The record-union., 1899-09-26
Great Preparations for the Wei
come of the Hero Of Manila.
Streets Of New York VIII Present Gala
Appearance on Thursday.
The City Already Crowded With
People and All the Hotels full
Order to Be Taken by the City
Officials and Guests in the Land
Parade ON Saturday.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-From the
Battery to Harlem the streets show
evidence of the preparation for Ad-
miral Dewey's welcome. Nearly every
office building on Broadway and the
downtown thoroughfares is being dec
GRATED with flags, bunting, shields and
streamers, and the enthusiasm dis
played in the adornment of private
houses is not behind hand.
Fifth avenue, as the main route of
the parade, presents a busy appear
ance Stands are building all along
it's length on the steps of churches, Of
fees and dwellings. Vacant windows
bear huge pictures of the Admiral,
coupled with the sign ITO let for Dewey
Day
The city is already crowded with peo-
pie. All the hotels are full and fur
nished rooms are pretty well taken
up.
Among the vessels already in the
harbor to participate in the welcome
to Admiral Dewey are several which
are usually engaged in coasting and
Sound traffic. These are well provided
with staterooms, and their agents have
already bid for the hotel overflow. 1t
is proposed to provide sleeping and
eating accommodations on several of
them during the week.
Including in the sightseeing floating
hotels are some of the boats used as
transports in moving the troops to the
West Indies. Special inducements are
being offered the patrons of the hotel
1% fIa
yacht races next week.
The Reception Committee has finally
decided on the order to be taken by the
city officials and the guests Of the city
in the land parade on next Saturday.
1t is as follows: Sousa's band; bat
TALON of sailors from the Olympia;
Dewey and the Mayor; Dewey's five
Captains at Manila; Dewey's personal
staff; Rear Admiral Sampson and Ram
dolph Guggenheimer; Admiral Sannp
sons staff; Admiral Philip, Command
ant of the New York station, and Pres
ident T. F. Woods of the Board of AL
officers of the Olympia; junior officers
of the North Atlantic squadron.
That will complete the naval forna
ton. Then will come the guests of the
city in this order: Visiting Governors
not accompanied by troops; Major Gen-
eral Miles and aides; Rear Admiral
Schley and Rear Admiral Miller Gre
tired; joint committee of Municipal
Assembly fourteen of then); sailors of
the North Atlantic squadron
Following the sailors will be the sol.
diers of the regular and the other mil
itary organizations.
The committe of seven of the Recep-
ton Committee will visit the Olympia
as soon as Admiral Dewey will receive
them ON Thursday afternoon. and for
mally make known to him the city's
plans for his reception. The Mayor s
Private Secretary will accompany the
committee, and ask Admiral Dewey if
it will be convenient for him to re-
ceive the Mayor of New York at IL
o'clock the following day. Levi P.
Morton has accepted the invitation to
be one Of the committee of seven. All
have now accepted except William C.
Whitney, who has not yet been heard
from
At a meeting of the United Irish So
~ASSASo
were adopted declaring that, where
as, a committee of officers represent
ing the Irish volunteers waited upon
Major General Roe, Grand Marshal of
the parade, and asked and were refused
place in the parade. We take en-
phatic exception to this action as in
vidious, if not hostile, to the irish vol
unteers, and Nsent the unjust discrim-
ination as depriving the regiment of
the honor of a position in the line cf
march as Americans and feIlow-citl-
zens of the hero of Manila, Ad;n,ral
Dewey"
Though the G. A. r. will not have the
permission of General Shaw, the new
Commander in Chief, many of it's mem
bers are expected to take part in the
great land parade in honor of Dewey
next Saturday. General O. o. How
ard, who has been placed in command
of the unarmed division, when he OPEN
ed headquarters to-day at No. TT
Broadway, announced that G.. A. r.
men would be welcomed up to the very
last moment as participants in the
demonstration.