Review of reviews and world's work . command of Sir Edward Seymour, Ad-miral of the Fleet, comprises the Drake, the Argyll, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the In-vincible. Germany sends the Dresden, theBremen, the Hcrtha, and the J^ictoria Luise,under the command of Admiral von French squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Le Pord, consists of three warships,Justice, Ierite, and Liberte. Austria alsowill be represented by three cruisers. Italysends the Etruria and the Etna, the Nether-lands the Utrecht, Argentina the PresidenteSarmiento, Mexico the Bravo, and Cuba therevenue cutter Hatney
Review of reviews and world's work . command of Sir Edward Seymour, Ad-miral of the Fleet, comprises the Drake, the Argyll, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the In-vincible. Germany sends the Dresden, theBremen, the Hcrtha, and the J^ictoria Luise,under the command of Admiral von French squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Le Pord, consists of three warships,Justice, Ierite, and Liberte. Austria alsowill be represented by three cruisers. Italysends the Etruria and the Etna, the Nether-lands the Utrecht, Argentina the PresidenteSarmiento, Mexico the Bravo, and Cuba therevenue cutter Hatney. The land parades will vie with those onthe water in spectacular effects. The schoolchildren who will take part in these will benumbered by hundreds of thousands. Theline of march will be decorated most lavishly,and at night the illumination will exceed inbrilliancy anything of the kind ever beforeattempted in any American city. Thousandsof electric lamps will be employed on public CHLEBRATIhJG THE HUDSON-FULTON ANNiyERSARIFS. 419. Copyrigbt, 1909, by ihe HuiIsmm-IuUoii Cclcbraiioii Cummissiuri. OFFICIAL MEDAL OF THE HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION. and private buildiniis. Bridges, arches, andall other available structures will be bril-liantly lighted. Along the water front par-ticularlv the display will be strikingly beau-tiful. During the week of October 4 the townsalong the upper Hudson, as far north asTroy, will have their own celebrations, allthe vessels of lighter draft passing up theriver at least as far as Xewburgh. On theclosing night of the celebration beacon fireswill be kindled on the heights from Troy tothe Palisades, and thus the mode of signal-ing in use during the Revolution will berevived. During the celebration aeroplane flightswill be n^adc by Wilbur Wright and GlennH. Curtiss from Governors Island in New^ork Harbor. It is expected that an attemptvvill be made to fly from New York to Al-bany.—a feat no more wonderful in our day,perhaps, than the Clermonts voyage
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