Contains: Telegram of Emperor Wilhelm II. concerning visit of the torpedo boats in Cologne, municipal telegram of thanks (April 1900); board of directors of the Marine-Verein Köln; drafts, deliberations in an own formed commemorative committee concerning the programme for the visit of the torpedo boat division (9. April 1900, with letter of apology, among others from Louis Hagen because of the death of his father-in-law); letter of the Viceadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz to Oskar Hamm, to the city and the president of the government concerning the dispatch of the torpedo boats, dates, arrival in Cologne (April 1900); letter of Albert Heimann, Cölner Club, concerning the invitation of the officers to a party in the club; Correspondence with the chief president and the hydraulic engineering inspection; correspondence with the German Fleet Association, office of the district Mülheim/Ruhr concerning the offer of the company Mathias Stinnes to make available to the torpedo boats competent seamen familiar with the Rhine river conditions; Formation of a ceremonial committee, programme (with printing of the programme in the newspaper); correspondence with the Division Head Lieutenant Captain Funke concerning the programme, meeting at Niehl (with list of officers and teams); invitation to the heads of authorities and clubs, composition of a reception committee; Inquiry of the city of Rüdesheim concerning the festivities planned by Cologne, inquiry Mülheim/Ruhr concerning the exact time of the passage of the boats in Mülheim; invitation to the banquet and Kommers in the Gürzenich, invitation of the festive committee to the collection of the boats (30. April, 1. May, with participant card, print); telegrams of the Division, Funke, concerning arrival in Cologne; military orders of the fortress governorate (1. May 1900); letter from Hamm to Piecq concerning Gürzenich cards for the Colonial Society; donation of sparkling wine by the Söhnlein company
