New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-28
MORE SHIPS jO|N FLEET
BY Tonight Practically Entire
Squadron viii Be in River.
VISITORS FIND MUCH PAINT
Many Rub Up Against 1t After
Paying Exorbitant Prices
to Get Aboard

pefo~A New York goes % bed to-nizn'
practically an Of tho 1oc Tinted stare
sl.ps ~ tho Atlantic feet. which are ~ ne
re,ieved ~ George Won T. Meyer. Score
/ tarv ~ the NAVY accompanied by the son
.to aud House committees on Naval A.
fairs and other members n Congress. VIII
have assembled m the navy anchorage in
the Hudson River Mr.. Never and his
party will 70 III the r'ver In tho Nayio"er
and tho Dolphin for the inspection on Tues
dav and tho review on tho Following uaN.
There arc now twenty wsrshins IN mo
Hudson. To-day seveutv-fve more ships
NJ the fleet will steam M tho river Tn"
Maine the Indiana. tho Massachusetts, me
rov-a and the Idaho will arrive from Pnia-
delp1ia tho Kansas from Norfolk and 'n'
delaware aud the brand new preadnouEn''
Florida and i-tah from the Brooklyn navy
yard
Work on tho Florida Is being rushed ~
fun speed ~ have her IN shape for me r.
view. bur both she and tho Utah are *
uected TO return ~ rho ward for a 70"
ruiehfng touches before the Titan JOINS mo
foot and rho Florida has her trial uip.
The torredo boats and destrovets Pauld-
ire. Terry. RlaKelv. Dayton. Mccall Buy
rouchs Perkins Warrington and Sterritt
make III the local Yard contribution OF
small vessels 70 tho biz display.
All OF tho tyventv-four battleships. when
arc to be strung along tho Now York shore
ourirr Ito review. are expected 20 he YIN
limo before s,Iudcvn this evening, with the
execution of the North Carolina. which VIII
NOT roach hero until early Monday morn
Portsmouth Navy Yard. Tho New Hamp-
shire. tho cruiser san Francisco the gun
boa+e Marietta and Petrol tho submarine
tenders Severn and Castine. tho collier
NEPTUNE and oral torpedo boats joined
tho 1eot Yesterday.
With suveiassee and opera glasses thou
sands viewed the feet during daylight yes
,erdav from Riverside Drive and As many
more went out 10 tho ships i'm launches
and all sorts Of small craft. despite tho OK
orbitant charge Of 50 by the boatneu.
Mon erumbIed and many women became
indignant when they found dsubs of paint
ON their clothing bur they had been warned
that evor~tfirc aboard was being painted
or POLISHED for the inspection and tho re-
view. and al about them were signs. Wet
Paint" 50 CURIOUS and interested were
they. however. in every nook and granny of
the ships that they forgot about tho paint
and leaned against some object freshly
PAINTED NJ brushed against 70.
one woman wanted IN know why the tars
did nor do al their rair.'~~ v 10 the ships
were AZ sea This Was .o. ~ tho
four hundred Red 'r. .-' visited
tho ships IN tho .'r nurses
were particularly i".' .r" hTiss
and In tho sick hay
Roaring" C'Rourko. of mo biz North
Dakota. was polishing brass fitting At
yesterday when. as no was STOPPING over
Billy" tic goat ua7rot. butted him r'
hard that tho tar turned d complete soror-
eault. The goat disappeared. hur p oig
negro. with whom O'Rourl,s had some
words few days ago, was passing
O'Rourke fell upon him. and there were
ructions for q time 4 sailor explained,
However. and the helligerents laughed and
became friends again