New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-01

ovnr tho Admiral was escorted by the Mayor, the
Reception Committee and the guests OF the city
10 the Warren-st pier. and there they all went
ON board the Sandy Hook and started up the
liver toward Grants tomb They had break
fast which they needed by that time on the
wav and after the boat reached one hundred
and-twenty- ninth-st. there was not much delay
IN getting the procession started.
NEVER SUCH CROWDS IN NETWORK.
rbere never we're such crowds Of people in New
York. That sounds like a commonplace thing
~ say. II - always said But this time II was
true. People crowded into every inch Of space
around Madison Square and around the other
places that were supposed to be Of special ad-
vantage Nobody in the crowd kept his natural
shape. Everybody was TANNED into hexag-
o1al share which Is the one that compressiole
bodies assume when they are pushed together
by an Irresistible pressure The police. as usual
went to work at the wrong end Instead Of pull
inC people of the back OF crowd that seemed
too close. they pushed IN front and made It
worse and II there ribs broken In the
middle OF some Of the masses It shows that the
ribs Of American citizens arc made OF as sound
stun as the ribs Of their ships.
Down through these swarms marched the pro-
ccssion. A body Of mounted police at the
head. and then came the carriage carrying the
Admiral and the Mayor When they arrived at
Seventy -second-st- the school children were on
time. and were ready to sins for the Admiral.
F.,N. eratd W
they sang The Admiral seemed much moved.
and threw kisses u the children. and they
knowing that they ought not to accept such
things. even from an admiral. till they had been
introduced had the presence Of mind to throw
them back though they had TO stop the per-
formance Of their duty. which was singing to do
1t. But nobody knows better than the Admiral
that duty sometimes has 70 he tempered with
discretion Then. when the procession reached
the Waldorf-Astoria another little halt was
made TO allow the Admiral to exchange saluta-
,ions with the members Of his family, who sat
on a stand there.
AT THE ARCH OF TRIUMPH
The line moved again, till it came through
the cheering crowds TO the arch or triumph
which had cleaned like a beacon since irsl inc
line came over Murray Hill. And there IN the
very heart OF all the reJOlNlHSS u '''O N''' '
n spot Of comparative quiet. 1t was as II
everybody within the compass OF the ap-
nroaches 10 the arch in the two directions, was
IN a spot apart from all the rest Of the world.
There was the space shut in by marble terraces
with the crowds Of spectators ranged above the
white walls. with the tall columns lifting their
classic CAPITALS at intervals. and them In the
midst Of ALL the great arch. bright as new mar
HE dominating the scene. Here the Admiral
and all in the carriages which had followed nm
took their places on the reviewing stand, and
there for almost four hours they saw the march
ing men. who were greeted by the crowds with
silence. or with little or with much cheering
according as they knew them and knew what
they had done or what they stood ready 70 do.
After II all Squadron A was ready again 10
be an escort for the Admiral and he rode 70 the
house which has been appointed for his home
for the few days Of his stay in New-York There
II T.. permitted to him he will rest to-day and
tomorrow the committee which has been sent
from Washington will axe him home with them
for more receptions and for more Of the greet
ings Of his country which he must receive In
this lavish shower before he can be permitted
again 20 appear among his fellow citizens as
simply one Of them.