Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-30


the port beam Of the Olympia was the
,escorting, ship Sandy Hook: WITH the.
Mayor ind other d. gnitaries aboard,
and In her; wake; at intervals OF 400
Yards stretched out n mile long, were
"a "a i. great toWering warships, the ar
mored cruiser New York. the battle,
ships Indiana. and Massachusetts the
cruiser Brooklyn, second-class battle
ship Texas, the old WOODEN frlgate
lancaster, the gunboat Marietta and
the Chicago, the flagship Of the South
Atlantic Squadron. Old Glory nutter-
ed from each masthead and tiff rail-.
On each quarter Of the New York were
three on each flank. The rest of the
profession moved acr6ss tie shiny
waters.
THE ADMIRAL ALL ATTENTION.
Admiral Dewey went up on the after
bridge as soon as the start was made
and remained there throughout the pa
irhds; heroic figure outlined against
the skies. for the thousands afloat and
ashore. With him on the bridge most
of the time was Colonel Bartlett; to
whom he talked when he was not dc
knowledging the salutes or personally
directing the. movements of his fleet,
and the Admiral gave close attention
throughout the journey to everything
which TRANSFERRED on board the vessel.
BY his direction the ensign was cour-
tested to vessels which saluted, and
several times he ordered the crew to
stand by TO cheer in answer to some
extraordinary demonstration.
The guns Of the Olympia spoke but
of'ce until Grants tomb was reached.
That was when they barked In answer
to the deep .baying Of the gums OF old
Fort William. on Governors Island.
Before the Battery was reached, hun:
dreds or tugs and excursion boats had
crowded In behind the patrol boats and
stretched away rank nfter rank for
either shore from the quarter of the
Olympia. Their whistles were going
continuously throughout the journey
The untold thousands who thronged the
wharVes, aid pliers; wh6 leaned from
the windows, and balconies dnd looked
down FROM the dizzy heights 6f sky!
scrnpers must have impressed tile Adj
miral greatly, but his modesty would
not permit him to view 1t all as per-
sonal ovation -f 5!5
astonishing. astohishihg,'' he re-
peated several times to Colonel Bart:
lett, but he said nothing of himself
SCENE ON SHORE.
The waving of the hundreds OF thou.
sands along The shore could be dis
tinctly seen from the deck OF The
Olympia, but only occasionally were
the sounds of cheers waited from tie
crowds ashore. AS a rule perhaps they
were too much interested in the spec.
tacle to. venture yotiferous applause;
beside. they were too far away to be
heard by the Admiral OF the men on
the cruisers. even il the terrific din
of the craft In the river had not been
kept up almost without rintermlssion.
The shrleklng whistles were, forever
n - II
the stake boat above GRANTS tomb on
Riverside drive, and each ship had lei
go its booming salute, the concert that
followed was soul-mnddenlng-- mad,
fantastic. nerve destroying roar that
continued for almost ten minutes. So
much steam was wasted that the boa IS
themselves n
ipor
PARADE DISORGANIzED.
The parade at this point began To-
become dls6rganized, many pleasure
craft leaving the. line below and crowd
Ing so fercely about, the Olympia tina;
Guilty. The excursion boats, loaded to-
the guards with people, were almost
criminally reckless as they passed
along, many of them listed so far that
one wheel was buried deep; while the
other Scarcely touched the. water.
ONE INCIDENT.
The Admiral was sometimes annoyed
by the crowding of these craft. but he
retained his .eduanimity through 1T all.
bowling and reinoving his cap 10 the ex,
fitting and cheering crowds. 1t was moi
Until ali the Warships had PASSED Iii
review before the Olympia at anchor
below the beautiful floats representing
Peace and Victory, that the one incl.
dent of the day occurred; WHICH show.
ed that with all His geriialty the Hero
Of Manila could also be very stern
sailor. In less than a minute after the
Chicago Had passed the Olympia; by the
Admiral,s 6rder. q stream 6f signal
flags ordered the vessels of the fleet to
dress ship and the crews of the men of
war ran up rairibows be signal fags
from stem to stern over their top-masts.
A sTINGING REBUKE.
The order was beau tifully executed,
except aboard the flagship, where ths
fouing of the iiie In the TOP 81 one OF
the stacks; caused a delay: Admiral
Dewey Instantly roared out d command
for some one to ease the line. Il foul.
ed again and q nlmble sailor was sent
aiofta to clear it. It was. perhaps two
minutes before the Hags were in their
proper place: The Admiral was plain
Under whose direction tie order was
executed and called him Upon the
bridge. 4 "
IN am ashamed Of tits" lie said, IN
the tone of a sailor giving command
in q roaring gale, 'afd l am ashamed
of you" # 1,'' -.
WHEN HE LEFT THE BRIDGE.
Several times when the exclusion
boa IS ,cileered as they pa ssed close to
the Olympia the Admiral called upon
the crew to stand II by and cheer. Each
bulwatrks. ana with swinging. caps,
responded to the command With throat q