The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-10-04

and the officers OF the neet in all Tho
. glory OF their gold laced uniforms anl
gold "immed cooked hats. All were il
: open barouChes, and at their head was
t Wyck sat beside Admiral Dewey in the
carriage. The front seat was banked
with beautiful floral pieces The peO
pie did not hayeto give second lance
at the man whose features have beer
: blaZOned everywhere for weeks. He
was recogniz ID on the instant, and the
cheers and bprrahs that had greeted
the Olympia8 men seemed tame co n.
: pared with tho shout that WAS raised
There is no perceivable kind OF noise
the people did not make. Evcrybo Y
waved and chcered and neatly every.
body jumped up and down in frantic
enthusiasm. Old men were as en-
thusiastic as boys and just as noisy.
Admiral Dewey during his last few
days experience has become somewhat
accustomed to these vUciferous greet
ings and he took it all calmly, smiling
and bowing right and left and occls-
ionaly lifting his gold trimmed beaver
as he rode along.
The gallant captains Of tho ships en-
gagged in the destruction Of Monte los
fleet, except poor Gridley, who Gied "a
month after the battle, followed, and
also got u rousiug welcome.
The three -admirals, How,son,
Sampson and Philip, as they ro 10 by
with their brilliantly accoutrCd statfs,
were easily recognized and got llatter-
ing applause, as did many Of the popu.
lar officers Of the North AJlantic squad
ron. Tho Governors OF the several
States who rode in carriages, though
| many oil them were popular aud would
have received big demonstrations at
any other time, passed almost unno-
tlced. The crowds ycacnei only for
the brass buttons and gold lace OF milf
tary and naval heroes, and would have
nothing else.
Both Major General Miles and Major
| General Merritt got ovations. The
former wore q band of yellow across
his breast and seemed always to nave
his cap off acknowledging the sal ia
tiOns OF the throng
Rear admiral Schley divided the
| honOrs with the central figure OF the
Jay. He received u demon stration sc.
cond only to that Of Dewey. The peo-
pie along the line Of march fairly rose
at him, shouting their already lacer.
ated threats to the breaking point.
Hurrah for the hero OF Santiago ~
There is the man that smashed Ger
vera's lleet r Hip, hip, hurrah for
Schley ~ and kindred cries came from
all pertS Vi Ile line.
In Fifth avenue some enthusiastic
lady threw him a handful of roses
They lai8cd fairly in the carriage.
The admiral le>>SaSS forward, picked
thcm up aud liftfc .lSI7--sss.a.ss.s. his liDs.
Instantly all the ladies in lnc baltun,
seemed possessed with the desire to
have their flowers similarly honorca,
and he was fairly bombardcd.
Many Of the flowers fell irCo the
street, only to be caught up ty eager
spectators and carried TO the carriage.
Before he got to Madison Square Ad.
miral Schley was up TO his arms in
flowers.
The marines and sailors OF the North
Atlantic squadron, eight battalions Of
them, attracted much attention. Thc
marines, with their brass helmets
marched with peculiar step, neither
seGman's roll nor andsman's tread,
but a combination. The men Of the
Brooklyn got perhaps the most ap-
| plause.
Before Madison Square was reached
Admiral Dewey and the receiving par
ty in carriages, passed the front OF the
| procession and alighted at tho review
| ing stand opposite Twenty street,
and took their places Ia the boxes hung
wish laurel wreaths that had been re.
served for them.
There, for the first time, the admiral
saw the great arch OF victory erected
in his honor. 1t Is modelled after
| Titus arch in the Roman forum. From
the top, in a quadriga drawn through
rolling billows by plunging sea horses
Victory, with outstretc' ed wings, and
laurel wreath in her hand, typical OF
/ the reward to the victor, reared her
beautiful outline against the blue SKY
| n ~ I,I,
Paul Jones, Hull, Perry, Decatur, Far
ragut and other naval heroes, while on
tho faces OF the piers are magnificent
groups symbolic OF combat, the return
OF the victOrs, the call to arms, and
peace, and on tho spandril9 arc groups
representing tho North and East rivers
and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The arch faces the sea. The approaches
are guarded by tall colonnades, trans
forming tho street at the reviewing
booth into court OF honor. all about
Madison Square the decorations charm
ed the eye Flags on wires ran from
the tall towers of the Madison Square
garden and all the facades as far as the
| eye could see up and down Fifth avo-
nue. were brilliantly arrayed with
bunting ana flags. The national stream.
ers flew from the cornces and a thou
sand box kites hoated high into the
| 0.ue sky
Here the admiral reviewed the en-
tire parade. Only ono distressing in.
cident occurred within his view. a
wire had been stretched across the
space between two OF the stands on the
park. The awful press people broke
1T and they surged into the avenues,
those in front powerless TO resist the
pressure Of the thousands in the rear.
The police officers on foot we.c help
less. Try as they would, they could
not stem the tide which promised to
impede the entire parade. Suddenly
a half hundred mounted policemen
galloped up and having formed line,
charged and showed the people back
Many women and children were caught
In the crush. Some shrieked, others
tainted, and several, after the panic
was over, were carried away in ambu-
lances.
A number of school children, on g
stand built especially for them, began
to sing as the head Of the parade APP
preached. They first struck up q
childish treble, "Unfurl the Starry
| Rannerp Whan the sailOra nj thu