THE NAVAL PAGEANT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 4

THE NAVAL PAGEANT.

i',' iaondpn-shWediitSvinfirest .''in /™| fleet, 'Ngyer.vbefo'rp ,li»ye'crp)vd3: so '.great"and'enV*; m-Jppg'it^^r/'V^.Si ; :;;;;. ,'■';■'■• v';^' 1; '-. ":i'At'.'lunchbojiyhour.:'thd -j City.. '.'of ';Lbudori i f]^ti"r^*'dmm : i!^CtKti'ri'!F,' r ?i" < ! : 'day l :w^Haiityijyitli'gldssy ( banks; JiilaridM, wbrli. ; girls,Jrom ;tho factories,' stolid: and) silent'visitors'Tironutne:. sjiburbsi.: •With.' s'hrieks"of Matighter"*this women.'eHtnb , .the 'swinging-ropo ladders;'.and :at;oncp ; per-, Vade 'the .Vessels;-"'Jack , ,"always' gallant, is > iia;his;,sl^Bn,i.4i/fcif,, n bs,jnstinct:;oach; jolly "akilor r ', pian.v atiractai■',li»l«,,' a.i.'dozdn' .women, arountl -'iiHn'^ a.ii'd explains to' them' the:mysttiffi'iii ?,'%6weyor.. clbsoly '; they. tho knack 'of keopriii&^iiis■bMjß'.ibes out.of danger. ; ... ' :'-■: > ' v -.-/, canio from; .tnef i flueen'i,bFi l biij'*dity^iny:(.wifo,"' ! .'said.' : the' : Il6.i;'d^MaybV'"Jfncn ; 'addreseing';thb: bluejackets, fiHW- Guiiahall:'' I 'ihpVfars •■:, cheered ' Lady. Sruscb'tt'to''lFs.'KhV/'and if. thd great body' s , 'EiJn'ab = ne|g (; ;Kad ! lftrffrd'''tho' remark.they 'SoMd"fia?6!;cHefe'red ; La'(ly ■ Triiscbtt' also'.'. Lon-' ''ddS^lamnior i 'thp.ugH"iti.-;isvwitli' , spcctaclc!B,'' ,dis{)layed-'amto'va;sclldolbby .'.eagerness ;tb. ; seo. the'; Juck .'lare).:' /Ihb ■ route of the■ processioa > n'a's'f so packed : Syith, pebplo; that.'/cor-* ;dbi}S v 'tifI:;pbiico:;;bloi3kcd1:;pbiico : ;;bloi3kcd ; .Hip-'all. the;;turnings be-: ;! -'iy , 'ouldv'airon'>faliybbdy yelpe ■■ to: pass; tliraifgK 1 . ■ ?A-, ! l)lafp;.'ofi;mtisic : ;an(l ti.stiffening' bf'JtnS'.'faiili's'pro'claitncd'thp, approach of ;tho.' -nivßf brigador iThcy'.niado d;nne,, , bold show; band/led thpm, otirring'thopulso; v ohqVtiirtiiijf:the , imagination with .the;strains on : tho'ocean .waro.'.".; Six .ship's. ',gun^tTVoivc-pouhders;—followed,;,drawn'.by :Scamoni !, ;wfib:clasped'Urms; tugged..at .the ih;;perfect'.step.;;-;-Thcy jWero-.typical. Jack Tars; 'stout ariu.' sturdy.' ;^ill^«^^'^?^/''^'-^'''^^

; - Day at the; Guildhall, on' ThursdayV-July; 23/ Admiral.:; Sir William .May,..tho Commandor,"in-ChibiLpf <thb Homo -I'leeVlunclmd.-'Withi.'■ .the .Lord- .-Mayor'and ■Corporation',of London..; With , him: >veto .tho ifriiamcß and some 1500 picked officers, repre-. Renting, every :ship and every branch of. the ■ jßorviobrrfiishting--' men, '.engineers, -.marines,- ■ torpedo men, gu : nri6fs, : ■paymasters," surgeons, :6phobimaste.r?j/./and ■[; .chaplains.■ ~ The great moment. o£. the aft.srnoon.Atas .tho t approach. of :tho' 'admirals; ':-.Nover'has the .'city clonu abything-better,,, ,'i'he City..Marshal;.clanked up: itho .llbor-.ijf tho .library, l , tho. trumpeters blow:i'ar!i"tatqly ; '-fanfaro, ..all tho officers stood aiVattention,;';'-'A? .Loru\Maybr' and the' Lady jVJ.ayore.ss.stood, alone,.'-silent and , expectant, .oh.ftheir, Ijprdj Jlayor proposed, ''"Tho.King,-";aHd the tonst«'as honotiredby. .Kiorishylig, drinKfrit" 6yery_ day of .their..lives. 'Tjhepf thfi>J/ercl r M.ayor, -in "an eloquent little jsn'etjelj, iPropp ic&- tho; toast ; bl.: "The-. Fleet)coupling ■'with-,it;."tho..riame' of /Admiral Sir Wlliam;.Mayi^: ; ; :■,:.,■ '■.;,'• ; : -■ .j. , ,' Aftet'ii moment 01 conversation —the. Lord. admirals, , Mr, Burns, and thpi.-Bisl.ibp oi.:Lohdoni-6itting.;iu :a lino : in! l tho-cojjlroi6f l ;.tnp party—tho Cornmandor-in-1 -Chief '■' rose ,to ; "respond; • l '."Tliis visii has !eh-' abled the-' citizens, of London," and' also 1 tlio inllabitailts of 'many. othor'tojvns- in' tho ■{-jiciriiiy/ to i-'s'eo. l.a rctil 'modern' ilect.: ; All'" would be impressed,by the size and crandour of .the" battleships njiil, cruisers,: and the gre'aC. developinento made'j'ii destroyers arid sub-', 'marines.''. '.Evcrything, is./nofr.-woflted,..even; .down,to' the.anolior, by mech«nicaj apparatus of,the.iieiyest'design.,- -Yet,' in spito of'that,, tao'.humah: element is still tho predominating power; .(Bmphatio , . oxprossions of approval' by'the .officers.). -~.Wo .still rcquiro tho'sea-'' man'?, experience, ..tho seaman's qkill, and tho .■soariiau , » : .oyp in order, to"manoouvro, , tlfe. thdvplatforme- which carry.' '■;,';, ■-■:".,■■.'■■;.'■■. , ,v l"fi it'Vero riot for' the City wp 'should.not 'have our present Navy/'."and vied versa, if it wero'not for the : Navy .where-would tho City'.\bo? >'(Cheers,).:.. The City and.the fleet aro-. closely .bound- together 1 by bonds' of .friendship and.duty..- '.The duty of.the; City' ' 'is largnly ito sJtpply tho.-monc.v required for- ' Navy, r; Thcdutyvof tho oHicors and men 'of ifth'ej.flcot; 4 :^o: :tho, so. that Avo.caii: ? Alwaysiiielaimtioi'" piir.*. motto :.'Beady, , ayo 1 V ! 'fl\i~ tflapt^was''Br!nji|c'.-j> ivitlr chUiusiasm. ■! .Tha.olßceislsang ;;','l i 'or'.--lio.'s a.jolly- good fel-, \ •ldw','.'«:;irh^ti.i,';),Ptl..by / , , tb.0; admiral, 'tEey- gayo ■* tlio ■Lord Mavos, ' ' ■ :