The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-30
SHRIEKING, WAVING, BOOMING.
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became a tangle of flags and framework
as Tar as the eye could reach The GRASSY
Slopes or Wordsworth aud Fort Hamilton
ana the wnarves and shores of Staten Isl
dild We're covered with sightseers. watch
ils ing, 'ile meet below The warsh.ps lay spick
ana span, ready for the start their bIrp
lShed metal flaming in the sun. their sides
Mhlle as virgin snow. Between them and
.he shore lay the low, long, lean. wicked
looking torpedo boats, aud still inside. of
mem the graceful fiotlla of revenue cut
! ters. e"'-
Aboard the Olympia the marines and
sailors mad been seriously inspected from
! the toe of the first marine to the fauntv
| cap OF the last sailor. All seemed a little
udzed at the prospect before them. and
no oouOt many would have prefer
RED programme involving a du-
pIitdIloh OF the Manila fight
10 the ordeal they We're to 90 through
| Inc officers of the feet did not wear their
! snowy uniforms, but were attired IN
special undresS A" as II is technically
known IN the navy. There Were 40 cola
! epaulettes. gold bound beavers and clat-
terlnS swords aboard. This was bv the
duIhifal order and added but another TO
! me many evidences of his unique modesty
a brother and the widow of Capt. Gridley
| VINO fought the Olympia in Manila bav:
| Col FRANKLIN Bartlett former representa-
! tive IN Congress from New York and an
intimate personal friend of the Admiral
together with three newspaper men were
the only civilians aboard
One of the naval guests was the engineer
OF the Olympia when it led the way pas
! Corrigedor Island. He was given three
rousing cheers as he went forward to see
| the men.
/ And Now the start.
Immediately after Admiral Dewey re.
! turned from Sandy Hook the wig-wagger
! on the Brooklyn signalled the feet TO pre-
pare to get under way. The gangways
| were hauled up and the booms rugged
! An old quartermaster hurried a small dark
| roll of bunting 10 the main. handover fist.
| 1t hung there while the bugle sounded the
call 10 quarters and Inc marines were mus
tered aft. Then, just the signal 10
weigh was given, a pull on the halyards
| opened the roll and spread the four-stsrred
| flag which Farragut flew as he ran the fort
in New Orleans 1t was the flag which
was presented to Admiral Dewey. As II
| broke, sailors at their stations and the
| marines on the quarterback greeted II
with the Hip. Hip HoorahY' we got from
our ancestors The flag hoated proudly
| all through the pageant to-day. 1t is the
| most precious possession of Farragut's pu-
pill, and when it is struck on Monday. Il
| will probably be forever. as il is altogether
| unlikely that Admiral Dewey will ever
| command another fleet.
| 1t was exactly o'clock the hour fixed
| for the start when the fleet, with an
| chors short hove, began to move The
ships had swung to the food tide and
| were pointing down stream, but with THEN
| twin screws they faced about as if on q
pivot and headed for the Hudson, followed
by the long line of vessels iq civic parade
Spectacle in the Bay.
When the ships had Strengthened out
for their journey across the upper bay, the
spectacle they made will ever be treasured
| in the memory of those who saw it. In
! advance of the Olympia was a double
line of patrol and fire boats, Liliputiar
! fleet to clear the way of unofficial tres
| passers. II did not require much persua-
sion either, as the shippers had a whole
some respect for the steel ram of the
| mighty sea monster.
On the port beam of the Olympia was
the escorting ship Sandy Hook, with the
| Mayor and other dignitaries aboard and
! in her wake, at intervals of 400 yards,
stretched out a mile long, were the great
| towering warshps, the armored cruiser
New York the battleships Indiana and
| Massachusetts, the cruiser Brooklyn sec
ond-class battleship Texas, the old wood
en- frigate Lancaster, the gunboat Maret-
ia, and the Chicago, the flagship of the
! South Atlantic Squadron. Old Glory fiut-
tered from each masthead and taft rail. On
each quarter of the New York were the
black low-lined torpedo boats, three on
each flank. The rest of the procession
moved across the shiny waters.
Dewey on the Bridge.
Admiral Dewey went up on the after
bridge as soon as the start was made and
remained there throughout the parade, a
heroic figure outlined against the skies
for the thousands adoat and ashore With
him on the bridge most of the time was
Col. Bartlett to whom he talked when
he was not acknowledging the statutes OF
personally directing the movements of his
fleet and the admiral gave close attention
throughout the journey to everything
which transpired on board the vessel. BY
his direction the ensign was
courtesied to vessels which
sauted and several times he ordered the
crew to stand by to cheer in answer to
some extraordinary demonstra ton.
The guns of the Olympia spoke but once
until Grants tomb was reached. That was
when they barked in answer to the dee ,
baying of the guns of Old Fort William on
Governors Island Before the Battery
was reached, hundreds of tugs and excdr-