Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-11-02
SUPREME ON
The OCEAN
Uncle Sans Partial Naval
Strength Makes Inspir-
ing Sight.
REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT
Ninety-nine Fighting Craft Are
Lined Up in the Hudson
River.

J tav Special Leased Wire to New Mexicany
/ New York, Nov. Prom the bridge
of the Mayfower where Theodore
Roosevelt had stood TO bid Godspeed
to the departing, and a joyous wei
come to the homecoming battleship
/ fleet that circled the globe three years
1 the most notable assemblage of war
ships in the history of the American
navy.
An Unsurpassed Spectacle.
There was not the thrill of adven-
ture attached to today's splendid
spectacle that there was at the depar-
ture of the fleet on it's perilous journey
around the Horn and to unknown dan
gers, but from the standpoint of fight
ing power. the number of ships of the
line and spectacular setting, the re-
view presented marine picture of un-
surpassed beauty and impressiveness.
Ninety-nine Ships.
In three long columns, stretching as
far as the eye could see up the Hud-
son river, the grim, grey ships-nine-
ty-nine in all-had awaited the Presi
dents coming
In his honor they were dressed from
stem to stern in fiuttering flags, as il
attempting for this gala occasion to
conceal the muzzles of the death
dealing guns.
New York is "Navy Mad"
The gay bunting lent color to the
scene but the meaning of the dull
gray hulls and the polished rifles
that protruded from turret mouths
could not be masked. There were "a
battleships in the line, representing
every type of that class of fighting yes
sci in the navy from the Indiana, Mas
sachusetts, and Iowa, of Spanish wal
fame, down to the last work in com
p]eted uper-dreadnaughts, the majes
tic Florida, which today lifted the
voice of her guns in their first salute
From the Indiana to Florida, it was
far cry, the big uperdreadnaugh
with her high free board, and five biz
turrents looking as though she coult
gobble up the little veterans of th'
lane in just one gulp. Armored cruis
ers, scout cruisers, destroyers, torped
grand total. New York, which ha
been navy mad for nearly week
. turned out by the hundreds of thou
sands to witness the review from Riy
erside Drive, from the towerin
heights of the New Jersey Palisades
and from the decks of excursion an
pleasure craft with which the unre
stricted sections of the river wer
choked.
Perfect Weather.
0 The day was favored by perfec
weather, an unclouded sky and bris
wind that added to the picturesque
} ness of the scene by roughening tn
harbor with white caps and whippin
the flags that made the ships abov
t the decks riot of color. The signi
5 acance of the mobilization and revie'
| of the feet at this time, was simpl
: to demonstrate the preparedness {
: the American navy for any emeri
:. ency. To further impress this effet
8 on the President and the nation,
9 say nothing of the world at larg
v the naval authorities were not col
!. tent with the usual plan of holding
: review of the fleet at anchor.
). Steamed Out to Sea.
. This part of the program was gor
through with today following the Gu
toms of years, but in addition, IL
orders provided that after the Ma
flower had steamed through the Sc
eral columns the fleet should get u
der way and pass out to sea. Th
. double spectacle made the revie
i unique in the annals of navy displa
u throughout the world and attract
~ to New York the military and nav
attaches of most of the powers
- Europe.
President Leaves.
President Taft materially altered /
travel plans to come to New York
this time to witness the pageant.
will leave for Hot Springs, Va, Ia
n this afternoon.