Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-30
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Monster Fleet oiSea Fight
ers in Hudson River.
Nearly Whole Of Armada Now
Ready for Inspection.
President Taft Will Review the
Fleet, Thursday, Nov. z.

Chicago. oct, 29.-In other respects
THAN mere number of ships and
lpower of armament, the great naval
lreview 10 be held at New York prom
Uses to surpass any raval pageant ever
lseen in this country.
| President Taft VIII not only sail
past the four lines of ships at anchor
in the Hudson river but will watch
1.-THE ships weigh anchor and get under
way. He then will lead the long col
umn down the bay and off Staten
island. on the Mayflower, will again
lrevieW the fleet as it steams out to
sea.
Secretary Of the Navy Meyer, who
came to Chicago To assist in the ded-
lication of the new naval training sta
tion here and to arrange for the re-
view, left for the East today.
The presidential review will take
place on Thursday, Nov. .. Wednes-
1day, the secretary Of the navy will in
!spect the fleet from the Dolphin. In
la sense this inspection Will mark the
beginning of the pageant, for Secre-
ttary Meyer will be received with the
roar of the guns and other honors due
his office.
| President Taft will reach New York
early Thursday morning and will be
! on or about the battleships until P
NJ. when he will depart for Hot
Springs. va, To rest three or four
| DAYS before filling engagements in
lCincinnati. Kentucky and Tennessee.
Except the few torpedo boats, whose
VOYAGE from southern waters has been
DELAYED by stress of weather. and the
flew others which are not yet due To
take their place in line, all of the vast
Iarmada which had been ordered to
mobilize in the North River for pur=
lposes OF inspection and review were
ladorning the Hudson tonight.
The advent of the new arrivals brought
about a reimbursement of the alignment
| of the first Corners. The flagship Con-
lneeticut dropped down from her old an
lchorage off SD street to berth off 2th
istreet. When all of the changes had 9eeh
made and the new arrivals had gone te
their appointed berths the grim, gray line
extended from 57th street eastward to q
point of Spuyten DuyviI, a distance OF
g. miles. Along the New Jersey shors
land abeam of the heavy battleships th'
ltorpedo boats and = destroyers were
lstretched in double column, the lines run
lining from point Just north of Wee
thawken to Fort Lee. Between the dou
BILE lines of this fotilla and the line o.
battleships stretched still another line
Icomposed of cruisers, gunbosts and aux
lniaries The submarines were in still an
iother line, their position being between
1.-The New York shore and the battle line
the center of the line being off l40tt
street.
IF the 1n2 vessels had been anchored
lin single column the line would have
Ibeen Il miles in length. As a display
the mobilization SURPRISES the Ger
Imam review at Kiel and tie Later
mobilization Of the French fleet a
iToulon 1t is surpassed only ny ths
Inject which assembled in the Soient a.
1.-The time OF the coronation. ON thai
Occasion Great Britain alone had Id
ships in line with an aggregate ton
Image of more than 100000
| while it is difficult In the daytime
to pick out the ships there VIII be ne
ldifliculty, Monday and TUESDAY nights
Ion both nights the ships VIII be IL
Illuminated, and the scheme OF hsht'
ling contemplates that the name ol
each vessel shall be shown
In connection with the illumination
There will be a searchight drill on th'
leyenines of MONDAY and Tuesday, IL
ltais fully 800 lights will play
The mobilization plaas OF the Hee'
lat New York were. Saturday. MODIFIED
nv the navy department so that Sec
i Never will inspect the fleet Nov. | in
Estead of oct. 81, and President Tati
Twin review the fleet Nov. 2. accom-
panied by Sec. Meyer, both at anchor
and under way
New York. Oc.. 29-This was Fleet
sunday in New York. The great ar
raw of battleships, cruisers, torpedo
boats and other war craft lined up III
sweoping triple column on the Hud-
con for review by President Taft
Th,,rr,lay. was the magnet which drew
nrobablv a million persons TO the river
front.
The day was ideal. Three new
arn,o,- clads joined the line, today, the
s Maine the North Carolina and the
I-tab Seven more destroyers, the coll
Iior Cvclops and the supply ship Gel
lie we're the other arrivals, making the
, eatbcring more than 100 war craft
summoned here for the review-the
greatest in the modern navy's history
onraetieally complete.
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