The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-10-06
HOW SCHLEY WAS HON
ORED.
His Greeting in New York
Second to That Given
Dewey.

lnClucUGS Ill GHo popuiul "e"io"
stration in honor of Rear Admi.
raj Schley during the Dewey Gel
ebratiOn.
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley, who was in acting, though
not technical, command of the
| American feet at the time OF the
destruction of Cervera's squad
ron, shared honors with Admiral
George Dewey yesterday. From
the moment the parade started at
Grants monument until the es-
cort committee was seated in the
reviewing stand an ovation, spon-
taneous, tumultuous, unprece
dented was given to the man
whose flagship, the Brooklyn,
saw the death of every Spanish
ship at Santiago.
1t might safely be said that the
reception rendered to Admiral
Schley eclipsed, at many points
of the parade, the demonstration
in honor of Admiral Dewey.
Certainly the Sampson celebra-
ton was nothing compared to it.
The applause for the hero of Ma
Mia Bay was a set function on
the program, but when Schley APP,
peared the reviewing stands were
stormswept with the widest
frenzy Of acclaim.
Through it all the Rear Admi.
raj sat uncovered-his cooked hat
in his hand and his semibald pate
bobhing back and forth as fast as
the yells came. Schley was the
last uniformed officer in the car
riage escort of Dewey. Sampson
was far ahead. He sat statue
like. Applause came to him
also, but Rear Admiral Sampson
was as irresponsible as the tiger
perched on the rear seat.
The climax of Schley's tri-
umphal trip came when the arch
was reached on Fifth avenue.
Above this the walls and pyra.
mids of screaming humanity had
set a pace on hero wosship which
only the tribute to Dewey could
equal. When Schley came to
Madison Square and passed the
arch, a sudden mania seemed to
seize the %, 600 assembled there.
Those on the stands rose to their
feet. The tlutter of 10000 flags
came, all focused at the man who
gave Cervera his doom. From
the roof of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel rare roses were hurled at
the carriage, and the pathway of
the horses was flecked with
flowers. No laurel -crownen Ro-
man Emperor ever received more
abundant jubilations from his
people.
The miscellaneous groups about
the tomb of Grant, from which
the start was made, cheered Ad-
miral Schley. The noise increas-
ed in intensity as the mass of
stands was reached.
AT the foot of One Hundred
and Ninth street the procession
came to a standstill for a moment.
A small silk American flag was
blown beneath the feet of the
horses carrying the Schley car.
riage. The Admiral saw young
woman reaching for it. With
out waiting to nnfasten the car
riage door he leaped to the
ground and rescued the flag.
handing it back to the young
woman.
"Will you keep it-a present
from me, Admiral" she said, with
sparkling eyes.
"Honored," answered Admiral
Schley, bowling low.
Near Columbia College was col
locted great gang of students.
They made the air wild with wells
and songs. AS Schley hove in
sight they sang:
Who sank the Spaniards?
Schlsy did-Schley did.
Who sank Cervera?
Admiral S-c-h-l-e-y!
Not far from this point the oc.
cupants of big stand began to
lombard the Admiral with con.
fetti. He was almost buried in a
shower of red, white and blue
waters.
When Admiral Schley came ur
to the schOolchildren's stand.
they stopped suddenly in theil
song and began to cheer.
AT the Columbia monument,
Park Circle and Fifty.nintl
street, Rear, Admiral Schley,s
greeting was almost as thunderous
as that given to Admiral Dewey,
People in the municipal stands
| along Fifty ninth St,oot 49,. E