Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-05

As the carriage rolled down the shad-
cd drive past the beautiful resting
place OF Grant. the usually quiet spot
was transformed into perfect bed
lam. 4 notable incident OF the morn
Ing was the reception rendered Rear
Admiral Schlcy. lie was chcercd
everywhere. The reception to Rear
Admiral Sampson was In direct con.
trast. He got few cheers.
The landing OF JackIcs from the war
ships and the gathering OF troops
along the boulevard had given that
point mn early interest. and thousands
upon thousands took advantage OF IT,
II was ii:lT when Grand Marshal
Roe gave the order TO march.
Then the great column swung Into
order and the irlUmphnl trip to Wash.
ingion Square began. Scores OF hands
scattered along the line iilicd the air
with Inspiring music.
In tie parade Were Sousn's band,
baitnilons OF sailors many OF the high
oiilc"rS Of the army and navy and 10
600 members of the New York Nation
nj Gunui. hattalionS and regiments
from adjoining states lei hy their gov
crnorS, Governor Roosevelt ana sinff.
AMI great numbcr Of public officials.
foilowIn. came n long lin. OF war
veterans. ending with veterans of the
Spanish.Amrrican war under General
Warren klcrcF.
Dcwcy'S progress was one continuous
ovation. Smiling nni happy. he ~.
Spond.,l 10 pinudiis by wave Of hand.
bow OF by ra.rlns his Int. Governor
Roosevelt and Hear Admiral schl.y
were also generously Erc~icd.
The Fuuic of the parade was seven
sail HUa IA
1iundr',l Hnd Twenty yss.cInd street nnd
Riverside drive. II camr down the
drive to ScVruiy.srrond s,r,-t. where
II 'urnr'i -asi and cputinu-,i to Con.
ifai park Hni Eighth avenue. u fol.
loved Eighth avenue To firy."ishih
street. uhrTv IL turned To III" EAST and
eoniinuFd on fifth avenue. Here mn.
other turn was made nni Fifth ave.
ngc was followed to Washington arch
ut Washington sIuaEr. the tcTinInu.
Of the r1uIr.
Down the LONG line uf parade. nearly
a.Sp.sp r-uIlr hHi ass-nhisi to wit.
ness the rrnwnins event Of the c-ls~
bFatinn. The siFv-i& ON bath side.
WEIR frinEc,i with -iitoEat-iy dss'oTat.
rti reviewing stands Whiril siEvIris-,l ia
an almost unhFus-n linz before dwell.
iirss. churches aui business places
alike. Nany af the stands W-Fy' built
ht 'h~ ~i'vs while n majority w~Tr
controlled by private ciil5s ns. Seats ir
the pthlir siaGsi spIi At IssssB -: tu S.sI.
varying Hrrugtilnz ip ipratbDu. Nin,
dpws ia it1usFs AMI s'ugss along tho
parade Tuti9~ irugRlg fabulous uEir'ss
The dsFuTaiiuns wUrr rFugusc nut
uniuir. The rhrrrjuz dii u"t C,aar
for an Instant. TIL" Visiting tgupigs
wrTC all cordially revived i,y the Toy
ulArv.
When 'ir parade FrariIr.i Madison
SluaE~. Huwry nni Van WyCG aIishi.
Ctl from the vaFrinEro Tlry N-Ty So
ru-trL To q siaui. Gu which i,sss AL.
migal FCVirwrsi tho ipnr iinr that fol.
lowed. EaCh rn'Hi'auy Hs It passed ga
itiri the Manila ltrFW. wl11 always r..
sppndCi gracefully This was tho first
occasion UCWrJ lad IT, sT~ tho aF,rh
Cgrvtri in his huuurs tie Iprauiy af,,
IvalV,i 10 him Instantly
The mhstrruirru j. gr1tu th~ hand.
of Ffty iTatiuE sr5iipiUTs. AMI stands
ut ikr hrai iu'Crsrystiuu II Twenty.
fOgTih strrVt nui ttsth avyuur. n; n
point whrFU i'trrU il au extended virv
81 two of New iUEk's lCadiuE thorough.
fairs.
The arrh was designed along the
style permits of tho Hi1rumrut which
most effectively sym'suliEss the tspwrT
cf the United States as a maritime M.
iIcu. The stuiCturU has four sTr1;
piers hCaTine symbolic nEuFUs t.rrssrus
flying patriotism. war. the Triuru anil
rc1rr. Tho subjects arC treated in ~.
Elistic groups
The portrait Of the figures Of -isI,,
cf tho nations ErC1t heroes <uTtnpu.,
the aliczuricai erouTs aud act as
finals TO the four columns. Tile L,,-
rucs were chosen by Secretary Of the
Navy Long AMI arr: Jones. tbrrn,ur.
Hull. Ferry. MCpunouzh. Farrasut.
Porter AMI Cushing. The statues 81
these great sailors arr twelve fCCt high
AMI arc noun,c-i on the tops Uf ihs,
four Ercat columns
Tho arch is rvinfoFccyi hy a line Of
columns extending on either side nf
tho avenue frum Twenty -thirI strr,,t
north AMI beyond the arch tp Twenty
Hfth street. thus making mangnificCnt
The apex Uf the arch i
by n guatlriea uf srt
horses drawing a ship at whose prov
with uplifi-l wings stands the tri-
umphal neurr suggestive Of victory.
After the long column began to file
the great structure. II proceed.
Cyt down Fifth avenue to Washington
square. whcrr the parade is to trr dis.
missed a Noteworthy feature Of the
yaradc was sgpn at Spvcuiy-sCySpn,l
street and Eighth avenue. Here in an
immense grand stand were seated 3.s.I
school children. dressed In white and
blue. They were So arranged ns to
form the words. Welcome. Dewey
hose in blue forming the letters. while
those in white constituted the back.
ground. As Dewey passed. the stanl
The children sang the national hymn.
New .ork has Witnessed many re.
pagcants. but none TO com.
pare with yesterdays Dewey cclebra.
lion.
Admiral Dewey was very tired at
Inc end Of the parade. lie was driven
nj once TO tbcT residence OF Manager
I,oldt. Of the Waldorf Astoria. escort
ri by Squadron \. and accompanied
',- Mayor Van Wyck. lie dincd with
his iicnicnants. Hruml,y and Caldwell.
Admiral Dewey lid not attend the
smoker" lie was feeling too