The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-29

luflO name.
AN IMPRESSIVE INCIDENT.
When the committee from Washington
reached the Olympia, each member Of the
committee was cordially greeted by Adj
niral Dewey, but the Warmest hand clasp
and heartiest greeting were for the adj
miral's lifelong friend Senator Redfleld
Proctor of Vermont. The admiral pre-
scented each Of the visitors to Capt. Lam
berton, and then all went to the admiral's
bin, where the committee presented the
programme for the Washington celebra-
ton and the admiral expressed his en-
tire satisfaction with 1T. Mr.. Pruden
presented an invitation to q dinner from
the president and Admiral Dewey accept
ed 1t.
Commander George w. Baird, who sail
ed with Faragut and Dewey In the gulf
squadron in 1861 unrolled a package
which he had carefully guarded all the
way to the Olympia, and, displaying
faded blue admiraPs ensign, upon which
were stitched four white stars, he said
to Admiral Dewey:
Admiral, 1 wish to present to you the
first adm1raTs flag ever broken out in
the navy Of this country. That grand
old admiral, whose name and memory all
so revere. first hoisted this ensign upon
the good ship Hartford. before New Or
leans, and afterwards upon the Franklin;
and since it came down from that mast
head it has never been whipped by the
wind or worn by the elements. You, the
worthy successor Of that great admiral,
whose tactics you SO successfully followed
a short while ago, 1 deem the proper per-
son for Farragut's mantel to fall upon"
This flag was made by Quartermaster
Knowles, out of a blue number" flag
when Farragut was first made rear ad-
miral. Two white stars were seWed on
it, When Farragut was made an admiral
two more white stars were SeWed on 1t.
Farragut flew this flag on the Hartford
at New Orleans and afterwards in the
Mediterranean.
Admiral Dewey was deeply affected and
tears were in his eyes as he gazed at the
souvenir. 1t was several moments be-
fore he could find his voice. Finally he
said:
'I'll fly it. I'll fly 1t at the masthead
I'll fly it in the parade-Ill fly it always
and-and-and when 1 strike my admiraIs
flag. this will be the flag L shall strike"
This was the most impressive scene that
has occurred on the Olympia since her
arrival in this port, and for some time
no one spoke. The silence was broken by
Dewey, who called his Chinese steward
and ordered case of champagne. The
Washingtonians remained on board chat
ting with the admiral for an hour.
GREETING FOR COGHLAN
Among the personal friends Admiral
Dewey received on board the Olympia to-
day was Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan. who
commanded the Raleigh at Manila, and
is now commandant Of the Port Richard,
Washington, naval station. Capt. Cogh-
Ian was one of Gov. Roosevelt's guests,
and when he climbed to the head of the
gangway the admiral reached over and,
grasping him by the hand exclaimed:
"Why, Joe, how well you're looking"
And then he went on, with twinkling
eyes:
whats this I've heard about your
learning to sing?'
Then, selling the captains shoulders,
he shook him as If Gliding him, and both
laughed heartily at the admiraPs refer
ence to Coghlans 'Hoch, der Kaiser
song.
TO SHARE IN PARADE.
The out-of-town guard organizations
which are to take part in Saturdays pa
rade will arrive in greater numbers to-
morrow. Few of them from the other
states arrived early, on schedule time
Some of them are ahead Of 1t. The Fourth
Ohio surprised Maj. Gen. Roe tonight by
reaching the city long before 1t was ex-
pected The regiment went at once to it's
quarters, One Hundred and Twenty-ffth
street and Park avenue. AS the ar
mories are not provided with cots the
boys will have to rough 1t until the cots
can be brought in.
The Waycross Rifles, the Brunswick,
Savannah, cadets, all of Georgia, and six
companies of national guardsmen from
Atlanta, Ca, arrived on a special train
tonight. They are CHARTERED in the Four
teenth regiment armory, Brooklyn. The
forty members of Battery B, Of Cincin-
natl, are domiciled in cars in the Jersey
Central railroad yards. They have their
baggage car fitted up as a kitchen The
battery is in command of Lieut.. Patton.
The indianapolis light battery, Capt. ].
P. Curtis, also arrived today. The bat
terry served in Porto Rico 1t numbers
sixty men and five guns in the command.
Texas will be represented by the Clarity
rifles, of Corsicana, Tex. The Connect
cut troops will not arrive until Saturday.
One regiment will come from Rhode ISL
and. Eight companies from New Hamp-
shire will arrive tomorrow morning.