The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-17
NAVY TO PASS IN REVIEW BEFORE WILSON TODAY;
PRESIDENT ARRIVES, WILL BE CLOSELY GUARDED
5000 Sailors From Big
Fleet Will Participate
i'm Procession.
SHIPS TO SALUTE AS
L APPROACHES
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Rhode Island. Nebraska and Georgia.
Fourth Reglment-Capt. q. r. Cooper.
L. $. ~. commanding Lieut.. J. II. Col
lines. adjutant Louisiana. New Hamp-
shire. Wyoming and Kansas.
Rear Admiral CoTman and his brigade
stan will be mounted. The stan officers
will be ACKNOWLEDGEMENT II. e.
Lackey. who will be the adjutant quar-
termaster. Lieut.. q. J. Meyers COM
missary. Paymaster J. +. Kutz surgeon.
X. T.. Ledbetter signal officer. Ensign
H. A. Dyer. The aids to the commander
will be Lieut.. w. Il. Woodson and Lieut..
l.. l.. Welsh.
The parade will start from Twenty
NTH street and Thirteenth avenue and a
band made up of the bands from the
Wyoming and Kansas will be at the
front with the marine regiment. There
will be other bands made up from their
respective divisions.
BY the time the parade gets under
way President Wilson will be In the re-
viewing stand IN front OF the Public
Library beside Admiral Fletcher. Sec
rotary Daniels and Atty officers OF the
fleet. all In their special full dress of
gold lace and ~epaulets.
From Twenty-ifth street the parade
will swing into Fifth avenue. and along
Madison Square facing the avenue will
be 4 brigade OF the New York Naval
Militia. which will take up the lfne OF
march as the rear OF the Fourth Regi-
ment passes. On up Fifth avenue the
parade will go. scheduled to reach the
reviewing stand between Fortieth and
F'orty-second streets at 10 80.
The seamen In line will be in white
dress with white hats, leggings. Fan
teens, bayonets and belts and nothing OF
the blue about them which gave them
their name OF bluejackets. As they Pass
the President the sailors will hear the
command Port arms and obey II.
After the parade has passed on It's
way up the avenue to Fffty-seventh
street. to Broadway. to Seventy-ninth
street and to the river again TO embark
nation will move to the Hotel Biltmore,
following President Wilson.
II is at the Blltmore that the
official luncheon to the President will
take place and where the President will
make the only speech IL the scheduled
plans are carried out. As soon as this
luncheon IL over. and IL is expected
that 1t will end about 2:3o =. NJ,
the President will go aboard the May
flower n Admiral Fletcher and the
division commanders and c~ommanding
officers will seek their ships via the
regular boa landings. They will not
make the call on board the Mayhower
which was planned /: hat has been aban-
doned. for the President will hoist his
flag aboar the Mayfiower about 3 80
o'clock and that yacht WIFI get under
way from the foot OF West ~Forty-hrst
street for the review Of the fleet.
Two torpedo destroyers will convoy
the Mayfiower. which will be followed
by the Dolphin. with Secretary Dan
iels aboard the Isis. with Secretary OF
Commerce Redfeld aboard the Yank-
ton, the Patrol, the Manhattan. all
followed by another destroyer and all
fiinked by three d%estroyers on zach
side.
The Maynower will steam up the Hud-
son at a speed of ten knots. passing
west OF the line OF sixteen battleships.
As soon as the bow OF the Mayfiower
comes abeam OF the stern OF the wyo-
ming. dmiral Fletcher's flagship OF the
fleet and the hrst wnrshlp the Presi-
dent will pass. the first salut-
ing gun will be fired by the Wyoming.
There will he twenty-one guns fred.
with the Interval W guns of Ave
seconds.
As this first salute OF the Wyoming
booms Manhattanward, for only the
s,arboard guns will he fired. the flag
ship will dress ship running up the
flags from bow to stern. The sailors.
this time in blue. will man the rail
as soon as the Presidents boat comes
within a thousand yards Of their super
dreadnought. and the officers will line
up in full dress uniform. The guards
and bands will b. paraded aboard the
battleships at the first gun of the Wy
oming's salute. Each of the six
teen vessels of the battleshlp squadron
will take up Its saluting as soon as
the bow OF the Mayiower comes abeam.
At 15sth street. where the Louisiana,
flagship OF the fourth division. Ia an
chored, the Mayfower will turn around
and steam back down the river east
OF the line OF ships and between the