The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-29

he was all a-tremble rs he stepped on
board. Admiral Dewey had just bid good
bye to Admiral Sampson when his son ap-
preached him.
Chow are you, father?" said the boy.
The Admiral turned like a shot, with a
remark, "Well, bless my heart, so It Is"
and in an instant ne had him by the arm
and down in his cabin. There they were
left alone, and II the President himself
had come, there was not an officer on the
Olympia who would have interrupted them,
for a while.
Admiral Dewey brought his flagship into
the herbor, and, amid a deafening uproar
OF welcome from the guns OF the. North At
lantic Squadron and the steam whistles OF
more peaceful craft, dropped anchor at
the head OF the line of warships off Temp
kinsville. Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin has a
siren whistle and that blew and shrieked,
and everything in the neighborhood with
steam took 1t up. There was no gun flr-
ing, however, until the Olympia came
within sight OF Fort Wadsworth and then
the noise began for fair. The Olympia's
guns Numbered back their answer to
Wadsworth; then came Fort Hamilton aud
again the Olympia responded. All the
time the steam whistles made bedlam.
In addition to the steam whistles and the
thunder Of cannon there were the Wild
yells OF the people on board the boats and
Of the people along the shore, for the
shores on both sides of the Narrows were
crowded. Fort Hamilton passed, the
thunder OF the guns from the fleet OF war
ships began. There was the New York,
the Chicago, the Massachusetts,, the In
diana, the Texas, the Lancaster and the
Dolphin. They all mad the noisiest vel
come for the Admirallthat 1t was possible
for them to make.
For the first time since he g on t he
Asiatic Squadron, nearly two years ago.
Admiral Dewey on Wednesday trod the soil
OF his native land. The occasion for this
was his formal return visitto Rear-Admiral
Philip, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. The Admiral spent half an hour
there, and then returned to his flagship to
receive more calls. Perhaps the most
pleasant of these was made by n party OF
the Admiral's relatives, who remained for a
half hour with him on the Olympia.
Major Burbank, commandant OF Fort
Hancock, with his staff, was one OF the ear
Hest callers of the day. Not long after that
Charles H.. Allen, Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy, came on board, charged by Pres
ident Mckinley to convey his respects and
good wishes. Admiral Dewey himself stood
at the head of the gangway to welcome
him. As he came on board Mr.. Alien sal
uted the Admiral and said:
II welcome you, Admiral, and take this,
the first opportunity, to congratulate you
In the name of the Navy"
Thanks, thanks said the ADMIRAL
heartily; THANK you, lndeeu.
Rear-Admiral Howison, whose flagship,
the Chicago, had sailed into port only that
morning, came next. In a short tim
Dewey returned Howison's call, that made
by Rear-Admiral Sampson, and those made
by the captains OF the Brooklyn, the In
diana, the Massachusetts, and the Texas.
The officers all had stories to tell alb out
the battle OF Manila itself, ana so had the
members of the crew. and they told them
init! they were tired OF telling. The bugler
displayed the bugle, the call of which
opened the battle, and it looked as If 1t
had been displayed ever since, 1t was
battered up, and every bit OF plating
was worn off it.. In addition to the
bugle there were any number of relics
of the battle. Every man had some-
thing. There were Spanish shells, ex-
ploded and unexploded, pieces of
cannon, pieces of ships, a hundred and one
things taken from the arsenal and from
Spanish sailors and Spanish soldiers. As the
men told the story OF the battle over and
over again, they pointed up at the blue
flag with four white stars that few from
the Oiympia's main truck, and they were
as proud of the promotion OF "the old
man" to the highest rank In the navy as
they were Of their w achievement on
MAY /, 1898.