The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

RTEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Through
IN frolcking whitecaps the Olym-
Il pia moved majastical!y up the
! ! lower bay to-day and passed
through the picturesque strait,
guarded by Forts Wadsworth and
Hamilton. amid the booming Of great
8 guns. and there inside the city gates
; Admiral Dewey and his gallant tars
, received the glorious, thunderOus vel
come Of the steei-Walled men-of-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 a mere impressive
welcome Although thousands upon
thousands Witnessed It from shore, bal
cory. window or housetop. and the
man-of-war anchorage at Tompkirs
Vile, where the fleet lay, fairly
swarrned with TUGS, yachts and steam
ers ard every sort Of harbor craft, all
jet back with wild. cheering, eXulting
people ard the towering white walls
of the c.ty b-yO-d We're brave with
nill-c1 welcoming fags, tO-day's greet
Ing to Dewey was the greeting of his
comrades e the navy. And it was
emincntly fitting that his comrades in
arms should have the first chance at
him VI hon tie millions are waiting to
honor. Ire pcCD.e viii begin to get at
him cn Friday ard Saturday.
To outH ard appearances the welcome
he received from the leet was strictly
professional. one can find the salutes,
the trumpet foUrishes, the drumruffies,
the paraGiTg Of The marine guard and
az the rest Of the ceremonies done in
htE i.c.i0r to-Car described fl the naval
regulations rs due to one Of his rank.
But that only in-pre sssd the mind the
more because even naval regulations,
rigorous and inelastic as they are,
could not restrain the pent-up enthu-
siasm when it broke forth as it did
occasionally, in rounds OF cheers, any
more than it CoU,d the bell cords of
the Shippers 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 a perfect day, though drifting
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 sum bathed
the sea in briIliance.
Very early in the morning, before
Dewey left his anchorage inside Sandy
Hook. Rear Admiral Howson, COM
mander cf the South Atlantic squadron.
aboard his flagship, the Chicago, which
arrived outside last night, travel
stained and weather beaten after her
journey OF 21,000 miles around South
Africa, foamed in past the Hook, ex-
pecting to join the North Atlantic
squadron in receiving Dewey upon his
arrival. AS Howison rounded the spit,
where right under his eye lay the
Olympia, the surprise on the face of
every man on board could be discerned
without the aid of glasses. But sur
prise is not an emotion men in the navy
indulge in long. and Dewey's flagship
was no sooner recognized than pre-
parations were made to give him the
loudest and most energetic welcome
they could give. The shells were
manned, the marine guards were pa
raded and seventeen roaring guns were
loOsed in honor of Dewey.
The Chicago's jackies cheered wildly
as she steamed past. The Olympia re-
sponded with thirteen guns, and the
two admirals, come together from two
ends of the earth, waved a welcome to
each other from the bridge of their re-
spective vessels. The Chicago con-
tinued on to the upper bay. and upon
arriving there was saluted by the New
York Only the flagship OF a squad
ron salutes upon the appearance of a
ar-admiral. The remainder of the
feet gave only silent welcome to the
Voyager.
Long lines of crazy quilting, the uni
Yersal language of the sea, fiuttered
from the signal halyards of the New
York Rear Admiral SIMPSONS flag
ship, and the Chicago, after a good
deal Of wigwagging from the bridges
Of both ships, dropped her anchor at
the foot Of the column, close under the
lee Of Staten Island.
Rear Admiral SIMPSONS blue flag
came down as soon as the Chicago
found her berth. Rear Admiral Howl
son Is his senior, and to the main truck
was hauled up the two-starred red
pennant, which denoted that he was
outranked- 1t was explained subse-
quently that the Chicago did not get 70
the head of the column, the place to
which she was entitled, because the
place had been reserved for the Olyrn-
pia, and to have gone there would
have forced Dewey's flagship beyond
the edge of the main ship channel.
Rear Admiral Sampson's gig was i'm
nediately lowered and he went aboard
the Chicago to pay his official respects
to his senior The captains of the
other ships, the Indiana, Massachu-
setts, Brooklyn, Texas and Lancaster,
followed suit, for naval etiquette is
18th DromOt and exactinp