win
BE manned) and probably two or three
other war fessels Guatemala viii send
a new coast patrol boat Il It Is finished /
in time, and other nations are still to
he heard from
Robert VI. de Forest, chairman Of the |
subcommittee on art exhibits, Of which /
J. Pierpont Morgan Is general chairman. /
reported the great Hudson. Fulton Art
EXHIBIT in the Metropolitan Museum AZ Il
Art would be opened with an official re
ception at which it IS expected that ap- /
proximately ten thousand guests win /
he present, on Sept "a, and would n
main open to the public until some time
late IN November The number OF /
paintings offered for the exhibition. in
both the Hudson or Dutch and the Fnl /
ton lines, was, Mr.. de Forest said, I
greatly ia excess Of the expectations of /
the committee He added that already /
thirty Remhrandts had heen offered ana /
that the exhibition would Be truly 4 re-
one. For the benefit az the /
public both unilluminatcd and iliuminat- |
ed catalogues would be published at /
popular prices for this exhibition.
An addition TO the already long list /
Of special exhibitions to be held during
the celebration was announced. IL IS /
one To Be held IN the building Of the Ma
tional Arts club on Gramercv park I
jointly by the National Arts club and
the American Scenic and Rhetoric Pre-.
servation society This exhibition will 1
open on Sept "a, win continue for four
weeks and will show three hundred I
years in the history of New York. 1t
viii be one Of the most important and
Of the Hudson. Fulton ex-
hihits