The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-27

lands with q lot OF Atlantic HiRhlanders. tnclud-
Ing some women folks. his wife and his
| little son came aboard. They came
In q small steam launch and they circled
around the Olympia ten or twelve times before
! they got up courage to ask permission to
como aboard 1t was rough out there. too. and
the boat bobbed up and down and looked to be
| In imminent danger Of turning turtle. When
| at last they approached the RanRway amid
| ships and introduced themselves they were
| promptly invited aboard. the women being the
| first OF their sex to get on the deck OF the
| Olympia. They went around like children.
patting the big guns. talking to every body and
making themselves perfectly at homo. Mrs.
Conover and the Mayor were plotting to
get q handshake from the Admiral for
Hughoy. the boy. who is about three years old.
and they got the Admiral just as he was about
coming on deck to 60 in his launch to the Erin.
Just what it was attracted his attention nobody
saw. but Mayor Conover crouched with the
boy near the companion way. The Admiral
ran UP two stepa and then he took hold OF the
youngsters left hands with both OF his and
exclaimed:
Hello my sou hello. my boy" and then he
hurried on. You would have thought the en-
tire party was going to leap overheard with
Joy. The women folks danced around. One OF
them exclaimed: He did It'll He did til" and
another exclaimed as she grabbed Mayor
Conover's arm: That's worth five years. ism
itf" and she whirled around In dance
The women seemed to be walking on air
after that and every once in awhile ono Of
them grabbed the youngster to hug him.
Altogether. II is safe to say that it was as big
q day for young Mr. Conover as II was for the
Admiral himself; and no doubt he'll tell about
1t to his grandchildren.
Before the ADMIRAL paid his visit to Sir
Thomas he mot an artist who had taken q
series OF pictures OF his old home in Vermont
and who had pictures OF his brothers and sis
ter. The Admiral looked at them with very
great interest and commented on them or
one OF his brothers he said. 'Oh. how old he
has grown" Before he had gone too. the
Monmouth. another OF the big Sandy Hook
boats. came along loaded more heavily than
the Sandy Hook had been. and she ran close to
the Olympia and gave the Admiral. the
ship. the officers and the crew a mighty well
come. At sight Of the Admiral himself on the
quarterback the crowd waved hats and coats
and flags and shouted until the echo OF their
shouts came back from the Highlands.
The Admiral's visit to Sir Thomas Upton
lasted nearly an hour and II was well after
o'clock before he returned to the Olympia. He
said that he proposed coming up the bay to
Tompkinsville this morning. that on Tuesday
no was ROlnR 10 washington anu tllAt luTtnor
than that he hadn't planned.
THE OLYMPIA MIGHTY FIGHTER.
While tho Admiral was receiving all these
waits. the other officers OF the ship and ev cry
man down to the Chinese cook. was having his
hands full. answering questions and showing
people about. There was the Filipino
pig that was the mascot OF the ship.
having been captured the day after
IA haffla at Manila nj liyad In
ever since. There was Bob the Admiral's dog.
there were any number OF birds OF all
kinds. and q memory OF q colony OF monkeys
All OF the co ony had died on the trip over
but the jackios had lots. to tell about
Thorn. Capt. Lam berton and the other officers
all talked to the newspaper men and
to the other visitors. and one thing
that they we're emphatic In telling
about were the fighting qualities Of the
Olympia. Capt Lam berton said that they all
knew the Olympia was a fighter before they
started. but that they hadn't any idea that she
was the fighter that she proved to be. The Of
flcers never ceased praising her qualities.
CAME OVER WITH ONE PROPELLER.
In response to questions about the trip from
Manila the officers invited look at the log.
which was three months long. The fact is that
most OF the interesting thin gs that happened on
by cable. The trip from Gibraltar here was
devoid OF incident. except that it was made
with only one propeller. The blades OF the
other were bent when the Olymp ia was coming
through the Suez Canal and it was usless.
Lots Of questions were asked about why
the Olympia had arrived two days ahead
OF time. Tho officers said that at first
1t had been intended to spend q day or
SO running down the coast toward Hampton
Roads and back. but that the weather looked
very squally and nasty and it was thought bet
ter to como inside Sandy Hook and be COM
Portable Beside. they said. it was good deal
better to be ahead OF time than behind time.
RELICS OF THE SEA FIGHT.
The officers all had stories to tell about the
battle Of Manila itself. and so had the mem
bers Of tho crew. and they told them
until they were tired OF telling. The
bugler displayed the bugle. the call OF which
opened the battle. and it looked as IL 1t had
been displayed ever since. 1t was battered up
and every bit OF plating was worn of
it. In addition to the bugle there we're
any number Of relics OF the battle. Every
man had something. There were Spanish
shells. exploded and unexploded. pieces OF
cannon. pieces OF ships. a hundred and one
things taken from the arsenal and
from Spanish sailors and Spanish soldiers
as the men told the story OF the battle over and
over again. they pointed up at the blue flag
with four white stars that flew from the Olym-
pia's main truck, and they were as proud
OF the promotion OF the old man" to the high
est rank in tho Navy as they were OF their own
achievement on May l. 1893.
The Olympia has a crew of ATS men The
officers who form the personal staff OF
the Admiral are the following: Flag Lieut..
Thomas II. Brumby Flag Secretary, Lieut.
Junior Grade Harry H. Caldwell. Aid. Ensign
WilliamP Scott Commander Capt BENJAMIN p.
Lambsrton; Lieutenant Commander George
T. Colvocoresses; Lieut,-Com. Charles Laird.
Lieutenant Commander Frank II. Bailey.
Lieutenant Valentine s. Nielsen. Lieutenant
Patrick W Hourigan. Lieutenant Gustav Kaem-
ling Lieutenant Junior Grade Montgomery N.
Taylor, Lieutenant Frank l.. Uphan. Ensign
Arthur W Kavanagh. Ensign f. H. Delany,
Ensign John +. Marshall. Jr.. Ensign
Harry V. Butler. Ensign Henry H. Dunn,
Surgeon Henry T. Percy. Assistant Sur
geon Dudley n. Carpenter. Pay Inspector
Daniel A. Smith. Chaplain II. J. Reamey, Naval !