The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-09-30
DEwHY'S BIG DAY.
toontinued from first PogeJ

movement seemed p0taTyzvu Dy rne
meXtticable confusion II was with
great difficulty that the police boats
could clear a passage for the admirals
launch when he went off to return the
Official visit of the mayor at noon,
and when he did step into his launch
the patriotic shippers afioat grabbed
Their whistle cords and made the hills
echo with such blast as can only be
heard when a Yankee yacht crosses the
hnish first in a race with foreign mug
hunters. And that was simply the
! prelude to what continued throughout
the day-an almost continuous roar
of steam whistles
Meantime the vessels to take part in
the parade were massing over near the
! Long Island shore, until that side of
the harbor became a tangle of stacks
and liaos and framework as far as the
| eve could reach. Z he grassy slopes OF
! Wadsworth and Fort Hamilton, and
the vharves and shores of Staten ISL
| md were covered with sightseers,
| watching the fleet below.
/ Olympia's Officers in Modest Uniform
! Aboard the Olympia the marines and
sailors had been seriously inspected
| from the toe of the first marine to the
| jaunty cap of the last sailor. The
| officers of the feet did not wear Their
| SNOWY uniform, but were attired in
special undress A." as it is tech
| nically known in the navy. There
were no gold epaulets gold bound
beavers and clattering swords. This
was by the admiraPs order, and added
| but another to the many evidences of
/ his unique mOdesty. A brother and the
widow of Captain Gridley, who fought
/ the Olympia in Manila bay, Colonel
| Franklin Bartlett, former representa-
! tive in congress from New York, and
an intimate personal friend of the ad-
miral, together with the three news
| paper men. were the only civilians on
| board. One of the naval guests was
the engineer of the Olympia when 1t
led the way past Corrigidor Island.
| He was given three rousing cheers as
he went forward to see the men.
Just as the admiraPs signal to weigh
| anchor was given a pull on the hal
| yards spread the four starred flag
which Farragut flew as he ran tho
| fort in New Orleans. 1t was the flag
which was presented to Admiral Dew
! ey. As it broke, sailors at their sta
| tions and the marines on the quarter
| deck greeted it with cheers. The flag
| foated proudly all through the pa
geant. 1t is the most precious possess
sion of Farragut's pupil, and when it
is struck on Monday it will probably
! be forever, as it is altogether unlikely
| that Admiral Dewey will ever COM
mand another fleet.
1t was exactly I o'clock, the hour
/ fixed for the start, when the fleet with
| anchors short hove. began to move.
| The ships had swung to the food tide
| and were pointing down stream, but
! with their twin screws they faced
about as on pivots and headed for the
Hudson, followed by the long line of
| vessels in civic parade. When the
ships had Strengthened out for their
! journey across the upper bay the spec
tacle made will ever be treasured in
the memory of those who saw it. In
| advance of the Olympia was a double
line of patrol and fire boats to clear the
way of unofficial tresspassers.
On the port beam of the Olympia
was the escorting ship Sandy Hook,
with the mayor and other dignitaries
aboard, and in her wake, at intervals
of 400 yards, stretched out mile
long, were the great towering war
ships. The rest of the procession trail
ed out for miles.
Dewey Directed the Fleet.
Admiral Dewey went upon the after
bridge as soon as the start was made,
and remained there throughout the
parade. With him on the bridge most
of the time was Colonel Bartlett, to
whom he talked when he was not ac-
knowledging the salutes or personally
directing the movements of his i'm
mediate fleet. and the admiral gave
close attention throughout the journey
to everything which transpired Oh
hoard the vessel. BY his direction the
ensign was courtesied to vessels which
saluted, and several times he ordered
the crew to stand Dy to cheer il
answer to some extraordinary demon
stration.
The guns of the Olympia spoke bu
once until Grants tomb was reached
That was when they barked in answer
to the deep baying of the guns of olC
Fort William, on Governors Island
Before the Battery was reached hun
dreds of tugs and excursion boats haC
crowded in behind the patrol boat
, and stretched away rank upon ranl
for either shore from the quarter o
the Olympia. Their whistles We're go
ing continuously throughout the jour
uey.
The untold thousands who throng
ed the wharves and piers, who Leaned
from the windows and balconies ant
looked down from the dizzy height
! of sky scrapers must have impressed
the admiral greatly, but his modest,
l would not permit him to view it al
= as personal ovation. Astonishing
= astonishing" he repeated seYera
times to Colonel Bartlett, but he salt
nothing of himself
The waving Of the hundreds of thou
e sands along the shore could be dis
| tinctly seen from the deck of the Olym
=, pia, but only occasionally were tn
sounds of cheers waited from tn
crowds ashore As a rule perhap
e they were too much interested in tn
y spectacle to venture vociferous ap
o plause, besides they were too far ava
to be heard by the admiral or the mel
on the cruisers. even if the terrific dii
n of the craft in the river had not bee
d kept up almost without intermissioI
{. The Crnsh at the Stakeboat.
When the parade reached the stak
boat above Grants tomb it became dis
organized, many pleasure craft leay
ing the line and crowding so feIcel
:. about the Olympia that she was ma