The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-08
NEW YORK'SDEVEY FBTBS
The Great Reception Arranged to'
the Hero Of Manila.
COUNTRY JOINS IN CELEBRATION

Admiral Dewey VIII Reach Ne" h"N
September as-Resr-Admiral sainpso"
IN Receive Him in the Name OF the
National ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %
the Three Days Celebration
New YoRx CRY (Spec!aD.-From every
side come indications that the reception
which the city Of New York has planned TO
give to Admiral Dewey on Thursday' sep
TENDER %. Friday, September 20, and sa'ut-
day, September 80, will be az unqualihea sue
cess. Every day assurances are made tnat'
not only the people in this city, but oil over
the country, have caught the spirit Oh 'ne
affair. The programme for the three oayS
celebration is "a follows:
Thursday, September 2s.-Admlral Dewey
will arrive on the Olympia some time our
ing the day, probably in the afternoon
The North Atlantic squadron under henI-
Admiral Sampson on the hagshlp Ne" TN Tha
OLYMPIA will anchor at the he I'd OF tue nue.
in a place specially reserved tor neE'
Rear-Admiral Sampson Will pay ms re-
spects to the Admiral and welcome noHe
Admiral Dewey In the name OF the Na-
tional Government, and then Mayor van
w tCh anu uturTh bIttFlt AttNf
OF the Executive Committee in charge o.
the celebration, will be taken on the othciai
steamboat Sandy Hook to the olympia,
where they will pay their respects u the
Admiral and welcome him in the name oi
the city. At $50 p. IN. red fire VIII %
burned along he coast as far as SeaOrlsh',
on the New Jersey shore, and as tar as
Far Rockawsy, on the Long Island shore.
Friday. September 29.-Naval parade,
starting off Tompkinsville at noon and
passing up the North River to Grant
Tomb, where the Olympia will anchor, tine
other vessels in line passing around her IN
review by the Admiral Fifteen warsnlps
and about two hundred and fifty other
vessels will be In line. At Z p. N. the might
pageant will begin. Flotillas of flreboats
will pass down the North and East. Rivers,
reaching the Battery, and meeting there
at $50 p. M. The combined iotiilas VIII
give a magnificent exhibition OF fireworks
of the Battery, lasting t~hree-quarters OF
an hour. While the river pageant is in
progress there will be displays OF fireworks,
including many elaborate set pieces, at live
points In Manhattan and the Bronx, two
In Brooklyn, one in Queens and one in
Richmond B~oroughs.
Saturday, September Differentiation
at 8 a. M. of the loving cup to Admiral
Dewey In front of the City Hall. On a near
by stand two thousand school children will
sing national anthems during the presen-
tation ceremonies. At 10 O'Clock the Adj
miral, escorted by the Mayor and followed
by $50 guests, will ride in carriages under
military escort to Claremont, where break
fast will be served on the lawn at i1,S0 q. N.
At / p. m. the military parade will start
from Grants Tomb, the Admiral riding In
q carriage at the head with the Mayor, and
followed by the guests at the breakfast.
The party will alight at Madison Square,
where the Admiral will review the process
sion from the stand erected at that point.
It will be z p. IN. before the last OF the
parade passes. At 8 p. m. the smoker to
the Olympia's crew will take place In the
Waldorf-Astoria. On both Fridry and
Saturday nights the Brooklyn Bridge will
be magnifcently Illuminated, also the arch
in Madison Square, the Borough Hall In
Brooklyn and the triumphal pillars on
Montague Terrace, Brooklyn.
The route If the lane parade is as fol-
lows: From 1872 street down Riverside Drive,
to S~eyenty-second street, to Central Park
West eighth ~avenue), to Fifty-uinth street
TO Fifth avenue, to Twenty-third street, to
Broadway, to Union square, to Fourteenth
street, to University place, to Washington
square on the south side OF which the pa
rade will dlsband.
The aerial displays will consist OF thirty
and sixty-inch shells and eight-pound and
kwelve-pound rockets, with the usual ac-
compartments OF falls OF different colored
stars and fires. 1t has been decided to set
of three or four hundred bombs and shells,
ranging in size from sixty to thirty-inch.
The set pieces will include portraits OF
Dewey, the President and pictures OF the
Olympia and the Dewey arch. There will
be other appropriate designs slgnifying
war, peace, victory, etc.
Major. General Roe, Chairman OF the
Committee on the Land Parade, expects at
least 60oo troops from outside Stntes, DIS
trlbuted as follows: Five companies from
Washington, D. c.; eight companies from
Texas, eight comp mics from Jacksonville,
Fla. two pattalIons from Georgia one whole
brigade from Rhode Island. a body OF
seventy-fve men from South Carolina, q
battalion from st. Louis. a company OF the
Mississippi Rides, $50 men from the Ninth
Pennsylvania, two other regiments from
Pennsylvania, making in all 2 90 men from
the State; a brigade OF from 800 to 1000
men from New Hampshire, and a represen-
tation from Connecticut. There also will
be delegations representing the G. A. R.,
Confederate organizations and volunteers
Of the war with Spain.