The record-union., 1898-08-21

from this and other yachts.
The noise of the acclamationS down
stream notified the people at the lower
end of River Park that the fleet was
coming The New York was abreast
of the sleeping, grassy banks at the
park at 11.2o o'clock Then Lieutenant
Kohler of the Second Battery gave the
signal, and two field guns doomed.
They kept booming until the fleet had
passed.
A large number of people thought
that the parade would be delayed, and
| the side streets leading to the south
eln end of the park from Eighty eighth
street down We're crowded with people
! leisurely walking along. When they
| heard the guns boom there was mad
scramble of men, women and children
! toward the river front. 1t looked ike
vast army on the double quick. Ihe
| booming of the guns was signal Tor
/ a great outburst of enthusiasm from
| the crowds along the shore. By 1880
o'clock, by which time the fleet hove
| in sight Just below Grants tomb, fully
! 125o00 people were seated upon the
approaches to the lawns and hills near
/ the tomb. Every inch of land almost
was occupied, and even the side of the
steep hills running down to the railroad
/ track was black with human beings,
who were trying to hold onto the sod
! to keep from falling to the bottom.
/ A platoon of light artillery of two
pieces, under command of Captain
Wendell, from the First Battery, had
planted it's guns directly opposite the
| tomb, under the trees on the edge OF
/ the bank.
At 1877 O'Clock the New York put
her nose in front of the tomb. and as
she did so the battery fired a salute.
/ Scarcely had the smoke from the guns
| cleared away when the bow guns or
! the flagship rang out and saluted. Then
she passed on her stately way. Tne
j other ships also saluted and came
abreast of the tomb Captain Wendels S
battery answered every salute, and sa-
| lutes We're constant from the Jersey
| shore The great crowd watched the
| fleet pass in silence.
There was practically no sound ex-
cept from the guns. Slowly the fleet
steamed on to One Hundred and Thrift
eth street, and the New York turned
to the left at 11:50 o'clock, and started
on down the river At i o'clock she
passed the tomb once more, but her
I guns were SlltlIl, elliiotSli INV " 49,
Wendell battery doomed out many
| times.
The committee boat Glen Island left
| the Cortland-street dock with the
Mayor and his suite aboard and
steamed down the bay to the flagship
New York. The police boat Patrol then
came alongside of the Glen Island, and
the Mayor and sixteen members of his
oh a
! troll. She steamed over to the New
York, ard the party went aboard Al
miral Sampson and his officers We're
on deck, and after cordial greeting
the Mayor began his address He said
| "Honored Sir Admiral, commanding
| the North Atlantic Squadron of the
American navy, returning from the
never-to- he forgotten triumph at San
! tiago, in behalf of the people OF the
! city of New York, it is a high privi-
| lege, as their chief magistrate, to pre-
sent to you. ana through you to every
officer, marine, sailor and landsman un-
| der your command, the warmest well
| come home.
1T is not in words to express the
emotion out of which this greeting
springs. as the achievements of the
/ A
torious consequences unsurpassed in
the annals of warfare, ancient or mod
ern. The tongue necessarily fatters in
| attempting to express the feeling OF
combined gratitude, pride and patriotic
fervor with which every American
heart is filled in contemplating them.
| There was not in the world four months
ago a navy with a more splendid record
- J-nTt To-
day we speak within the bounds of rea-
son in declaring that what might have
seemed impossible has been accom-
plished The record has been srlll l---re
glorious. Never while history contin-
ues to instruct men and the memory
of American deeds remain to impress
free men or make tyranny tremble can
the battle which saw the Spanish fleet
lannihilated on the coast of Santiago be
! forgotten.
| IN contemplation of victory the
courage and the magnanimity of the
victors. together with the far-reach-
ing effects upon the future of the civil
lied world, that engagement stands
without a parallel in the history of
men.
However. 1 am not here to describe
the deeds of yalor that made heroes of
the brave officers and men of the navy
at Santiago My simpler and highly
priced duty is to extend to you, the
officers, marines, sailors and men OF the
North Atlantic squadron, the congratu-
lations and hearty welcome OF the peo-
pie of the Greater New York and the
freedom of the city
Admiral Sampson replied: MIR.
| Mayor and gentlemen: Permit me TO
thank you on behalf of the officers and
men of the navy, who, through their
| efforts, have won your congratulaton.
I am sure that were they standing here
with me. and could hear you talk. they
would appreciate it as | do. we nave
done our duty only and we are conse-
uuently deeply grateful to you for ex-
pressing the thanks and congratula-
tions Of the people of the city, which
YOU have done in such glowing terms
for what little we have accomplished,
I thank you. Mr.. Mayor, exceedingly
The Mayor then said Il welcome
| Won. Admiral. in the name Of Greater
New York
/ In no way did the big ships show the
hard usage to which they had been sub
iected. The Brooklyn's twenty-seven
holes. with the exception of those
through the smokestacks, had been
patched, and the big ship repainted and
| polished until she shone. On the star
board side could be seen great steel
patch over the hole where one of the
| Vizcaya's shots went through, and on
! the quarter deck a wooden patch where
| the deck had been torn up, the armor