The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-30
Taft to Review Ships.

CHICAGO. Oct. 29.-Sccretary Of the
Navy Never who came 10 Chicago 10
assist in the dedication OF the new naval
training station here and 10 arrange with
President Taft for the review Of the
great fleet OF battlcships and other YES
sells of war now assembled in New York,
left for the east tonight.
In other respects than mere number of
ships and power Of armament. the review
promises 10 eclipse any naval pageant
ever seen in This country President Taft
at anchor in the Hudson river and will
watch ths- vast armada pick UP it's an
chors and get under way. He then viii
lead the long column of fighting ships
down the river. aud off Staten Island will
stand aside on the Mayflower and again
review the fleet IT passes out TO sea.
The presidential review will take place
on Thursday, November >. Wednesday
the secretary Of the navy viii inspect the
fleet from his dispatch boat the Dolphin.
In sense this inspection really will mark
the beginning Of the pageant. for Secre-
tarv Never will he received with all the
hbnors due his office, and the river will
revcrber5te with the roar OF salutins cam
non.
Will Reach New York Thursday.
President Taft will reach New York
carly on Thursday morning. and VIII be
In and about tho ba,tleships all day long.
He viii board the Sayflower at $50
a. M, and VIII not leave the Yacht until
. p, m, when ne viii depart for Hot
Springs. Va. 10 rest three or four dsys
before filing the supplementary engage
mcnts he recently made III Cincinnati,
Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Mayflowcr Will reach tho head OF
the four bsttleship lines nj 10 o'clock
She viii anchor for a brief time there 20
permit tho commander of the fleet Rear
ADMIRAL Osierhaus. and possibly the diVis-
ion commanders, 10 go on board and pay
tnclr respects TO the commandment chief
Of The navy. President Taft will return
A igIf an ftja, "A
flagship, the Connecticut
When he IS again aboard the Mayflower.
the yschf VIII &c, under way and steam
formed by the fleet and second columns
Of tho anchored fleet. This lane is seven
miles long. After The last little torpedo
boat al the end or the column has paid
IFS tribute Of twepty-one guns TO the
president. the Mayflower viii turn and.
heading for the south. will steam back
through the third and fourth columns
Continuous salutes.
From the time tho Msyflover first
comes in sight at the beginning of the re-
through the Narrows and is headed nu,
past Sandy Hook. the ssTutng will be
almost continuous. and Now York harbor
aud the city Itself promises 10 be wrapped
for hours in the pungent white smoke
poured from the muzzics OF several hun
dred guns.
The spectacle of the vast fleet getting
1'p"V way III tne narrow confines OF New
York harbor Will be ono worth remember
ing. and Undoubtedly will he Witnessed
from shore and shpboard by thousands
81 people President Roosevelt, In De
cember. 1907. watched the Atlantic fleet
gel under way for the trip around the
world.
The picture then presented was one that
mas lived long in naval annals OF the
world. But there were then only sixteen
shlps In the line. and they had the broad
nohom Of Hampton Roads To mspeuver in
With miles OF water on every side. When
lne Dig ile9t now assembled In the Hud
son river begins to moyo. t will require
wonderful skill in navigation IL get IL
strsightened out and beaded down chan
mel fer the open sea.
me reTiew win he an official one in
every sense Of the word. and the prcsi-
denl party on the Mayflowcr Will nc
confined TO himself Secretary Meyer one
OF t"o AIDES and Secretary Hillcs. Tho
dispatch bost Dolphin will he taken aIon,
beside ttc M1yfl"ver and will have a !
parry cd perhaps 4 hundred on board