The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-01

Atlantic squadron, eight battalions OF
them, were in line. The marines, with
their brass helmets, marched with
peculiar step, a combination of sea-
mans roll and landsman's tread. The
men of the Brooklyn got, perhaps, the
most applause. The provisional brigade
of the army lacked the confident easy
stride for which army veterans are
noted. This. perhaps, is accounted for
by the fact that most of the United
States army veterans are serving their
country on the other side of the water
and those now here were only recently
recruited. They were preceded by a-bat-
TALON Of the West Point cadets in their
snowy uniforms of grey with white
duck trousers, moving like one man;
eight hundred legs moving like clock
work, every cap and bayonet in perfect
alignment.
Gov. Roosevelt, riding spirited black
horse at the head of the New York col
umn, surrounded by brilliantly uni
formed officers, received a hearty and
continuous ovation from one end of the
line to the other. He was in civilian at
tire and wore silk hat, that is, when
he had it on, as he was waving it right
and left for more than half the time
he was in the saddle. He was escorted
by Troop A, whose plumes, rising and
falling with the moving of the horses.
beautified a block The artillery seemed
more real than the infantry or cavalry.
and the commander of the Seventh Light
artillery gave the people an exhibition
setting his battery III a gallop anG
charging down. the horses plunging and
cannon wheels rumbling like thunder.
The crowds gave a whirlwind of APP
plauee. The national guards of all the
states made brilliant showing and
were literally applauded
Before Madison square was reached
Admiral Dewey and the reviewing party
in carriages passed the front of the
stand and alighted opposite Twenty
sixth street and took their places in the
canopied boxes hung with laurel leaves
that had been reserved for them. 1t
was here that the admiral saw the arch
representing Victory" for the first
time. From the top in quadriga
drawn through rolling pillows by plung-
ing sea-horses, Victory, with out
stretched winds and a laurel wreath in
her hand typical Of the admirars vic
tory reared her beautiful head against
the blue sky. Upon the other side were
the figures Of John Paul Jones, Perry,
Decatur. FaRagut and other naval
heroes, while on the base of the piers
were magnificent groups symbolic of
Combat" 1.-THE return of the victors,"
1.-THE call to arms" and Peace" and
on the spandiles were groups represent
ing the North and East rivers and the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The arch faces south, so that the
admiral saw it first fHon the rear.
The original plan of the parade was to
move northward. But the sculptors
say the arch should face the sea, any
way The approaches, guarded by tall
coionnades, transformed the street at
the reviewing booth into court of
honor.
All about Madison square the decora-
lions charmed the eye. Flags on wires
ran from the tall tower Of the Madison
Square Garden as far as the eye could
see, and houses down the avenue were
brilliantly arrayed. The national
streamers flew from the cornices and
q thousand box kites fioated high in
the blue sky. Here for nearly 31s hours
the admiral reviewed the parade, while
only one distressing incident occurred
within his view.
A wire had been stretched across the
space between two Of the stands on the
park. The press of people broke it and
they surged out into the avenue, those
in front powerless to resist the pressure
from the rear. The police on foot could
not stem the tide, which promised to
impede the entire parade. Suddenly a
half hundred mounted policemen gall
Hoped into the crowd and showed the
people back. Men, women and children
We're caught in the crush and some
shrieked, others tainted and several
after the panic was over were carried
away in ambulances.
All things considered, the police ar
rangements were everywhere efficient.
There were few serious accidents To-
night the smoker given at the Waldorf
Astoria to the sailors of the Olympia
concluded New Yorks wonderful recep-
ton to Admiral Dewey and his men.
The first ceremony today was the
presentation at the city hall of a gold
loving cup to the admiral by Mayor
Van Wyck, or behalf OF the city of
New York. AT Z o'clock the police boat
Patrol, with, q special reception com
mittee on board, made up of st. Clair
McKelway. William McAdoo, Levi p.
Morton, Chauncey M. Depew, Richard
Croker and Warren NJ Foster, started
for the Olympia. The admiral boarded
the Patrol which went to the Battery.
where the citys guest was met by the
following committee: William Berrl.
Gen. Francis " Greene James Still.
man, John Calhoun, Edward Lauter
bach, ]. O. A. Ward. Charles H. Knox.
John H. Starin. Warner Van Norden.
Justice W. w. Goodrich, Justice
Charles H. Van Brunt and o. S. Cock
ney.
The admiral. accompanied by the re-
ception committees and escorted by
Squadron A and a detail of mounted
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