Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 16, 1893, Page 24

\ SURPASSING YAVAL SHOW | Dress Parade of Modern 8hip of War m New York Harbor AN IMPOSING ARRAY OF COAST DEFENDERS iirlef Des of the Vessels Composing the Vari tingent n Mugnificent One—¥ ptio as Fleets— The Ame Con- gram of the Great Review. s commem- America, to The display of naval ve: rative of the d v of nst., will undoubtedly surpas f the kind ever scen in Amer cerse It will dwarf the marine parade f last autumn, and in many particulars 711l be the most important naval review wver held in any part of the world. Though fewer vessels will be present ihan were at the queen’s jubilee review a fow years ago, the approaching review will be move strictly international than vas the British naval celebration and will include war ships built since that wvent, which will represent the juent development and progress made n the art of naval construction, Outline of t sub: Program. There will bé" between forty and fifty car ships in the parade, s esenting the United State nand of Ad arious fleets assembli Iampton Roads, [t is under he purpose of Admiral Ghe vom Hampton Roads in ng of April 24, By thi he review fleet sh Took by latc ning lmiral may, howeve o the review fleet of it to Sandy H his latter plan is not expeeted t owed. Should the Took in the eve ul probability Horse Shoe for 1l and 26 Admiral Gher he positioning of all the war vessels On the morn of the 27th the com- ined flees will be mavshaled below the statue of 1iberty, and will form in do: le line, the 1e of march to be up the orth rviver to One Hundred and Tw y-fifth steeet. Admiral Ghe 1 command the f orders from the fl dent Clevely party will be aboard the Dolphin, ateh boat, and will review the e steaming hetween the double lir <hips. As the Dolphin passe el will bo 1 ed and the pre alute of twenty-oue guns fired xteen re , under ¢ Gherardi., m 1e early morn arrangement ild reach Sandy the cet reach Sundy will, in On_ April ardi will direct ard nd telpl W identiy Awerican Flagship. The cruiser miral G! ship for the ng Philadelphia, which Ad 1i has jR al pageant, is one of the best known vessels of the new navy She has been in the service not quite three years, and has boen the flagship of the North Atlantie squadvon, during most of which time Admiral Gherardi bas used her as his flagship. Unlike he Baltimore rktown the Phila delphia has not done any naval that has drawn general nttention to her she has had no honor ch us carrying firic body to Sweden, and has selected as the service PB—=TWENTY-FOUR_PAGES. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. 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Prepared by Chemical Ct Boston, VALL ABOUT THE SKIN, SCALP AND HAIR'" the Potter Drug and pora’ion, BLOOD, ing calls at p vari South American countric It was before the Philadelphia be one of the new naval fleet that she be- came most famous. She was the first of the new to make a four hours’ race ime. Her centrac B )duce nineteen knots speed on a continuous run of four hours. A premium ora penalty of $50,000 for cvery quarter of a knot in excess or in failire to equal the speed was to be given to the contractors or requived from them. The r was ona foggy day in June, 1890. It was along the castern end of Long Island to a point on the blufs of Bleck I[sland, with a return to the starting point. It was a course thirty-cight knots, or sea miles, long. On the day of the trial the sun shone shitly, the sea became smooth as . and the great white vessel plunged norting and shrieking. Soon it tnat she would win, I foot, almost every inch, saved meant dol- lavs, 12 obstruction on deck that ht the speed of the vessel vemoved. Even an empty pail was kicked away, and when she crossed the line, panting and with great tongues of flame licking the tops of her smoke- stacks, she had made a record of 19.678 knots an hour, the hest made up to that time by any vessel of her class, and had carned u premium for her contractors of 130,000, the largest yet paid on any of new v 28, I'he Philadelphia is 6 feet long, is 1.6 feet broad, draws 19.2 feet of water, ha nent of 4,324 tons and a maximum horse power of 8,815, Her armament consists of twelve six-inch *h loading rifles, with full outfit of E I'he cost of building was vessels seen e American Ships. s American shipsin the p ided into two squadrons. The first will comsist of t Newark, Fral Bancroft, Ben- and Baltimore, 1t will be under command of Rear Admiral Benham, and the protected cruiser Newark will he his Nagship. ‘he Newark was begun in and built by the Cramps of Philadelphia she has heen the flagship of the South Atluntic station. Her dimensions are [ rth on the lcad er line, 310 fe xtreme breadth, 180 feet Her di The maxi g of her ty expansion engines i5 8,860, and her speed is knots pe of twelve ade will San se0, powe rapid fifing t of the vy of the vessel was £1,248,000, Other of the fiest sqand the Baltimore, which is the sister ship of tho Philadelphia, is a protecte iiser of 4,324 tons, engines of 8,815 hovse power and a speed of 19 knots Lour. The San Francisco is consid the finest of the American cruisors, ¢ has & speed of 20 knots per hour and is 4,083 tons in burden 1,810 tons, engines of 4,0 and a speed of 15,6 knots oft is a new el of 838 tons, squadron will be Acting Rear Of th 10 nd inder squadi foet wid las o draught of 14 Shie | wines of seen in no grave situation, such as con fronted some of the new boats in the cont Chillan affate. Hers has boon o peacelul life, thus far vceuplod in mak re 5,08 horse power and has a displace ment of 4,500 tons, Hoer speed is 15 knots per hour. IHer armament sists of four 8-inch breech-loading vitled cannon, ecight G-inch rifles, two 5-inch ts from Bar Harbor to | steel practico | | tower Admiral | the steel | | Her armament ing She has also two fixed and two launch- ing car torpedoes. . The British Fleet. The British fleet will be command of V Admiral ns of the ill consist of five ve the Magicienne, th nd the Australia. a 9,000-ton armored | 7 r, having four pansion engines in sept ments, with an aver knots per hour unde Her armament consists of two twenty-four-ton rifles in armoved tow- ers at'the bow and stern; ten G-ineh rapid- firing guns, six on thespar de nd four on the main deck in_casements, sixteen 3-pounders: seven Nordenfeldt machine guns and four 14-inch Whitehead tor- pedo tubes. She has a eurved steel pro- tective deck, from three to six inches | [roeotes ) thick, and above it the top of the ma- [yt o chinery has an 8-inch steel protection. 4 The casements of the main deck guns have 6-inch steel on the out-board sides and two inches inside. The ammunition tubes and tubes ling from on- ning tower have eight_ inches the conning tower itsell twelve of steel protective sheathing. The T s a thira-class twin-screw cruiser of 1,770 tons displacement, and somewhat similar to the Yorktown. She is 225 fect in length, with a beam of Rl ot and a draught of 14 feet, ated horse power i8 ed is 17.33 knots per g Her armament consists of six br eight s, two loes and one fixed rifles, two 6-pour and two 1-pounder vapid-firing ey tehkiss re- volving cannon and two tling guns. The other vessels composing the see ond squadron are as follows: The Con- cord and Yorktown are steel gunboats of tons each, the Charleston is a steel-protected ¢ s of 4,040 tons, the Vesuvius is a steel-dynamite eruiser of 930 tons, and the Miantonomah is a steel dovble-turreted monitor of 3,990 tons. The steel torpedo boat Cushing, of 116 tons, will be used as a despatch boat. i Dolphin will 15 a displacement of 1,485 tons and a speed of 15.5 knots per hour. She will be used as a reception vessel for distinguished guests, and will probably be used us a veviewing ship by the president. tween three and six promised, and th dimitri Douskoi, ¢ nda, are expecte the rendezvous within the next week. The i teir J is a composite r ship of the BI85 feet long, w, steel, | with a 36-foot beam and dr it of 20 tons and a | feet. Ier displacement i tons nots per hoi She is nd her speed is said to be 20.7 knots with a beam of fifty-two hour, which makes her the fastest, t of twenty-four ot is known, of any of the foreign s capable of “developing which wi sipate. Her ar- -inch rifles, six wnd ten torpedo tube fanta lsabel a protected 10.9 feet long, with a beam of ot and a draught of 12,5 feet. She has a displacement of 1,130 tons. Her armament consists of four 4-pound ritles, two long vifles, four quick-firing guns and two torpedo tubes, were donning our dis The Nueva Espana a twin screw | when the cry, ‘She lives! steel gunboat of 600 tons displacement D Charley —— was st She is 190 feet long, with atwenty-thr body and with staving « 120 foot beam and a draught of 1044 feet. | the'face of onr subject m Her engines develop 9,000 indicated | about h itehing,' sai . Her armament consists of loading rifled cannon. 1zil will have the largest represen- tation of any of the American republies outside of the United s, She will three vessels in line, the battle uidaban of 5,000 tons, the eruiser of 1,300 tons and sixteen 1iboat Tivendentes of 800 tons | gruns, > Aquidaban Six are * the and mmand of the Duke | the hady. ave tlie flag ship | such a nte, Infanta Isabel and the The night was very cold one as’ best suited purpose of the expedition. We sed the body, filled up the grave burciedly deo back to the where arrangements i been with the janitor to receive it. | warming ourselves and taking a bumper all around we went to evenin guns, the under . Hop- i 't and a dra Her engines 7,000 horse pow wrmament work. The rments, was disrobed and la cting table. It was the specimen [ ever saw indeed perfeet, and te seemed u sacr ge o gin its mutilation. With paint the lines were drawn the body, dividing served as guides to the compar of dis: antiful form it ot also msists of a ading rifle four- h-loading rifles, four- uns and four long six-ton also ca four fixed ages and four launching She was launched in pair of i was teen six-i teen machin cannon. She torpedo pel. I cting me t nding us The Columbus Caravels. nlolkorey i protected A notable feature of the pava will be the Columbus caravels—Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina—a representation of the originals, made by the Spanish govern- ment. These replicas of the famous fleet of Christopher Columbus took part in the at naval demonstration at Palos August 3 of last year, in the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the date in 1492 on which Columbus sailed on his voyage of discove The Santa Maria is an exact replica of Columbus' lag ship. It is an astonishing fact that the Santa Mavia, the largest of tne three ships of the discoverer, was but 63 feet long over all, 51 feet along el, 20 feet beam and 104 feet in nd the Pinta were 'd only at the ex- high prows and poops s quarters for the crew and their of- Columbus’ vessel was designated it was lavger than the displacement is 4,600 tons her engines have an indicated horse power of 4,472 Her speed is twelve knots per hour. Her armament is simi- lar to that of the Dimitri Douskoi ynda of the B 0 tons, 2 ot feet and a ¢ i or have n said one who was anxious to begin ‘[ am ‘for whoever heard of a corpse ¢ to life after having been entombed, rrected and treated to a sl il proceed to business.’ At that instant Charle, twitching again, The r . too, and without further of us began rubbing ities while anoth ran which, fortunately, we had pocket. A hed and in short y pereeptible the extremiti W dressed noved fleet is o long, a 5. aught of six- feet. Her engines give an indi- cated horse power of 00, is sixteen knots per hour. ment consists of ten six-inch machine guns, four four fixed to The threo othe Lave been promised Emperor Nicholas of mored cruiser, Admiral 7,781 tons and fourteen g cruiser | t Azoy sixteen gu The 1 the command of Vice inches y of vessel of which e proud. She -two-foot beam \teen feet. Her in- is 6,200, She Is a ceremony 1l X stimu in an improv time bega her S0 feet long, for and a dry cout 12,000 tons, N ns, a I'he 176,000 the es und four five- | o hes ton breech-loading ine Republic v in N onor | have one Ninth of v a twin fumily s but a half | from ( the al \rgen July, n: ence d a first-class com- | y 55 tons, She is 163 feet long, with an 114-foot beam. ave an indicated capacity o power. Her speed is 13 knots per hour. Her armament consi of six 4-inch and four maching aquns. aunched in 1888 The German Fleot, will b as always behind the Nina and the Pinta. It was this f that subsequently ve to the dispute as tc who first the western lands, The reproduction of the Santa Mavia i historically correct to the smallest de- | C08U£37,5800. for tail I'he exterior bears the same un- French rleet, sightly, cumbersome appearance that its ors inal 1s supposed to hay L. Two confident all jibs and a jib top sail withou main two modern f 2 oW 1 ) I 1 1 i i ame the wil Sail is its full rigging, Ther to take part | the rate 1 know, is 1 the old arabesques, halberds, three ve is armed with twelve lor A mat P and mortars which nautical hist g rht machine guns, r . ng ¢ ty-r by i t this is the on claves appeared in the make-upof uns and eight torpedo tubes, ) . i p at ever came undon bus' flag ship. Inside the plan of The . twin a commotion steuction is carvied out even to sc at the tir ing old fifteenth century of u « autical ke about the nd deck. The royal standards of Ca nd Loon, in precise imitation of the banners which the discoverer stuck in the mud when he jumped ashore he float from the musth e veplicas of the Nina und 1 as near historieally ¢ possible to make them, Next in importance is the Aust the Mediterranean belted mer thic ships. to threc I nted by risc Ve ta a t long stod with and is i as I5c hoped that battle ships w in the page which will rade the most important Bart, a protected cruise built in 1887 and eost, comple 000 francs. She is 2 feet in lex with a beam of and ¢ sment of 4,1 levelop 8,000 horse power. i 18,65 knots per hour. Hor battery is s four G-inch rifles and six H-inch Italy will b rifles, with a seeondary armament of | sels tinder imand four d-pounder rapid-tivin 1ns, Magnaghi. They revolving cannonmnd six torpedo tubes, | Etna, the Giovanni Ihe other Froneh ships the Hus viodno. sard and Arethuses Hoth were pre-ent Etna 1 parade in honor of Colum- w York harbor last October, Arethuse is a fine looking, old- »d wooden ship. Her dimensions 2 277,06 feet long, 43.6 feet beam 1O feet draught. She is a gun deck te, with a top-gallant forecastle and mament consists of four 16- sent the ns hear d lum- con- tter: APs, com and the my obser 10.3 feet and a draughtof 10.2 s nine per I ith two heavy rif 15 and two t Other N speed knots sides, He - Hendwork engines | wrmed LRI machine g yedo tube Wearlson 5o Lous, » Quirp nark by four ves o tw Admiral represented of six will by ta are s it was Bunsu av Table led fo One of the Stud L steel nud of 3,580 to beam of ‘i alia of squadron. She is a of 5,600 tons - displace- . carrying an armor belt ten inches for a distance of 190 feet amid- The proteetive deck is from two inches thick, and the conning | has a sheathin n inches thick. The triple-expansion engines de n ceh-loading rifles, twenty- velop 8,500 hor , und & max two l-centimeter d eight mi- | hour \ v sl fourteeu knots tory 11 hour cruise nent consists of 28-ton 1 id I t ol 3 s i day vifles, six d-ton rifles and ) A Giovanni Bansan in New York harvbor in She is a protected ¢ ing the same battery as the somewhat smaller, with a ¢ | of 3,068 tons The Dga is one e iser, carr torr ave not all w iiser of the third class, with a reying capacity of 2050 tons, She is 205 fect long, with a 42-foot | wraceful iensions ave: 211 | 1 s coat, and, it i beam, and a draught of 17.6 feet. Her | feet lo beam and a draught | draught of cet, She is « ! \ ! e | pe for nis wnd o negr indicated horse pov is 9,000, and her | of 13.7 feet. She was lu | with u | od is nineteen knots per hour. She | her speed is twelve knots per Her a aunch in 1880, and eost £136,000, rmament consists of four 14-centime | les, nine ck-tiving | to [ 1er hoe . ant 1 l‘ six 6G-inch five breach-loading rifles and six vevolving | ment took place in th n breech-loading vifles, nine 6-pounder | cannon that night we procured a ) e quick-firing guns, one d-pounder quick- well provided witi ready | Srese ot the skui shont I A:{‘\l.‘ux:;' wei fiving gun, and three machine guns. sccured the tools necessary to disluter - for years after the incident, i is a steel pr 2,020 tons s Are She i od, with Yook e | \ oven that a brass ca g eliar whore one of Erviodno is an 0 1d carrios ten g P Spaln will be reprosented pedo carriag unarm The Russian Fleet. The Russian fleet will consist of be- robes, having a by three in and, as r was i: just ! the cured and llege, made After v stift the dis g room, intending to put in a good: ' body, clothed in id on most The ) me be- blue upon it into parts which e of gowns 0 our by the 1 into uscles d he, daft, work. d ho, ming then us saw it, 28 part trems lunts, 5 ed of we had ¢ f the | not the the block still wed hters been cared ns re- hort, har- iving are cuse vation. nong hat ed a 0 sat S are ) you work bit teras st O herr 1 Nei 1 1 Then um- stood trapped by the ¢ whis. 0 lad ht in ndle these distinct her