The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-16
DEWEY DAY.
Boston Pays Her Tribute 60 the
Admiral.

| day, wee the quintssenoe of truth In de-
scribing what "Dewey Day. had been
TO him here. He said that suon an ova.
ton had been accorded no living man
as he had lived in a rerfect wnirl Of ex.
element for the last fortnight, he knew
whereof he spoke.
AS FAR as Boston Is concerned, this
events of the day, tho crush of humanity
In the city streets, the terrible earnest.
ness Of the people to bid the hero vel.
come, combined to make a spectacle
which was simply overwhelming. II
was day full of significance and Ieplets
With lessons drawn from the loyalty OF
Massachusetts, soldiers aud sailors to the
flag. The visit of tie Admiral here as
the guest Of the olty and state was In one
sense not local affair. The states of
New Hampshire and Rhode Isl and had q
part 10 IT, which was certainly appropri-
nt., while thousands OF people from more
distant parts Of New England added
their mite TO the general character of the
celebration. For the Admiral fully as
much as for tae governors of three com
monwealths, and down to the humbIest
citizen, the days events were inspiring,
patriotic and grand beyond description
inspiring when thousands of Ittls
children mRssed ON historic Boston Com
mon sang the national anthem for the
Admiral; patriotic when eco, 600 people,
st ming as u phalanx under the sold
iera' monument on the same plot of
ground, saw the volunteer regiments Of
the Spanish war turn over their stained
and ragged colors to the Suites for pre-
servation; AMI grant because a million
ana half of people showed their pride
and admiration for a hero.
Admiral Dewey's official receptions
are at an end, for the time being. To-
day the que e. officially, Of half of New
England; tomorrow he returns as o citi-
zen to Washin gton to take up his task
as the active head of our great navy. A
fortnight ago he left his flagship Olym-
pia to receive the honors the nation
was waiting to bestow. and t, the recep-
tions givea him that Of today was tit.
ting close. The Admiral came here from
Vermont last night, was met by tre-
mendous crowd and escorted by veterans,
soldiers of two wars, to his apartments
at the Tourains. This morning he be-
came the nity's greet and later tie guest
Of the State. In the former capacity be
helrd the school children sling "Ameri-
ca and the "Star Spangled Banner"
was presented magnificent sword as
the gift Ct the people Of Host n; later
went To City hall to re,eive the freedom
of the city and goli watch, eni then
lunohed with one of Boston's most ia.
nous m!llionaires. After this latter funo-
tlon the Admiral went into tt care If
Lieut. Gov. Crane fn1 with that gen Is
man, Mayer Quincy and Flag Lieutenant
Br1n F,rede in carriage at the head Of
the longest military psride New Eng
land ever saw. Tais gath srlng Of over
10000 armed men WINS not simply bs-
cause of Admiral Dewsy's pTest n 70 here
Its cbseot was to httinglg observe tina
return to the state of the batlleflsgs car.
ried by six commands of vclantars In
the Spanish war, colors which had flown
en- lend shd sea. in camp, on native soil
and amidst tie battle storm in Cubl
and Porto Rico. The mobilization.
originally inten1ed for earlier In the
week. was delayed In honor of the AID
mirals visit To the 1000 vclanteer
militia men in the column were added
bodies of ths regular estatli hmens at
Fort Warren, end test Of ell the crew of
the Olympia. 1t is a happy coincidence
that with the Admir1Is visit, his cid
flagship lay at anchor in ths hlrbor, thu
centre of attraction for admiring thou
mis-. Tie ceremonies throughout the
day were attended with much pomp.
As commander-in-chief of the state
forces, Gov. Wclcott rode at thu head of
his mil itary atatf. With the Admiral in
the position OF honor, there were with
him as personal eloors, Gov. Rollins of
New Hampshire and Gov. Dyer of Rhode
lsllnd, each with his military family.
Then there vera Can't. Lambs ron Of the
Olympia, Capt. Dyer OF the Baltimore.
and score Of other officers, themselves
heroes of the lat, war, and slmost as
finish, Admiral Dewey and his personal
escort were conducted to a reviewing
stand at the State House, from which,
after Gov. Wolcott had Joined ITEM, the
marching men were reviewed. AS an in
cident of thu day, the Admiral's flag re-
Il9ced thu state flag on the State House,
where 1t remained until the official cere-
monies were over. The military assem-
blsd on Boston Common after the review,
and here occurred the ceremony of re-
turning the colors. Once before SINH
lar occurrence had been witnessed here
WHEN on december %, 1865, In ths prsg-
enco of thousands. rs Massachusetts orga-
nizations which had served in the Civil
War, turned over their flags to the war
governor, John A. Andrew. The oere-
mony this afternoon, although short, was
mp ressi We. With the troops drawn up
In a square the consolidated bands played
the "Star Spangled Banner" the bat.
teEed flags were carried by the color
guards to positions in front of Gov. VOL.
colt and Admiral Dewey and the formal
presentations were made. The flags
thus returned included stars and stripes
and a Gtata faO frOn, aarh of he c.