Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-26
THE MARINE PAGEANT.
Thunderous Greeting OF Praise IN"
welcome TO Our Naval Heroes

PHILADELPHIA, Pa OCTOBER 20
PHILADELPHIA lifted it's hands and dofed
tho nations hat TO its naval heroes TO-
dav. Nominally, it was the active open
ing of the Peace Jubilee; actually II
was a thunderous greeting OF praise WEI
come and thanks 10 puissant arihaud'
and the men who swept II on 10 uH0h'i
Iaroed victory. The most illustrlous ac-
tors of the war, whose glorious ehd -
The motive of the celebration, leaIne"
wbat their country thinks of them s'P'-
hoe philip Evans, Wainwrignt' these
,,.ora come of the men, The Texas the
GIoucester. the Winslow, the MAY
60, y,.re some of the ships. The gov
orSr,ert was represented by Secretary
of-the-Nayy Long, the people py thIVns
that filled every bit OF TIMBER OH ei'"o'
shore of the Delaware river anu Jam
med every available craft 10 the Poin' "
danger. o,,o ~ eur-
,,osst,,o brilliancy and grandeur me
serias of ceremonies commemoratins the
t,i,,mnh of American arms really 0esdn
-, sunday with services or prayer anu
tbonkseiving In the ehurches' lC-u"S .
naval review. however, was the redl Opel'
i,,,, % tho festival. which will continue
untu Thursday night. 1t consisted III m \
| nrocessiOn of vessels arOuhu the ai'e
warships. but that bare statenlen' W"
vevs no idea Of the demons'raton'
A GORGEOUS PROCESSION
rha Yacht May. with Secretary Long
ond the Washington party on DoaIu' ieu
tbe narade. the ships OF the navy peI,e
anchored i'm single file In mldsueani, 'n'
line extending from CHRISTIAN u IA" @
over streets, distance OF thiee iiii1'
Arriving off League Island, the soui ~
| extremity of the city lhe May She
line of reviewing vessels i'll "".u"7, -,
promptly swung in front ana a' ~.
p'oii'ps'' ~ hoosn to move along the Jer-
sa,, side of the anchored warships' WIN"
Ia about 500 yards distaat from
- other I'm this Order-Columbli, Ma! :
aoT,ar New Orleans, Texas, Marpieheau
DoInbin Topeka. Gloucester, ana WIN
low The Japanese warshlp hds"si j." ,
at the northern end OF the hhe, oli
r,.o,r,n,s shiu-yards. where she was re
I'LL built As the procession moved
-. ard shore were one flaring mass Oh
,o,or All the warships were in full dress
eoes diving from bow 20 stern rom ma
bood 10 masthead. TRAILING alohs pe
hind the May were Vessels oI e'SiS w w
scription-handsome yachts pis
: sion steamers. tugs, barges' Iduncnes' "nI nI
ors and putting and shrleKlhs 'n'" WINS
tles like marine demons.
secretary Long. with Lieutenant Suth
.r1,,d and Captain Bob" Evans on eithe
stda stationed himself on the bridge o
Y H. Nav and presently the Columbia, IN
2 Gret of the warships, was reached ne
7 o1cers and men were drawn up on III
: fore and after decks, every manu- rs
] ,n salute and then her siX-pounders pesa
- roar our the Secretary's salute q
seventeen guns With the beginning
[ ,bo eaIute came the bugle ana drum 81
Into from the ship. and before the echoe
of the first shot had been swalioWeu D.
= the boom of the second. Verltaole pan
: demonium of whistles, smaller guns am
the roar of the crowds proAe ou.' "''
q continued throughout the processio"'
THE NAVAL LIONS.
Tho Texas. the Gloucester. and n
winsIow received the greatest snare
enthusiasm. As the May glided past u
O great battleship Commodore fhllp az
Captain Sigsbee stood at attenIioh' WI
tha other officers and men or the shl
J. ~ marines presented arms. and Il
i shin,s hand struck up Hail 10 the Chief
cacratarv Long, who had held ms nj
!, l., his hand since the start OF the parad
/ -. waved il several times. perform
;, ance ' which he duplicated in honor
u lieutenant Commander wainwright. WI
r I.ood an the bridge of the Gloucester, al
l. - tha little torpsdo-boat Winslow, whi'
bronebt up the end of the line
The Kasagrs officers and men were lin
Ie nm IKE the Americans, and saluted qui
w Ill hut as her guns are at Arr
@tronc's in England. the salute was De
force A silent one.
Thousand yards beyond the kasa
x ,ha line of reviewing vessels s"ul
'n ra and proceeded down the riv
a,o a,ong the Pennsylvania shore. The II
a avn was merely continuation OF t
~ ~ o,husiasm and clamor, minus the gu
If OF the warships
~ ~ ABOARD THE TEXAS.
AZ when the Texas was again reached t
rs ,,ay was brought 10 standstlil, and
the invitation Of Commodore ven, phip nTor
- ,pnches 10 the battleship. Here tn
:, ,ere escorted below to the ward-roo
- where the Commodore. Captain and o