The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-28
FINAL PREPARATIONS.
Details of the Admirnps Reception at Bat
terry Park and City Hall.


terry Park and City Hall.
Preparations were carried on yesterday with
rush at the meetings OF the Plan and
Scope Committee and several sub-com m ittses
The arrvalsot Rear Admiral Howison
on the Chicago caused the Recep-
tion Committed to make some changes
The Reception Committee decided that Rear
Admiral Howison should ride In the land
parade in a carriage with President OF the
Council GugRenheimer Immediately behind
the carriage OF Admiral Dewey and tho
Mayor Then will come Rear-Admiral
Sampson and President Woods OF the
Board OF Aldermen. and Rear-Admiral
Philip and st. Clair McKelway Mr. McKelway
also announced that Gen Miles would proba-
bly, be escorted by the Hon. Levi P. Norton.
and that the other mem bers OF the Special Re-
ception Committee OF Seven-William McAdoo.
the Hon. Chauncey NJ Depew. Gen. Howard
Carroll and Richard Croker-would follow Gen.
Miles.
The Admiral at $50 o'clock on Saturday
morning will be brought In boat from the
Olympia to the Battery. He will be met there
by a part OF the Reception Committee and es-
corted to the City Hall. the party accompany
ing him occupying not moro than ten
carriages. The Police Department has
been requested to furnish a detail OF
Andrews will be asked to furnish m ounted
escort. The Admiral will be presented to the
Mayor in the City Hall and then at A. NJ. the
Mayor and the Admiral will step to the stand
in front OF the City Hall. where the Admiral
will receive the gold loving cup.
When these exercises are concluded tho
Admiral will be escorted to the foot OF Warren
street. He will he accompanied on the steam
boat to West 10th street by the notable
invited guests OF the occasion and by the
Municipal Assembly. who insisted on this
privilege before they would pass needed
appropriation OF $4,000. In the land
Of the Municipal Assembly will ride in car
riaRes. When the steamboat has reached
10th street those who are to participate in
tho parade will land Tho rest will be taken
back to the foot Of West Twenty-third street
In time TO reach the stands there.
The Reception Committee yesterday an
nounced that Governors having no troops in
line would ride in the parade with their adju-
tant-generas. The rest OF these Governors
STATS will not ride in the parade hut will be
provided with seats in the reviewing stand at
Madison Square
The meeting OF the Committee on Plan and
Scope was short II was decided TO serve a
luncheun for 300 persons on the boat which
will take the Admiral from the loot Of Warren
parade. This luncheon will be furnished by
Proprietor Gushee or the Ciaremont restau-
rant. who was to have furnished the now
nbsq'iopned breakfast on tho Claremont lawn;
John II. Starin offered,a resolution that the
Committee ask those having charge OF tho
City,s church belts TO have them rung at 3 80
4. NJ. SATURDAY, when the Admiral lands at the
Battery. The resolution was carried. Chair
man Lewis Nixon OF the Fireworks and Music
Comlnittcr asked to be allowed 10 spend $40
for two hands 10 lead the sailors OF Rear
Admiral Sampson's squadron. The request
was granted.
The Committee on the Erection Of Stands also
met. John l. Kane. the chairman. said that
the childrens stand at Seventy-sec0nd street
and Central Park West would be enlarged so
as To seat 100 children. who will form the
living letters "brvey' by the arrangement OF
their b,Ie and white costumes These children
rity Nav, hee9 trained in sinpi6g "Sse q" t me
Conguering Hero Comes" Admiral Dewey's
| carriage will ba stopped in front OF the stand
while the children. accompanied by a band.
sing some verses NJ the song.
Mr.. Kane announced that the contract for
building the Municipal Assem- bly, stand had
I been awarded TO Mahoney Brothers for