The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-09-20
new WYORK'SDEWEY FETES
The Great Reception Arranged For
the Hero of Manila.
COUNTRY JOINS IN CELEBRATION.

September 2S-Rear-Admiral Sampson
to Receive Him In the Name OF the
National Government-Program OF
the Three Days Celebration.
New YORK C1rr (SpeclaD.-From every
Tide como indications that the reception
which the city Of New York has planned to
rive to Admiral Dewey on Thursday, Sep
;ember %, Friday, September 90, and satur-
Law September 80, will be an unqualified suc'
,ess. Every day assurances are made that
,ot only the people In this city, but all over
The country, have caught the spirit OF the
flair. The programme for the three days
celebration Is as follows:
Thursday September 2S.-Admtral Dewey
will arrive on the Olympia some time dur
Ing the day, probably In the afternoon.
T6e North Atlantic squadron under Rear
Admiral Sampson on the flagship New York
will lie at anchor off Tompkinsville. Tne
OLYMPIA will anchor at the head OF the line
In place specially reserved Tor ner.
Rear-Admiral Sampson will pay his re-
spects to the Admiral and welcome nome
Admiral Dewey In the name OF the Ma
tional Government, and then Mayor Van
OF the Executive Committee In charge OF
the celebration, will be taken on the ofhcial
steamboat Sandy Hook to the Olympia,
where they will pay their respects to the
Admiral and welcome him IN the name OF
the city. At $50 p. m. red fire VIII pe
burned along the coast as far as Seabright,
on the New Jersey shore, and as lar as
Friday, September 29.-Naval parade,
starting of Tompkinsville at noon and
nassing up the North River to Grants
Tomb, where the Olympia will anchor, the
other vessels In line passing around her In
review by the Admiral. Fifteen warships
and about two hundred and hfty other
vessels will be IN line. At Up. N. the night
pageant will begin. Fiotilias OF nrepoats
will pass down the North and East Rivers,
reaching the Battery, and meeting there
at $50 o. m. The combined flotillas Will
Give a magnificent exhibition OF fireworks
on the Battery, lasting three-quarters OF
an hour. While the river pageant Is In
progress there will be displays OF fireworks,
including many elaborate set pieces, at nVe
points In Manhattan and the Bronx, TWO
In Brooklyn, one In Queens ana one ID
Richmond Boroughs.
Saturday. September 30.--Presentatton
at 8 a. m. Of the loving cup to Admiral
Dewey In front OF the City Hall. On near
by stand two thousand school children will
sing national anthems during the prese9-
tation ceremonies. At 10 O'Clock the Al.
miral, escorted by the Mayor and followed
by $50 guests, will ride In carriages under
military escort to Claremont, where break
fast will be served on the lawn at II. 80 a. m.
At l o. m. the military parade will start
from Grants Tomb, the Admiral riding IN
a carriage at the head with the Mayor, ana
followed by the guests at the breakfast.
The party will alight at Madison Square,
where the Admiral will review the process
sion from the stand erected at that point.
It will be p. m. before the iast ,f.ar Ua .ee 40
parade passes. At p. m. the smoker 10
the Olympia's crew will take place IN the
waldorf. Astoria. On both Fridry and
Saturday nights the Brooklyn Bridge will
be magniflcently Illuminated, also the arch
in Madison Square, the Borough Hall In
Brooklyn and the triumphal pillars on
Montague Terrace, Brooklyn.
The route Of the land parade is as iol-
lows: From 122 street down Riverside Drive,
to Seventy second street, to Central Park
West (Elghth avenue), to Fifty-nintn street
to Fifth avenue, to Twenty-third street, to
Broadway. to Union square, to Fourteentn
street, to University place, to Washington
square, on the south side OF which the pa
rade will disband.
The aerial displays will consist OF thirty,
and sixty-inch shells and eight-pound and
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COMMITMENTS OF falls OF different colored
stars and fires. It has been decided to set
of three or four hundred bombs and shells,
ranging In size from sixty to thirty.inch:
The set pieces will include portraits or
Dewey, the President and pictures OF the
Olympia and the Dewey arch. There VIII
be other appropriate designs slgnifying
war, peace, victory, etc.
Major. General Roe. Chairman OF the
Committee on the Land Parade, expects at
least 5000 troops from outside States, dis
tributed as follows: Five companies from
Washington, D. c.; eight companies from
Texas, eight companies from Jacksonville,
Fla.;two Dattalions from Georgia, ,one whole
brigade from Rhode Island, body OF
seventy-flve men from South Carolina,
battalion from st. Louis. company OF the
Mississippi Rifles, $50 men from the Ninth
Pennsylvania, two other regiments from
Pennsylvania, making In oil 200 men from
the State; brigade OF from 500 to 1oOo
men from New Hampshire, aud represen,,
tation from Connecticut. There also Will
be delegations representing the G: A. r.,
Confederate organizations and volunteers
OF the war with Spain.