The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
HUDSON-FULTON
CELEBRATION FETEs
Moon and Clermont at
New Nork

New York, N. Y, Sept. 3O.-voices
Of thunder from the mightiest armada
ever gathered within these harbor
gates hailed the renewed Half Moon
and her adventurous crew and &C.
claimed the returned Clermont, which
first defied the waves by the titanic
power of steam.
The two vessels, old fashioned and
clumsy, were followed by such a mer-
chant fleet as never before had been
marshaled in parade in these waters,
and they passed by line of warships
that told the story of the fighting
strength of the navies of the world in
terms of most impressive significance.
Uncle Sam was here with sixteen bat
tleships and almost forty other vessels
of war, and picked ships from the
fleets of England and Germany,
France and Italy, Holland, Argentine
and Mexico, swung on the tide in
peaceful accord, to do honor to the
day.
The great water spectacle of the
morning and afternoon turned at
night into such display as threaten
ed to blind the stars with light. The
whole Hudson was river of fire
from the illumination of the battle
ships and other craft.
Four million people rejoiced at the
official opening of this, the Hudson
Fulton celebration, which in import
ance has outstripped any demonstra-
tion seen in this, the metropolis Of
the Western world. Not even when
the gallant Dewey returned from the
victory of Manila Bay did New York
send out a greater host than that
which gathered upon the slopes Of
green Riverside and the lofty Pail
sades.
The day was faultless. The sky was
like an inverted turquoise cup, and
the blue of it was mirrored in the
stream, which shimmered beneath the
sun of autumn, ilecked here and there
with points of foam. Perfect wealth
er beguiled a myriad of the sons Of
men, who left their toll to make holi-
day in the names of the explorer and
of the inventor whose achievements
made possible the Empire City of
New York.
In the manoeuvring at the start the
| Half Moon rammed the Clermont and
took part of one of her paddle wheels
by the board.
AS far as the eye could reach swung
the battle ships of the nations at an
Choir, forming in their gay dress of
bunting, flung jauntily from mast and
yard, line Of warriors of the deep.
Submarines and torpedo boats
skurried past them first as though to
clear the way, and then came the
images of the Half Moon and of the
Clermont, followed by a flotilla which
had been long in gathering. 1t was
those who could for miles view the
! stream although many who could only
| get glimpses Of palt OF the martial
display were disappointed.
Those who were afioat felt the
shock of the echoing guns of the .Sa-
lutes and saw all that transpired on
the holystoned decks of the me1-of-
war On land the throngs saw great
procession of the vessels of peace,
! dilu 80 NUMEROUS were luSy ludI
passed before the last had completed
its journey up the stream, and many
did not attempt to get in line again
for the display of the evening.
An idea of the magnitude of the
! parade may be had when it is known
that the column that circled the bat,
tle'h!ps and cruisers of the interna-
tional feet in the Hudson was at
least forty miles long. The distance
from the Statute of Liberty the an
chorage of the derelct destroyer Sen,
eca is about sixteen miles, yet when
the flagship General Meigs, that head,
ed the column arrived off the Battery
on her return to the starting point the
yacht division in the parade was just
getting under way, and there was an
urkroken chain of vessels of every
description, except warships and
ocean liners, going up or coming down
the river behind her