The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-30

deck and shook hands with the Admiral.
while the throng were pressing In 70
Grasp his hand.
"T@ls ia the arnndsst cslsbration
ave ever sean. said Charlss Dewey,
and am an old man and have travelled
much In this country and twice In Eu-
rope. have ssen triumphs ard oeisbra-
lions there. Not one Of them ever began
to approach this In magnincaBcs and
hsnuty. IL IL the Lords day. He is
with us. Everything contributes to the
success of the pageant. The love. the
admiration of the American people for
the Admiral is wonderful"
At 1 o'clock sharp the squadron got I'M
der way. It was an Inspiring moment
whan the column started mp the harbor,
and the great naval parade began to be
a reality. First came the police boat
Patrol, which was the apex Of wedge
spreading out to the fire boats New
Yorker and Van wyck which followed
abreast. The steamer Sandy Hook hav-
ing I'm board the mayor and representa-
tives Of the city of New York with the
standards Of the city flying from the fore
and aft stats. steamed alongside OF the
Olympia, ths flagship of Admiral Dewey,
on thu port side.
After the Olympia came the armored
cruiser New York, the flagship Of Rear
Admiral Sampson with her big tuirets.
and guns, appearing ike moving fort
ress As she followed In the wake Of the
admirars flagship. The Chicago brought
up In the rear of the column. Following
the New York were the two first-class
battleships Indiana and Massachusetts,,
and the battieship Texas with the
cruiser Brooklyn astern.
In the rear OF these modern engines Of
war came the Lancaster, the type Of the
old navy vessels Of the Hartford class
Then followed this gunboat Marietta,
small by comparison with the Ian caster,
with the auxiliary cruiser Scorpion be-
hind. Abreast steamed the torpedo boats
Porter, Dupont. Eriusson, Winslow
and Cushing, and following them came
the natty revenue cutters Manning,
Algonquin, Gresham. Window and
Onedign. Next in line were the trans
ports Ssdgewick, MCPHERSON and McCiel-
Ian. and after them came along the hos
pital ship Missouri.
Then began the civic and maritime
aspect OF the big naval parade. Flying
the nag of the State of New York and
having on board the representatives of the
naval militia came the steamer Mon
mouth. followed by other boats with
members Of the naval militia In single
file came the General Slocum and Glen
Island. with the members OF the general
committee OF citizens, the Mount Hope
with the Legislative branch of the city
government, the Warwick, with the
heads of the city departments and the
Mattewan. with members of the press.
Then followed, two abreast, 9s graceful,
magnidcently appointed yachts, led by
the Corsair. the flagship Of Commodore
]. Pierpont Morgan, and Sir Thomas
Lipton's yacht Erin.
After the yachts came 100 steam shi DIS
Of the merchant marine with three flag
ships In single file. then five steamers
abreast and the remainder In two tiles.
The third and last division of the pa
rade consisted Of more than 100 hand
sonlely decorated tugs. yachts pleasure
craft, etc.. coughing. snorting and ohurn-
ing the water and making ten times the
fuss of q big warship. There were side.
wheelers, propeilors. electric boats and
every kind of sslf-propeliing craft.
The Palisades ON the Jersey shore were
black with people, many dense patches
showing the presence of big stands.
Every roof in Manhattan that command
ed q view of the pageant swarmed with
spectators. The cheering ON shore began
with the crowds at the battery, and was
taken up and continued in all direo-
tions. Every steam craft In the harbor
seemed to have It's whistle valve tied
down. the engines and factories follow
ing suit. and the great spectacle was
as exciting as 1t WAS magnificent.
Contrary to expectations the ships were
not dressed They displayed large
American flags on the foremost At the
main peak ON the Olympia, the admi-
RAILS flag of blue with its four stars, the
same that Admiral Farragut few before
New Orleans, was displayed. AS the
head OF the line approached Grants tomb
a small mask of black clouds came up
from the southeast and darkensd the
sun which had been shining brightly.
For few minutes big drops of rain
fell and sent the crowds who were strain
ing their eyes from ths city roofs seurry-
ing for shelter. with cries Ct disappoint-
ment. This unpleasant feature was of
short duration. however, and the speeta-
tors returned to watch the passing of the
remainder of the big aquatic turnout
with expressions OF relief that the cere-
monies at the tomb of the Civil war hero
were not to be- spoiled.