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edging the salutes or personally di-
recting the moves of his immediate
feet, and the Admiral gave close at
tention throughout the journey to
everything which transpired on board
the vessel. By his direction the en-
sign was courtesied to vessels which
saluted. Several times he ordered the
crew to stand by to cheer in answer to
some extraordinary demonstration.
The untold thousands who thronged
the wharves and piers, who leaned from
the windows and balconies and looked
down from the dizzy heights of sky
scrapers, must have impressed the Ad-
miral greatly, but his modesty would
not permit him to view it all as a per-
sonal ovation. Astonishing! astonish-
ing!'' he repeated several times to Col.
Bartlett, but he said nothing of him
self.
The shrieking whistles were forever
going, and when the fleet swept around
the stake boat above Grants tomb on
Riverside Drive and each ship let go
IT'S BOOMING SALUTE,
the concert that followed was soul
maddening-mad, fantastic, nerve-de-
stroying roar that continued for al
most ten minutes. So much steam was
wasted that the boats themselves were
lost in their own vapor
The parade at this point began to
become disorganized, many pleasure
craft leaving the line below and crowd
ing SO iercely about the Olympia that
she was manoeuvred with great diff
Guilty. The excursion boats, loaded to
the guards with people, were almost
criminally reckless as they passed
along, many of them listed so far that
one wheel was buried deep while the
other scarcely touched the water. The
Admiral was sometimes annoyed by
the crowding of these craft, but he re-
tanned his equanimity through it all,
bowling and removing his cap to the ex-
ulting and cheering crowds. 1t was not
until all the warships had passed in re-
view before the Olympia at anchor be-
low the beautiful floats representing
peace and victory that the one incident
Of the day occurred, which showed that
with all his geniality the hero of Ma
Mia could also be a very stern sailor.
In less than a minute after the Chicago
had passed the Olympia, by the Adj
miral's order, a stream Of signal flags
ordered the vessels Of the fleet to dress
ship and the crews of the men of wal
ran up rainbows Of signal flags from
stem to stern over their top masts. The
order was beautifully executed, except
aboard the flagship, where the fouling
of the line in the top of one of the
stacks caused a delay. Admiral Dewey
instantly roared out a command for
some one to ease the line. 1t fouled
again and a nimble sailor was sent aloft
to clear it. 1t was perhaps two min
utes before the flags were in their
proper place. The Admiral was plain
ly displeased. He sent for the officer
under whose direction the order was
executed and called him upon the
bridge. Il am ashamed of this" he
said, in the tone of a sailor giving COM
mand in a rearing gale, "and l am
ashamed OF you"
Several times when the excursion
boats cheered as they passed close to
the Olympia, the Admiral called upon
the crew to stand by and cheer. Each
time the sailors leaped upon the steel
bulwarks. and with swinging caps re-
sponded to the command with
THROAT-SPLITTING ROARS.
When the crowd of vessels about the
flagship became so dense that the pro-
gress of the rest of the parade was
impeded, the Admiral ordered the
police patrol boats to clear the way
of the ships that had left the line and
spread themselves about the Olympia
like a flock of wild fowl. He did not
leave the bridge until the approaching
darkness turned the ships in the de-
moralized tail end of the procession
back to their piers.
NEW YORK, September 29.--The
naval parade from the vantage points
of the warships was an immense ma
rine picture. A water pageant with SO