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NEW YORK CITY. 



resolution requesting the Mayor to appoint a 

 representative committee of citizens for the pur- 

 pose of making all necessary arrangements to 

 give a fitting and patriotic reception to Admiral 

 Oewey and the officers and crew of the flagship 

 Olympia on their arrival in New York. The ex- 

 penditure of $150,000 to carry out a celebration 

 programme was authorized by the Municipal As- 

 sembly on June (>. Subsequently by like appro- 

 priations $50.000 more was obtained. A Citizens 

 Committee of 1.000 members was named by 

 Mayor Van Wyek on .June 17. and on June 21 

 that committee* was organized with the Mayor 

 as permanent chairman, and Alfred M. Downes 

 as secretary. At that time the Mayor was au- 

 thorized to* appoint an Executive Committee of 

 150 members. This committee organized on 

 June :>() with Cen. Daniel Butterfield as chair- ^ 

 man: Tunis (i. liergen, vice-chairman; and War- 

 ren W. Foster, secretary. On June 30 Mayor 

 Van \Vyck, in In-half of the city, extended to 

 Admiral' Dewey, in a formal letter, a public re- 

 ception and tlie hospitalities and courtesies of 

 New York; and from Trieste, on July 24, came 

 the reply from Admiral Dewey accepting the 

 invitation. Later advices enabled the com- 

 mittee to arrange for a naval parade to take 

 place on Sept. 20 and a land parade on Sept. 30; 

 and the timely arrival of the Olympia on Sept. 

 20 made it possible to cany out these plans. At- 

 tendant features were the presentation by the city 

 of New York of a loving cup to the admiral and 

 the erection of a memorial arch. In order to do 

 honor to Admiral Dewey, a proclamation was 

 issued by Gov. Roosevelt, making Sept. 29 and 

 30 legal holidays. The preparation for the naval 

 parade began on Sept. 28, when the North Atlan- 

 tic squadron, then in the lower bay, moved up 

 and anchored off Tompkinsville with Admiral 

 Sampson's flagship, the New York, leading. The 

 Olympia, with Admiral Dewey, followed the 

 squadron, and, passing the fleet, took its place in 

 the van as flagship of the squadron. Admiral 

 Sampson then, with his staff, visited the Olympia 

 and officially greeted the admiral. The entire 

 Staten Island and Jersey coasts as far as Sea- 

 bright and Long Island as far as Rockaway were 

 illuminated with colored fires furnished by the 

 committee. The first formal act on the 29th was 

 a visit of Mayor Van Wyck, accompanied by 

 the Plan-and-Scope Committee, to Admiral Dew- 

 ey, when a welcome was extended to him in be- 

 half of the city. At noon the naval parade started 

 up Hudson river from the Government anchorage 

 off Tompkinsville, with the Olympia in the lead, 

 followed by the squadron, which in turn was 

 followed by the merchant marine and flotilla of 

 yachts. The latter was led by J. Pierpont Mor- 

 gan's Corsair and Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin. 

 The Olympia was escorted by the Sandy Hook, 

 bearing the Mayor and official guests of the 

 Citizens' Committee. Other vessels carrying the 

 committees and city officials followed in the wake 

 of the Mayor's boat outside the lines. As they 

 reached a point in the river opposite Grant's 

 tomb, the Olympia came to anchor in midstream, 

 and in response to salutes fired from the tomb 

 the naval vessels, with colors half-masted, fired 

 the President's salute of twenty-one guns. The 

 naval procession then passed the Olympia in re- 

 view, and counter-sailed down the river until it 

 'handed below the Battery. At night fire- 

 works were displayed from various points in 

 Manhattan. Brooklyn, and Richmond, while on 

 the water lighters started from opposite Grant's 

 tomb, on the Hudson river, and from opposite 

 Uards island, on the East river, and moved 



down, sending off fireworks on their way to the 

 Battery, where they joined other lighters, and 

 the pyrotechnic display continued. Unique and 

 original electrical displays were conspicuous; 

 and, most of all, the words " Welcome Dewey," 

 in gigantic letters of light, 50 feet high and 

 300 feet long, displayed from the south end of 

 Brooklyn Bridge. The culmination of the re- 

 ception came on Sept. 30. Before seven o'clock 

 in the morning the little police boat Patrol, 

 containing a special committee to escort Ad- 

 miral Dewey, ran alongside of the Olympia,. 

 and, taking the admiral on board, proceeded to 

 the Battery, whence, escorted by Squadron A, 

 they proceeded up Broadway to City Hall. At nine 

 o'clock the loving cup * was presented to the 

 admiral by the Mayor, whose address was briefly 

 responded to by Admiral Dew^ey. At the close of 

 these ceremonies the admiral was escorted back 

 to the foot of Warren Street, where the Sandy 

 Hook was in waiting to take him and other guests 

 of the city and the city officials up the river to 

 133d Street. There the party were met by car- 

 riages, in the first of which Admiral Dewey and 

 Mayor Van Wyck were placed, after which came 

 the six captains of the war ships that had taken 

 part in the battle of Manila Bay, and then the 

 other guests with their escorts, forming a pro- 

 cession of 42 carriages. These were driven to the 

 head of the parade at 122d Street and Riverside 

 Drive, where at eleven o'clock sharply the proces- 

 sion began. The line of march was do\vn Riverside 

 Drive to 72d Street, thence to Eighth Avenue, 

 down to 59th Street, to Fifth Avenue, and thence 

 to Washington Square. The procession consisted 

 of the representatives of the United States navy, 

 including the crew of the Olympia, after which 

 came the United States army, then the National 

 Guard of New York, followed by the National 

 Guards of other States, and finally other uni- 

 formed bodies. It was estimated that more than 

 30,000 men were in line. At 23d Street Admiral 

 Dewey, with the Mayor and committees and vis- 

 itors, left the procession, and took their places 

 on the stand and reviewed the line of march. 

 When the procession was over, Admiral Dewey 

 was driven to the Waldorf-Astoria, escorted by 

 Troop A, apartments having been reserved for 

 him at that hotel, where he remained until he 

 left for Washington. In the evening the sailors 

 of the Olympia were entertained at the Waldorf- 

 Astoria by a vaudeville smoker. The memorial 

 arch, the original suggestion of which came from 

 Charles R, Lamb, was on Fifth Avenue, opposite 

 24th Street, and was designed by a committee 

 of the National Sculpture Society, composed of 

 John Q. A. Ward, chairman; Karl Ritter and 

 F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, sculptors; Charles R. 

 Lamb, architect. In general, this arch was a, 

 copy of the Arch of Titus and Vespasian in 

 the Forum at Rome, which was erected by 



* The loving cup was of gold. 18 carats fine, 13 inches in 

 height, with a capacity of 4 quarts. The form of the'cxip 

 was Roman, and the handles were three green golden dol- 

 phins. They divided the cup into three panels. The front 

 panel was decorated with a relief portrait of the admiral 

 framed in an oak wreath. The frame rested on the out- 

 stretched wings of an eagle. Under this panel on the band 

 that ran round the foot of the cup were the letters " G. p.. 

 II. S. N." Between the next two handles was a half-relief 

 picture of the flagship Olympia. Under it was a shield 

 bearing the four stars that denote the rank of the admiral. 

 The commemorative inscription was : " Presented to 

 Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, by the City 

 of New York, September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-nine.'" Beneath this were the coat of arms of the 

 city of New York. About the upper circumfei-ence of the- 

 cup was a row of 45 stars. Around the foot were anchors* 

 small dolphins, seaweed, knotted ropes, and other nautical 

 devices. The cup cost $5,000. 



