The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-01


relief q picture Of the Olympia, and be-
meath is shield with four stars, be-
tokening the recipients grade. On the
thigd panel is an escutcheon, upon
which is engraved the inscription, with
the names of the mayor and members
OF the municipal assembly, and Of the
committee on plan and scope. The
coat of arms of the city of New York
appears below the inscription. About
the foot are series of anchors, q rope
tied in three knots, dolphins, seaweed,
and other nautical devices. The cup
stands Is inches high has a capacity of
az quarts, and cost $4,000.
Maj. Gen. Miles arrived just as the
party left the platform for the car
fiages Rear ADMIRAL Sampson was not
on the stand at the city hall. He
did not arrive in time The start from
the city hall was made promptly on
time. Just after the ceremonies of
the presentation Of the cup were over,
a carriage with a coaohman in livery,
accompanied by an Olympia sailor,
drove up to the foot Of the steps lead
ing to the platform A moment later
the admiral. accompanied by Mayor
Van Wyck, stepped into the carriage.
A dozen policemen on foot ran ahead
of the carriage, across the plaza to-
ward Broadway. There a squad of
mounted police was found in waiting.
The carriages had just started when
the school children, who were to sing
for Admiral Dewey, put in an appear
ance. There was much disappoint-
ment that the children had not arrived
earlier.
1t took only a minute to clear Broad
way to Warren street, by which street
the party passed, to where the admit
raj and his party went aboard the
steamer Sandy Hook. The admiraFs
carriage was followed by a company
of squadron A, and on either side there
was an escort of mounted men. Imme-
diately following the admiral and the
mayor was Rear Admiral Schey, and
after him came eight carriages contain
ing military officers and citizens, as Weh
as a number of members of the city
government On the way to the dock
the crowds constantly cheered the &C.
cupants of the carriages. Admiral
Dewey acknowledged the applause by
raising his hat.
The Sandy Hook left the foot of War
rem street at $50 o'clock, and arrived
at the foot of One Hundred and Twen-
ty-ninth street at 1876 o'clock. Adj
miral Dewey was in fine spirits, al
though he complained of a slight cold,
and said he would wear his shoulder
cape during the parade.
Maj. Gen. Milrt was one of the first
to greet him on the boat. To Gen.
Miles the admiral said: Miles, it's reg
ular soldier weather is it not2"
Not exactly" replied Gen. Miles.
''I'd call it real Dewey weather.
The admiral Mayor Van Wyck and
Senator Chauncey M. Depew breakfast
ed together in the main saloon of the
Sandy Hook The admiral was quite
abstemious, drinking only little bouil-
Ion and declining cigar He greeted
Gov. Mcmillan of Tennessee very cor
daily, and said he had a good story to
tell him. ut is about one of your boys.
During one of the land battles outside
of Manila, one Of the Tennessee regi-
ments was engaged in skirmishing. One
of our soldiers had been shot at twice
by a Filipino, and, both shots missing
fire, the Tennessee boy became dis
gusted at the poor Workmanship of
the Filipino, and ran over to him and
gave him a good spanking, saying:
Now go home and be good
Mayer Van Wyck. who was listening,
laughed heartily and Gov. Mcmillan
promised to spread the story through
out his state.
Whitelaw Reid was cordially received
by the admiral, as was Sir Thomas Lip
ton. Rear Admiral Schley, who was on
board with Rear Admiral Philip, was
also warmly greeted by the admiral,
and they exchanged many stories.
Have you read all about the cele-
bration?' a reporter asked the admit
raj
Not yet" was the reply But I am
saving all the papers. When you
have a mayor who wakes you up at 7
o'clock, you have very little time to
read
The mayor was most attentive to the
admiral. never leaving his side. An
other thing the admiral said. when he
spoke of the honors which had been
showered on him. was: It's a great
thing when grand city like New York
stops work for two days to do honor
to one mani"
The voyage up the river was one
continuous ovation, every style of craft
with whistle or other noise making
power awaiting itself Of the opportunity
to salute the admiral.
The head of the parade started from
Grants tomb at II. Is a. m. At the given
signal, the platoon of police advanced.
clearing away the crowds that over
flowed into the street.
Some little distance behind on bay
horse rode Mai. Cen. Charles F. Roe,
N. G. S. n. Y, and his staff. Then came
Sousa's band playing spirited air and
behlndyit was battalion of sailors from
the Olympia.
Then followed the. carriage containing
seated the mayor of the city. In res
ponse to the cheers Of the thousands of
spectators, the admiral bowed right and
left and appeared greatly pleased at
the warmth Of his reception.
On EeFenty-second street number of
school children on stand built es-
pecially for them began to sing as the
head of the parade approached. They
first struck up in childish treble, I'm
f31rl "a 70
sailors OF the Olympia We're seen with
Admiral Dewey the children arose and
sang, See the Conquering Hero
Comes"
The song was delivered with a good
deal of vim. the children beating time
with their flags. AS Admiral Dewey
saw and heard the children he arose
from his seat and barred his head The
children stopped singing. One little girl
tried to throw him rose but it fell
short.
a policeman picked it up and gave it
70 the admiral, who waved his hand at
the children. The carriage stopped for
short time and the admiral threw a
kiss to the children, who cheered and
threw kisses.
The parade moved on and the enthusi-
asm was at fever heat. The other adj
mirals and officers were cheered by the
children. Admiral Sampson was cheered
by the crowd. The children were sing
ing The Star Spangled Banner" when
the carriage of Admiral Schley came
up.
The crowd again became frantic. Sch
ley was obliged to stand in his carriage.
He, like Dewey waved his chapeau at
the children, and the crowd went wild
ever him. His carriage stopped for a
few minutes and during that time per-
feet storm Of applause swept through
the crowds
Sir Thomas Upton was given an oya-