Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-05
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The Committee From Washington Stat,
boards the Olympia.
New York, Sept. 3O.-New Yorl
was decked brilliantly today il
honor OF the gallant sailor who is wait
ing at her gate. Had an ocean Of colo
swept through the city, its ebbing tid'
could not have stained the streets NOR
brilliantly. Hundreds of miles of red
white and blue bunting cover the nobl,
facades of Broadway and Fifth avenue
and million flags futter over thu
town. Not even the churches hav,
escaped the universal decorations. The
doors and gothic windows of old Trim
ity, on lower Broadway, are gracefully
draped with the national colors, and il
ancient Trinity graveyard, the toni
of that gallant sailor, who, dying
issued the command not to give up the
ship, lies shrouded in the silken folds
OF the flag for which he died.
When the committee from Washing.
ton reached the Olympia, each mem-
Der of the committee was cordially
greeted by Admiral Dewey, but the
warmest hand clasp and heartiest greet.
ing was for the admiral's lifelong
friend, Senator Proctor, of Vermont.
The captain presented each of the Wis
itors to Captain Lamberton, and then
all went to the admiral's cabin, where
the committee completed the pro-
gramme of the Washington ceremony,
and the admiral expressed his entire
co =; q fo ~ ir,,, 1u;<1, tho tro zion Con-.
Rotary Pruden presented an invitation
to dinner with the president, and the
admiral accepted it.
Admiral George W. Baird, who
sailed with Farragut and Dewey in the
Gulf in 1861, unrolled package which
he had carefully guarded all the way
to the Olympia, and displaying faded
blue admiral's ensign, upon which
were stitched four white stars, said to
Admiral Dewey:
Admiral, wish to present to you
the first admiral's flag ever broken
out in the navy of this country. The
admiral whose name and memory we
all so revere first hoisted this ensign
upon the good ship Hartford, before
New Orleans. and afterwards upon the
Franklin, and since it came down
from that masthead it has never been
whipped by the wind or worn by the
elements. You, the worthy successor
of that great admiral whose tactics you
so successfully followed short while
ago, deem the proper person for Far.
ragut's mantle to fall upon"
This flag was made by Quartermaster
Knowles out Of blue number" flag,
when Farragut was first made rear.
admiral. Two white stars were sewed
on it. When Farragut was made all
two more white stars were
sewed on it. Farragut flew this flag
on the Hartford at New Orleans, and
afterwards in the Mediterranean. The
was deeply affected, and tears
where in his eyes as he gazed at the
1t was several moments be-
fore he recovered his voice. Finally
he said:
"l'll fly it. III fly it at masthead.
I'll fly it in the parade. IL fly it
always. And-and when | strike my
flag this shall be the flag
shall strike.''
This was the most impressive scene
that has occurred on the Olympia since
her arriavl in this port, and for some
time no one spoke. The silence was
not broken until he called his Chinese
steward and ordered case OF cham.
payne.
The Washingtonians remained on
board chatting with the admiral for
an hour. A portion of the committee
left for Washington at $3.50 o'clock.