The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-27
HOW He ARRIVED.
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running into Hampton Roads or some
other port in the south was spoken of
but we concluded we ought not to touch
land anywhere before New York. II
was suggested that we cruise some dis
lance outside of New York harbor until
| Thursday, but We knew that if we did
that we would be discovered and re-
ported. The weather looked a little
squally and it seemed to be better in
side the Hook than outside. But the con-
/ slderation that really decided us to
come into port was to give Capt. Lam
| berton a chance to clean up the ship
before our voyage up the harbor. Capt.
Lamberton and are very proud of the
Olympia, and we wanted enough time
at our anchorage to rub her down and
make her look spiek and span"
The Olympia looks as smart as
| yacht. The anchors were hardly down
before details of the crew were washing
the ships white sides and touching up
the stains with paint. The admiral
first business was to send an officer
ashore with kilograms to the navy de-
partment, Mayor Van Wyck and Gen.
Butterfield, announcing the arrival. He
spent most of the time in looking over
newspapers and receiving reporters.
He was just finishing midday
breakfast when Sir Thomas Upton call
ed on him. With Sir Thomas were DR..
Mackay and other visiting Englishmen.
Il suppose you have come for tea" said
! Admiral Dewey, referring to Sir
Thomas Liptons gift of five pounds of
| tea to each man on the ship while he
was at Colombo.
mo, you're welcome to it if you can
drink it," replied Sir Thomas. AS the
guests left the Olympia, half hundred
of the crew cheered the baronet.
81 could not stop them,' chied out
Admiral Dewey, waving his hand to Sir
Thomas Upton.
They had no orders to do that" was
the reply
Admiral Dewey then had a succession
of notable callers. Rear Admiral Samp-
son, with Capt. Chadwick, his chief of
| staff, and Lieut. Commander Winslow,
| his flag lieutenant, came on the Dol
| phin. When the dispatch boat was a
mile away it began firing an admiral's
salute, and the Olympia replied with a
rear admiraPs salute of thirteen guns.
| The Dolphin anchored near the Olym-
pia and Rear Admiral Sampson and his
staff went on board. They were received
| by Admiral Dewey, Capt. Lamberton,
Lieut.. Brumby and the officer of the
deck, the full marine guard and band
being paraded. The officers went to the
admirals cabin. Rear Admiral Samp-
son said he was delighted at the evident
| good health of the admiral, and he told
! Dewey he looked much younger than
most of his portraits made him out to
| be. Admiral Sampson remained on
| board some time and returned to his
ship, the New York.
He said: Admiral Dewey is delight
| ed, as is every one ON board, to reach
American shores again. He is much
moved by the great kindness and en-
thusiasm of the people, and, though
shrinking from too much ceremony and
public display, feels deeply the regard
in which these are the outcome In
fact, he feels and expresses himself
precisely as a man of his fine and mo-
| dest temperament may be expected to
do. The country honors in Rim the fine
| qualities as well as those steamer ones
which have given him his fame"
| Rear Admiral Sampson had first
learned of Admiral DeweY's arrival at
the Brooklyn navy yard, where he went
| about 10 o'clock to see Rear Admiral
! Philip Soon after Rear Admiral
| Sampson had gone, Rear Admiral Phil
! ip voyaged down the bay in the Mar
keeta and paid an informal visit. The
rear admiral's salute was not fired in
this case by request Of Rear Admiral
Philip. Admiral Dewey received these
| officials in undress uniform.
DR.. Sanborn, health inspector, visited
| the Olympia, and looked at her papers
Eleven of the crew Of 375 men have ty-
| phoid fever. Some of the cases are
| convalescent and all of them are of q
| mild type, according to DR.. Percy, the
ships surgeon No one has died of the
! fever, and with this exception, the sail
| ors and marines are well. DR.. Percy Is
unable to account for the presence OF
| typhoid fever on the ship. The cases
| are not numerous or serious enough to
! cause him alarm, and it is probable
that the sick men will be taken ashore
to a hospital tomorrow
George Bidwell collector of the port
I and several of the staff visited the ad-
| miral and were conducted around the
ship by him. All day tugs, sailboats
and excursion steamers came up near
! the Olympia and took a look at her
| Everybody who asked was permitted
to come aboard. Some of the party OF
sightseers on launches We're invited
| to come on board. The Olympia's an
| chorage was rather lonely place, and
altogether not a great many visitors
| made point of going there. 1t is sit
uated, however, near the main ship
channel The North German Lloyd
| steamer Saale, outward bound, passed
| close to the Olympia. The Saales
| passengers crowded to the deck. Ad-
| niral Dewey responded to waving
! pocket handkerchiefs by lifting his cap
several times.
| The Saales band played the "Star
| Spangled Banner and the Olympia
| dipped her flag The Cunarder Urania
passed out half an hour afterwards.
! She fired II signal bombs. Admiral
| Dewey ordered the Olympia's band to
| play God save the queen"
The admiral about o'clock returned
| Sir Thomas Lipton's call on the Erin.
Lieut. Brumby and the admirals son,
| Ger@ge j. Dewey, were with him. Sir
| Thomas met the admiral at the gang
way with his friends, and the entire
party went to the after cabin, where
the health of the admiral. the Shamrock
and, of course. the Columbia were
| drunk amid enthusiasm. The admiral
remained on board nearly half an hour
and then started for his ship.
| The Erin's crew began to cheer, and
| as his launch drew away the entire
| ships company, guests, officers crew,
servants and all, led by Sir Thomas,
] with hip, hip, hip gave three hon
est cheers, the kind that the admiral
heard from the British warships in Ma
| Mia bay, while the admiral waved his
| cap like school boy and was given a
| hearty welcome in his own country by
! hundreds Of foreigners.
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