The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-25
BIG PARADE
ON The HUDSON
Continned from Page ono.

the coming OF the clermont and the
HALF Moon, gightseers at the Hudson
Fulton celebration looked upon the
most Impressive assembly OF foreign
warships that has probably ever been
seen In American waters. Riding In
the river between Forty fourth street
and Spuyton Duyvil. besides the fifey
vessels Of the United States Atlantic
neet under Rear Admiral seaton
Schroeder, the foreign navies are
represented by sixteen fighting craft
In all. Great Britain has four. Ger
many has four also, France has two.
Italy has two, Mexico has one. Argen-
tine has one and Cupa has one.
Their massive hulls Juggling lazily
at their anchorages represent the
highest development In construction
from the great shipyards on the
Clyde and the best efforts Of the Ger
man naval constructors. The trims
NEST ships OF France the aick OF the
feet OF Ttaly are most impressive
emissaries from the old world to the
new.
Swift cruisers with triple expansion
engines and long rakish lines like
greyhounds of the ocean; massive
battleships mounted from turrets to
the fighting tops with batteries Of the
highest type, swift torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyeTs, wonderful
submarines-every type OF fighting
ship sknown to the United states and
eight other navies, four of them
world powers, are in this impressive
assembly.
Admiral Schroeder Commands.
The United States Atlantic fleet I'M
der command of Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder is represented by the bat
tleships Connecticut $4,000 tons), the
flagship; Vermont $4,000, Kansas
(l6,000), Louisiana (16,000l, Mime
sofa (16,0o0), New Hampshire (16, 10000,
Mississippi (1S,o0O), Idaho (ls,00o),
Georgia (14,s4s) New Jersey (14,94S).
Nebraska (14,s4s), Rhode Island Ga
s4s), Virginia (14,s4S), Missouri Ga
Soo), and Ohio (l2,440), the armoured
cruisers North Carolina (14,50O tons),
speed 22.4S knots; New York (s,2OO),
Montana (14,500), ~ Knots: the scout
cruisers Chester, Birmingham and Sa-
lem. each $3.50 tons, % knots; and a.
fleet of five submarines and twenty
four destroyers. torpedo boats and
other auxiliaries.
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder is
outranked by both Admiral Won Koes-
ter OF the German Imperial navy and
Admiral Sir Edward Seymour OF the
British Royal navy. A movement to
petition the president to place Admiral
Dewey In command was promptly halt
ed by Admiral Dewey himself, who said
that his health and age would not per-
NIT him to undertake eight days of full
dress duty and banquetting. The APP
tpointment Of Admiral Seymour to these
waters Is regarded as another evidence
OF King Edwards tact Admiral Sey-
mour was In command of the British
feet In Manila bay on the day when
Commodore George Dewey annihilated
the Spanish feet. and the rejoinder OF
his captain. Sir Edward Chichester, to
the German commander, who inquired
before Dewey went into action and
while the attitude of the German feet,
then at anchor In the same waters. was
still matter of anxiety what action
the English proposed to take. won him
instant popularity In his country and
passed into history, crystallized in the
aphorisms Of Mr.. Dooley:
That" said Sir Edward, with signi-
flcant ambiguity, is a matter only
known to Admiral Dewey and myself. .
John Bulls Sea Warriors.
Admiral Seymour became still bet
ter and even more favorably known to
Americans during the international oc-
cupatton OF Pekin at the time OF the
Boxer uprising. His fleet here con
sists OF the armored cruisers InfiexibIe
(17,500 tons. rs knots), Drake (14.100
tons, "a knots), Argyll (1O,85O tons. 2s
knotsl and the Duke of Edinburgh
l1S,560 tone. ~ knots
Grand Admiral Won Rooster is also
We'll known to Americans. An intimate
friend OF the Kaiser. so years an off,
Ger. and one OF the committee which
drew up the plans resulting in the
German-American Sender KIase races
at Kieland Marblehead, he recently re-
tired as commanded in chief OF the I'm
perial navy TO be succeeded by Prince
Henry Of Prussia. He consented. how
ever, to accept the presidency Of the
German navy league and his apoint-
ment to the Hudson Fulton command
Is both q compliment to his own honor
able career and to this country. His
fleet consists OF the cruisers Dresden
(S,644 tons), Herthar C5,56s). Victoria
Luise (5,56sl and bremen $4,000.
France sends three battleships under
Admiral le Pord- the vorite (14635).
Justice (14,4S5), and Liberte (l4635).
Italy sends two--the Etruria and
Etna
The Argentine Republic, the Netehr-