The evening world., 1911-10-26
I1O2 SHIPS Of WAR
NMVAlPAGEANT
IN NORTH RIVER
line of March" to Extend
= From Spuyten Duyvil to
Battery.
bo SHOTS TO BE FIRED.
ecretary of Navy to Get Sa-
lutte Each Time He Inspects
a Ship.
10 SHOTS TO BE FIRED.

gar vessels IN the North River was
completed to-day. The big day will be
Wednesday. Nov. 1. when the rcview
NJ take place.
II LEO o'clock In the afternoon the
|De vessels In the fleet will start south.
D the meantime. Secretary of the
navy George Won l.. Meyer will have
Htaken his position on the despatch boat
4 Dolphin, near the Statue OF Liberty.
Y There will pass before him In review.
4the massive battleships, the trim
fcruisers. the swift. graceful, but
wicked looking torpedo boats and de-
stroyers. the shiny submarines. the
useful tenders inc the gloomy coll
llsrs. As each ship passes the Dolphin
a salute will be fired
When the line starts moving II will
extend from Fifty-seventh street to
spuyten Duyvil. The fighting ships
Will move down the North River. out
through the bay to separate and pro-
coed on their way outside Ambrose
Channel Light.
The spectacle. In whole or part. will be
visible from Riverside Drive n Park
for their entire length. from the heights
OF New Jersey. from the water front and
skyscrapcrs of lower Manhattan. and
from the heights Of Brooklyn and staten
Island. There 10 room for millions Of
persons on these vantage points.
It 10 likely the people living in tho
Riverside Drive section will not be more
than half sorry when the warships
steam Away. for they will have q noisy
time next Wednesday morning.
The Secretary Of the Navy will inspect
each Of the battleships at anchor. As
he leaves each ship the oflciai salute
OF nineteen guns will boom over the
water and echo from the towering
apartment houses and hotels on the
Manhattan side and the palisades on the
Jersey shore. something like 400 shots
will be fred.
Secretary Meyer will arrive on Tues
day and pay an Official visit to Pear
Admiral Osterhaus on board the flag
ship Connecticut. There will be an
electrical display Monday and Tuesday
nights. The ships will be open to Wis.,
ito:s every day between ! and . o'clock
In the afternoon. except hen there
are official visitors aboard a vessel.
Owing to the fog the cruisers Wash
ington and Salem were unable to get
up from Quarantine to their allotted
anchorage places, betwee One Hun
bred and Fortieth and ore Hundred
and Forty-hfth streets. this morning.
They were expected before dark, but
? their commanders would take no
chances in a fog on the crowded North
River.
A haze hung over the river all day
md at times the battleships were en-
h tirely hidden from the view OF those on
shore. At other times they were mere
Ghostly shapes with their fighting masts
losing themselves aloft. The footing OF
lsunch whistles and the exchange OF
signals between the vessels at anchor
was continuous.
About $500 sailors were given shore
leave to-day. Many Of them went to
Van Cortlandt Park this afternoon to
see the football game between the
elevens Of the Idaho and the Missouri
Tomorrow afternoon the elevens OF the
Connecticut and the New Hampshire
will play at Van Cortlandt Park. These
games are qualifying games for thu
struExie for the championship OF thu
feet. which will probably take place "a
the Polo Grounds mex Tuesday.
A football match between two battle
ship elevens Ia quite a contest. There i
one oficer on eacn team. and that offl
Ger IL invariably a young man who ha'
been q star football player at Annapolis
Largo sums of money change han OF
the genes. especially on the final AM
, decisive contest which settles the fee
championship. A sailor will bet every
thing he has on the team of his owl
ship.
CUTTER CREWS TO RACE FoF
CHAMPIONSHIP.
More features OF the programme ar
the race for the cutter crew champion
ship Of the navy. that takes place Mon
day morning. and the daily hydro-aero
plane flights that will be given on tn,
mornings OF Sunday. Monday and Tues
day by &. c. Wilmer.
h sixteen warshlps have entered twelve
Z cared cutters for the three-milc race
The course will be from For Lee Ferr
to Fifty-seventh street and the WHINE
will get a years possession OF the enor
nous silver trophy offered by DAME