The Minneapolis journal., 1904-05-04
RUSSIA HONORS
NAVAL HEROES
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dows of magnificent palaces and less
striking buildings, and triumphant
Heroes Of Chemulpho'' stretched
across the thorofare.
A salvo of great guns announced
that the Malaga had appeared upon
the horizon. A cheer burst from the
waiting people crowding the quay. A
second salvo and at the signal fleet
Of steamers and yachts, loaded with
drowned the martial strains Of the
bands accompanying them, began the
forward movement toward the lncom-
ing ship.
In the lead was the launch Of the
commandant of the port, and by his
carried with him when he boarded the
Malaga.
Crosses Of st. George Coveted.
After exchanging greetings with
Captain Stepanoff and his men, he
opened the parcel and took from it
the crosses Of st. George.
MY instructions, he said, "are to
deliver these decorations before you
arrive at the port"
AS soon as the Malaga tied up to
the dock. Captain Stepanoff passed
down the gangway to receive the
greetings Of distinguished military,
civil and religious functionaries.
After the official words Of welcome
to the ship, and, giving the order to
his 258 followers. marched at their
head down the gangway. All wore
the uniform of the British navy, which
had been supplied by the. English
man-of-war Talbot Immediately after
the battle.
A third salvo of great guns well
coined them to shore, and the massed
bands of 10000 troops played together
the national anthem, God Save the
Czar.'
To the granite stairway, which leads
| from the port of Odessa to the city,
| the survivors marched thru two lines
! of saluting sailors and soldiers.
| At the foot Of the stairway the mil
| itary gave way to young students of
| the universities, standing side by side
and forming two rows, which stretched
past the bronze statue of the DUO de
Richelieu, at the head of the stair
way, down the Nicolas boulevard,
Welcomed to Odessa
Before the Richelieu statue were
gathered representatives Of the
church, the municipality and the dis
| trict administration, who welcomed
the survivors to the city.
Here the latter received a blessing
and reverently kissed the cross.
| The procession then turned into the
Nicolas boulevard, where 100000 peo-
pie joined in a roar Of welcome. The
! people swept thru the lines Of stu
| dents and police and seized the sur
vivors, bearded men pressing their lips
| upon beared cheeks with an enthu-
siasm an American would hardly ap-
were hoisted upon braWny shoulders
and carried in this fashion, and
crowds struggled and showed to get
near enough to touch the hands OF
men whom they were worshiping.
! Somewhat rumpled, but thoroly
pleased by the rough attentions show
cred upon them, the survivors
had been erected and where they were
received by the city fathers. The lat
ter offered bread and salt to Captain
Stepanoff upon a silver platter in
scribed:
"Welcome of Odessa to the heroes
Of the Variag and Korietz, whose deed
astounded the world"
For twenty-four hours Odessa
feasted and gave free rein to her fran
tic enthusiasm for her guests. Their
the latter, in the auxiliary cruiser
Nicolai H.. proceeded to the military
port Of Sebastopol.
A torpedo boat flying the signal
welcome to the Brave was frs
sighted from the Malaya- Slowly
came into view the whole Of the
Black Sea fleet, from it's masts fyin@
the flags that Russian men-of-war al
, ways hoist when going into action.
The thunderous roar Of cannon
afloat and ashore intermingled, ant
the faint echo Of the cheers Of tht
, military, the nobility, and the people
? came across the water. The surviv
ors answered with a loud hurrah
wy ioI nc oh NV Tho 60 n
, the fleet and thus carried to the shore
Sebastopols reception was mor'
= of a military character than had beer
that Of Odessa The Russian strong
; hold was not as gorgeously decorated
as Odessa had been, but its welcom'
+ miral Skrydloff, commanding tn
, Black Sea fleet, who had commanded
: the Pacific squadron, warmly EN-
) braced Stepanoff. I.
: In the fight" said the latter, .
! did not forget your orders and instruc
> tions. We lost, but we fought a
! hard as we could, and we did not Civ
. up our ships"
Gets Skrydloff's Medal.
That night at banquet, Skrydlo1
!, took from his breast the st. George
= cross, gained in the Russo -Turkis]
? war of 1878, and pinned it upon Step
? anoff.
= IT have worn that cross for twenty
: six years." he said, "and here in Sc
: bastopol, whose soil is rich with tn
: blood Of Russian heroes, I give it t
= = you, another hero, and wish you hap
9 piness and health"
But a portion Of the crews Of tn
< sVariag and Korietz were brought t
Russia by the Malaga. The re
I mainder came home two weeks late
q IviaE Marseilles. When the survivor
were reunited they were ordered to S.
K Petersburg.
Z, Immense crowds greeted them alon
the route. At Moscow they were CIV
Y en- an ovation such as had not been ez
ceeded probably by any previou
+ demonstration in that old capital.
x st. Petersburg decorated in the,
1; honor, troops gave them military re
n ception, and the people let loose th
Y, enthusiasm pent up by long waitin,
1.-The welcome Of the nation we
). crowned by an audience granted b
the Emperor to the officers and me
n Of the sunken ships.
e Gifts Of money, of Jewels, Of clotl
T. ing, were showered upon the survi,
= ors by the emperor, the nobility. an
}. the peasantry. 4
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