Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-10-06
OVATION TO DEWEY.
Millions Pay Tribute to the
Victorious Admiral.
THIRTY THOUSAND PASS IN REVIEW
New York's Welcome n Grand Sue
cess From start to Finish. and
Nothing Occurred to Mar
Its Magnifcencc.

uiuuN was IL DoSSlDlp more imposing InuD
the grand naval parade of the previous
day.
There was nothing to mar the success
of the demonstration, and everything
seemed to move like some perfect piece
of mechanism.
Under the skillful management of Ma
jor General Charles F. Roe the parade
had been formed in the streets adjacent
to Riverside park, and it came together
with exact precision. actually passing
between two solid walls of humanity ar
rayed along the line of the parade from
One Hundred and Twenty street
to the arch. The crowds of spectators
on the excursion boats and along both
shores of the Hudson on Friday had as
tonshed all who saw them. The assem-
blage of spectators Saturday, masscd not
10y the thousands, but by the hundreds Oh
thousands, was even more amazing. The
beautiful weather had made happy the
spectators who had erected private
stands.
The number of spectators who saw
Dewey certainly reached into the mil
lions. The admiral's progress from the
tomb of Grant to the reviewing stand
was literally one of glorious triumph. He
rode at the head of the procession with
the mayor, Immediately following Major
General Roe and his staff. The cheers
with which he was greeted i1ade him ride
bareheaded most of the way. He was
visibly affected. Now and then his lips
twitched convulsively, and occasionally
he wiped his eyes.
Behind Dewey in carriages came his
fighting captains of May /, 1898, and
then his staff. After them came Admiral
Sampson and his staff the captains of
the north Atlantic squadron. Then Keal
Admiral I1owison and his staff, followed
by Rear Admiral Philip and his staff
and then a general collection of guests
among whom were Major General Miles
and Rear Admiral Schley.
To Admiral Sampson, who looked i'll
and careworn, warm reception was Civ
en-, but the ovation rendered to Rear Ad.
mral Schley was continuous. warm and
hearty. Schley, like all the other guests.
was arrayed in full dress uniform, and
he presented a gallant and dashing figure
There were, however. other heroes in
the line for whom there were evidences
that they occupy II warm place in the
hearts of the multitude. General Miles
was greeted with considerable enthusi-
asm, but Governor Roosevelt dressed in
a spirited black horse, commanding in
person the $1,000 national guardsmen of
the state had rousing reception.
There were 30.902 men in line. The
parade started at 10 minutes past II
o'clock, and the last company reached
the Washington arch at five minutes to
6. 1t required 3 hours and 30 minutes to
pass a given point.
Admiral Dewey, at the reviewing stand
at Madison square, reviewed the parade
as though it were simply the passing of
so many troops i'll whom he was interest
ed. There was nothing in his manner
which indicated that he felt there was
any special demonstration on his account.
AS he left the stand after remaining ON
his feet for nearly four hours his chief
concern was for the people who had as
se1nblcd to see the great pageant. He
wondered if anybody were hurt, and in
cdentally he said he had seen magnifi-
cent spectacle.
No hero was ever more lacking in self
consciousness than the man who ycstcr-
day received the salute of thousands of
marching men and listened to the tumul-
tuouS applause of the multitude. He
would stop for moment as troops
marched by to look thoughtfully at Il
bunch of orchids or n laurel wreath which
had been presented to him. While troops
were marching past he stopped to take
little boy on his knee to ask him his
name and how he liked the parade.
Admiral Dewey spent the day yester-
day very quietly. Besides receiving COM
mittccS from Philadelphia and Chicago,
he saw few callers lie was UP mt :
O'Clock in the morning and had coffee and
eggs. This is ships custom, and il us.
tonishcd the servants who were assigned
to wait IN him.
This light repast was served in his
ROOM and for the next three hours the
admiral was alone with his letters. pa
pcrs and official documents. At 5 o'clock
Lieutenant Brumby and Lieutenant Cald-
we'll came in, and the little party had
breakfast together. After breakfast the
admiral walked up and down the apart-
mcnt and saw some of the members Of
his family. During the forenoon he re-
ccivcd committee from Chicago. headed
10y Mayor Harrison. and one from Phia-
dclphia, led by Mayor Ashbrdgc. each
with cngrosscd invitations to visit these
cities. To each the admiral gave IL condi-
tional promise.
Shortly after II o'clock the admiral. in
company with Mayor Van Wyck. slipped
out of the Thrty-thrd street private en-
trance ana went for a drive up through
Central park and Riverside drive. They
went in a closed carriage and attracted
very little attention. They were back
before o'clock, and then the admiral
had luncheon. After that he took ii nap.
Ile has fallen into the habit of taking an
afternoon nap regularly ever since the
trying situations in the Philippines kept
him up at night
Although Admiral Dewey was ashore
yesterday and the big celebration in his
honor was a matter of history, his flag
ship, the Olympia, was just as much
center of interest as she has been ever
since her arrival here. The fair weather
drew thOusants of sightseers to River
side driye, and that part of it which is
oppcsit the anchored squadron was alive
with people all day. Any and all visitors
were allowed aboard the flagship from IL
o'clock in the morning until 4 O'Clock in