Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-02
FAIL TO 7HE CHIEF!
Tremendous HonorS Heaped
on Dewey.
A VAST LAND PARADE
Over Thirty Thousand March
ers In Line.
BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINY WEATHER.
The Admiral's Feelings Overcome
Him Several Times.
BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINY WEATHER.

Solid Phalanx of Cheering Multi
IT, des-Troops From Fifteen States
with Their Governors In the
Knuks-Roosevelt,S chIey and 9th.
ers Also Receive Enthusiastic APP
plnuse-Idol of the Day Reviews
Madison Square, Where the Grand
Arch Is Reared-Grent Array of Sen
Fighters - The Greatest Popular
| Demonstration of the Century Fol-
| a Living American Passes Of With
out Flaw.
New York, Oct. 2-The land parade
capped the climax of the great Dewey
celebration. The city, state and nation
united in one vast demonstration worthy
| Of the hero of Manila and of the princi'
| Piles for which he fought. The earth
| trembled beneath the tread of 10000
men, and the air was torn with shouts OF
millions. The naval parade of Friday
was a magnificent and superb spectacle,
! but the wonder of modern times was the
great land parade. Thousands of proud
men Of our land and sea forces, militia OF
Is states and the veterans of the civil
and Spanish-Amercan wars swelled the
procession and gave it the dignity in size
that 1t boosted in sentiment. Walls of
people miles long stretched down the line
of march on either side, a dense. impreg
nable mass. Fifth avenue. from Fifty
ninth street to the Washington arch at
Fourth street. where the parade was dis
banded. was so;dly packed with specta
tors, who overtowed into the buildings
windows and on to the roof lines. sat in
embrasures and crowded scaffoldings
Along Broadway where it crossed the av-
enuc the skyscrapers were rs crowded at
the top as at the bottom, and for blocks
down the intersecting streets tenants
hung from the windows and fire escapes
and multitndes Of them were on the
roofs, lying fiat on their stomachs peerine
down. For hours they waited patiently
and good naturally to see Dewey. and
when they saw him they waited on un
consciously for five hours while the pro.
cession passed. For down this living lane
the column marched while the sunit all
was gorgeous with its wealth Of ban.
ners and vibrating with shouts of wei.
come and admiration. the clatter of
horses hoofs when the cavalry sabers
flashed and plumes waved. the rumble of
artillery. the snarl of drums, the clear
drawn bugle call and the blare of mill
tary bands. Seventeen aerial bombs
from the top Of the Waldorf Astoria ho
tel hernlded the approach to the review
ing stand in Madison square.
OIympin's Tnrs Lead.
Several companies of mounted police
astride glossy. well trained horses, led
the procession. When the head of the
column appeared. the Jackies of the
Olympia marching rank on rank with an |
easy, rolling step and Sousa's blue coated !
band playing as only it can play. it was
a poor American whose heart did not
beat higher Those in the stands leaped ]
upon their seats, and everybody greeted
the advancing column with cheers. The
tars Of the Olympia were in plain blue,
with brown legGings and black cartridge
belts Loose flannel caps hapned over
their eyes, and their swords made a
picket Of steel over them. Those caps.
with the ribbons swapping jauntily over
their temples. and the blue steel sword
band impressed the people nightly. The
sailors were large boned and solemn with
faces bronzed and bodies that seemed
all muscles-the kind of men one would
like to have back of him in fight. The
commander was on foot with shining
sword blade resting on his right shoulder
walking in front of his men as army off.
GERS do. A squad of sailors dragging
rapid fire six FOUNDER brought up the
rear Of the Olympia's battalion. Then
came the hero, the admirals and the Off
GERS of the fleet in all the glory of ther
gold laced uniforms and gold trimmed
cooked hats. All were in open barouches,
and at their head was the man of the
hour Mayor Van Wyck sat beside Ad.
miral Dewey in the carriage. The front
seat was banked with beautiful floral
pieces. The people didn't have to give
second glance at the man whose features
have been blazoned everywhere for
weeks. He was recognized on the in
slant, and the cheers and hurrahs that
had greeted the Olympia's men seemed
tame compared with the shout they
raised 1t seemed fairly to lift the sky.
There is no conceivable kind of noise
they did not make. Everybody waved
and cheered. and most everybody iumped
up and down in frantic enthusiasm. Old
men were enthusiastic as boys and lust
about as noisy. Admiral Dewey during
his last few days. experience has become
'oAie
greetings. and he took it all calmly. smil-
Ing and bowing right and left and occa-
sionally lifting his gold trimmed beaver g
as he rode along. The gallant captains d
Of the ships engaged in the destruction v
Of Montojo's fleet, except poor Gridley, v
who died month after the battle, fol- d
lowed and also got rousing welcome. t.
The three rear admirals, Howison, Samp-
son and Philip, as they rode by with their $
brilliant STATS, were easily recognized f
and got scattering applause, as did many \
If the popular officers of the north At. h
antic squadron.
Cheers For Schley. n
The governors of the several states. \
who rode in carriages, though many of W
hem were popular and would have re- Il
:eived big demonstrations at any other Il
lime, passed almost unnoticed. The %
crowds would have none Of them. They A
earned only for the brass buttons and n
old lace Of military and naval heroes n
nd would have nothing else. Both Ma ,,
Dr. General Miles and Major General &,
lerlitt got ovations. The former wore
and Of yellow across his breast and n
aemed always to have his cap off ac- h
nowledging the salutations of the throng. II
ut it was Rear Admiral Schlcy who d. \
lded the hOnors with the central figure N
the day. He received demonstration n,
econd only to that of Admiral Dewey. RI
he people along the line of march fairly
use at him, straining their already LAGER te
ted throats to the breaking point ''IIur- o,
IN for the hero Of Santiago" ''ThHle i;
lie man that smashed Cerveras heet!'
Hip, hip, hurrah for Schley." and kin n,