The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 1, 1899, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVI-NO. 123, SAN FRANCISCO. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. u».-]r:-fis!mna-.x':;.!amnran!ampanmnnnmamnmanmnfianhnm@anmnmmhhmmnnnnnn!nmmnna:nh&nmnanmnmm;:ammmmnnamn: LAND AND SEA FORCES FORM A VAST: et DR TN e Pfogress of the Admiral From fhe Terab of Grant to the Reviewing Stand Literally One .of Glorious- Triumph, g v TNy > ST S e S Mg = s, it > S T R, il S = ST aeEea = New York’s Great Land Parade Passing Through the Dewey Arch. Sept. 30. hear was due to a cause of which no human | formed in the streets adjacent to Riv- | collection of guests, among whom were | that. there was always considerable|sad days in the fall of 1898 when the | stand accompanied by the Mayor and his coux. | agency could possibly have had control. | erside Park, and it came together like | Major General Miles and Rear Admiral | space between the regular army divi- | volunteer regiments, with thinned ranks | found it a flower garden. ‘Wagon- two or three milllor carriages that were to carry the | pieces of carefully adjusted mechan- | Schley. | sion that preceded him and himself. | and wasted forms, marched up Broad- | loads of wreaths and floral horseshoes citizens, a city decked\ ts from the landing at Riverside to | ism. When it moved it passed actually | To Admiral Sampson, who looked {ll | Bowing to right and left and doffing | way. At the front was a regimental | and bouquets of flowers had been sent n color from end to end, a long € of the parade and thence to:between two solid walls of humanity. |and careworn, a warm reception was | his hat every few feet, he presented a | battle flag carried in the Philippines. It | by his admirers. Quickly following ghting men—br > charac- ere late. This was due to the Arrayed along the line of the parade | given, but the ovation tendered to Rear | very striking figure. 'Admiral Dewey was shot and tattered and a mute evi- | him came other naval officers, and in a navy and volun — | Uamendous outpouring of the populace, | from One Hundred and Twenty-second | Admiral Schiey was continuous, warm | Tecent tributes to Governor Roosevelt’s | dence of what the regiment had gone nor, an historic review | thit blocked the vehicles three times on | gtreet to the arch the crowds of spec- | and hearty. Schley, like all other | Potent influerice in preparing for the | through; and as the regiment went wrch erected in honor of | thex w to the landing, but they g0t |(,¢4rs on excursion boats and along the | guests, was arrayed in full dress uni- ?\‘lclr)ry at Manila had evidently been |along the flag was applauded with great | all the glory of the army and navy full f the city and idol of the day. | theriat last. | shores of the Hudson on Friday had as- | form, and he presented a gallant and | taken to heart by the public. All per- | eners There were still other organi-| dress. the distinguishing features Theyparade moved only about a quar- | tonished all who saw them. The as- | dashing figure. It was evident that a | sons agreed that Roosevelt's reception |.zations that must not be lost sight of. The reviewing party had scarcely got md and closing chapter of | ter of ¥ hour late, and it was all over | semblage of spectators to-day, massed | very large number of spectators re- | Was second to Dewey’s, and that| In the position assigned to the Span- | settled in its seats when Sousa’s band test popular demonstra- | before Yghtfall. By the counting ma- | not by thousands but by hundreds of | garded Rear Admiral Schley as the real | Schley’s was second only to that ac- |ish war veterans at the rear marched | came blaring down the avenue, playing tion of the century to a living Ameri- | chine usd, which cannot make a mis- | thousands, was even more amazing. | victor of Santiago. A dash.of South- |corded Roosevelt. | the Astor Battery, which fought in the | of course, “The Stars and Stripes For- 1 grand and g cli- | take, thek were 30,902 men in line, and | The beautiful weather made happy the | ern gallantry marked Schley’s progress. Of the organizations in line the sail- | Philippines, and there were two full | ever,” and leading the tars of the occasion the at ad- or Gergral Roe, who marshaled the | spoculators who had erected private | At one point along the line a woman |ors from the Olympia received the most | regiments of Spanish war veterans, one | Olympia. The tars went by in good or- to the peo Th ade, ncy divides the honors with | gtands. The number of persons who | threw toward him a silk flag. It fell | applause. It should be borne in mind | raised in Brooklyn and the other In|der, every man, sailor and marine alike, t time e ed to ¢ eral Howce Porter as a successful gayw Dewey certainly reached into the | short. The admiral stopped the car- |that only about half of these men who | Manhattan, that acted as rear guard. carrying a Lee rifle at present arms. 1 figure in these cer ager of yreat land pageants. millions. riage, sprang out, seized the flag, kissed | paraded to-day participated in the bat- | It will give the general public a bet-| The sailors marched well, although d observed > the varhus committees,” to the| The admiral’s progress from the |it, bowed to the lady, pinned it across |tle of Manila, but the crowd didn't care | ter idea of the spectacle if this sum- | many of them had done no walking when it led the mar- | men who weretharged with the execu- | tomb of Grant to the reviewing stand | the breast of his uniform and was |for that. It cheered them collectively, | ming up now carries the admiral to |ashore for months. The Olympia’s bat- but they had not actually | tion of their olers, and especially to | was literally one of glorious triumph. | away in the parade again, while the |and felt that each man was a hero. The | the reviewing stand and presents a | talion had been burned by the sun un- Now they were per-| the police, the greatest credit is due | He rode at the head of the procession, | spectators gave him a rousing cheer. jackies and marines who did fight wore, | birdseye view of the organizations as | til they were almost the color of the him as h -to look | for the success ( the two days’ dem- | with the Mayor, immediately following | There were, however, other heroes in | proudly pinned to their blue jackets, the | they passed. When the admiral rode | bronze medals of honor they wore so to almost touch his onstration. Thes\ called it “Dewey | Major General Roe and his staff. The |line for whom there were evidences [ medal of honor voted to them by Con- | down Fifth avenue through the ap- | proudly. Admiral Dewey, during the :red him, and he heard | weather.” a3 Miles was first 10 | cheers with which he was greeted made | that they occupy a warm place in the | gress. proach to the arch he was overcome by | passage of the naval division, stood e them his gracious re- | use the term when he met the admiral | nim ride bareheaded most of the way. | hearts of the multitude. General Miles | But there was another organization | the splendor of the work of art that |alone in the Teviewing stand, erect, pre- at the City Hall. “DAwey weather” and | ge was visibly affected, now and then | was grected with considerable enthusi- | that must not be forgotten. This was | spans the roadway. The sun shone | senting a striking and never to be for- be it | perfeet weather are synonymous terms. | pig lips twitched convulsively, and oc- | asm, but Governor Roosevelt, dressed |the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Reg- | brilliantly upon the arch, and while he ' gotten figure, his right hand raised in said, the demonstration closed without The air was dry am crisp and just | casionally he wiped his eye Behind [in frock coat and silk hat and mounted | iment. It recently came back from |continually doffed his hat to the plaud- | salute, so that the forefinger barely eriou ident and alm without | the sort for men to mach in. The sky | Dewey in carriages came his fighting |on a spirited black horse, commanding | Manila, where it had done splendid |its of the ten thousand people seated | touched the peak of his chapeau. dent to mar its force. | was flecked with swiftly\noving clouds, | captains and then his staff. After them |in person the 15,000 National Guardsmen | service. Colonel Hawkins, the regi- | in the amphitheater about the review- ‘When the division of the regular nning of the commit- | and a brisk wind tha\ makes New | came Admiral Sampson and his staff, | of the State, had a_rousing reception. | mental commander, died on his way | ing stand, his eyes were constantly | army passed General Merritt took his ne good fruit. Everything York's October so bracind blew stead- | captains of the North Atlantic squad- | The Governor's progress was suffi- [home, and Lieutenant Colonel Barnett | wandering up and down the massive | station beside the admiral and joined anned, and everything had ily. ron, then Rear Admiral Howison and |ciently dramatic to satisfy his most en- | is now in command. There was some- | columns that bore the figures of Vic- | him ir review. A fine picture these 1 to go like clockwork. A| Under the skillful manayement of | his staff, followed by Rear Admiral |thusiastic admirers. He held the Na- |thing about this regiment that appealed tory and the statues of former naval|two veterans of the Manila campaign the start of the parade’ General Roe the parade had been ! Philip and his staff, and then a general | tional Guard sufficiently in check, so!to the multitude and reminded it of the | heroes. He mounted the reviewing ! presented, and the attention was about short time the reviewing stand and the space behind it was filled with men in To the credit of New York C