The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-30
NAVAL OVATION TO DEWEY
THE PAGEANT AS SEEN FROM THE
 OLYMPIA.

No Conqueror in the Worlds History Has Ever Received Such n Magnificent WeIcome-Admtral Astomished at It Stands on the Bridge from Beginning to End-His Ship Hemmed in by H"n- dreds of yesseIs-Great Difficulty at One Time to Mnnoever safely-Inci- dents or the Parade.
 New York, Sept. 29.-No Roman con- oueror returned to his triumph of bar barrie splendor, no victorious king or prince coming home from successful war ever received such a magnificent ovation as overwhelmed Dewey to-day as he stood on the bridge of the Olym- pla at the head of a magnificent column of steel thunderers of the deep, follow ed by a thousand vessels of peace, each tiered and coated black with people, and sailed over the bright waters of the up- per bay and up the broad pathway of
 
 gay with millions of flags and stream CTS dancing in the wind
 The Like Never Before Seem.
 New York has never witnessed before anything approaching this wonderful, remarkable demonstration. The Colum- bian naval parade, the dedication of Grants tomb and the reception of the North Atlantic squadron last fall all pale before this gigantic ovation to the sailor who in a single morning destroy ed an enemy's fleet without the loss of a man or a ship. It is not beyond the mark to say that three million people viewed the pageant from ashore and that a quarter of a million were afloat. People who went down the bay were lost in admiration of the display of bunting along the water front.
 On the Olympia.
 The best place from which to view the great marine panorama was from the deck of the Olympia, and by the courte- sy of Admiral Dewey an Associated
 
 aboard.
 Moving Down the Bay.
 Very early the fleet of steamboats yachts and tugs which were to have a place in the line began moving down the bay to the allotted points where the several divisions were to form but many of them could not resist the temptation- to first -vieit= the anelserae ea- of the men -of-war off Tompknsv1lle, and before il o'clock the Olympia was surrounded by perfect mob of every known kind of craft, all swarming with people, circling around, or pushing their noses close up under the ship, so that those aboard could get a glimpse of the admiral pacing the quarterback, The bands aboard the excursion boats played and the whistles and sirens of the other craft made the air hideous with their ehrieks. They kept coming in pairs and half dozens until they lay a dozen deep, resisting the charges of the patrol boats in their determina- tion to get up within shouting dis tance.
 Amazing RcCk1essness.
 Their recklessness was amazing. They ran across each others bows. they rubbed against one another, they pushed bow on stern until further movement seemed paralyzed by the in extrcable confusion. It was with great difficulty that the police boats could clear passage for the admiral's launch when he went off to return the official visit of the mayor at noon, and when he did step into his launch the patriotc ekippers af1oat grabbed their whistle cords and made the hills echo and that was simply the prelude to what continued throughout the day-an almost continuous roar of steam Whis- tles
 Massing of the Vessels.
 Meantime the vessels to take part in the narade were massing over near the Long Island shore, until that side of +he barbor became a tangle of stacks and flags and frame work as far as the eve could roam The grassy slopes of wadsworth and Fort Hamilton and the wharves and shores of Staten Island were covered with eeers watch ing the fleet below. The warshps lay snick and span, ready for the start, their burnished metal flaming in the sun. their sides white as snow Be-
  long, lean, wicked looking torpedo boats, and still inside of them the graceful f1otilla of revenue cutters.
 signal to Get Under Way.
 Immediately after Admiral Dewey re- turned from the Sandy Hook the wig wager on the bridge signalled the fleet to nrepare to get under way. The gang ways were hauled up and the booms rieged in. An old quartermaster hur- ried small dark roll of bunting to the maintop hand over fist. It hung there while the bugle sounded the call to ouarters and the ensigns were mustered aft. Then just as the signal to weigh was given a pull on the halyards open ed the roll and spread out the four starred flag which Farragut flew as he ran the forts at New Orleans and which has been presented to Admiral Dewey. The flag fioated proudly all through the nageant to-day. It is the most precious ,,ossession of Farragut's pupil, and when it is struck on Monday it will nrobably be forever, as it is altogether unlikely that Admiral Dewey will ever command another fleet.
 tIeet Begins to Move,