HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION OF 1009 



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On Wednesday, September 29, about 9 :30 a.m., the Half Moon and 

 the Clermont will leave their anchorages at 110th Street and will pro- 

 ceed up the river, stopping for a time at Yonkers, Tarrytown, Ossining, 

 Peekskill and Cornwall. On Friday, October 1, these vessels will arrive 

 at Newburgh, where they will meet the Upper and Lower Hudson fleets. 

 The latter fleet will leave New York on the morning of October 1, and 

 will consist of the submarine Costine (the first submarine), twelve 

 torpedo boats and a large number of other ships, divided into six 

 squadrons. 



There can be no question that the naval parade witli which the 

 Hudson-Fulton Celebration begins, represents the central idea of the 

 whole festival. The spectators, in gazing upon the immense fleet of 

 modern vessels, may find it difficult to realize that the tiny ships, the 

 Half Moon and the Clermont, so faithfully reproduced for this occa- 

 sion, occupy a more important place in the world's history than will 

 all the gigantic vessels that are assembled to honor the two remarkable 

 men who accomplished so much with such scant resources. 



This lesson is especially important in our time, for the tendency of 

 our day is to lay undue stress upon mere magnitude, and to believe that 

 larger ships, larger buildings and larger cities necessarily mark a real 

 progress in civilization. No sane person will deny the fact that the 

 conditions of life have changed and are changing for the better — 

 slowly, it is true — but there can be as little question that the rate of 

 progress would be greatly accelerated if the essentials of civilization 



The Half Moon. 



