The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-01

New York, Sept. 30.-The land pa
rade today capped the climax. The
city, state and nation united in one vast
demonstration worthy of the hero of
Manila, and of the principles for which
he fought The earth fairly trembled
beneath the tread of 100000 men.
Crowds of people, militia of foreign
states and the veterans of the civil and
Spanish American wars, swelled the
procession.
Crowds of people miles long stretched
down the line of march on either side,
a dense, impregnable mass. Fifth
avenue from Fifty-ninth street to the
Washington arch, where the parade
disbanded, was solidly packed with
spectators who overlooked into the
buildings, windows and on to the roof
lines, sat in embrasures and crowded
scaffolding. Along Broadway where II
crossed the avenue, the sky-scrapers
were crowded at the top and at the
bottom and for blocks down the inter-
secting streets, tenants hung from the
windows and fire escapes and multi
tudes of them were on the roofs lying
fiat on their stomachs, peering. For
hours they waited patiently and good
naturedly to see Dewey, and when they
saw him, they waited for nearly three
and a half hours while the procession
passed
Down this living lane. the column
marched, while the air was gorgeous
with banners and enliyened with shouts
Of the multitudes. Seventeen aerial
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Astoria heralded the approach to the
reviewing stand in Madison square.
Several companies of mounted police
brought up the procession. When the
head of the column approached, the
jackies of the Olympia marching rank
on rank with an easy, rolling step and
Sousa's band playing as only it can
play, 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 cart
ridge boxes They wore loose flannel
caps, which tapped over their eyes, and
which, with the ribbons swapping jaun-
tily over their temples eand the blue
steel sword band, impressed the people
nightly
The sailors were large boned and SOL
emn, with faces bronzed and bodies that
seemed all muscle-the kind of men one
would like to have back Of them in
fight. Their comman - was on foot
with sword blade restlAs on his right
shoulder walking in front of his men.
A squad of sailors dragging rapid-fir-
ing six-pounder, brought UP the rear of
the Olympia's battalion.
Then came the heroes-the admirals-
in gold lace and goldrimmed cooked
hats They 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. Admiral Dewey was rec
ognlzed ON the instant, and the cheers
and huzzahs that had greeted the
Olympia's men seemed tame compared
with the shout raised in his honor. Ev-
erybody waved and cheered, and most
everybody jumped up and down in
frantic enthusiasm.
Admiral Dewey took it all calmly
smiling and bowling right and left, and
occasionally lifting his gold trimmed
beaver as he rode along. The gallant
captains of the ships engaged in the
destruction OF Montojo's fleet, except
poor Gridiey, who died a month after
the battle, followed and also got a
rousing welcome. The three rear adj
mirals, Howison. Sampson and Philip,
as they rode by with their STATS, got
scattering applause, as did many of the
popular officers of the North Atlantic
squadron. The governors of the sew
eral states who rode in carriages,
though many Of them were popular
and would have been big men at any
other time, were scarcely noticed
The people today yearned only for the
brass buttons and the gold lace of mill
tary and naval heroes. Both Maj. Gems.
Miles and Merritt got ovations. The for
mer wore a band of yellow across his
breast and seemed always to have his
cap off acknowledging the salutations
of the throng.
1t was Rear Admiral Schley who
divided the honors with the central fig
ure of the day He received a demon
stration second only to that of Admiral
Dewey. The people along the line of
march fairly rose at him and CRIED
There is the man that smashed Ger
vera's fleet" and Hip. hip, hurrah for
Schley" In upper Fifth avenue some
enthusiastic lady threw him a handful
of roses. They landed fairly in the car
riage. The admiral leaned forward.
picked them up and lifted them to his
lips Instantly all the ladies in the ball
cony seemed possessed with the desire
to have their flowers similarly honored
and he was fairly bombarded. Many of
the flowers fell into the street only to
be caught UP by eager spectators and
carried to the carriage BEFORE he got
to Madison square, Rear Admiral
Schley was up to his arms in beautiful
flowers.
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