The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-30
MANY MILLIONS
CHEER FOR DEWEY



by to cheer in answer to some extraordi-
nary demonstration.
The guns of the Olympia spoke but
once until Grants tomb was reached.
That was when they barkod IN answer TO
the deep baying OF the guns Of ola Fort
William. on Governors Island.
Before the battery VS. reached hundreds
OF tugs and excursion boats had rowde
In behind the patrol boats and stretched
away rank upon rank for either shore
from the quarter OF the Olympia. Their
whistles were going continuously through
out the journey. The untold thousands
who thronged the wharves and piers, who
leaned from the windows and balconies
and looked down from the dizzy heights
OF skv-scraDers must have impressed the
Admiral greatly. but his modesy would
not permit him 20 view it all as a personal
ovation.
Astonishing. astonishing he repeated
several times 10 Colonel Bartlett. but he
said nothing Of himself.
The waving of the hundreds Of thousands
along the shore could be distinctly seen
from the deck Of the Olympia, but onI
occasionally were the sounds OF cheer
waited from the crowds ashore. As a rule,
nerhaps. they were too much interested i'm
The spectacle 10 venture applause, beside
they were too far away 10 Doe heard by the
Admiral or the men on the cruisers. even
if the terrific din Of the craft I'm the river
had not been kept up almost without in-
PERMISSION.
a DEAFENING CONCERT.
The shriekine whistles were forever 60
ing when the fleet swept around the stake
boat above Grants tomb on Riverside
Drive. and each ship had let so It's BOOM
ing salute. the concert that followed was
soul-maddening-a mad. fantastic nerve de-
stroying roar that continued for almost
ten minutes. SO much steam was wasted
hat the boats themselves were lost in
their own vaYor.
The parade at this point began TO become
di~sorganizcd. many pleasure craft leaving
the line below and cr0wding so hercely
about the Olympia that she was man
%oeuvered with great difficulty. The eXcur-
sion boats. loaded to- the' guard with people.
were almost criminally reckless as they
passed along. many Of them listed so far
that one wheel was buried deep while the
other scarcely touched the water.
The Admiral was sometimes annoyed
by the crOwding of these craft, but he
retained his %eduanimity throughout IL all
bowling and removing his cap 20 the ex-
ulting and cheering crowds. tt was not
until an the warships had passed I'm re-
view, before the Olympia. at anchor be-
low the beautiful floats representing
Peace and Victory that the one incident
OF the day occurred. which showed that
with all his geniality, the hero Of Manila
could also be a very stern sailor.
DEWEY DISPLEASED.
In less than a minute after the Chicago
had passed the Olympia, by the Admir-
ais order. a stream or signal flags or
4.v.4 tI. rrne.nHa 90 fh. Faaf 70 Hraeg
ships. and the crews OF the men-of-war
ran up rainbows Of signal flags from
stem 20 stern over their topmasts. The
order was beautifully executed, except
aboard the flagship. where the fouling
OF the line In the top of one OF the stacks,
caused a delay. Admiral Dewey in
stantly roared out a command for some
one 10 ease the line. II fouled again.
and a nimble sailor was sent aloft TO
clear It.. Ii was perhaps two minutes
before the flags We're in their proper
place. The Admiral was plainly DIS
pleased. He sent for the officer under
whose direction the order was executed.
and called him up on the bridge.
II am ashamed Of this. he said In the
tone Of a sailor giving command In a roar
ing gale. land l am ashamed Of YOU
Several times the excursion boats cheered
as they passed close TO the Olympia. the
Admiral called upon the crew 20 stand by
and cheer. Each time the sailor leaped
upon the steel bulwarks, and with swing
ing caps responded 70 the command with
three splitting roars. Then the crowd Of
vessels about the flagship became so dense
that the Progress Of the rest Of the pa
rade was impeded. the Admiral ordered
the police patrol boats 10 clear the way
for the ships that had left the line and
had spread themselves about the Olym-
pla like a flock of wild fowl. He ala not
leave the bridge until the approaching
darkness turned the ships IN the democrat
ICED tail end Of the procession back 10
their piers.
THE ERIN IN IT.
After the warships. Sir Thomas Lip
tons steam yacht. the Erin. was much
applauded. Sir Thomas had taken up a
! position on the bridge Of the Erin the mo-
ment she got under way 10 guide the star
board column. and except for a few min
utes spent OF the quarterback just after
passing the Battery, he renamed az the Side
Of the skipper. Captain Matthews, waving
his yacht cap in response TO the salutes
until after the Erin had rounded the
turning point off Grants tomb There
were many distinguished guests on the
Erin including the Hon. Charles Russell.
who arrived from England yesterday, SIT
r.. Burdett. Walford Burdett. Hugh G.
McGildoway. James Craig, Colonel Shar.
~man-Crawford and Or. +. MacKey. In
the line OF yachts were two other foreign
visitors. the Fri King and the White
Ladye. While the reception which greet
ed them was ear-splitting and noisy enough
for all purposes, il was not nearly so
enthusiastic as the serenade TO the passing
Erin.
TO-DAY'S PARADE.
In New York city an army u national
guardsmen Is camped tO-night. Major
General Roe says there will be 23.0oo SOL
diers in line tomorrow. Nearly all the
troops are already IN the city.
Two ~battalions Of the National Guard OF
Georgia, from Atlanta, arrived az the
Fourteenth Regiment Armory In Brooklyn
early to-day. Fiv hundred are quartered
In the armory.
At No. 6. east Fourth street. are the
following: South Carolina troops-Wash-
.ngton Light Infantry. OF Charleston the
German Fusiliers. OF Charleston; the sum-
ter GuarSS. OF Charleston: the Irish Volun-