The San Francisco call., 1899-09-27

chief of staff. and Lieutenant Ooli4-
,,ander Winslow, his flag lieutenant
came on the Dolphin. When the DIS
1,a+cb boat was a mile away it began
firing an admiraTs salute and the
OLYMPIA replied with rear admiral S
salute of thirteen guns. The Dolphin
anchored near the Olympia and Rear
Admiral Sampson and his staH went
aboard. They We're received by Admiral
Dewey. Captain Lamberton, Lieutenant
Br7lmbv and the officer of the deck.
the full marine guard and band being
paraded. The officers went TO the ad-
miraFs cabin. Rear Admiral Sampson
said that he was delighted with the
evident good health Of Admiral Dewey
and he told the admiral that he looked
much younger than most Of the port
rats made him out 10 be- Rear Ad-
rniral Sampson remained on board for
more than an hour ana after returning
70 the Dolphin he said:
Admiral Dewey is delighted, as is
every one aboard, to reach his native
shore again. He is much moved by
the great kindness and enthusiasm. of
the people and though shrinking from
public display and ceremony, feels
deeply the regard of which these are
the outcome. In fact he feels and eX-
presses himself precisely as a man Of
his fine and modest temperament may
be expected TO 60. The country honors
in him these fine qualities as well as
those sterner ones which have given
him his fame"
Rear Admiral Sampson had first
learned of Admiral Dewey's arrival at
the Brooklyn navy yard, where he went
about 10 o'clock to see Rear Admiral
Philip. Soon after Rear Admiral Samp-
son had gone Rear Admiral Philip
voyaged down the bay in the Narkeeta
and made an official call, attended by
Commander ]. D. ]. Kelley. The rear
admiraPs salute was not fired in this
case by request of Rear Admiral Philip.
Admiral Dewey received these official
visits in undress uniform
Dr. Sanborn of the port physicians
staff visited the Olympia and looked at
her papers. Eleven Of the crew of 875
men have typhoid fever. Some of the
cases are convalescent and all of them
are Of a mild type, according to DR..
Percy. the ships surgeon. No one has
died of the fever and with this eXcep-
ton the sailors and marines are we'll
DR.. Percy is unable to account for the
presence of the fever on the ship. The
cases are not numerous or serious
enough to cause him alarm and it is
probable that the sick men viii be
taken ashore to a hospital tomorrow.
George Bidwell. Collector Of the Port.
Postmaster Vancott and several of the
customs officials visited the admiral
and were personally conducted around
the ship by him.
All day tugs, sail boats and excur-
sion steamers came up near the Olym-
pia and took a look at her Every
body who asked was permitted to
come aboard. Some Of the parties of
sightseers on launches and steamers
were invited by the officer Of the deck
to come up the gangway. The Olym-
pia's anchorage is rather a lonely
place, and not a great many vessels
make a point of going there. The
North German Lloyd steamer Saale.
outward bound, passed close to the
Olympia. The Saale's passengers
crowded to the rails Admiral Dewey
responded to waving pocket handker-
chiefs by lifting his cap several times.
The Saale's band played the Star
Spangled Banner" and the Olympia
dipped her flag. The Cunarder Urania
passed out half an hour afterward.
She fired seventeen signal bombs Ad-
miral Dewey directed the Olympia S
band to play God Save the Queen"
The admiral about o'clock returned
Sir Thomas Lipton's visit. Lieutenant
Brumby and the admiraIs son, George
G. Dewey, We're with him. Sir Thomas
met the admiral at the starboard gang
way, with his friends, and the entire
party went to the after cabin, where
the health Of the admiral, the Sham
rock and of course the Columbia, was
drunk amid enthusiasm.
The admiral remained on board for
nearly half an hour and then started
for his ship. The Erin's crew began to
cheer, and as his launch drew away the
entire ships company, guests, officers,
crew, servants, Singalese and all. led
by Sir Thomas, with a Hip, hip, hip, .
gave three honest cheers, the kind the
admiral heard from the British war
ships in Manila Bay. Admiral Dewey
waved his gold bound cap like school
boy as he stood on the rail of his little
white-canopied launch being given a
hearty welcome in his own home
waters by hundred foreigners.
Admiral Dewey purposes, unless his
plans shall be changed by the reception
committee, to bring the Olympia up the
lower bay and anchor inside the harbor
with the squadron Of United States
warships off Tompkinsville, of which
squadron he is now in superior COM
mand.