Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-05

the Manila fight to the ordeal they were
to 80 through. Many # the officers of the
fleet did not wear their snowy uniform
but were attitod in special undS A.
as it is tho tcchnicality known in the
navy This was by tho admraI's order
and added but another to the many cNi-
dcnces of his unique modest% y brother
and the widow of capt. GridlcN who Fought
tn" Olympia in Manila bay. col. Franklin
Bartlett. former representative IN Con-
rrcss from New York and an intimate
personal friend of the admiral. together
With three newspaper men, were tho only
civilians aboard. ON" Of the naval guests
was the engineer when it led the way past
Corrogidor Island. Tie was given three
Tousing che orS as he went forward on the
spar deck to see the Non.
Immediately after Admiral Dewey re-
turned from Sandy Hook. the wig-wagg"r
&C. the bridge signalled thu fleet to prepare
to get under way. The EangwayS were
hauled up and the booms rugged in. An
Old quartermaster hurried small dark
roll of bunting to the main handover fist.
II hung there while the buglc sounded the
call to quarters and the marines were
mustered aft. Then just as the signal 10
weigh was given. a pun on the haiyards
opened the roll and spread the four-star-
b ii
the fort in Now Orleans. 1t was the tlaS
which was presented to Admiral Dewey.
A. it broke sailors at their stations aud
the marines on the quarter deck, greeted
it with the hip-hip-hcorah, we get from
our ancestors. The nag tloated proudly
All through the pageant to-day 1t l. the
most precious possession of Farraguts pu-
pil and when it is struck On Monday 1t
! will probably be forever. as 1t Is alto
gother unlikely that Admiral Dewey will
/ ever command another fleet.
IT was exactly o'clock, the hour hXed
| for the start. when the fleet, with anchors
! short hove. began To move. inc Shlps
! had swung to the flood tide and wcr"
! pointing doW4 stream. but with their own
| screws they faced about as II on plNpts
| and headed for the iludson followed ny
: the long line of vessels IN civic parade.
/ Wncn the slFS mad Strengthened OUT Tor
their Journey across the upper bay. the
! spectacle they made VIII ever De treas
/ ured in the memory OF those who saw II.
/ In advance OF tho olympia was a dou'Ic
/ line Of patrol ana hrc boats. On the port
/ beam of the olympia was the oScorlhg
! snip Sandy Hook, with the mayor ana
other digntaries aboard. and in her wake
/ at intervals Of 100 yards stretched out n
mile long, were the great towering war
ships, tn" armorcd cruiser New York the
/ hatuoShlpS indiana ana MaSSachuSctt',
the cruiser Brooklyn second-claSs battle
ship To>aS. the old wooden fTiEdte
Lancaster, the Gunhpat Marietta, and tn
/ chicago the hagshF OF the south Atldn-
tic squadron. old Glory hutter'd from
/ cach mast head anu Top ran IN the
/ quarter OF the Now Nork were the pIH"k
| low lncd torpedo boatS, thre" on ea'il
hahk' Iht r'St oil the procession tailed
cut FOR miles
Nuililral Dewey went up on the AFTER
bridge as soon as IN" start was made and
renamed ther' thouGh"ut IN" parade Il
h"folc inquire oHtllnoI against the skies
Tor the thousand atloat ana ashore. with
nm on me bridge most OF the time was
COL bartlett The admiral gave close at
tcntion throughout the journey TO every
thlng which TRANSFERRED aboard the vessel.
l}N his direction tn" ensign was courtcSicd
I" vessels when Saluted ana several times
he ordered the crew to stand by to cheer
IN answer to some extraordinary demon
stration. The guns of the Olympia spoke
hu once until Grants tomb was reached,
That was when they barked in answer to
The deep bayinS of the guns of old Fort
William on Cove rnor's Island.
EofOre the Battery was reached hun
dreds Of tugs ana excursion boats had
crowded i'm behind the patrol boats and
stretched away rank upon rank for either
shore from the quarter of the Olympia.
Their whistles were going continuously
Throughout the journey. The untold thou
sands who throneod the wharves and
piers, who leaned from tho windows and
balconies and looked down from Tho dizzy
heights Of sky scrapers must have i'm
pressed tho admiral greatly but his
modcsty would not permit him to view II
MI as personal ovation. Astonishing, as
tonishine, he repeated several times tc
cob BARTLETT hut he said nothing of him
self Tho shrickin whistles We're forever
going, and when the fleet swept around
the stakoboat above Grants tomb OF
Riverside Drive, and each ship had left &c
its booming salute, the concert that fol,
lowed was soul maddenng-a mad fantas
tic nerve destroying roar that continued
, for almost ten minutes
, The parade at thi,, point began to be
- come disorganizcd, many pleasure Graf
leaving the line below and orowding g
! hcrccly about the Olympia that she wa.
, manoeuvrcd with great difficulty. The ex