The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-26
Opening Of the
Jubilee.
THE NAVAL PARADE.
Heroes of Victorious Navy
Welcomed at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Oct. 5.-Philadelphia
DOTTED its hat to the naval heroes today
Nominaly it was the active opening Of
j the peace jubilee, actually it was a
thunderous greeting of praise, welcome
and thanks to the men of our victor
ious navy. Sigsbee, Philip, Evans and
Wainwright were among those thus
honored.
The Texas, the Gloucester, the Wins
low, the Maytlower were some of the
warships which took part in the marine
/ pageant The government was repre-
scented by Secretary of the Navy Long
brilliancy and grandeur. The series of
1 ceremonies concentrating the tri-
umph of American arms really began
on Sunday with services in the church,
4 es. Todays naval review, however was
the real opening of the festival, which
will continue until Thursday night. 1t
! consisted of procession of vessels
around the anchored warships, but
:
I of the demonstra ton.
The yacht May, with Secretary Long
and the Washington party aboard, led
the parade. the ships of the navy being
anchored in single file in midstream,
the line extending from Christian to
| Hanover streets, a distance of three
miles.
Alexander Van Rennslaer's yacht, the
May, which did fine service in carrying
supplies to Porto Rico and returning
sick soldiers to their homes, lay at
Pine street wharf awaiting the arrival
of the Washington delegation This
party, which consisted of Secretary
Long, Miss Helen Long, Lieut. w. H.
| Switzerland and Private Secretary Fin
ney reached Broad street station from
Washington at 1885 O'clock They were
| Joined there by Capt. Robley d. Evans
and Congressman Hillborn of Califor-
mia, and the peace jubilee committee,
! waiting to escort them to the May.
| Lieut.. Switzerland who commanded
/ the gunboat Eagle during the war and
| destroyed the big Spanish trans-Atlan-
tic liner Santo Domingo, accompanied
Secretary Long in the capacity of naval
aide
1t was half-past one o'clock when the
party reached the yacht. The May
headed down stream to take her place
at the head of the procession.
Arriving off League Island, the south
ern extremity of the city, the May
found the line of reviewing vessels in
waiting. She promptly swung in front
and at 3 O'Clock the parade began to
move along the Jersey side of the an
chored warships, which lay about 1000
yards distant from each other, in this
order: Columbia, Mayflower, New Or
leans, Texas, Marblehead, Dolphin,
Topeka, Gloucester and Winslow. The
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line, off Cramps ship yard, where she
was recently built.
| Secretary Long, with Lieut.. Souther-
land and Capt. Evans on either side,
stationed himself on the bridge Of the
May, and presently the Columbia the
/ first of the warships, was reached.
| Her officers and men were drawn up on
the forward and after decks, with
every hand raised in salute, and then
| her six-pounderS began to roar out
the secretary's salute of II guns With
! the beginning of the salute came the
bugle and drum salute from the ship.
The Texas, the Gloucester and the
! Winslow received the greatest share of
enthusiasm AS the May glided past
the great battleship, Commodore Philip
and Capt. Sigsbee stood at attention
with the other officers and men of the
ship.
Secretary Long, who had held his hat
in his hand since the start of the
parade. now waved it several times in
honor of Commander Wainwright, who
stood on the bridge of the Gloucester,
and of the torpedo boat Winslow,
which brought up the end of the line.
The Kasagi's officers and men We're
lined up like the Americans and saluted
| the secretary but as the vessels guns
are at Armstrong;, in England the
! salute was perforce a silent one.
| A thousand yards beyond the Kasagi
the line of reviewing vessels swung
round and proceeded down the river
along the Pennsylvania shore. The
trip down was merely a continuation
of the enthusiasm and clamor minus
the guns Of the warships. When the
Texas was again reached, the May was
| brought to a standstill and, at the in
! vitation of Commodore Philip and Capt.
Sigsbee, Secretary Long and party
went over in launches to the battle
ship. Here they were escorted below
to the ward room, where the COM
modore, captain and officers received
I the guests. After the exchange of
greetings, Mayor Warwick proposed
the health of Secretary Long and called
upon him for a response. He did so
briefly, thanking the mayor for his
words of welcome, and Commodore
Philip and Capt Sigsbee for their
courtesy to him as their guest After
referring to "the historic hospitality of
Philadelphia, as illustrated by this
magnificent jubilee" the secretary
said:
IF ever the navy was worthy of the
nation it represents, it is worthy of it
today. | appreciate the>honor you have
conferred on me in connecting my
name with that of the commodore. 1
appreciate the honor of standing on
the historic deck of the Texas, in the
i presence of the man whose glorious
work at Santiago has written the name
of the American flag high on the rec
/ ords of the honor of nations / re-
spond as heartily as our country does
to these, our heroes. and to you of
1 Philadelphia, for honoring them as you
| do
! Mayor warwick then spoke a few
words in praise of the Texas and pro-
posed a toast to Commodore Philip
| paying tribute not only to his heroism,
but to his humanity in checking the
cheers of his crew While the defeated
Spaniards We're perishing.
/ Commodore Philip replied with few
words of thanks. and then Capt. Sigs-
bee was called upon. He spoke of his
qualification at the universal sympathy
for the Maine. but asked to be excused
from speaking of the ship. Some time
II may say how feel about the Maine.
but not al this time" Here the mayor
suggested a toast to the men behind
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