The times., 1897-04-28
NATION s HERO.
Continued from Second Page.

York shore. Outside of these was another
column composed exclusively OF Uncle
Sans ships. The Maine was at the head
and behind heI weret ethelndiana,t The Iexas,
the Raleigh, the Columbia, and the monitors
Amphi.riteandT Terror. Itwasa snow white
fleet, and the bun ting blossoued above the
snow on ST and branches that reached
high in the sir. Dispatch boat Dolphin was
anchored ahead OF the New York. II
stretched out so the fighting fleet covered
almost mile and half OF the liver.
The lighthouse fleet anchored astern OF
the foreign squadron, while a long line Of
revenue cutters lay below theiine, headed
by the Maine. With these to lengthen out
the lines of warships, there was stretch
OF water three miles long that was walled
in by bunting. The nutnberiess craft COM
posing the excursion fleet, announced to
form part of the merchant ships parade,
began to arrive at noon. They were also
riel. in the display of flags and bunting.
A very small tug bore yer ylarge stretch
of white cloth on witch was painted: The
South HonoFs Grant
Al l O'Clock a 6-pounder rifle on the
New York was fired. Then every ship
immediately spouted fire and smoke and
this denoted that the head OF the pro-
cession had arrived at the tomb and that
the ships were firing the salute OF twenty
one guns that the program called for.
The firing was SO rapid that the east side
of. the river was quickly half obscured
with smoke.
The people that in a solid mass covered
the heights about tile tomb turned as
one map to gaze at the shipping, but
tie driving gale swept the slfioke into
their eyes and made them get out their
handkerchiefs.
At 4:3o D. ia, the President and his
party, escorted by a detachment of cavalry
and line OF police, put off 10 the Dolphin.
The throngs in the streets near the 29th
street pier, as the President walked to the
lighthouse tender that conveyed him to the
Dolphin, raised their hands, with hats
and handkercchiegs in the air, and shouted
like mad. Then, with one accord, the
patriotic shippers of the whole fleet made
the hills echo 10 sounds such as can only
be heard when Yankee yachts have crossed
the home line against a British mug
hunter
a line of tugs formed a perfect wind
brea for the little vessel that took
Tile fGclIGub W tuti HnE
was as steady as church while outside
the line the other vessels were bobbiBg
up and down like corks in the teeth OF the
gale.
AS tie President climbed the ladder lead
ing to the Dolphin's deck a signal was
given, and just as the Commander-in-ohief
of the Army and Navy touched foot on the
deck d quaTtermaster, with pull on the
halyards. opened the roll and spread the
Presidents flag, and then a siX-rounder
on the Dolphin's bow doomed the first OF
the Presidents salute.
The Dolphin, according to program, now
got under way, and steamed down between
the two lines of war vessels When the
Presidents boat was fairly between the
Maine and New York, the first gun OF the
Presidents salute was fired AS the guns
flashed the salute, the seamen on all the
sfIips man ned the rails. AS a whole no
more brilliant spectacle than that of the
great fleet, with the Dolphin in the midst
offt, has ever been seen in the harbor.
It was at O'Clock that the Dolphin
arrived opposite the pier at the foot OF
fifty-second street, and another salute
was fired as the President stepped ashore.