The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-24
How America VIII Receive the
Hero Of Manila Bay-The
" Olynapia;s Reception
at New York,

! the two wide lines Of the awaiting
squadron. The steamers and tugs Of
the harbor Will join in the general jul
! bilation, and when the Olympia has
run the gantlet of SIMPSONS ships she
will anchor at the head of the line and
then the official and formal welcoming
of Dewey will take place. This will be
performed by Rear Admiral Sampson,
who will go aboard the Olympia and ex-
tend to the returning admiral the good
wishes of the navy and the government.
After these formalities have been per-
formed the great naval parade will take
place. In this parade the Olympia,
with the entire North Atlantic squad
ron as escort, will steam slowly up from
Tompkinsville to the North river, where
the whole fleet will proceed as far up
the water front as Grants tomb. The
concentrated position of so many vast
fighting machines and their numerous
evolutions as they file up the Hudson
will make a very beautiful sight. 1t
has been decided that il will be Just
before reaching Grants tomb that the
Olympia will fire the customary salute,
after which she will come to anchor
to the sound of booming guns and the
bare of brass bands.
All this time the only sight the thou
sands of watching people will get of the
hero Of Manila Bay will be a very dis
| tant one, as the admiral is not to land
before Saturday morning, the day OF
| the great land parade. When this gil
gantic parade takes place, Dewey and
his men will begin to realize just what
| Uncle Sam thinks of his sailor boys
| The sights that will meet the eyes of
those sailor boys will be wonderful in
deed. 1t has been estimated that no
| less than 100000 has been expended
| in different ways on the Dewey wei
come. The Washington centennial in
lauguration celebration of the last dec
ade has hitherto been regarded as the
ne plus ultra of all such things in this
! hemisphere. At this centennial there
was expended in round numbers 81
600, 900. The preparations which have
| just been taking place in New York
city, however, have quite overshadowed
| those of the Washington celebration
and every decorating establishment in
Manhattan has been working overtime
trying to fill orders.
The extraordinary feature of the
Dewey reception is that the decoration
of civic buildings, private houses, no.
tells, shops, and even churches, will be
on plan more elaborate than ever be-
| fore. 1t has been customary on such
occasions to decorate only those houses
and buildings which happen to be on
the direct line of the parade, but this
time no such limitations will be observ-
ed. New York will have on a gala dress
unknown before in the history of any
city. The one special feature of this
! gala dress will be the Dewey arch.
which is now nearing completion on
Madison square, just where Fifth ave-
nue., Broadway and Twenty-fourth street
Iintersect. This arch is said to resemble
somewhat the famous Titus arch of
! Rome. 1t will be, however, a more
! transient affair than its Roman proto-
type, for no ''immemorial marble has
been used in its construction. This tri-
umphal arch is made Of white stucco
and is handsomely ornamented with
figures of appropriate design.
These figures represent the ascend
ancy of the United States as mari
time nation, symbolized by four groups.
bold in design and poetic in conception.
one group represents Patriotism. or.
the call TO arms. The second group
typifies War, or. the fight with the
enemy. The third group stands for the
Return, which, of course. means the
homecoming of the victorious fighter
while the fourth and last group VIII
show the dawn of Peace. the returned
volunteers again taking up the peaceful
occupations of their home life. Ex-
tending on either side of the arch there
is a double line of ornate columns, con-
sututing fit approach to the one CEN
trail piece. The different groups on this
central arch are treated in an aIlegor-
zeal way, but have in the foreground
certain realistic groups. These will
contain such portrait figures as Farra-
gut Decatur, Paul Jones, Perry. Foote,
Hull, Gushing, Porter and Macdonald.
Resides these there will be medallions
of other naval heroes who could not be
included in such heroic groupings, each
figure being l. feet IN height More
than two dozen Of the most efficient
artists of New York have been at work
upon this arch for some time, and.
while its nominal cost is reckoned at
$2S.500. its actual value is many times
, that modest figure. On il the four
r spandrels over the main archway viii
be taken up with figures typifying the
, Atlantic and the Pacific on the one
{ hand and the North and the East rivers
5 on the other The argument OF such
, an arrangement is, Of course. the i'm
? portant maritime position Of New York
? as the doorway Of the new world. In
, addition TO this the arch itself Will be