Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-29
ADMIRAL DEWEY STARTS
FOR HOME.

A dispatch from Manila dated May
20, is as follows:
ssThe cruiser Olympia, with Admiral
Dewey on board, left here on her
homeward journey to the United
States at O'Clock this afternoon. AS
she steamed away the Oregon, Balti-
more and Concord fired an AdmiraPs
salute. At the first shot the band on
the flagship played lively air and
her white clad sailors crowded the
decks and gave tremendous cheer.
AS the Olympia passed the Oregon the
crew of that battleship gave nine
cheers for the Olymeians, who re-
sponded by throwing their caps SO
high that dozens of them were left
bobbing in the wake of the cruiser.
stThen followed the noisest half
hour known in this harbor since the
battle which linked it's name with that
of Dewey. The din of guns and brass
bands echoed through the smoke,
feet of steam launches shrieked their
whistles, the musicians of the Balti-
more played Home, Sweet Home,'
her flags signaled good bye,' and
those of the Oregon said pleasant
VOYAGE The merchant vessels in
these waters dipped their flags, the
ladies on the decks of the vessels of
the fleet waved their handkerchiefs,
and the great black British cruiser
Powerful, which lay the furthest out,
saluted the Olympia. The latter's
band then played God Save the
Queen and to this the crew of the
Powerful responded with many hearty
cheers for the Olympia.
'sThe last music heard from Admiral
Dewey's ship was 'Auld Lang Syne,'
while the guns from the forts at Ca
vite and from the Monterey, on guard
off Paranque, too far to be audible,
puffed white clouds of smoke.
''The Olympia was disappearing past
Corregidor island when battery be-
fore the walled city spoke Manila's
last word of farewell.
admiral Dewey sat on the deck of
the Olympia and received the adieu
of his friends during most of the day.
The.launch of Maj. Gen. Otis was the
first to arrive alongside the cruiser,
at O'Clock this morning, and after
wards the Admiral landed and called
upon the Major General and the .. S.
Philippine Commissioners.
"Admiral Dewey is enthusiastic
over his home going, but wren men
ton was made of the welcome to be
extended to him, he said he appreci-
ated the friendship of his countrymen
deeply, but hoped they would not be
too demonstrative."
So far the Navy Department knows
nothing except in the most general
way of the itinery Of Admiral DeWey's
cruise from Manila to New York. He
has reported simply that he will come
by the Suez route, and has not indi-
Gated officially how long he will take
in making the trip. The actual de-
parture of the Olympia was made
known in the following five words,
COMING ny CdUi0 iAOLh O1'Po' La MI az
Manila:
"Olympia, Hong Kong. Assume d
commando
The understanding at the Navy De-
partment is that the Admiral will
spend about two weeks at Hong Kong
for the purpose of docking the Olym-
pia, and her drab paint must be COW
cred with the spotless white which
makes the American naval ship the
most beautiful in the world. In the
absence of other information it is as
sumed that the Olympia from Hong
Kong will follow the usual course of
war ships coming home by way of the
Suez Canal. She will touch first after
Hong Kong at Singapore, then at Co
lombo, then, perhaps, at Alden, at the
entrance of the Red Sea, to take on
coal, and Lascars to fire the boilers in
the intensely hot passage through the
sea and the Suez Canal. Stops will be
made of necessity at Suez and at Port
Said. 1t is assumed that Malta will
be touched, and perhaps Geneo and
Nice before reaching Gibralter. Leav-
ing the Mediterranean, the Olympia
will stand straight across the Atlantic,
though she may put in at the Azores
for two days.
The time that should be occupied
by such trip is variously estimated
by naval officers, but the average is
about 20 days. However, the public
will soon be able to get more accu-
rate knnwladpa of the itinarv for