The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

seemed 20 act as If lie had Admiral
Evans in his own special keeping
After they had passed. there was a gap
and then came a carriage drawn by four
horses and in it was Admiral Evans and
Mayor Taylor The minute the admiral
hove in sight. the frenzied tumult began
one could see that the cheering was q
tonic 70 the sick man Of the sea who had
fairly dragged himself up from the
depths to be present There is only one
way to characterize the demonstration
and that is 10 say the people went mad
Had the admiral been able 10 stand. he
would have been on his feet all the time.
Several times he attempted to put his
chapeau on his head. but TO no use. He
rode the entire length with head un-
covered and bowling and smiling. Once
a large bouquet of sweet peas was hurled
at him and he reached up his left hand
and caught il with the tips Of his fingers
short stop" yelled the mob,
i guess can do stunt or two yet, -
said Evans to the mayor, as he laughed
gleefully.
From start to finish the admiral had
the dav of his life. and when he went
wife and daughter. Mrs. Marsh, and son,
Lieut.. Evans, saw that he was put to bed
properly for d rest. he said it was one of
the happiest days of his life and that he
was even stronger after the ordeal than
before and that he had not felt so well
in months.
Wears Gift sword.
The admiral wore beautiful jeweled
sword presented him by the citizens OF
San Diego of which he is very proud.
Following the admiral came a detach-
ment Of marines and bluejackets from the
Atlantic and Pacific fleets. They We're IN
company front, a formation in which they
had no opportunity to drill. but they
kept the line even more perfectly than
the regular army soldiers The people
shouted wildly as they rolled along the
highway like so many white-capped ocean
swells just in from the Pacific.
You can never make a soldier out of q
jackie as he rolls along in semi-army
toggery, but he can make a mighty fine
exhibition as an American fighting man.
and that Is what hts part in the prade
to-day amounted 10.
The sailors were followed by twelve
Of the Mexican war in carriages.
then about 200 Grand Army men. more or
less feeble, with tattered battle flags.
When this detachment passed Admiral
Evans reviewing stand, they wheeled and
saluted, uncoveTing their heads. He was
profoundly touched, and had difficulty in
his emotions, the only time
during the day that he revealed anything
of the sad side Of what the parade meant
to him
BIueiackets Get Liberty.
About 5000 bluejackets had liberty this
afternoon and evening. They made the
usual dashes for automobiles, carriages,
riding horses, and bicycles. OF course they
hit the usual trails for booze empoTiums.
A good many struck the Barbary Coast,
but a new police seation was established
there and the police patrol was well for
titled In that district, and almost none
came to grief Altogether they behaved
in the same conspicuous regard for good
order that characterized them on the trip
around South America
Tonight. Gov. Gillett and the so-called
bad" millionaires are giving their 500
dinner to Secretary Metcalf and the COM
officers of the fleets at the Hotel
FaiTmOnt
The frenzy Of the people continues. You
come face to face with a man in the
crowd and he says: Ray for fleet" and
you say. Ray for feet" and then he
says. as he grabs your arm: Come. let's
have one" and you go in and have one
and then some more ones. As you go out
the door you meet another man ana he
says: Ray for fleet" and back YOU go
When YOU eSC9De another man 20 % a..
door 'raying for the fleet, and finally, If
q newspaper correspondent, you have 10
escape up back streets to the telegraph
office to file your dispatches.
That's how this dispatch was filed.