The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-30
DEWEY'S
BIG DAY
Victorious Admiral Leads New
YOrk's Monster Naval Parade.
THREE MILLION SPECTATORS
View the Great Pageant From tha Shores
Of the harbor.
THREE MILLION SPECTATORS
QUARTER OF A MILLION AFLOAT.

! OF the narbof.
QUARTER OF A MILLION AFLOAT.
Story Of the Great Pageant as Viewed From
the Deck Of the Flagship 0lympia-Th.
Olynpia's 0flcsrs, by Orders Of the Ad.
miral, Appeared in Modest Uniform
The Admiral hinsslf Directed the Move.
msnts Of the Flset-His Rebuke to an
Officer Of the Olympia.
New York, Sept. 30.-No Roman
conquerer returned to his triumph Of
barbaric splsndor, no victorious king
or prince coming home from q sue
cessful war ever received such mag
nificsnt ovation as overwhelmed Adj
miral Dewey yesterday a. he stood on
the bridge Of the Olympia at the head
of a magnificent feet Of steel thunder
ers Of the deep, followed by thousand
vessels of peace, each TERED and coat
ed black with people, and sailed over
the bright waters of the upper bay
and up the broad pathway of the sunlit
river, whose banks were gay with mill
ions of flags and streamers dancing in
the wind.
The sky was blue, the water rippled
under the fresh wind that held out
flags straight and jaunty, and the
wharves and piers and rocky heights
and grassy knobs were black with
frantic, enthusiastic people, who striv-
ed weakly to make their shouts heard
above the perfect bedlam of footing
whistles that accompanied the admiral
ashore and a1Oat. As the tomb Of
General Grant, on Riverside drive, was
reached the fleet paid its tribute to the
memory of the great warrior with a
national salute Of 81 roaring guns.
The fleet then anchored and reviewed
the almost endless procession of craft
that steamed past, all so burdened
with humanity that they looked as II
they would turn turtle before they got
back to the piers. Toward the end
the parade became disorganized, and
1t took hours for the heterogeneous
flotilla to get by. Darkness at last
brought relief to the tired admiral,
who had stood on the bridge for six
hours, bowling his Acknowledgements
New York's Greatest Demonstration.
New York has never witnessed be-
fore anything approaching this Won
derful, remarkable demonstration. The
Columbian naval parade, the dedica-
ton of Grants tomb and the reception
of the North Atlantic squadron last
fall, all pale before this gigantic ova-
ton to the sailor who, in single
morning, destroyed an enemy's feet
without the loss of man or ship.
1t is not beyond the mark to say that
100000 people viewed the pageant
million were ahoat.
When New York turned out to the
celebration in the morning a light
haze hung over the harbor, but this
was soon burned up by bright sun.
The wind was strong and gusty and
kept the flags swapping. The water
rippled under the fresh breeze, and the
dancing little waves seemed to raise
their crusty heads in anticipation of
sight of the conQuerer.
People who went down the bay were
lost in admiration of the display of
bunting along the water front. On the
East river. from the bridge to the
Battery, where the sailing craft lie in
groves, the spars were covered with
such mass Of color as might be COM
pared to maple grown hillside in
the deep autumn. The tall spars of
the clippers were conspicuous for their
ensigns and signals. Every craft in
the harbor was decked out from stem
to stern with all the grace and at
Effectiveness known to shippers But
the display In the East river was not
to be compared with that of the North
river. up which the procession was to
pass. From the peaks of every pier
long ropes strung with flags of every
hue were stretched to the snubbing
post at the corner, and the fronts
were decorated with the multitude of
gay devices. There were flags on the
staffs and lines of flags above the
ropes. The vessels at their sides were
dressed from stem to taffrail and some
carried flags on their yards and had
their Lighthouses covered. The wind
shook the banners from millions of
windows, porticos and even steeples,
and never perhaps in this generation
did hearts that love it bound SO quick
ly to the sight of the flag. Up the
river, far off on the Jersey shore and
high on the misty palisades, itgleamed.
Viewed From the Olympia's Deck.
The hest nlace from which tn view
the great marine nanorama wa. not.
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