The record-union., 1899-09-29


of the merchant marine steamers, and
and unattached vessels will bring up
the rear.
1t is expected that the line will be
nine miles long and that half a million
people will be afloat.
The parade, with the Olympia in the
van, will move up the North River to
the stake boat st. Marys, an old prac-
tice ship of the navy, which is moored
opposite the Grant mausoleum in Riv-
erside Park. After rounding the stake
boat the Olympia will come to anchor
below two beautiful floats representing
Peace" and Victory" and each war
ship in its turn will drop in below the
flagship The national salute of twen-
ty-one guns will be fired in honor of
the hero of Appomattox The tor
pedo boats and the revenue cutters will
anchor opposite the line of warships
under the bluff, and between these two
lines the civic part of the parade will
pass in review.
Rear Admiral Howison is gracefully
yielding the precedence to Rear Ad-
miral Sampson in the matter of ships
division. The commander of the South
Atlantic station will simply be pres
ent as a spectator, and will bring up
the end of the line with the Chicago.
Rear Admiral Sampson will follow the
Olympia in the New York, but will fly
the red flag, while Howison flies the
blue.
Tomorrow night the grandest illu-
limitations and fireworks display in the
history of New York will occur To-
night there was a preliminary illumi-
nation of rare beauty. All the build
ings on the water front were lighted
up. On the Brooklyn Bridge, in let
ters of living fire thirty feet high,
flashed the words Welcome Dewey"
while simultaneously from the shores
of the East and North Rivers, Staten
and Governors Island red fire glowed
and sputtered; sending up fantastic
smoke, turning the color of the water
into sea of lurid flame, and trans
forming the craft in the harbor into
red spectres.
Admiral Dewey was considerably
fatigued by his rounds of visits and re-
ceptions yesterday, and did not rise
until later than usual to-day He
breakfasted with Flag Lieutenant
Brumby at 7:30, and then remained in
his quarters attending to some of his
mail which has been accommodating very
rapidly since he came into the bay on
Tuesday. There was a large crowd of
sightseers out early in excursion boats,
/ launches and rowboats, and they be-
came very enthusiastic when "colors''
were sounded and the officers and
crews gathered on the decks of the
various warships, while half a dozen
bands played THE Star Spangled Ban
ner.'
After finishing his correspondence Ad-
miral Dewey appeared on the quarter
deck and paced up and down for a
! constitutional. At that time there
We're a score of yachts around the flag
ship. The people on the excursion
I steamers and on the yachts cheered
wildly at the first sight of the Admiral,
and he was kept busy bowling in return.
According to the Weather Bureau at
i Washington there is bad weather in
store for the naval parade tomorrow.
The following special prediction has
! been received from Willis L. Moore,
Chief Of the Weather Bureau at Wash
/ ington:
Washington, D. c., Sept. 2S.-The
| storm now central over Lake Superior
will Friday morning be central at about
| Montreal, and will encompass within
/ its storm area all of New England and
/ the Middle Atlantic States, with high
! south shifting to west winds in the
region of New York City and New
York Bay. Showers must be expect
/ ed, with southwest winds so strong as
! to be inconvenient to the large and
/ dangerous to small craft"
/ Three hundred and fifty men who
| fought under Dewey at Manila were
/ presented this morning on board the
Olympia with the bronze medals award
ed them by Congress. Before general
! quarters was sounded all visitors were
/ excluded from the ship, and launches
or boats were not permitted to come
near the gangways until after noon.
| Captain Lamberton made the presen-
! tauons, pinning medal on the breast
4 of each man as his name was called.
/ The medals bear the Admirals face in
relief. Admiral Dewey's Chinese SER
| wants were also decorated
Rear Admiral Howison was an early
visitor to the Olympia. and the boat
loads of visitors had the qualification
of hearing Admiral Dewey's voice. 1t
was when Admiral Howison was leay-
ing the ship, and was almost in his
launch, that Admiral Dewey shouted
with all his lungs:
Henry, what about that dinner?"
oh, replied Rear Admiral Howl
son, 4 forgot it. and l am going else
where tonight"
Never mind" said Admiral Dewey.
sorry 1. mentioned it,"
Another visitor was Captain Chad
WICK of the New York who walked
with Admiral Dewey on the quarter
deck for almost a half hour.
Later Admiral Dewey was ioinad hv
| Lieutenant Brumby, and they had an
animated conversation until party of
Junior officers from the Chicago in
terrupted them. A boatload of women
attracted the AdmiraFs attention. and
catching sight of fiaxen-haired little
boy dressed in sailor clothes in the how
of the boat, he invited the party on
board, and devoted several minutes
speaking to the little chap on the quar-
ter deck
Rear Admiral Howison said to-day
that the Chicago would appear in the
naval parade, but that he would not
take precedence over Admiral Samn-
son, the Chicago being assigned the last
place in the line.
The committee from Washington
boarded the Olympia at / o'clock. The
party first called at the New York