The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-10-31
NAVAL REVIEW WILL
Be BEST EVER HELD
Secretary of Navy and Hun
dreds of Thousands See
1O2 Armed Vessels.
(National News Associa tion)

| (Eational News Association
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-On hundred
and two vessels of the American
Navy, the largest fleet ever assembled
under the Stars and Stripes, in their
gayest holiday dress, were reviewed
by Secretary of the Navy Myer today,
while hundreds of thousands, ashore
and af1oat, saw the spectacle. The
aggregate tonnage of the assembled
war vessels was over one-half million
as compared with less than one-third
OF this total present at the naval re-
view by President Roosevelt in Hamp-
ton Roads five years ago. The aggre-
cation of American dreadnoughts and
smaller sisters taking part in today's
spectacle represented approximately
the huge outlay of $500. 100000.
Dressed from stem to stern in a riot
of bunting. the gray lines of the war
ships. with a background formed by
the Palisades, beautiful in the autumn
foliage, made magnificent spectacle
as viewed from Riverside Park and
other points of vantage on the Man
haitian side of the river.
On the broad bosom of the Hudson
the vessels floated an anchor in three
columns, each eight miles long,
stretching from a point about opposite
tifty-seventh street up the river to
the mouth of Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Proceeding from the lower extremity
of the columns, Secretary Meyer,
standing on the bridge of the naval
yacht Mayflower and surrounded by
his aides and number of invited
guests. went northward through the
lines formed by the battleships, cruis-
ers, torpedo boats and destroyers, sub
marines and naval auxiliaries.
All the while the ships kept up a
roar of salutes. The ships sides were
manned by bluejackets at attention,
the quarterdecks were thronged with
officers and marine guards, relocated
bands played the national airs, while
"bo'suns' whistles piped out the
order of the day.
At the completion of it's progress
through the anchored lines the May
flower took up it's station near the
flagship Connecticut. Rear Admiral
Osterhaus, the commander of the
fleet, and all of the flag and command
ing officers boarded the yacht and
were received by Secretary Meyer on
the quarterback. AS the officers, in
full dress uniform, came over the side
of the yacht they were greeted by the
blast of bugles. the roll of drums,
and finally by a cordial handshake
from the chief officer of the Navy De-
partment.
OF the warships taking part in the
great demonstration six were battle
ships of the dreadnought class They
were the Florida, Utah, Delaware,
South Carolina, North Dakota and
Michigan. In addition there was a
splendid array of first-class battle
ships of the Connecticut type, number
ing all told, six ships-the Minnesota,
New Hampshire, Kansas, Vermont,
Louisiana and Connecticut. Added to
these were the battleships of the type
represented by the Idaho and the
five of the Virginia type,
being, besides that ship, the Georgia,
New Jersey, Nebraska, and Rhode Is- |
land, and of the Missouri type, includ- !!
ing that vessel, the Ohio and the
Maine.
These are the ships upon which the
United States would rely in time of
war to do the actual fighting. The
of these battleships is close |
% 100000, and the broadside of the
Dig guns they could fire would mean
l hail of 13-inch and 12-inch projectiles
weighing approximately 10000 pounds
If steel
In addition to the giant battleships
he long lines of fighting-machines in
;luded the two big armored cruisers
and North Carolina, the
scout cruiser Salem, the un-
protected cruisers Des Moines and
san Francisco, feet of gunboats, five
lotillas of torpedo boat destroyers and
orpedo boats, eight of the newest and
Inest submarines in the world, and
leet of splendid naval auxiliaries.
Small wonder, then, that a crowd
stimated at fully 100000 persons
urned out to view the great naval
pectacle. All the vantage points
long both shores of the river were
lack with masses of people, while
xcursion craft of every description
arried thousands of spectators as
lose to the vessels of the fleet as the
lert little patrol boats would permit.
)uring the early forenoon the trains
rriving in the metropolis brought
reat crowds of sightseers from all
yer New York, New Jersey, Connect
cut and even from distant points in
be East and in New England.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
November 6. 1911, last day for pay
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