The Washington herald., 1912-10-16
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New York. Oct. E.-Led BY the battle
Iship Connecticut, the flagship Of Rear "A.
misal Hugo ostsrhaus. the great Atlantis
Aest left New York to-day. After bsine
Ireviewed BY President Taft on board tn
Nayaower the great vessels passed out q
80.
Moro than Iooa0oo persons saw the g.
Sautlc line Of Wasships steam from theiS
anchosaSo0 down the Hudson and down
tie bay % the Atlantic.
Tho departure Of tbs great feet brought
TO IN end the grsatest naval spectacsa
ever seen by this Or any other Americas
Iins war machinery passsd out to sea
naSs from the government buildings and
from hupdrods Of pubic building along
the HudSon dipped their bon voyages.
RiversiQo Drive and other streets offer
inG view Of the Hudson and the uppsl
bay were crowded: Battery Park was q
solid mass OF people while the roofs oi
route OF the feet were 5ammed with
spectators. The windows OF the sky
scTappers were crowded.
Cutters Clear Aarbor.
Revenue cutters cleared the herbor oi
smallcrafts 20 that there would be No
danger Of collisions and by ten O'Clock
the lower Hudson and upper bay wers
free from the usual tanSie Of marine
trafhc.
More than 30 omcial and unon,cisI
yacht Dolphin. Secretary George vou
L. Meyer and his aides. however, went
upon the presidential yacht. Aaynower.
In order to take part In the formal
presidential review Of the feet.
Three hundred Newspaper men and
guests left the foot Of West Forty-sec-
ond Street on the Nashville about $50 In
order to get . station Of vantage to
watch the ships a they plowed down the
river.
The Mayhower few neither the Presi-
dents nag nor Secretary Meyers nag ~
she took her position below the head Of
the line waiting for the battleships and
President Taft and Secretary Meyer
stood upon the quarterback shading their
eyes for the signal which was to an.
nounce the arrival Of the first squadron.
shortly after II o'clock the Connecticut
appeared. her great tunnels belchinE up
clouds Of black smoke which hid the
spidsry superstructure overhead.
DreaanosGhts Attract Attentioa.
With Admiral Osterhaus' nat At her
peak. the big stately battleship rolled
down the river with her sharp PROV
sending two biliows away on either side
Of her dun colored hull. Following with
mathematicalp recision came the other
ships Of the line.
A. had been the case ever since their
arrival. the greater interest was attract.
ed by the super-Dreadnought Arkansas
and Wyoming. the biggest and newest
and most destructice ships In the United
States Navy.
Spectators strained their eyes to take
In the points Of these terrible war ma.
chimes ay they plunged through the wa
ter. They were the irst ships ever seen
in this hafbor carrying main batteries Of
twelve n-inch guns They represented
5000 Of the T5o.sss tonnage Of all the
ships In the line
The little destroyers and tenders looked
which swept by at the head
Of the line After the last ship had
passed. the Mayhower weighed anchor
from her station on the Statue Of Lib
erty and turned her nose up the Hudson.
followed by the Nashville and Dolphin.
Nine Go to Docks.
Nine Of the battleships Of the Armada
will 90 to docks for repairs Others will
20 to Newport for stesming trials. On
l. the feet will proceed south
ward in three divisions. one going to
8. c., . second TO Guante-
name. Cuba, and the third to Colon. Pan
anna, to enable the officers and men to
sec the Panama Canal before the water
10 turned into II.
Both oficers and men OF the fleet
were loud In their praises Of the treat
ment accorded them in New York. As
many as possible had taken in the
worlds series baseball games between |
New York and Boston.
IF you want to have . good time |
you've got to 60 to New York for It,"
was the unanimous expression Of the
5000 enlisted men OF the feet.
1t Is estimated that the jackies spent
lbout $4,000 during the eight days the
,hips Of the fleet were anchored here.
Many OF tnem VINO were ecne0uie0 IOr i
ong cruises took time by the forelock
and did their Christmas shopping.
The hundreds Of thousands were thrill
ID by the sight of the monster fleet but
.he possibilities reckoned in figures were /
lust as startling as the vision Of the
,onderous war engines passing out to
,ea-
Figures ~ to sise.
To the laymen the dreadnoughts and
were most interest
ng because Of their size. These eight
hips: The Wyoming. Arsansas. Utah.
Delaware. North Dakota. Mich
gan. and South Carolina aggregated In
onnage 1ssAso and carry in their main
'atteries eighty Finch guns. Every
me Of these guns could. II necessary.
v fred ina single brosdside which would
mean At . single salvb a rain Of steel
'rojectiles Weighing about SS.o00 pounds.
70 man these men-of-war nearly 5000
'mcers and bluejackets are required. In
money the aggregate Of these eight ships
vould BE- about SIS 000. .0o0 III
One OF the most Interesting ships to the
echnical eyes Of naval men was the sec
nd-class cruiser Baltimore. recently sta
lon ship At the Charleston Is. c. Navy
ard Like one or two other ships Of the
ne the Baltimore saw service during the
war. but she 10 now In