The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-29
MILES, MERRITT AND ROOSE-
WELT AMONG THE CALL
ERS YESTERDAY.
THE SAILORS RECEIVE THEIR MEDALS
Some Idea Given of What the Naval Parade of
To-Day viii be. The Magnificent Dis
play Of Fireworks Coming. A
Preliminary Flash Of
Electricity Makes
Scene of
Glory.


New York, Sept 2S.-iNew York IS
gorgeolrsly dccked today in honor of the
gallant sailor who is waiting at her gate.
Had an ocean of color swept through the
city its ebbing tide could not have Stain
ed the streets more brilliantly. Hundreds
of miles of red, white and blue bunting
cover the noble facades OF Broadway
and Fifth Avenue, and a million flags
fiutter over the town. Not even the
churches have escaped the universal de-
corations. The doors and Gothic win
are gracefully draped with the national
colors. and in ancient Trinity graveyard
the tomb of that gallant sailor, who,
dying, issued the command not to give
up the ship, lies slrolRled in the silk ~
folds of the flag for which he died.
A million visitors are here to partici
pate in the glorious celebration. Every
road is pouring in a steady stream until
the streets are crowded morning and
hight, the surface and elevated cars are
filled to oyerflowing and the hotel corri-
doris are jamnned with visitors. The gaily
appareled soldiers of many States, who
are to take part in the hand parade on
Saturday, began frooping in today and
there was no hour when uniformed men
We're not moving in some quarter of the
city to the sound of fife and drums end
horns.
Sailors and marines ashore from the
big fighting machines helped TO swell the
crowd trooping I'm an directions. Uni
formed members of the staffs of the ar
irving governors We're everywhere
The arrangements for the two days
celebrations are completed. The great
arch at Madison Square, modelled after
the triumphal arch of Titus and upon
which the most famous sculptors of AM
erica have layished their genius, is prac-
tically finished and stands q iperb trib-
ute to the nations hero. 1t is more
beautiful than the arch in Rome.
Today the fiotilla lay quietly at anchcs
off Tompkinsyille, a towering spectacle
of naval might and power to thA tens of
thousands who sailed down in rugs. in
yachts and in steamers to see the ships.
f.he crush to get aboard the Olympia
never albated for a minute, and as great
indulgence was shown by Admira' Dew
ey. n goodly portion of those who be-
sieged the gangways got aboard. At
times the ship was fairly overlTn. These
crowds and the official visits the Admir-,
al received scarcely gave him and his
officers time to breathe
The iaciies today got the medals
which Congress voted them, ami proudly
displayed them to the visitors until JEFF
fries. the pngilist, came aboard. Jack
loves a fighter. and while the biz slug
ger was aboard, the tars Were ob.sviolis
to all else.
Owing TO the stream Of official visi-
tors, the roar of salutes continued al-
most without interruption all day. Major
General Nelson A. Miles. at the head
of the Washington committee, Called ~
submit the program for the reception &c
the National capital.
AS the Washington cCmmittee
stenned aboard George w. Baird. who
sailed with Farragut and Dewey mn the
West Gulf Squadron in 1861, illd'olied y
package which he had carefully gnlalNiel
all the way to the Olympia. and display
ing a faded blue Admfra'Fs ensign upon
which were stitched four white stars,
he said to Admiral Dewey: 'Adnmrai'
wish to present to you the first AoShllr-
ais flag ever 'brokeD out i'm the navy OF
this country. 1he grand old Admifai
whose name and memory all so revere.
first hoisted this ensign upon the good
ship Hartford. before New Orleans, and
afterward upon the Franklin; and since
it came down from that masthead 1T has
never been whipped by the wind or worn
by the elements. You. the worthy sue
cessor of that great Admiral whose tac-
ties you so successfully followed a short
while ago, j deem the proper person for
Farragrlt's mantle TO fall upon.'
This flag was made by Quartermaster
Knowles ont OF n blue number flag
when Famagut was first made a Rear
Admiral. Two white stars were sewed
on It. When Fa1aagut was made az
ADMIRAL two more White stars Were sew