The Mena weekly star., 1909-10-07
B|G PARADEs ENDED
,,,nsoN.FuLToN CELEBRATION .rN NEW YORK CLOSES WITH
 sEcoNo NAVAL PARADE.
PILGRIMAGE TO NEWBURGH
...,v,. Arctic Vessel, the Roosevelt, ws. Feature of the Display- e,.rmont and Half Moon Led the Ships Up the Hudson.

Nawhureh. N. r., Oct. 3.--With the ,.v Moon and Clermont swinging at sncbor of shore against a back s-ound of illuminated warships and srs wnxs. Newburgh rounded out one < of the greatest days in her history. "a The vessels which have played so prominent a part in Hudson-Fulton ssek were formally turned over to the |seepng of the celebrations Upper < EHndson Commission by General gtewart L. woodford, president of the
 ayer Hudson Commission.
 Nayor Benjamin McClung welcomed Ina distinguished guests to Newburgh. and Gov. Hughes paid his tribute in a E brief address.
 4 Lieut.. Lam, impersonator of Henry Hudson; Charles s. Bullock, the Rob ert Fulton of the present Clermont; < and Representatives from The Neither lands were also introduced during the #bljef ceremony at the pier.
 % Beside the Clermont, when she came 10 anchor. in Newburgh Bay. lay the E gcrsich of Rondout, N. r.. the oldest steamer in the world" which for-~76 wears has been il. active service. With her low hull nc higher above the water than a shingle and her "saw. bit" engine, she presented figure but 4 ltle less curious than her prototype.
 It was not until after the second division of the parade had passed the reviewing stand that the Roosevelt. # Commander Peary's Arctic exploration # ship, put in an appearance far down
 he river with a tug alongside. She had been delayed by a mishap but *| finally reached an anchorage unosten- # #tatiously not far from where the Cler & mont and Half Moon were lying Com. mander Peary came ashore and re- # turned quietly to New York by train # Thousands later thronged the shore * to look at his famous ship.
 # New York. Oct 3.--Henry Hudson has sailed north again, and the waters of Manhattan Harbor, crowded with the nsvies of eight nations, to do him honor, will mirror no more the cres- cent stern, the spreading spars and broad orange ensign of his caravel. the Half Moon. With aer and her companon. the Clermont. have de- parted the symbolism and the life O * the Hudson-Fulton celebration. They left New York as types and impersona E lions; they will return after a space. as museum curiosities.
 & Promptly at 3 o'clock the vessels of the escort squadron carrying 500.0 passengers, fell Into line in the North fyer noses upstream. The Dutch cruiser Utrecht the United States scout cruisers Salem and Birming gham, the submarines and their parent ship, the Castine together with the gun. boats and naval auxlllaries, had pre-. E eeded them. and the only ships of war In the line were the destroyer worden and the six torpedo boats which fol * lowed her at 100 yards intervals.
 hhind them came a 15 mile string or Hudson river and Long Sound lin.
 e's' among the largest inland water
 pass anser ships in the world. con E serted for The day into excursion
 steamers. They were as crowded as
 On the day of the first naval parade
 anu all the way up the riser they
 passed between long files of sight
 seers ashore. hs-.