Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-30
NAVAL PARADE
In Honor of Admiral Dewey
and His Gallant Men
Surpasses Anything Ever Before Seen
Around New York City.
Hundreds Of thousands Of People Chez,
Hero Of Manila Bay.

New York, Sept. 29.-NO Roman con
querer returned to his triumph of bar
barrie splendor, no victorious king or
prince coming home from a successful
war ever received such a magnificent
ovation as overwhelmed Admra
Dewey, today, as he stood on the
bridge of the Olympia at the head OF
a magnificent fleet of steel thunderers
of the deep, followed by a thousand
vessels of peace, each TERED and cOaled
black with people and sailed over the
bright waters Of the upper bay and up
the broad pathway Of the sunlighted
river. whose banks We're gay with mil
lions Of flags and steamers dancing
in the wind. The sky was blue, the
water rippled under the fresh wind
that held out flags straight and jaun-
ty, ana the wharves and piers and
rocky height and grassy knobs We're
black with frantic. enthusiastic people,
vino strove weakly to make their
shouts heard above the perfect bedlam
Of footing whistles that accompanied
the admiral ashore and atloat At the
stately mausOleum Of Gen. Grant. on
Riverside drive, the fleet paid its tri-
butte To the memory Of the great war
riur with national salute Of y guns
The fleet then anchored and reviewed
The almost endless procession Of craft
that steamed past All ~ burdened with
humanity that it looked as If they
would turn turtle before they got back
to their piers. Toward the end the pa
rale became disorEanized ana ii tool.
hours for the heterogeneous notilla to
tr..g hi MI II. Hr4r1r#
lief 70 the tired admiral, who had stood
On the bridge for Six hours. bowling his
acknowledgements Of stentorian ex-
precision of homage.
New York has never witnessed be
fore anything approaching this Won
dcrful, remarkable demonstration.
The columbian naval parade. the dedi-
cation Of Grants tomb and the rccep-
tion ~ the North Atlantic squadron
last fail. all pale before this gigantic
ovation to the sailor who. in Il single
morning. destroyed an encmys fleet
without the loss of a man on a ship.
1t IL not beyond the mark to say that
3. 900, 600 people viewed the pageant
from the shore and that 250, 000 were
alloat When New York turned out to
the celebration, this morning. a light
haze hung over the harbor. but this
was soon burned up by the bright sun
which hathed the sea and city in its
brilliant radiance. The wind was strong
ana gusty and kept the flags swapping.
The water rippled under the fresh
breeze.
People who went down the bay We're
lost in admiration of the display of
bunting along the water front on the
East river from the bridge to the bat
terry, where the sailing craft lay in
groves. the Spars were covered with |
such a mass of color and might be
to a maple grown hillside in
autumn. The tail spars Of the clippers |
we're CONSPICUOUS for their ensignS and !
signals. Every craft in the harbor was |
locked out from stem 10 stern with all |
ne grace and attractiVcncss known TO |
But the display in the East |
liver was not to be compared with that |
If the North river, up which the pro-
.ession was to pass. From the peaks |
If every pier long ropes strung with |
laSs of every hue were stretched to the |
'nubbing post at the corner. the fronts |
Ncrc decorated with q multitude Of gay |
devices and there We're flags on the |
'taffs and lines of flags above the |
'opes. The vessels at their sides We're |
dressed from stem to taffrail and some |
,arried flags on their yards and had |
heir deckhouses covered. The wind |
shook the banners displayed from |
thousands Of windows. porticos ana |
Ven steeples and flags We're waving far |
IF on the Jersey shore and high on the |
palisades.
The best place from which to view |
he great marine panorama was I'M
loubtedly from the deck of the Olym- |
Da and by the courtesy of Admiral |
Dewey an Associated Press representa-
i've was permitted aboard. Very early |
he fleet of steamships. steamboats,, |
,achts and tugs which We're to have a |
place in the line, began moving down !
he bay to the allotted points where the |
several divisions We're to form. but |
many of them could not resist the
enlptation to first visit the anchorage |
If the men-of-war off Tompkinsville
ma before IL o'clock the Olympia was |
by q perfect mob of every
,nown kind of craft, all swarming with
people. circling around. or pushing their
loses close up under the ship, so that
hose aboard could get a glimpse of the
.dmiral pacing the quarter deck. The
lands aboard the excursion boats play
a and the whistles and sirens of the
,ther craft made the air hideous with
heir Shrieks. They kept coming, in
,airs and half dozens. until they lay
loZen deep, resisting the charges of
he patrol boats in their determination
o get up within shouting distance.
heir recklessness was amazing. They
an across each others bows, they rub
'ed against one another. they pushed
low on stern. until further movement
eemed paralyzed by the ineXtricablc
onfusion. 1t was with great difficulty
hat the police boats could clear pass
ge for the admirals launch when he
-ent off to return the official visit Of
he mayor at noon and when he did
tep into his launch the patriotic skip
ers afioat grabbed their whistle cords !
nd made the hills echo. And that was
imply the prelude to what reigned
the day, an almost continu-
us roar of steam whistles.
Meantime the vessels to take part in the /
arade We're massing over near the Long
slana shore, until that side of the hac- ,