The age-herald., 1899-09-28

NA EW York, September 27.-Through
 D frolicing whitecaps the Olympia
 kE moved majestically up the lower
 S bay today and passed through the picturesque strait, guarded by Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton amid the boom ing of great guns, and there, inside the city gates, Admiral Dewey and his gallant tars received the glorious, thunderous welcome or the steel-walled men-of-war as their stately ship glided up to her position at the head of the column, there to remain until the great naval pageant starts on Friday. Never, perhaps, did a triumphant warrior returning from victorious cam paign receive d more impressive welcome.
 Although thousands upon thousands wit messed 1t from shore or on house tops, the man-of-war anchorage at Tompkinsyille, where the fleet lay, fairly swarmed with tugs, yachts and steamers, and every sort of harbor craft, all jet black with wild cheering, eXultins people, and the towering white walls of the city beyond were decor ated with a million welcoming flags; to- days greeting the greeting of Dewey's comrades of the navy. And it was emi- nently fitting that his comrades in arms should have the first chance at him whom the millions are waiting to honor. The people will begin to get at him on Friday and Saturday.
 First Welcome Simply Professional
 To outward appearances, the welcome he received from the fleet was strictly profess sional One can find the salute, the trum- pet fiourishes, the drum ruffles, the parad- ing of the marine guard and all the rest of the ceremonies done in his honor today, described in the naval regulations as due to one of his rank But that only im- pressed the mind the more, because even naval regulations rigorous and inelastic as they are, could not restrain the pent-up enthusiasm when it broke forth, 1t did occasionally in rounds of cheers, any more than it could the bell cords of the shippers, and the joy-mad people aboard the eXcur- sion boats. Cheering is not permitted by naval regulations aboard men-of-war, but no reproof followed today's breaches of discipline. It was a perfect day, though drifting clouds driven by a strong land breeze obscured the sun during the morn- ing and the waves of the lower bay were capped with white foam. In the afternoon the flying clouds disappeared, the breeze died away, and the sun bathed the sea in
 AdIntral HOWtSUn is SuepFiseu
 brillance.
 Very early in the morning, be- fore Dewey left his anchorage inside Sandy Hook Rear Admiral Howison, commander of the South Atlantic squadron aboard his flagship, the Chicago, which arrived out side last night travel-stained and weather beaten after her journey of 2l,0OO miles around South Africa, formed in past the Hook, expecting to join the North Atlantic squadron in receiving Dewey upon his ar- rival. As Howison rounded the Spit, there, right unde his eye, lay the Olympia. The surprise on the face of every man aboard the Chicago could be discerned without the aid of glasses. But surprise is not an emo- tion men in the navy indulge in long, and Dewey's flagship was no sooner recognized than preparations were made to give her the loudest, and most hearty welcome that could be given. The sides were paraded and seventeen roaring guns were loosened in honor of Dewey. The Chicago's jackfes cheered wildly as she steamed past. The Olympia responded with thirteen guns, and the two admirals, coming together from the two ends of the earth, waved a welcome to each other from the bridges of their re-
 
 to the upper bay and upon arriving there was sauted by the New York. Only the flagship of a squadron salutes upon the ap- pearance of a rear admiral The remainder of the fleet gave only a silent welcome to the voyagers.
 sa,npsan Outrdnked
 Long lines of crazy quilting, the universal language of the sea. fiuttered from the tlaa Admiral Sampsons flagship, and the Chi cago, and after good deal of wiS-waSSing from the bridges of both ships the Chicago dropped her anchor al the foot or the col umn close in under the lee of staten Island. Rear Admiral Simpsons blue flag came down as soon as the Chicago found her berth Rear, Admiral Howison is his se- nior and the main truck was hauled up the two-starred red pennant, which de- noted that he was outranked. u was eX- plained subsequently, that the Chicago did not go to the head of the column, the pos sition to which she was entitled, because the place had been reserved for the Olym- pia and to have gone there would have forced Dewey's flagship beyond the edge of the main ship channel.
 Rear Admiral Sampson's gig was imme- diately lowered and he went aboard the Chicago to pay his official respects to his senior. The captains of the other ships, the Indiana, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, Texas and Lancaster, followed suit, for naval etiquette is both prompt and exact ing.
 Greetings Of President Mckinley
 Meantime the beautiful white yacht Dol phin, with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen aboard, had hurried down to the Olympia The Dolphin flew a white flag containing four stars with fouled anchor in the field, the flag of the assistant sec retary, and MT. Allen, personally, was con-