The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
BIG SHIPS ASSEMBLE
WILL PARTICIPATE IN HUDSON.
 FULTON CELEBRATION.
Three Brftask warships AnchOrea h New York HarbOr With OtAer
 Fore1en Men Of War-Tef- pean F1Otilla Present.

New York. Sept. 23.-Three Brftish
 warships. the Drake, the Argyle. and the Duke of Edinburgh. which with l the biz armored cruiser Infiexable,
 will represent Great Britain at the
 Hudson Fulton celebration. pushed through a gray haze into sight or New York Harbor this afternoon and
 anchored at sunset close to sandy Hook
 Tomorrow they will take their place
 below Grants Tomb. after cannonad-
 ing compliments with the carrier ar rivals. the warships of Mexico. Italy. France, Holland. Argentina and the
 United States.
 The British flagship. the e2.50o.o0o l Infiexibie, with Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour. reported by wireless that she would join her sister ships to-
 morrow morning. Some hours before the British men of war were heard
 salutins the forts at the harbor en- trance. the Atlantic torpedo hotilla. eight slim gray fighting vessels stole through the fog and steamed carefully 1 up the bay into the East river to the
 Brooklyn Navy Yard. They will take their places with the battleships some time tomorrow.
 News was received of the German squadron. the Victoria Louise.2the Bre-
 men. the Herthe and the Dresden re- ported that they had sailed from New port at noon and asked that pilots be in readfness to guide them into New York at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow morn ing. The British cruisers made no effort to repeat the action of the last English fleet to visit New York: the
 one commanded by Prince Louis Of
 Battenburg. On that occasion. the British squadron pitoted itself unaid- AA LA @N he n<1vn- vinced the American mariners that the EnElishmen were sure of their ground The heavy haze prevented any spec- tacular display today and the cruis- ars signalled for an American pilot
 before steering their way inside San dy Hook.
 The torpedo fiotiila. and two squad rons of four boats each, crept up the Narrows earlier in the day with a
 stealth behtting their character and
 mission. The morning fog was 90
 dense that the two souadrons could
 not see each other and kept in touch by means of their wireless apparatus.
 Tn each 'souadron two boats were in line and two on each flank. making diamond shaped formation. They worked their way through the haze
 by running at half speed for three or four cable lengths, then haltinR and blowing their whistles. on the foot of Manhattan Island. the fog lifted and the boats straightened out suddenly Into . single line. travelling up the East river at gait which made the cumbersome ferry boats and tugs take notice. The fiotilla includes the de- stroyer Worden and the torpedo boats Blakely. Siubrick. Stockton. String ham. Porter. Dupont and Bissle.
 Theme of war now anchored in tho Hudson form a line nearly ten miles long and were the principal object or interest to New York and Hudson Fulton visitors today.
 More than 300.oD0 persons. it is esti- mated. fiocked to Riverside Drive dur ing tho afternoon and looked at them. Excursion boats did a rushing busi- ness carrying crowds from the public landing places on a trip around the fleet. All the American warships had their flags at half mast this afternoon while the funeral of Governor John. son was in progress in Minnesota. This token of respect was widely comment cd upon by the spectators on shore.