New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-30

onorod No. They had seen foreign WaTS'''7
ora had seen that they were black ''''"
.,o color FOR war and white was the '''''
....o o-d q shin that was painted White "'''
could he ANYTHING more than toy WarS"'P
p,,, ,horo wos no such thought az th's VINE"
,no ,eoplo saw the fair white ships 90 UP ''
,,,,osor yesterday so foreigner who saw '"'"
,...,,..1 ,bo,n white as they We're - come '
roar the sbips ~ his own country 'I''" ~ '''
we're The n,,le old White Squadron th"' "'''
20 mako the eyes = Americans dance ''''
few voars ago is become a White Navy '''''
,oanos tho hearts Of all Americans to-day ''"'
,,,orcer All this was meant. too. In III" stately
ro, NJ ships tha, passed up the river yesterday
and the country's pride IN the Admiral sn'"'
carry with g, a pride in the Navy tha' ''U'
show such ar admiral al is front whom the '''''
cane.
SIGHT TO STIR THE HEART
And co though idle curiosity plays is part
when there is a great show passing n.y. "'
American who saw the great show of Yesterday
need stand accused Of it, The sight was one ''
stir the heart 70 tighten the eyes. TO qu'N'n
the pulse and TO make each one VINO sa" il ''
that IT was proud thing TO belong 10 the 'o""
~, which could produce x. 80 stateier sish'
ever passed before the eyes Of the people d"'''-
ing in New-York and it will he long heio'e ""'
viii see such another
Tho dav itself was n faultless one. 70"
d,ons Of rain fell lut they were so few that 'h'y
disturbed nobody. and II was a d"llSh'" '"''
N he on the water even II there had pee" i'
parade The ships began 70 gather carry '''
Tompkinsvilo TIE warshps We're there aI'"'H
and other craft began to nj all the waters ""'"'
1,ben the SANDY Hook the Mayors boat, cam"
down. The Mayor went on board the VY"P'
and told the Admiral he was welcome 10 New
York The Admiral tod the Mayor that ne was
glad to be IN New-York The Admiral got '-''
,is launch and came 20 the Sandy Hook with me
Nayor. Several persons shook his hanH' an" H'
n,urmured Il am happy 10 500 You lheh inv
shaking of hands became worse than hRh'"HK "''
shin and ~ refused To- DO it any more. re N'"'
bocl, ~ in. OLYMPIA The Olympias anchor
ca-,e slowly up - the surface Signals were run
nm on the flag ship. and The wigwag became hys-
,arics, The signals we're repeated on the other
ships Then there were other signals ana '"''
were repeated, too.
Finally the pageant began 70 move Slowly
ou.., .ror, the island. and soon Il was on MS
Uav 10 the city. with as much calmness ana
suraness as n II had been passing CoTrrgdor
On, they came warship after warship, bearing
The sense Of power and majesty that no'hlhs
hut varships can give. Cannon peal"d th"T
,ns,stert seventeens and cannon on the olympia
answered Them. Where did the ships come
from? For as the last Of the warshiIs isSed'
,hore snraug into their wake q multitude ~ .ail
~ every kind that goes 10y steam such g. no
one would suppose that the coast from '"P'
Cod 10 Cape May could furnish. But on they
came and on. TIL they reached the c'tf ana
naseed along the shores % the tomb of 'he
warrior on the hill
MUITITIDES ON LAND AND WA FIX
,yev-York was not 50 unpreparea FOR the ships
as Manila was From all the country for ihoo-
sand miles around and further than that 'he
reonle had been pouring into New-York Ana
Yesterday they all poured out together WIZ" "e
neople ~ New-York itself and spread 'nem-
sslves over the river and Us banks. II dld not
seem that there was place where human
being could cling within sight - the river "heTe
one diI not cling and stare out az the river. hat-
.e~v piers housetops park all were covered
With people so that only the people couid be
soen And On the water, There never were Sc
roanv people on the water around Ne"-l'rK al
one time before. That Is SAFE 'h'ns I'D say
Roats which had advertised that they "oulf
take only half their capacity took double thei
capacity Nobody who did not see them can Do
told how the hoatloads looked. II would Doe oni!
wild guesswork to say how many people were on
the boats The only Wilder guesswork would %
u say how many were on the land.
And with such crowds 10 gaze, the ships mad
their way up past the tomb and turned an'
came down again. Soon The olympia droppe
her anchor and the Sandy Hook did 50 too. Will
the other ships aed past. As each warshil
passed the others she dropped her anchor, too
till they all lay in a row down the stream am
the other craft OF all kinds passed them. 70
more than three hours they passed As IN
last came the Sandy Hook raised her ancho
and steamed away down the river. The sul
i e-l-..o Il.