The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-26
How America VIII Receive the Hero of
Manila Bay---The Olyrnpia's Re-
ception at New York.
The Dewey Triumphal Arch to Outglory the
Famous Titus Arch Of Rome.


ago. when all Rome impatiently awaited
the return of the great Caius Julius Cae-
sar and his victorious legions from the
battlefelds of Numidia no great nation
has ever prepared to welcome home a
conquerins hero as America is now max
1ng ready to welcome Dewey
From Caesar to Dewey is a far call yet
there is much in the home coming of our
great admiral that suggests one of those
Julius of Rome altogether unlike George
OF Vermont. Both were men of the her
action Both, under the wing of the eagle
left their native lands to glorify the home
We're the darlings of their fellow citizens.
There will not, hoWeverl be fierce glad
Dewey is welcomed, nor will every
poor citizen Of the republic receive q pOr-
tion of grain and money. as did the pOpu-
IMPERIAL civ trilIrnDbs The iae(lies of
cloth and there Will be no rumbling of
ei1ea sli!Sl " VII, ~ ot1
would have made those primitive old
Roman ciyftes sick with envy had they
once behe1d the like.
Just what these things are is no easy
task to enumerate. The American mind
is an inventive one and the American
carries has ingenuity into all walks of life.
Every subject of Uncle Sam has had al
most IS months to cogftate over just how
the hero of Manila should be welcomed
home; and when an American thinks a
year and half over a thing it is going to
be startling to say the least.
sense be national but, for obvious rea-
sons, every one in the nation can not
take direct and active part in it. New
America, Will be the special scene Of
that the returning admiral will first land
There will be other festivals at other
places. and from Maine to California the
triumphant American eagle viii preen her
eXultant bosom and scream with dellght
Dut the one particular scream WIlIc4 y
going to make the Welk1n ring Is to uOat
When the huge engines of the Olympia
slow down and she drops her great an
chor and swings at rest in lower New
York bay, a long qu1escent MISS CoIuIn-
bia will jump TO her feet Then the peo-
Miss CoiUmbia can be when she gets
started. for from Ward s island to Grant ;
tomb the commercial capital of the new
world will blaze up along the Jersey coast
and down Long Island there Will be dlS-
island and Liberty island there Will also
burst up a sudden volcano of pyrOtech-
sign will flare out on Brooklyn bridge
..Welcome Dewey and a hundred daz-
Of the Hudson the east river and the
upper bay, all replendent with the ruddy
What the Olympia lads will think Of
this outburst it is impossible to say Tor,
come home will be. they can hardly be
expecting to be greeted by $4,000 worth
But Thursday evenings proceedings
viii be merely an overture to the two
days celebrating which is to follow the
first arrival of the Olympia. Friday. the
29th is to be the great day of the recep-
day the Olympia viii lift anchor and steam
slowly up the Narrows TO join Admiral
Simpsons North Atlantic squadron which
+Es 0IITY1oi, masses IN fhe bav the heavy
guns Of Fort Hamilton and Fort Wads-
worth will fire salute, and one can i'm
agine the cheers of the jacl<ies when the
. flagship of the worlds first admiral pass
es down the two wide lines OF the await.
ing SQUADRON The steamers and tugs of
viii i0i the General iIIbila-
ton and when the Olympia has run the
gantlet of Sampson's ships she will an
q q
official and formal welcoming of Dewey
will take place. This will be performed
by Rear Admiral Sampson. who Will go
aboard the Olympia and extend to the re
turning admiral the good wishes of the
navy and the government
After these formalities have been per
formed the great naval parade viii take
place In this parade the Olympia, with
the entire North Atlantic squadron as
escort viii steam slowly Up from Tomp-
whole fleet Will proceed as far up the
water front as Grants tomb The con
centrated position OF 50 many vast fight
ing machines and their numerous eVOlu-
tionS as they file up the HUDSON VIII make
a very beautiful sight. 1t has been de-
cfded that it will be just before reaching
/ Grants tomb that the Olympia viii fire
viii come to anchor to the sound Of boom
ing guns and the biare OF prasS banctS-
All this time the only sight the tnous-
allds OF %atGh1ng M pe2PIIIe VIII ger geC GL Ine :
hero of Manila Bay VIII be very olSlant
one as the admiral is not to land before
Saturday morning, the day OF the great
J takes place Dewey and his men viii be
i gin to realize Just what Uncle sam thinks
/ of his sailor boys; 1he Slghls that VIII ~
meet the eyes of those sailor boys VIII be
that less than S6O00,00O has been eX-
pended in different ways on the Dewey
@WeICodIlG. @ ilS , " 80 ~ tT IaS a.
auguratlon .ceIepfa4lo q me 1851 l 9t-
cade has hitherto been regarded as the
ne plus ultra of all such things in this
hemisphere. At this centennlaI there was
( expended in round numbers $1,000 900. The
! ing place IN New 1ofk city however ma e
Z quite overshadowed those of the Wash
+ establishment in Manhattan has been
working overtime trying to fll orders.
/ ey reception is that the decoration Of
I civic buildings, private houses. hotels.
plan more elaborate than ever before. 1t
4 has been customary on such occasions
Iie HIS he he naT5 e bnf his tir7e no slIch
! limitations viii be observed. New York
fore in the history of any city. The one
/ the Dewey arch, which is now nearing
/ completion on Madison SQUARE Just
I Twenty-fourth street intersect This arch
! is said to resemble somewhat the famous
4 Titus arch Of Rome. 1t viii be. however.
] a more transient affair than its Roman
| has been used in its construction. This
/ triumphal arch is made of white stucco
! ures of appropriate design,
/ These figures represent the ascendancy
! of the United States as maritime nation
| svmbolized by four groups, bold in de-
signs and poetic in conception. One group
/ represents Patriotism. or. the call to
! arms. The second group typifies War. or
| the fight with the enemy. The third
! group stands for the Return. which, of
/ course means the homecoming of the vic
1 torious fighter. while the fourth and last
! group will show the dawn of peace the
/ returned volunteers again taking up the
/ peaceful occupations Of their home life.
Extending on either side of the arch there
is a double line of ornate columns. con-
J stitutina a fit approach to the one cen
/ traI piece The different groups on this
| central arch are treated in an aIegorical
l way, but have in the foreground certain