Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01
and occasionally lifting his gold trimmed

and occasionally lifting his gold trimmed
beaver he rode along.
The gallant captains of the ships engaged
in the destruction of Montejo fleet except
poor Gridley, who died month after the
lattle followed, and also got a rousing
welcome.
The three admirals, Howison, Sampson and
Philip, as they rode by with their brilliantly
accoutred staffs, were easily recognized and
got fatterlng applause, as did many of the
popular officers of the North Atlantic squad
ron. The governors of the several states, who
rode in carriages, though many of them were
popular and would have received big demon
strations at any other time, passed almost
unnoticed. The crowds would have none of
them today. They yearned only for the
brass buttons and gold lace of military and
naval heroes and would have nothing else.
Both Major General Miles and Major Cen
eral Merritt got big ovations. The former
wore band of yellow across his breast and
seemed to always have his cap off acknowl-
edging the salutations of the throong.
schIey Divides Honors.
But It was Rear Admiral Schley who
divided the honors with the central figure
Of the day. He received a demonstration
second only to Dewey. People along the
line of march fairly rose at him, shouting
their already lacerated throats to the break
ing point: "Hurrah for the hero Of Santiago"
'There is the man that smashed Cervera's
fleet Hip, hurrah for Schley," and kim
dred cries came from all parts of the line.
In upper Fifth avenue some enthusiastic
woman threw him a handful of roses They
landed fairly in the carriage. The admiral
leaned forward picked them up and lifted
them to his lips. Instantly all the ladies in
the balcony seemed possessed with the de-
sire to have their flowers similarly honored
: and he was fairly bombarded Many of the
flowers fell into the street only to be caught
up by eager spectators and carried to the
carriage Before he got to Madison Square
Admiral Schley was up to his arms in fow-
ers.
The marines and sailors of the North At
lantic squadron. eight 'battalions Of them, at
tracted much attention. The marines, with
their brass helmets, marched with pecu-
liar step, neither seamens roll nor lands
mems tread, but a combination. The men
Of the Brooklyn got perhaps the most ap-
plause.
The provisional brigade OF the army lacked
the confident, easy step for which army vet
erans are noted. This perhaps is accounted
for by the fact that most of the United
States army veterans are serving their coun-
Try on IHe OlHeT Slue Oh the WOTlQ ana tnOSe
now here are only "rookies.' They were
preceded by battalion of the West Point
cadets in their SNOWY uniforms Of gray,
with white duck trousers, moving like one
man; 800 legs moving like clockwork, every
cap and bayonet in perfect line.
Roosevelt Given nm Ovation.
Governor Roosevelt, riding spirited black
horse at the head of the National Guard
Of the state of New York and surrounded
by brilliantly uniformed officers, received a
hearty and continuous ovation from one end
Of the line to the other. He was in civilian
attire and wore silk hat, that is when he
had it on, as he was waving 1t right and
left for more than half the time. He was
escorted by Troop A, whose plumes, rising
and falling with the moving of the horses,
beautifed block. The artillery seemed
more real than the infantry or cavalry and
the commander of the Seventh light artillery
gave the people an exhibition, setting his
battery at gallop and charging down, the
horses plunging and cannon wheels rumbling
like rolling thunder. The crowd gave a
whirl wind Of applause.
The National Guard of all the states made
a brilliant showing and were evidently proud
of their appearance and the reception they
received. Before Madison Square was
reache Admiral Dewey and the reviewing
party in carriages passed the front OF the
procession and alighted at the reviewing
stand opposite Twenty sixth street and took
their ploces in the boxes hung with laurel
wreaths that had been preserved for them
there For the first time the admiral saw
the great arch of victory erected in his
honor 1t is modelled after Titus arch in
the Roman forum. From the top In quad
= riga drawn through rolling billows by plung-
ing sea horses, victory, with outstretched
wings and laurel wreath in her hand, typ
ical OF the reward to the victor, reared her
beautiful outline against the blue sky. On
the attic are heroic figures of John Paul