Show REVIEW BEAUTifUL MARINE SPECTACLE SPECTACULAR SEllING fOR GREAT EVENT President Taft Visits Visit's Great Atlantic Fleet the Nations Nations Nation's Nations Nation's Na Na- tion's Pride GRIM GRAY SHIPS WELCOME EXECUTIVE Thrill of Adventure and Pride of War Alone Is LacKing NEW YORK No Nov 2 Prom FroDl Prom the bridge of the Mayflower I where Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore Roosevelt had stood to bid godspeed godspeed god god- speed to the departing and a a. joyous welcome to the homecoming battleship fleet feet that circled the globe three years ago President Taft today reviewed I the most notable assemblage of warships war ships in the history of the American navy There was not the thrill of adventure adventure adventure ture attached to today's splendid spectacle spectacle spectacle spec spec- that there was at the departure of the fleet on on its perilous journey I around the Horn and to unknown dangers dangers dan dan- ge gers s but from the standpoint of fighting fight fight- I ing log power the number of ships of the theline theline theline line and spectacular setting the review presented a marine picture of unsurpassed unsurpassed passed beauty and impressiveness In three lou long columns stretching as ss asfar far fr as the tle eye eje Je could see fee up lip the Hud Hudson on oner r ri er er he grim rim gray grav ships ships ninety ninety nine in all had awaited the I presidents president s corn I In h his s honor onor they were dr dressed from stem to in fluttering flaps i is i's as i it attempting for this gala ala occasion t to J the l mui muzzles muzzle cs dJ ing Ing gunsT i I. I The Tho g y lent color color color- to the Fc De but hui the meaning manin of th duil gray hulls and aDd the polished rifles that pr protruded protruded pro pro- from turret mouths mouths- could not b be masked Strong Strong Battleship Array Auay There were twenty four ba battleships In Inthe Inthe Inthe the line representing ever 11 ery e t type pe of that cia class of fighting C SS l 1 In the navy from the Indiana Ma Massachusetts and Tow Iowa JOl a of or Spanish war yar fame fam do down don n to the last work Iii completed super the majestic Florida which today toda lifted the voice votee of her guns guns' In their first tint salute From the Indiana to the Florida It was wasa as asa a a. far cr cry the big super with her high free board and five big turrets looking as though she could gobble up j the little veterans of the line in Just one gulp Armored Armore cruisers scout cruisers cruiser dEstroyers torpedo boats and au auxiliaries I m made up the Strand rand total New York t which ott has ifs been navy nav I mad for nearly a a. week turned out by byth bythe th the hundreds of thousands to witness the review rE from Riverside drive from the towering heights of ol the New Ne' Jersey I palisades and from the decks of excursion excursion excursion sion and pleasure craft with which the unrestricted sections of the river were choked Weather Perfect The da day wa was favored orld bv by perfect ct weather an sky and brisk wind that added dd to the t eq gui i of the scene en t by y roughening n the harbor with ith white caps and whipping the flags that made the ships above decks a riot of color The significance of the mobilization and review of the fleet at this time was simply to demonstrate the preparedness of the American nav navy for any emergency To further impress this fact on the president president president dent and the nation to fa say nothing of the world at large the naval authorities were werl not content wilh the tile usual plan of holding a review of or the fleet at anchor This part pait of the program ram was waa gone through with ith today toda following the th custom of vears years but in aJ addition till the orders ordis pro pro- vid-d vid d that after the tho Mayflower ta er had steamed d through the several columns the fhe fleet flet should get under way and pass pails out outto outto outto to J sea a This double spectacle made the review re unique In the annals of naval displays throughout the world auf and md at attracted attracted at- at acted ti-acted to New York the military and naval attaches of most of the powers of Europe Europ President Taft materially alt altered red his Ills New at this travel fra pUns plans to lo come to time to witness w the pageant He lie will I leave for Hot Slot Springs Spring's Va late this af afternoon al- al Dolphin Carries I JanyA i tarzy A large party of oC invited n guests In Including Including In- In eludIng senators representatives and foreign military and naval attaches from Washington were wert aboard the tile dispatch boat Dolphin which loll followed owed in the tho wake of the Mayflower J When President Taft had taken his I place on the bridge the Mayflower got under way a and headed up the Hudson It Jt was quite a a. asail sail to the loot foot of Fifty Fifty- ninth street where the head hea-d of the battleship battleship bat hat column rested On hoard the flagship flagship flagship flag flag- ship Connecticut sharp lookout had been kept down the tue harbor and as soon as the presidential flag was made out in inthe inthe I the g lt distance tit the flagship sl let go with her saluting n guns The white bite I puff PUiT from the first gun had hardly rs cleared rt the muzzle when ti the o other othere e vessels In the tho line following tO the motions mo mo- Of their l leader had begun the firIng firing fir fir- n fo r all Ing of the h presidential e salute I of twenty twenty- n one rounds round The last lal echoes of or the salute were drifting down the river from Crom rein the far end of the line as all the Mayflower ra crept to an anchorage user near the Connecticut Her Herh engines had hardly r stopped turning when V h half a score of dy t little team steam gb barges were headed for her starboard gang gang- way war Admirals Call The aJ admirals of oC the fleet were on their way personally to pay their inspects i to the president Rear Admiral commander in chief of the fi fleet et coming from the Connecticut was first on board the May Mayflower flower He was attended d by his hi aid aides anil as all ashe ashe he pae passed up the gangway e was a aI flourish of or trumpets a a. a ruffle of drums and a It strain or two of a lively march by the marine band I Admiral soon scion was followed by the other flag fiao officers of or the fl fleet et j who went abo aboard rd In accord with th their t divisional rank The president and Secretary Sec Sec- rotary Meyer 1 stood on tho the quarterdeck Mr Taft had a cordis expression of oC greeting for each of the officers When tho the reception had ended ender and the admirals Jid sailed away in their their barges barges 1 the president prepared to courtesies courtesies cour cour- s with a call on noard the Connect connect- j cour The guns of the he flagship thundered a 1 salute as he lie same aboard and again when ahen he l left It in was A from I Ithe the C Connecticut that the I president cot tot his best view vie of the an anchored anchored an anI I fleet With the sounding of col- col 01 s at S 8 a m nl a a. great transformation Their great reat yard arll arm and skeleton had rome conic over the dull lull gray grav vessels I masts which had stood out bare and Ungraceful un- un graceful I against the lIle sl skyline lIn suddenly 1 bloomed loomEd with ill the varicolored flags nags of full dr dress The long strings of fluttering fluttering flutter flutter- I ing ing- bui bunting i ink stretching from waterline 1 to waterline across the mastheads had appeared as I If f b by magic The ConnectIcut Connecticut's Connecticut's Connect Connect- dressing probably was as the thc most gorgeous In the fleet et the usual single line of pennants being supplemented b by others that arose to to the therard yard vard aims Mayflower Starts on w Trip The exchange of oC calls completed tue flower Ma picked d up up- her ber nn anchors hoTI and slid started down the water lane formed b by bythe the battleships on her starboard quarter and the slender little destroyers to port With Ith the presidential flag again on the them m move This i s 's tn the time saluting art it was s L began not in n na a anew tIus how- how I ever eer As 11 th the the- Mayflower bridge cleared the Connecticut the flagship let go with t one twenty guns Juns Next In line was the Michigan As the tho Mayflower cleared h her r rafter I after gangway the Michigan took up the tribute of the speaking cannon So It I was as with ith the Delaware the North Dakota Dakota Da Da- Da- Da kota and and the other ships down the line I i Each in turn paid compliment to the president 11 Mr Taft stood on the brid bridge e eana and ana lifted d hi lila his hat as he passed the colora colors colors col col- col- col ors ora of the various vessels On board e each ch battleship and on board the destroyers ers the the- sides were ere manned with bluejacket giving a living outline to the steel belted hulls On the quarter 1 quarterdecks quarterdecks d decks the officers In the lbs gold and lace of special pedal full dress uniforms were a aa and at attention The marine guard also were re drawn up tip on the quarter quartet tet ter decks and the ship bands band uniformed in scarlet s stood out a bright patch of color In the tle grouping on oan- oan oanh the h after decks Spectacle Thrills Beholders As AI the presidents president's yacht acht P parsed sed the battleships close aboard there were trumpet flourishes and drum ruffles from froni eaCh cat just before the thc bands crashed hed out with the national anthem tho Star Spangled Banner Fi-bm Fi near and far there came the sound of bugles bugl to mingle with th the music of the bands ands and the frash I of the JU guns gutis 11 S. S It was as a a. spectacle tha thai sent a Jl thrill through all who saw and heard Aft After f r making g a round lr trip of t the naval a co columns sm the Mayflower r drew lear c-lear fear je of the fleet and steamed down the has bay to her anchorage and there was a a. brief respite The president lunched on board hl his yacht Meantime r i ab aboard ard the the fi fleet the mo most t serious work of or the da dait was lye to b le b p per per- r- r formed The ships ship with th the Turning ot el tile the tide were t to lilt lift lift- and get under wa way A To untangle the mss mass S of or fighting fig m ma mat matIS IS l was wasI s a I matter of no mean seaman seaman- ship J The tu turn uru of the to an had nad a solve soh th the the problem problem to a large e extent t nt and the vt vessels had swung naturally all ally to a down dawn stream p p v fter After passing in review of the th dent at t twelve twel- el e knots int an hour andrt and rt reaching aching the open sea fea the fleet was as to b be b disbanded the ships going to their several home stations to prepare for the this winter Inter rF 5 In the south While th the fleet neet reviewed ed by this this- president dent today toda wa was wa the most po powerful ever eYer gathered in one oie ne Am American command It was w-as not not such a a 3 homogeneous s fighting force forre a as ai that composed of sixteen bat bat- that sailed around the world three years ears ago o. Shows Transition to It reflected rather the transitory v stage or of the American navy the navy the passing irom the th u old line of battleships to the modern super euper or all bIg gun Kun type This The re revIew may be said sald to la haw have A officially established these all bl big gun cun ships as the th future fighting unit of the to four tor American r battleships le navy I I In orth for the among m Imposing il the twenty column tn six belonged to the n new w class of floating forti fortresses Even en amon amona- the In line tOday there therl wa was evidence eldene of the mad pace the naval architects of the world ar are setting Although the first of these were completed less than that two years vears a aero aco 10 th there re had hart heist been a Jump from Iron the tons of the j Michigan an and South Carolina the first t of the American bl big bis gun ships ships' to the th tons ton tonof of the and Florida Flor Flor- ida fresh from the hands of the build build- frs ers 1 lii b between t Een the Michigan type and the Florida Itah t type e there w was wa rented today todal the Delaware and the North Dakota of tons ea h. h President Much Interested President Taft was as much hutch interested e in the details of the various arious ships and kept kent Secretary Me Meyer Meer er answering a 3 rapid fire tIre of questions He learned that the South Souti Carolina and Michi Mihi- gall gal with will their batteries of eight a l rifle squad quickly quickly- been surpassed b bv by the Delaware and North Dakota da class with Ith ten tn inch 12 inch guns gun In five live turrets turret The two twenty 3 Inch h guns on the Michigan J had been ben replaced b by teen fourteen l 5 5 Inch eh I guns on the North orth Dakota and the Dela Dela- I ware Th This The Utah and the this Florida the tile third step In America dread- dread naught building remain at a standstill so 0 far as the main battery of ten tn inch 12 nfl jules s Is concerned but hut have e sixteen sl en 5 a- Inch rifles in the secondary or torpedo repulsIng hattery battery The fourth step represented by te Ia Arkansas and andY Y Wyoming now oil On the way finds the tonnage increased to and th the main battery to twelve 1 ll l guns In iii six turrets Tim Tho secondary secondary battery takes a jump from sixteen inch 5 guns uns to two twenty of the tile bore The same fifth step represented by bv the New York and Texas just begun finds the most radical change chanse ever introduced In the navies of the world In that Inch 14 rifles are Installed in the main batter battery ten battery ten ten of them then In TH Yh turrets Larger Fighters Coming Finally comes come the improved Texas type authorized but not yet vet laid down with a II tonnage estimated at between I and and K p main mali batter batten ot of twelve Inch 14 rifles These twelve guns cuna guns guns' will be he accommodated In fire tb-a turrets three rifles each pach being placed ed in the farthest far far- forward and farthest aft of these There were only seyen ven battleships of oC the nay navy missing from today's todar's sp pageant paJe Six of these thue were among the sixteen sl In the world girdling lr fleet 1 he seventh was the Oregon of oC Imperishable fame fans Three Thre of or the ships it in the this line toda today had taken the shot and anti shell of oC Cervera's Cerve- Cerve ras ra's fleet at Santiago the the Indiana the Massachusetts and the Iowa But In their rebuilt form their a masts and generally generall rejuvenated condition they the could hardly be bo recognizer as the as-the tho same Mme Their new turrets and nd new 12 inch guns undoubtedly have twice twite the efficiency effi ern- effi- effi of the armaments carried during the Spanish war Although far outclassed outclassed out out- classed bv by the model n fighting machine the they could still lend a helping hand In the th thick of a a a fight Next ext In point of or age ag to th these thu s three thre ships Ill lir the tle line of oC and tons caine the Ohl Mains Maln and Missouri use HIP Ih first to be hp designed after tho with Spain war S er eve a-eve- giants In their day dav wIth wilh tonnage a of o I Following these came the Virginia 1 Ne- Ne I New Jersey Jerse and Georgia laid I down dowl apiece in ili 1901 and displacing tons tOiS I |