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Show GUNS BELCHED FMJHUK A Magnificent Array of Warships War-ships of Every Class Reviewed Re-viewed by President. Representative Gathering of the American Navy, About One-third of the Fighting Forces Being In the Review, Affording Imposing Spectacle. Oyster Ray, N. Y. Under skies that broko brilliantly blue before a whistling whis-tling gale which swept down Long Island Sound nnd blew out to sen the sullen clouds and tempestuous rnln which had threatened to Immeasurably Immeasur-ably mar tho spectacle, President Roosevelt on Mondny, within hnlllng distance of his summer home, reviewed re-viewed tho most magnificent naval fleet ever assembled under tho American Amer-ican Hag. Forty-flvo of the most splendid types of tho fighting vessels afloat lay at anchor In threo long columns col-umns as tho naval yacht Mayflower, which Just a year ngo was written Into history as the meeting ground of tho peaco plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan, passed up nnd down tho linos. Tho Mayflower's Journey wns mado amid a continuous boom of saluting sa-luting cannons, nnd gun nflcr gun Bjioko tho navy's honor to tho commander com-mander In chief of nil America's military mili-tary forces. President Roosevelt had as his guests on board tho Mnyfiowcr tho secrotary of tho navy nnd several other oth-er government oMclnls, members of the senato nnd liouso commlttco on naval affairs, and tho naval attaches of eight of tho powers of tho world. There wns iomothlnB of nn object lesson les-son in this gnthcrlng of a representative representa-tive array of the American navy, nbout one-third of tho fighting forces being in tho review. When tho parade of the Mayflower was over and tho president had looked with critical oyo nt ench qf tho flag-dressed flag-dressed vessels, his yacht camo to anchor and ho received on board tho commanding officers of tho fleet. Then followed a gala luncheon, nt which tho officers, tho government ofllclnlt, tho attaches, abators and congressmen wore guests, together with ft number of tho personal friends of tho president |