Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-10-05
GREAT LAND PARADE.
Last of New YorL's Functions In
Honor OF Dewey.

New York, Oct. 3.-The land parade
Saturday capped the climax. The city,
state and nation united in one vast
demonstration worthy of the hero of
Manila. The earth trenb BLEED beneath
the tread of $4,000 men and the air was
warm with the shouts Of millions.
The naval parade the day before was
a magnificent and superb spectacle.
but the wonder of modern times was
the great land parade. Thousands of
proud men Of our land and sea forces,
militia Of ten states and the veterans
of the Civil and Spanish-American
wars swelled the procession and gave
1t the dignity In size that it held in
sentiment. There was stretched down
h n OF parade on either side n
dense, 1mpenetrable mass of people,
who overfiowed into the building, win
dows and onto the roofs, sat in, m
brasures and crowded scaffolding. At
Broadway, where it crosses the We
nue., the skyscrapers were as crowded
at the top as ut the bottom, and for
blocks down the irtersecting streets
tenants hung from the windows and
fire escapes, and multitudes of them
were on the roofs, lying fiat and peer
ing over the cornices. The crowd wait
ed good-naturedly to e Dewey, and
when They Saw Him
they waited on unconsciously for three
hours and q half while the procession
passed. Far down this living lane the
column marched, between rows OF
buildings gorgeous with flags and
bunting, and the air vibrated with the
shouts of welcome and cheers. When
the head of the parade, appeared the.
jackies OF the Olympia marched with
a rolling step to the accompaniment of
Sousa's band. 1t was a poor American
whose heart did not beat higher. Those
in the stands leaped upon their seats
and everybody greeted the advancing
column with cheers. Then came the.
hero of the day, the admiral of the
feet, with the other officers. The
people did not have to give a second
glance at the man whose features have
been blaZoned everywhere for weeks.
He was recognized and cheers greeted
him. The greeting to the Olympia's
men seemed tame to the shout they
raised. Admiral Dewey, during his last
few days experience, has become
somewhat accustomed to these vocifer-
greetings, and he took it all calm
ly, smiling and bowling right and left,
and occasionally lifting his gold
trimmed beaver as he rode along. The
gallant captains of the ships engaged
in the destruction Of Montejo's fleet,
except poor Gridley, who died a month
After the Battle,
followed, and each got a rousing well
come. The three real admirals, How
ison, Sampson and Philip, as they rode
by with their brilliantly ~accoutered
stats, were easily recognized and got
fiattering applause, as did many of the
staff officers of the North Atlantic
squadron. Both Gen. Miles and Gen.
Merritt got ovations. The former
seemed to always have his cap off ac-
knowledging the ~salutations Of the
throng.
But 1t was Rear Admiral Schley who
divided honors with the central figure
Of the day. He received a demonstra-
ton second only to that of Dewey.
People along the line of march fairly
roared at him, straining their already
bursting threats to the breaking point.
"Hurrah for the hero Of Santiago!'
''There is the man who soaked Ger
vera's feetr' "Hip, hip, hurrah for
Schleyv' and kindred cries came from
all parts of the line. Up Fifth avenu
some enthusiastic lady threw him a
handful Of roses. By the time he got