The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-30

the shippers had wholesome respect for
the steel rams of the mighty sea mon
sters. On the port BEAM of the Olympia
was the escortihg ship Sandy Hook, Wltdl
fire mayor and other dignitaries aboard,
and lin her wake at intervals of 4UV
wards, stretched out n mile dong, were
the great towering warshtpS, the armor-
ed cruiser New York, the battleships In
diana and Massachusetts the cruiser
BROOKLYN. second class battleship TeXas'
the old wooden frigate Lancaster, the
gunboat Marietta, and the Chicago, the
fagsElip of the South Atlantic Squadron.
Old Glory ffuttered from each masthead
and taffrail On each quarter OF the
New York were the black, low-lined sol
pedo boats three ON each flank.
Admiral Dewey went UP ON the after
bridge as soon as the start wias maze
and remained there throughout the pa
rade, a heroic figure outlined against the
skies, for the thousands afloat ana
ashore. With him ON he bridge most OF
the time was Colonel Bartlett to whom
he talked when HE was NOT acl1nowledg-
ing the salutes or personally directing
the movements of his fleet, and the ad-
milal gave close attention throughout the
journey to everything which transplred
on hoard the vessel. BY his direction the
ensign was courtesied to vessels when
saluted. and several times he ordered tae
crew to stand by to cheer in answer 10
some extraordinary demonstration.
The guns of the Olympia spoke but
once until Grants tomb WAS reached.
That was when they bar-ked i'm answer to
the deep baying of the guns of old Fort
William. on Governors Island. Before
the Battery was reached, hundreds OF
tugs and excursion boats had crowded
in behind the patrol boats and stretche1
away rank upon rank for either shore
from the quarter of the Olympia. Their
whistles were going continuously
throughout the journey. The untold
thousands who tilronged the wharyes
and piers. who aeaned from the windows
and balconies and looked down from the
dizzy heights of sky scrapers must have
impressed the Admiral greatly, but his
moIes,ty world not permGt him to view
| it all as a personal ovation.
"Astonishing. astomishing.' he repeated
several times to Colonel Bartlett, but he
said nothing of himself.
The waving of the hundreds of thou
sands of flags along the shore could be
OLYMPIA. hut only occasionally We're tht
sounds of cheers waited from the crowds
ashore. As a rule perhaps they We're too
much interested i'm the spectacle to ven
trre yotifcrolls applause: beside. they
,ycre 100 far AWAY to 10 heard hv 81
Admiral or the men ON the cruisers, even
If the terrific din OF the craft IN the river
had not been kept up almost without in-
| telTliiSsron.
The shrieking whistles were forever
going. and when the fleet swept around
| the stake boat above Grants tomb ON
Riverside Drive. and each ship had let
go its booming salute, the concert that
! followed was Soul-maddening-- mad,
| fantastic, Notwithstanding roar that
continued for almost ten minutes. 30
much steam was wasted that the boats
themselves were lost i'll their own vapor.
The parade at this point began to be-
come disorganized, many pleasure crafl
leaving the line below and croWdlng SO
fiercely about the Olympia that she was
manoeuyred with great difficulty. The
| excursion boats, loaded to the guards
with people, were almost crlmlnally
reckless as they passed along, many o.
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 nc
retained his equanimity through It all
bowling and removing his cap to the
exulting and cheering crowds. 1t was
not until all the warships had passed III
review before the Olympia at anchor be
| low the beautiful floats representing
| Peace and Victory, that the one incident
of the day occurred, which showed thai
with all his genialty the hero of Manila
Bay could also be very stern sailor
| In less than a minute after the Chicago
had passed the Olympia, by the Admlf
ais order, stream of signal flags or
! dered the vessels of the fleet to dress
shpp. and the crews of the men-of-war
ran up rainbows Of signal flags from
| stem to stern over their topmasts.
The order was beautifully executed
| except aboard the flagship, where tho
| fouting OF the line in the top of one oi
tbe stacks. caused 10 delay. Admlra
Dewey instantly roared out a command
for some one to ease the line. 1t foulee
again and nimble sailor was sent alof1
to clear it. 1t was perhaps two minutes
before the flags were in their proper
place. The Admiral was plainly dis
pleased. He sent for the officer under
whose direction the order was executed
4 and called him upon the sbridge.
II am ashamed of this" he said, IL
the tone of sailor giving command il
roaring gale, "and | am ashamed Of
you"
After the warships, Sir Thomas Lip
toms steam yacht the Erin was mucf
appIauded. Sir Thomas had taken up {
position on the bridge of the Erin thu
moment she got under way to guide tht
starboard column and, except for few
minutes spent on the quarterback JUS
after passing the Battery, he remained
at the side of the skipper, Captain
Matthews, waving his yachting cap II
response to the salutes, until after tht
Erin had rounded the turning point OF
Grants tomb There were many dis
tIngnished guests on the Erin, including
the Honorable Charles Russell, who ar
rived from England yesterday; Sir Ii
Burdett, Walford Burdett, Hugh G. Nc
Gildoway, James Craig, Colonel Shar
man Crawford and DR.. r. MacKay.
In the line of yachts were two other
foreign visitors, the Erl King and thu