The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-14

and occasionally Grand Army post
would be drawn up In line. Statutes were
fred with torpedoss or with rifles. At
each station the tain was slowed up SO
that the people couli see the Admiral,
who sat at the windows In the rear car.
At White River junction, the train
was sent across the river to West Lebanon,
where the train CT President Tuttle of
the Boston 81 Maine road, containing
besides the president and other railroad
officials, Gov. Frank W. Rollins and Ad-
jutant General A. ID. Ayling, Surgeon
General Dudley and Gen. Douglass 4 his
stan; Gen. Carter, inspector general on
fetts; Speaker Bates and President Smith
OF the Massachusetts, Legislature, and sew
eral others. The car in which the Ad-
nlfral rode, was attached to President
Tuttle's train, and then an exchange of
greeting among those on board occurred
Gen. Peck introduced Gov. Rollins to the
Admiral, saying that in behalf Of liov.
Smith of Vermont, he had the pleasure
6f committing the Admiral to Gov. Roll
lins's care during his passage through
New Hampshire. The Governor and the
Admiral shock hands and the former in.
troduced his staff officers. BY this tims,
the crowd CT sightseers was cheering so
form In time to hear the Dartmouth boys
from Hanover give their yell Then they
called for a speech and the Admiral said:
II can't make q speech" Just then
the train started ana the college boys
yelled and the Admiral called ont,
That's IL, boys; you'll own ths country
some day"
AS the train ran through New Hamp-
shire the enthusiasm increased as the
crowds were larger Factories slonx the
track blew their whistles, tire bells in
the towns were runy sni torpedoes were
| continually explodsd along the track.
The ron from Lebanon TO Concord was
coma in ons hour an | forty minatsF, five
| minutes under the record. Franklin was
passed at 3S7 and P.nloook at ) So. At
| all the station, the train ran slowly
nj the Admiral and Cor. Rollins stood
Itogether ON the platform, town right
sni left. Con-ofd was resct ed at 4 OF
and tie crowd there was big one Ire
| train pulled eoxn 10 the railroad shops,
WHERE a chsn7e of engines was made, q
big one tearing the sign "Olympis" be.
ing in Iesdlne g. This CINE backel up
10 where tie Admiral could see the font.
1t lo,e en- imm enc gilt n Tall on of the
1t WAS miniature bar cite with two
gems, sni the inscription: t'Stsn to
your guns End otey orders.''
White the train was IN waiting Admi.
| raj Dewey from the rear platform, was
| greeted by several st PauI's school Toys,
sni fhooS han Is with MIR. and Mira. Cot
and Master Henry Cot, who was lifted
up in his fathers arms snd sere-al OF
| the school toys whom he knew. Then
| the train continued to Man hester, reach
in the e at 43l amid a salute from the
| irst New Hampshire hG ttery. The nrtil.
| lersu en- served their Puns in grand fty,e,
AMI the din riifet in this way, combines
with band music and the cheers of on
imren crowd, was elr-splitting Each
window in the erest Amofkeag corcora-
t on, facing the railroad, had itI knot OF
operatives wavln cloth or az IRONS. With.
oct stopping the ira n pullei do9n the
track to oil up. cont nuing after min,
ute deiaV. As the train passed from
New Hampshire to Massaeh usetts terri.
| tori, Gen Carter. re- re ent'ng the mill.
| tsry of Massachusetts. and PRESIDENT
Smith and Speaker Bates. re- resent ne
| Gov. Wolcott, went into the Admirable
| car and were introduced by Gov. Rollins,
| who then t9rned the gCet t over to the
care of Massachusetts.
At Lowell the crowd was larger than
any seen dur ng the day and as it was
dusk, many PEOPLE were disappo.n ted
| in not gett 'nz a good look at the Ma.
Mia hero, From Lowell to Eozton II
| seemed as If the tracks were lin ed with
PEOPLE go cont nuei was the CHI eerlng
Especially at Minche ter and Me1ford
| wers ths demon tratlons lively. Al
Medgemsr a stop was made for signals
Thin thu train pulled into thu Union sta
tion at sos to lind thsrs u rrlfic jam Of
humanity.