The record-union., 1899-09-28

Of Manila of HIS Comrades IN
the Navy, and for the Time the
Strict Naval Regulations Could
Not Restrain the Pent Up En-
thusiasm of Those Aboard the
Vessels of the North Atlantic
Squadron.
NEW YORK, Sept 81. = Through
frolicking whitecaps the Olympia
moved majestically up the lower pay
to-day and passed through the pictur-
esque strait, guarded by Forts Wads-
worth and Hamilton, amid the booming
of great guns, and there inside the city
gates Admiral Dewey and his gallant
tars received the glorious, thunderous
welcome of the steel walled men-ot-
war, as their stately ship glided up to
her position at the head of the column,
there to remain until the great naval
pageant starts on Friday.
Never, perhaps, did a triumphant
warrior returning from a victorious
campaign receive more impressive
welcome. Although thousands upon
thousands witnessed it from shore, bal
cony, window or house top and the
man-of-war anchorage at Tompkins-
vile, where the fleet lay, fairly
swarmed with tugs, yachts and steam
ers and every sort of harbor craft, all
jet black with wild, cheering, exulting
people, and towering white walls OF
the city beyond were brave with mill
ion welcoming flags, to-day's greeting
to Dewey was the greeting of his COM
rades of the navy. And it was emf
nently. fitting that his comrades in
arms should have the first chance at
him whom the millions are waiting to
honor. The people will begin to get at
him on Friday and Saturday.
To outward appearances the welcome
he received from the fleet was strictly
professional. One can find the salutes,
the trumpet fiourishes, the drum ruff
fies, the parading of the marine guard
and all the rest of the ceremonies done
in his honor to-day described in the
naval regulations as due to 1ne of lis
rank But that only impressed the
mind the more because even naval reg
ulations. rigorous and inelastic as they
are, could not restrain the pent up en-
thusiasm when it broke forth, as ii did
occasionally, in rounds of cheers. any
more than it could the bell cords OF
the slippers and the joy-mad people
aboard the excursion boats. Cheering
is not permitted by the naval regula-
tions aboard men-of-war, but no re-
proof followed to-day's breaches of dis
cipline.
1t was perfect day, though drifting
clouds, driven by a strong land breeze,
obscured the sun during the morning,
and the waves of the lower bay were
capped with white foam. In the after
noon the flying clouds disappeared, the
breeze died away, and the sun bathed
the sea in brilliance.
Very early in the morning, before
Dewey left his anchorage inside Sandy
Hook, Rear Admiral Howison, Com
mander of the South Atlantic Squad
ron, aboard his flagship, the Chicago,
which arrived outside last night, trav-
el-stained and weather. beaten after
her journey of p 900 miles around
South Africa, foamed in past the Hook,
expecting TO join the North Atlantic
Squadron in receiving Dewey upon his
arrival. As Howison rounded the Spit.
where right under his eye lay the Olym-
pta, the surprise on the face of every
man on board could be discerned with
out the aid of glasses. But surprise
is not an emotion men in the navy in
dulge in long, and Dewey's flagship
was no sooner recognized than prepa-
ratlons were made to give him the
loudest and most enthusiastic welcome
they could give. The shells We're
manned, the marine guards were pa
raded, and seventeen roaring guns We're
Ioosed in honor of Dewey The Chica-
gos jackies cheered wildly as she
steamed past. The Olympia responded
with thirteen guns, and the two Ad-
mirals come together from two ends OF
the earth waved a welcome to each
other from the bridge of their respec-
tive vessels.
The Chicago continued on to the up
per bay, and upon arriving there wa:
saluted by the New York Only the
flagship of squadron salutes upon ths
appearance of a Rear Admiral. The
remainder of the fleet give only a silent
welcome to the voyager.
Long lines of crazy quilting. the uni
versal language of the sea, huttered
from the signal halyards of the New
York, Rear Admiral Sampson's flag
ship, and the Chicago, after a good dea
of wig-wagging from the bridges OF
both ships. dropped her anchor at the
foot of the column, close under the lee
of Staten Island. Rear. Admiral Samp.
sons blue flag came down as soon as
the Chicago found her berth. Rear
Admiral Howison is his senior, and. tc
the main truck was hauled up the two
starred red pennant, which denoted
that she was outranked. 1t was ex
planned subsequently that the Chicago
did not get to the head of the column
the position TO which she was entitled
because the place had been reserved
for the Olympia, and to have gone
there would have forced Dewey's flag.
ship beyond the edge of the main shiI
channel
Rear Admiral Simpsons gig was i'm
mediately lowered, and he went aboard
the Chicago to pay his official respect.
TO his senior. The Captains of th'
other ships, the Indiana Massachusetts
Brooklyn, Texas and Lancaster, fol
lowed suit, for naval etiquette is botl
prompt and exacting