Show THE MAYFLOWER SWINGS AROUND WATER BATTERY Old ld Id t IX X 14 I 4 Th swung the Ih Will wati II try fry try of or fortress Monroe Monr Him Ill Illa ii a s hoed I ltd shortly after K 8 t d K h KC she C saluting guns or of the army ulm SI 1 ie the first to lo signal the linh of ut I the president and hi ht party Tem TWI ono one times the cannon lannon overlooking tnt the picturesque most moat of or this famous old army stronghold voke vol their notes not oT Of welcome The white naval yacht kept silently on her way stay ay accepting the sa aa salute salute lute as a her due and as 1111 requiring no outward form torm of or recognition the K HI 1 warships at a amile amile mile further her up ul the roads reads bugles bule hu hll already ly begun lo to summon and crown crew to quarters quarter Most of or the tha men mn aboard th vessels had imad been caned called sty sev several eral Ira I H hi tn the past pant to welcome the president pI but there thore was wall a special sig significance 11 In lody ceremony eremon H Jt wai not a it time lime simply Imply to look pretty prett on parade but coupled led with it wee was a II note nota of lOr goodbye end and good luck which they felt rell had a world of 01 meaning to It It lt was wall not until the Mayflower haul had nearly neArl reached the Old Point pier pter that the president had bad his hi first view of 01 the tho splendid fleet neet fleetOn fleetOn On either side Ide of ot a veritable marine boulevard the ship were disposed In two long lines line the flagship Connecticut cut and M Minnesota standing repee respectively at the head bead of ot the shore bore and out outbound outbound outbound bound columns column Like players at some giant game of or London the twin battleships stood tood with figurative arms anu waiting for or the May Iy Mayflower flower dower to pass pa beneath and down the thel l lane n to meet the other oilier ships which were wre paired on opposite sides Id Each 1 achu ship was gaily all dressed from to the long lines of ot v bits bit of or signal bunting flut fluttering fluttering In the early morning breese br tInt first firstIn tIntin In an almost perpendicular rise nee front from tho the tem stern to the yards yard surmount surmounting ing the th for rore fighting top then reaching straight back bRck to 10 the after top tOil and down again to the stern tern rail nil of or the quartet deck Black mack smoke pouring from every enry funnel Indicated that the tIme engineers forces toreN were up steam for the tho first step p In the memorable voyage FLAGSHIP CONNECTICUT T The Connecticut flying hying the flag of 01 tear Admiral commanding the UI trip was W to speak to tb the Ua starboard and port i n alternately to proclaim their respect and duty to 10 th nations chief Follow Following l ing jog the unctIon motion of or the flagship as All It Is I expressed In the navy the other ships took up the tiring firing and In low lees 1 than two minutes time guns had boomed A play of or mimic warfare by b the finest fleet the American Amerlan navy has hae ever boost boosted boosted ed could not havo hn vo produced a more spectacular ll effect The smoke moke of 01 bat batIk Ik for tor a time enveloped the fleet neet and the smell Imell of ot gunpowder filled filed the air Again without formal recognition at ot atthe the honors bonora bestowed the Mayflower en entered entered entered the th warship lane and proceeded pr to a point about midway of 01 the assembled fleet let go her bar anchors and swung around partly to face race tile the How flaw of ot the ebbing tide No sooner had bad site she done dons so 10 than the tile torpedo launch of 01 the tile Connecticut with Admiral Evans and his bl tall stair on board was Wall darting swiftly to her side Ide I YACHT Y Making Melting the the of or officers ornee nee In al at the regalia of or special full fuji dress uniform repaired on OD board the th yacht to pay their respects to the tha president He Jle received them theta on the quarterdeck and the th exchanging of or greeting was wu more hearty heArt than formal Following the Connecticut lead the tha lie launches from all of tit the other ships ship hl were re soon loon swarming about the May My Mayflower Mayflower flower Prom From the Minnesota came the team steam barge bar of 01 Roar Rear Admiral C CM CIt CM M It Thomas Thoma commander of 01 the second squadron from th the Georgia there was WM th the barge bare of ot Rear near Admiral William H IC Emol commander of or the second di 11 division division vision and from the Alabama came Hear Bear Admiral C B Sperry com corn commanding mending manding th the fourth division Each admiral was waa accompanied by his hi tat stan The Th captains of th the If U 1 ships followed the n Mayflower and with their ai am rival the iii reception reached Its II climax The Tb ceremonies were few lew an am within hall half an all hour after Admiral Evans had first Grat stepped on the deck of ot th tb lbs yacht all aU of ot the officers wr were n one once on e more in lii their dancing launches returning to the ships Th The last lut goodbyes goodbye had been lIeen saId kald the president last I wishes ut gt god od tuck luck had been bean uttered GET WAY AY Suddenly th the signal nAI yard m of the Ibe lb Connecticut flashed the U ot Jet t under away Immediately follow following Ilow lug ing In the motions of ot the flagship order volleyed from each 8 orr bridge They Tey were conveyed by b warn warning wa log ing bells to engine anglo enin room rom through the 11 musical notes note not of ot halt half hll a score a of 01 bugles bl and ld shrill whistles of 01 the bo sun un pipes lines line were hauled In iii Inand Inand and as they thy tumbled tumble to th tb the decks deck the ships were ware lr robbed robb of ot gala lil attire Kv lv v hp was w In cruising trim trini now and nd the Ih dm time for lor play was 1 past liast t With rm the tb departure of t the th fleet flut nih 01 cers tn 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