The Portland daily press., 1899-10-02

annoticsd. The crowds today yearned
only for the brass buttons and gold lace
Of the army and navy heroes. Both Ma
jar General Miles and Merritt get ova-
tioRs. The former wore band Of yellow
across his breast and seemed always 20
have his cap OF, acknowledging the salu-
tntions Of the throngs.
OVATION FOR sCuLEY.
But It was Rear Admiral Soaley who
divided the honors with the central figure
Of the day. He reosivsd demonstration
second onl5 70 that Of Admiral Dewey.
Ihe people along the line of lnarsh fairly
rose at him, shouting enthusiastically
"Hurrah for ths hsro OF Santiago;'s,
"There Is the man that smashed Cerye-
ra's fleet, "Hip, hip, hip. husrah for
Schley," and similar cries came from all
parts Of the line. In upper Fifth avenue
some euthusiastic lady threw him hand
full of roses. They lanaed fairly In the
carriage. The Admiral leaned forward,
picked them up and lifted them to his
lips. instantly all the indies in the bal
ccny seemed possessed with the desire to
have their ioasrs similarly honorsd and
be WAS fairly bomharded. Many of ths
flowers fell Into the strset onls to be
caught By eager spectators and carried to
the carriage. Before he got to Madison
square, Rear Admiral Schlpy was up to
his arms in beautiful nowers
The marines and sailors OF the North
Atlantic squadron, eight battalions of
them, attracted much attention The
marines with their brass helmets,
marched with peculiar stsp, combina-
tion of seaman roll and landsman tread.
The men OF the brooklyn got parhaps the
most applause. The provisional brigade
Of the army lacked the confident easy
stride for which army veterans are noted. 4
This perhaps is accounted for by the fact
that most of the United States army vet
Grams are serving their country on the
other slide of the world and those now
hers were only recently recruited. They
were preceded by battalion Of the West
Point cadets in their snowy uniforms of
grey with white duok trousers, moving
like one man. 500 legs moving like clook.
work, every cap and bayonet in pen feet
alignment.
CHEERS FOR ROOSEVELT.
Governor RooseveIs, riding spirited
black horse st the head of the national
guard of the stats Of New York and sur
rounded by brilliantly uniformed officers.
received hearty and continuous ovation
from one end of the line to the other. He
was in civilian attire and wore silk hat,
that is, wnen lie had 1t on, rs 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 plnmes
rising and falling with the moving of the
horses beautitiei block.
The artillery seems more real than the
infantry, or cavalry, and the commander
OF the 7th llRht artillery gave the people
an exhibition. setting his battery at gal
lop and charging down, the horses plung-
ing aud cannon wheels rumbling like
thunder. The crswd gave a whirlwind of
applause. The national guards of all the
states made brilliant showing and were
literally applauded.
Before Madison square was reached Ad-
miral Dewey and the reviewing party In
carriages pas sed the front of the process
sion and alightsd at the reviewing stand
opposite 2dth street. and took their places
in the canopisd boxes hung with laurel
wreaths that had been reserved for them.
There for the first time the Admiral saw
the great arch of victory erected in his
honor. 1t was modelled after Titus's
arch in the Roman forum. From the top
In quadrigA drawn through rolling bill
lows by plunging ssn-horses, Victory.
With outstretched wings and laurel
wreath in her hand ty pioal of the reward
to the vi ctor. reared her beautiful out
were the heroic figures OF John Paul
Jones, Hull, Perry, Decatur, Farragut
and other naval heroes, while on the faces
of the piers were magnificent groups SYM
bolic of Combat" 'The return OF the
victors,' 'sThe call TO nrms," and
peace" and ON the spsndrils were
groups representing the North and East
rivers and 1.-THE Atlantic and Pacific
oceans.
AS DEWEY SAW IT.
1uo ttcH thCes Ooutn 30 tnhb tno Aulni-
raj saw it from the rear. The approached
guarded by tall colonnades transformed
the street at the reviewing booth into a
court OF honor. All about Madison square
the decorations charmed the eye Flags
on wires ran from the tall tower of the
Madison garden, all the facades as far
as the eye could see up and down tina
avenue We're brilliantly arrayed with
bunting and flags. The national stream
ers few from the cornices and thou.
sand box kites fioated high In the blue
sky. Here for nearly three and half
hours the Admiral reviewed the parade.
The soft September sun rested on his
silver hair with a sort of bensdiction and
seemed to smile with pleasure at the
thought that he was recsiving the great
est ovation ever accorded a living man.
Physically, be was tired; mentally he was
exalted.
His gentle face-so unlika what opa