The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-30

single yacht was seen and the captains Of
! tho excursion boats and OF the tugboats.
! owing to lack OF police regulation. were able
! to loiter on their journey by the flagship
and now and then they would. after once pass
| ing. force their way back and give
their people another look at the Ad.
miral. When the Admiral noticed that this
| was being done. he sent a request to the
| police boats that they should hurry those folks
along and give the yacht owners chance. The
police made an effort n do that and succeeded
| partially.
| ADMIRAL SAYS DRESS SNIP" AID MEA Hs1r.
1t was while the Olympia was reviewing the
| parade that an incident occurred that showed
| Admiral Dewey as a dlscpnarian. That 10
| one side OF the Admirnl's character as a seas
| man with which folks here are not familiar.
| He has been spoken OF as a strict disciplinar.
| ian. lie is that.
| When the yachts began to come by In hand.
some dress the Admiral gave the order. Dress
ship" There was no response to It.
| The Admiral ordered again. Dress ship
| Then he demanded in tones that rose oven
above the whistles. why is not that order
! oheyed? Dress ship"
In moment the strings OF flags began to 90
| up the dressing was not done quickly. as IL
should have been. When finally 1t was com.
| nleted. the Admiral called an officer to him aud
| said. looking him square in the eye.
| Are you responsible for this. sir? Well. you
| did livery badly You did it very badly. I ma
ashamed Of it. am asian cd OF you"
| 1t was rcbuke quickly given and effects
| lively
Among the yachts that came along was Sig
Thomas Liptons Erin and the Admiral orr
dered. when sho sautcd him. that the crew
should stand By to cheer. This time they
| were up on the rails around the superstruc-
| ture quick as lightning and at the W ord they
responded with might and main. ...
| EXCURSION BOATS AMAZE THE ADMIRAL
All the afternoon the Admiral remained on
| the bridge. personally returning the enthu-
siastc sautes that were given In the only way
that he could do-by howing and lifting
| his hat He particularly Interest,"
| ed in every one OF the big excursion
| boats. There was the Glen Island. the Socum.
the st. Johns, the Clnremont, the Rose.
| dale. tho Grand Republic. tho Mddetown
! and every other boat about. that makes
! n business of carrying excursonsts out OF New
| York or out of any port near here. Towering
above them all was the great Puritan. How
many thousand persons sho had on board
nobody but the officers Of tho steambo line
that owns her will ever tell She was q
sight to behold. She was sight that
attracted tho Admiral's attention and
that held It: and for fully five
minutes. while she was slowly. almost drifting
| by. he stood there now bowling and waving hts
| hat now looking through his glasses searching
for the face OF some one he knew. When ho
turned away from her he said. 1T is wonder.
| full. isn't it2 Wonderful"
SALUTE OF THE NAVAL MILITIA.
| He was also particularly interested in the
| show that was made by the Naval Militia The
| Naval Militia were on the big luGboats H. B.
Moore, the Rochester. the Transfer No.
IL and Transfer No. IL These boats
got excellent positions and the Militia made
splendid show. They passed on the port side OF
the Olympia and were all drawn up on their
various boats on the starboard side.
| the line on each boat extending from
| stem to stern They stood with
their hands touching the vizors OF their caps
and while they were standing the Admiral
stood on tho bridge with his hand raised in
! salute in exactly the same manner.
On one OF the big excursion boats az 1t passed
womans voice shrieked Hail to Dewey"
and that cry was taken up and passed along
| the line Thereafter every boat that came
| along for while bore n crowd that shouted
| Hail to Dewey" And the salute always got
| reply from the Admiral.
THE YACHTS GET THERE AS BEST THEY CAN q
The Admiral was anxious to see the
/ yachts and it was a considerable disap.
| pontment to him that many OF
them were unable. owing to the danger of get.
| ting into the mob. to get close enough to the
| Olympia to greet him and receive his greeting.
or those who did there was the beautiful!
Corsar. Mr.. J. Plerpont Morgan's yacht
In the early part Of the parade before the
formation was SPOILED by the interlopers who
| stayed up the river and stole in the moment
the warships were by. the Corsar was the
lea Ter OF the feet Of yachts. There was really
no fleet Of yachts 1.-THE time the review began.
The Corsair came along, however. close
enough to salute the Admiral. There was
big party on her bridge and 10
! was Just as enthusiastic party as was found
on any of the excursion boats and Just az
| demonstratiye Afther the Corsair came
| Oliver II. rayne's yacht. the Aphrodite. She
was by far the best dressed yacht that was
seen during the day. She was mass OF dress
Tags nd they were arranged in the most taste
full and harmonious manner.
| Altogether. perhaps twenty out OF all the
yachts that took part in the parade got fair
chance At the Olympia and the Admiral. The
others that passed stayed outside the Jam Of
| LoTts 1t was never safe for them to get In IL.
TIE tail end OF tho procession was made UP
OF excursion boats almost entirely and they
were even more crowded than those that had
ono before. TIE Idlewd sat so low In the
water that II washed over her guard rail and
sometimes washed into the gangway whore, on
ordinary days. she takes in freight. The Idle.
wild flew the flag OF the Brooklyn Eagle She
was only ono Of twenty that were as bad. Az
these boats pasted tho flagship. OF course the
crowd insisted on getting over TO the side
nearest the ship. with the result that
thcy carccned ut most dangerous angles. In
some cases there was really momentary exc
pcctaucy on hoard the flagship that the boats
would tin over and it was always with a sigh
OF rc,iof that the saluta'lun to the people on
those boa = was In sicd
MAGNIFICENT. Aston. II%G! SAYS DEWEY.
Admiral Dewey stuck u tho bridge until the
last Of the boats had PASSED 1t was probably
~ hard days work rs he hal ever done in
his lie he said to tho reporter:
There never was anything like it! 1t 10
magnificent! 1t is astounding Just see the
peoHir Just see Thorn! There never was any
thing Ike it,"