The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28
AND HER TOWERING WHITE
WALLIS BLOOM WITH FLOAT
ING FLAGS.
RlvtR ALIVE WITH CRAFT OF ALL KINDS
And Here the Enthusiasm of Dewey's Comrades
in the Navy Broke Through all Restraint,
but no Reproof Followed the Wild
0utbursts of Cheers that
Rang Across the
Waters.

New York, Sept. 27.-Through frolick-
ing whitecaps the Olympia steamed up
the lower bay today and passed through
the picturesque strait, guarded by Forts
Wadsworth and Hamilton, amid the
booming of guns and there inside the
city gates, Admiral Dewey and his gal
liant tars received the thunderous well
come of the stecl-walled men of war as
their stately ship glided up to her posi-
tion at the head of the column, there to
remain until the great naval pageant
starts on Friday. Never, perhaps, did
Il triumphant warrior returning from a
victorious campaign, receive a more inn
pressive welcome. Although thousands
upon thousands witnessed it from shore,
balcony, window or housetops, and the 4
man of war anchorage at Tompkinsyille
where the fleet hay fairly swarmed with
tugs, yachts and steamers and every
sort of harbor craft all j. black with
wild, cheering, exulting people, and the
towering white walls of the city beyond
were brave with a million welcoming
flags, today's greeting to Dewey was the
greeting of his comrades of the navy
And it was eminently fitting that his
comrades in arms should have the first
chance at him whom the millions are
waiting to honor.
The people will begin to get at him
on Friday and Saturday. To outward
appearances the welcome he received
from the feet was strictly professional.
One can find the salutes, the trumpet
fourishes, the drum ruffles, the parad-
ing of the marine guard and all the rest
of the ceremonies done in his honor to-
day, described in the naval regulations
as due to one Of his rank. But that
only impressed the mind the more, be-
cause even naval regulations,
rigorous and inelastic as they
are, could not restrain the pent-
up enthusiasm when it broke
forth, as it did occasionally in rounds
of cheers, any more than it could the
bell-cords of the shippers and the joy
mad people aboard the excursion boats.
Cheering is not permitted by the naval
regulations aboard men of war, but no
reproof followed today's breaches of
discipline.
1t was a perfect day, though drifting
clouds driven by strong land breeze,
obscured the sun during the morning, and
the waves of the lower bay were capped
with white foam. In the afternon the
flying clouGs disappeared, the breeze died
away and the sun bathed the sea in bril-
lance.
Very early in the morning, before
Dewey left his anchorage inside Sandy
HOOK. Rear Admiral Howison, command
er of the South Atlantic Squadron,
aboard his flagship, Chicago, which ar
Ia lax ,iyhf ft.tx al
and weather beaten after her journey OF
21.000 miles, around South Africa,
foamed in past the Hook, expecting to
join the North Atlantic Squadron in
receiving Dewey upon his arrival As
Howison rounded the Spit, there right
under his eye lay the Olympia. The
surprise on the face of every man aboard
the Chicago could be discerned without
the aid Of glasses. But surprise is not
an emotion Iffen in the navy indulge III
long. and Dewey's flagship was no
sooner recognized than preparations
were made to give her the loudest and
most hearty welcome the ship could
give. Sides were manned, the marine
guard was paraded and il roaring guns
We're loosed in honor of Dewey. The
Chicago's jackies cheered wildly as she
steamed past The Olympia responded
with 13 guns and the two Admlrals,
come together from the two ends of the
earth, waved a welcome TO each other
from the bridges of their respective YES
sells. The Chicago continued on to the
upper bay and upon arriving there was
salmted by the New York. Only the
flagship Of a squadron salutes upon the
appearance of Rear Admiral. The re-
mainder of the fleet gave only a silent
welcome to the voyager
Long lines of crazy quilting, the uni
yersal language of the sea finttered
from the signal halyards of the New
York, Rear Admiral SIMPSONS flagship,
and the Chicago, and after a good deal
of wig-wagging from the bridges of
both ships. the Chicago dropped her an
chor at the foot of the column close
in under the lee of Staten Island.
Rear Admiral SIMPSONS blue flag