The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
'taiHing Admiral rewey's eap,a.ns
Itheo two Carriages abreast. eonta!aicl
the pe.scnai stan Of the Admiral.

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then two Carriages abreast. containing
the pessonai stAn O; the Admiral
Rear Admiral Hovisoa and Pres
dent Randolph GuggennetInsr Of Ire
Municipal Council. followed ina car.
rage and after them came Rear Ad-
m:ral Howison's office,s.
Then came the carriage containing
Rear Admiral William Sampson and
President Woods, OF the Poavd CT Al
dermen, followed by eight carriagcs
containing the commanding officers o.
Admiral Simpsons feet: and the 40.
mfrars stan officers.
Rear Admiral John ". Philip, eom-
mander OF the Navy Yard. st. Clair
McKelway and Lieutenant Commend.
er ]. D. J. Kelley. occupied the ne.t
carriage.
Following came two carriages
abreast. containing the junlor Officers
Of the Olympia. and after them in the
same formatloA carriages containing
the junior officers Of the North At
lantic Squadron. Carriages two abreast
followed. contai1iug the visiting gov
erncrs. committees and guests.
First among the governors came
Runnell. Of Delaware. then Stone. Of
Pennsylvania. Voorhees,. OF New Jer-
sey. McSweeney. OF South Carolina.
Russell, OF North Carolina, Dyer. OF
Rhode siand. AcMiilin, of Tennessee,
Bushnell, OF Ohio, Gero, of Oregon. At
kinson, Of West Virginia. Richards, OF
Wyoming. and Wells, Of Utah
Major General Miles and Merritt and
aides followed Ia carriages abreast and
then came a carriage containing Rear
Admirals Joseph n. Miller and Win
field Scott Schley.
A brigade Of the regular army came
next with West Point Cadets at the
head, and after them a battalion Of en-
ganeers. two battaliors Of the Fifth AR.
t'lery. battalion Of the Seventh Ar
tllery. battalion CT mounted police
Following came the militia Of thc
various States with that OF New York
in the van, commanded by Governo:
Roosevelt with Squadron A as escort
Then came the militia Of Penrsyi-
vania, under command OF Brigadicr
General Schall, with Eve regiments
The militia Of New Jersey came next.
commanded by Brigadier General Wan
ser, with two regiments. two naval re-
serve battalions. a battery and a troop.
| The citizens and soldiers Of Geos Sl.i
were next In line, commanded by Col.
onel Lawton, with two regiments cad
detachments from Savannah
a fine looking Lcdy Of soldiers were
the Fourth and Fifth regiments OF
Maryland. commanded by Colonel Will
lizard Howard. South Carolina had one
regiment Of volunteers. two battalions
aud the Sumter Guards, the Timmous-
Vile Guards, the Smythe Rifles and 6
number OF volunteers and detached
companies. ...
Three companies represented North
Carolina. the Fayetteville Independent
Light Infantry making a snowy ap.
pealance.
| Following these. under the command
CT Major General o. o. Howard, will
aa escort from the various veteran so
cictics, came the unar1ned Part of til.
parade. This was composed of clever
commands representing as many die
ferent associations.
Then came the Sons Of Veterans, fol
! Y,,s. t&,J INT Drfx ~ 1v,
Association, Veterans of the Civil Wa
rot connected with any of the organ
izaticns and Veterans Of the SDanisl
American War with Colonel Johl
Jaei1b Astor Battery.
Then followed several companies O
volunteers cf the Spanish American
War, the parade terminating with
Heterogeneous following CT veteran
military and quasi-milita1y associa
tions.
/ Seventeen aerial bombs from the to
of the Waldcrf-Astcria heralded tn
, | approach to the reviewing stand i
Madison Square.
5 Then came the hero, the admiGa;
and the officers Of the feet, in all tn
i | glory O: their gold laced uniforms an
: goldtrimmed cooked hats. All were |;
open oarouches. and at their head va
Il the man Of the hour. Major Va
:, Wyck sat beside Admiral Dewey in Ill
carriage The frc2t seat was banke
: with beautiful hczal pieces. The pee
e pie did not have to give a sscOn
J.! glance at the man whose features has
c been blazen every where for tweeks. II
{ was recognized on the instant. and til
il cheers and hurrahs that had greete
n the Olympia's men seemed tame CON
e | pared with the shout that was raise
h 1t seemed fairly to lift the sky. The
e is no perceivable kind of noise the PEI
II pie did not make. Everybody wave
& and chsered and nearly everybot
jumped up and down In frantic el
d thusiasm. Old men were as enthus
ID astic as boys and just about as nois
l. Admiral Dewey during his last few da,
2 experience has become somewhat a
8 customed to these vociferous greeting
L
a bcxing right and left and occasional
lifting his gold trimmed beaver as
ld rode along.
n The gallant Captains Of the ships e
4. gagged in the destruction of Montejt
If feet, except pocr Gridley, who died
n month after the battle, followed a
ID also got q rousing welcome.
,e The three Rear Admirals, HOwisC
Ii Sampsel and Philip, as they rode
,e with their brilliantly accoutred stat
v were easily recognized and got flatts
q, ing applause, as did many OF the pop
Of lar officers of the North Allan
Id Squadron. The governors Of the Sc
eral States who rode in carrias
Of though many Of them were popular a
he would have received big .demonstl
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