New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
New ROCheIIe'S Celebration
Ends with Spectacular Dis
play in RarbOr of Old Town.
HALF MOON TAKES PART
Arrival of Caravel Filled with
Passengers Dressed as
Huguenots Followed by
Indian PoW-WoW.

Graft or every GeStllplion from the olil-
cial dispatch boat Dolphin. carrying Sec
rotary Daniels Of the Navy, TO the old
caravel the Half Moon with passengers
costumed TO represent the early Hugue-
nots. filled Echo Bay in water pageant
picturing the arrival of the first Hugue-
nots on the site of New Rochelle Pres
ent day descendants of these early set
tiers TO the cOnservauvely estimated
number of ten thousand occupied every
sort of water skiff TO watch the spectacle.
From the time when the Dolphin, with
Secretary Daniels on board, turned her
left. formerly port" side toward the
town Of New Rochelle. receiving the oft-
cial salute OF nineteen guns tlrst from
Fort Slocum and then from the New ko-
chelle Yacht Club. the celebration was
under way. This was in the morning. A
succession of receptions, luncheons and
dinners for the invited guests, visits to
the Half Moon after she had discharged
her function as a setting for the Hugue-
not landing aquatic sports and day and
night fireworks brought the seven-day
festivities 10 a spectacular close.
The opening feature on the days pro-
gramme so far as the guest Of honor. NJ
Harry Chatonet. Of La Rochelle, France
was concerned. was cruise up Long Isl
and Sound from New York on the Garcia,
the official yacht of the day, in command
OF her owner. Commodore Leonard Rich
ards. OF the Larchmont Yacht Club.
French Consul General on Board.
In addition TO NJ. Chatonet. the guests
aboard included Mrs. Frederick H. Wal
dorf wife Of Mayor Waldorf of New Ro-
chelle; Miss Virginia Waldorf, Mrs.
George F. Lewis, Mrs. Charles Pryor,
Mrs. S. H. Pomeroy, Augustus Thomas
the playwright; NJ. Etenne Lanel, the
French Consul General and the officials
Of the New Rochelle celebration.
A luncheon at the New Rochelle Yacht
Club, on Harrison Island, followed the
arrival at Echo Bay of the Garcia and
the Dolphin, the Dolphin being accompa-
MED by the torpedo boat destroyers Jar
Wis and Paulding.
Two things brought Secretary Daniels
to the New Rochelle celebration, he de-
clared in his post-luncheOn remarks. One
was q sentimental call, as an aftermath
of q honeymoon spent there, and the sec
France.
The Republics Of France and America
ere the David and Jonathan Of all ma
TONS" Secretary Daniels said. I'VE owe
more 10 France than TO any other ma
ton. II was the love Of France which
gave us our Mississippi Purchase, and in
all the years which have passed since
then there has never been anything but
concord and love between the two coun-
tries / am proud. as a representative Of
this country, 10 see this love and TO ex-
press it to NJ. Chatonet, Frances am
bassador to this country
Although he made no reference in his
remarks 10 his recent order calling for
the substitution of left" and right" for
port" and "starboard," as designations
for the sides Of vessel in the navy.
Secretary Daniels FASTENED TO assure the
yachtsmen in the party that he was not
the landlubber he has been accused OF
being.
The change was recommended by the
General Board Of the navy" Secretary
Daniels declared, "a body Of which Ad-
miral Dewey is chairman. The old days
OF 'starboard and 1arboard and don't
give up the ship nave passed, perhaps,
but that does not mean that left and
right will leave no more romance in the
navy. It's modern romance is the wire
less and the airship."
Thomas POSTMASTER at Luncheon.
Augustus Thomas was POSTMASTER at
the luncheon. which was served on the
veranda OF the club overlooking Bennefoi
Point. The guests at the head table were
Secretary Daniels. VI. Chatonet and VI.
L.anel, both of whom made short adj
dresses; Captain a. GIeaves. commandment
Of the Brooklyn navy yard; Patrick II.
Griffen, George G. Raymond former
Mayor of New Rochelle; Frederick II.
Waldorf. the present Mayor, Commodore
George +. Lewis. Congressman Benjamin
J. Taylor. Commodore Leonard Richards.
Commodore r. p. Forshew, commander
Of the New York Naval Militia; Henry
VI. Lester, president Of the Huguenot As
ISOLATION, and A H. Titus. Officers from
the Dolphin, the Jarvis, the Paulding,
the naval militia ship Wasp and officials
Of the celebration were the other guests.
The approach OF the Caravel Half Moon.
filled with passengers dressed as Hugue-
nots Of the period Of 1888. was witnessed
by the invited guests and large crowd
of persons from Bennefol Point, In Hud-
son Park. The Half Moon was towed by
a tug from the Huguenot Yacht Club. and
on her approach twenty canoes, manned
by fifty men dressed as Indians, put out
from the shore 10 meet her. The Huguc-
nots were taken ashore, and pOwwow,
led by a band OF Iroquois Indians from
Van Cortlandt Park. New York, followed.
The arrival Of Commodore George F.
Lewis impersonating Governor Jacob
Leisler. preceded a group Of war dances
by the Iroquois
Secretary Daniels and NJ. Chatonet were
escorted aboard the Half Moon for an in
spection OF the caravel after the pageant
They were later taken on board the
Garcia which made the run TO the Larch-
mont Yacht Club. where a dinner was
given. with Commodore Lewis as toast
master. for the invited guests.
Amateur aquatic sports at Hudson Park.
with the illumination Of the park and
boats in the harbor, followed the pageant
in the late afternoon and evening.
MULLER GUEST OF MRS. HEARST.