New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-30
The Wisconsin and the illinois
Convoy Destroyers and Tor
pedo Boats Into Port.
BATTLEsHIps IN HUDSON
MOSQUITO Flotilla Goes tx
Brooklyn Navy Yard-Main
Body Of Great Fleet
Here Next Week.

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With "one bow gun of a hundred ton.
and great stern gun beside. that dipped
their noses deep in tine sea in the face
Of a wind-whipped tide" the great bat
tleship Wisconsin poked her grim PROV
into the Lower Bay yesterday morning
and, at the head of small fiotilla OF de-
stroyers and torpedo boats. made her way
up the harbor.
This was the vanguard Of the mighty
armada that will gather In the Hudson
River for the great naval mobilization be-
ginning on Sunday. October g. and con-
tinuing for eight days. The dainty de-
stroyers and wasplike torpedo boats
veered OF to la'board before reaching tho
Statue of Liberty. while the Wisconsin
and the Illinois propelled their great bulk
up the Hudson. where they cast anchor.
Nobody was expecting the arrival OF the
little fleet. except, perhaps. some OF the
naval officials in close touch with Wash
ington. When the gray hull Of the Wis
consin, rolling In the wash Of the tide.
made It's appearance through the shroud-
Ing msts overhanging the waters. one
or two shippers Of harbor tugs sounded
welcoming blasts on their sirens or dipped
their colors in tribute to the mighty
lighting machine As the Wisconsin con.
voyed her little fleet Of destroyers past
the brooding form OF Liberty. waiting to
beckon a homecoming to the men or
Uncle Sans far-fung battle line' the
salutes grew In number and In volume
Cheering Crowds on Shore.
By the time the big sea fighter WAS of
I'D street, hundreds Of persons lined the
shores on both banks Of the river. AZ
they watched the black smoke belching
from the tunnels OF the Wisconsin. and
made out the Forms Of the nine hundred
sailor men gathered along tho length and
breadth OF her decks. Q wave OF patriot.
ism swept through the crowds. end q vol
ume Of cheers was borne family over the
waters to the ocean warrior
Scarcely had the echo died along the
heights OF the Palisades than the outlines
OF the Illinois came into view. with her
blunt nose held close to the wake leH BY
the wisconsin She was followed. In turn.
by the receiving ship Baltimore.
At The same time. as the anchor chains
ratified though the hawse holes OF the
two batticships with a roar like small
artillery. the fleet destroyers, headed by
the McDonough and the worden. came 20
anchor in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. They
were trailed by the torpedo boats Dahl
gren. Thornton. Tingey, DE Long. Stock
ton. T. A. NJ. Craven and Shubrick.
The Wisconsin continued her ghostlike
Journey UP the Hudson until she arrived
opposite Wells avenue. Yonkers. and there
dropped huge anchor to grip river mud.
The Illinois came to q stop when she had
reached SIst street The battleships will
remain at their present moorings untn the
arrival OF Rear Admiral Osterhaus on the
Connecticut next Sunday. when they will
be assigned to their regular stations.
Crest Ceremonial Next Week.
In another week ten more Of the mobIl-
ization feet will arrive here. headed by
the rear admiral on his flagship. The
following day another fleet will come to
anchor. and 20 they Will continue-bat-
tleships.. cruisers. destroyers. torpedo
boats, Golfers and submarines--until on
October IL, the date set Sor the omciai
start of the mobilization. thirty thousand
officers and men will be welcomed by the
committee appointed by Mayor Gaynor
aud the freedom Of the city will be ex-
tended.
The war vessels that will attract the
most interest are the Wyoming and the
Arkansas. the greatest Drsadnoughts In
the navy. To them will fall the place Of
honor in the line. the former at q point
on S5th street and the latter OF s2d
street
The programme for the mobilization a.
completed includes the exchange Of ofiicial
visits between city ofYicials and officers Of
the feet. baseball games for the enter.
tainment Of the sailors. special relisious
services on shore. land parade and. on
Monday, October II. the ofIicial review Of
the feet by President Taft and the SEQ.
rotary Of the Navy.