The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04
Dewey Marine Triumph.
Neither Roman Emperor Nor
Oriental Despot Ever Ac-
corded Such az
Ovation.

New York, Sept. No Roman
conqeror returning to his triumph of
barbaric splendor no victorious
king or prince coming home from a
successful war ever received such
magnificent ovation as overwhelm-
ed Admiral Dewey today as he stood
on sae bridge of the Olympia at the
head of magnificent feet of steel
thunderers Of the deep, followed by
thousand vessels of peace, each
TERED and coated black with people.
and sailed over the bright waters of
the upper bay and up the broad
pathway of the suu lit river, whose
banks were gay with millions of
flags and streamers dancing in the
wind
The best place from which TO view
the great marine panorama was
naturally from the deck of the Olym-
pia, and by the courtesy of Amiral
Dewey an Associated Press repre-
sentative was permitted aboard
Very early the feet of steamships,
y chs and tugs which were to have
a place in the line, began moving
down the bay to the allotted points
where the several divisions were to
form, but many of them could not
resist the temptation to first visit the
anchorage of the men of war off
Tonpkinsville and before II o'clock
the Olympia was surrounded by a
perfect mob of every known kind of
craft. all swarming with people,
circling around, or pushing their
| noses close up under the ship to get
q glimpse of the admiral pacing the
quarterback The bands aboard the
excursion boats played and the whis.
ties and sirens Of the other craft
made the air hideous by their
shrieks
They kept coming, coming in pairs
and half dozens. until they lay a
dozen deep, resisting the charges of
the patrol boats in their determine
tion to get within shouting distance
Their recklessness was amazing.
They ran across each others bows,
they rubbed against one another,
they pushed bow 90 stern, until
further movement seemed paralyzed
by the inextricable confusion. 1t
was with great difficulty that the
police boats could clear a passage for
the adniral's launch when be went
off to return the official visit Of the
mayor at noon, and when he did step
into his launch the patriotic shippers
afoat grabbed their whistle cords
and madesth hills echo with such a
blast as can only be heard when a
Yankee zach. crosses the finish first
in race with foreign mug hunters.
And that was simply the prelude to
what continued throughout the
dsy-an almost continuous roar OF
steam whistles
Meantime the vessels to take part
i'll the parade were massing over
near the Long Island shore until that
side of the harbor became tangle o!
stacks and flags and frameworks as
far as the eye could reach The
grassy slopes of Wadsworth and
Fort Hamilton and the wharves and
shores of Staten island we're covered
with sight seers, watching the feet
below The warships lay spick and
span, ready for the start, their burn.
ished metal flaming in the sun, their
sides white as virgin snow Be
tween them ard the shore lay the
low. long, lean, wicked looking tor
pedo boats. and still inside of them
the graceful Aotilia of revenue cut
ters.
Aboard the Olympia the marines and
sailors had been seriously inspected
from the toe of the fret marine to the
jaunty cap of the last sailor. All
seemed little dazed at the prospect
before them, and no doubt many
would have preferred a programme
involving duplication of the Manila
fight to the ordeal they were to 60
through. The officers of the feet
did not wear their SNOWY uniforms,
but were attired in especial undress
A." as it is technically known in the
navy. There were no gold epauets.
goldbound beavers and clatterlDg
swords aboard This was by the
admiral's order. and added but anoth-
to the many evidences of his unique
modesty. A brother and the widow
of Capt. Gridiey, who fought the
Olympia in Manila bay. Col Franklin
Bartlett, former representative in
congress from from New York, and
an intimate friend of tke admiral, to-
gether with three newspaper men
were the onl y civilians aboard
Immad;atoiv ofrer dm1ral Dewey