For Admiral George Dewey had come home, and Fifth Avenue had the chance to acclaim the victor of Manila Bay.

Down the broad street, from Fifty-ninth Street, under the Arch at Madison Square, and on to Washington Square, the procession in the hero's honour passed.

This was the order of march: Major-General Roe and Staff.
Sousa's Band.
Sailors of the Admiral's Flagship, the "Olympia." Admiral Dewey, seated beside Mayor Van Wyck of New York in a carriage, at the head of a line of carriages containing Governor Roosevelt, Rear Admirals Schley and Sampson, General Miles, and others.
West Point Cadets.
United States Regulars.
New York National Guard and Naval Militia.
National Guard of other States.
Union and Confederate Veterans.
Veterans of the Spanish War.
When the head of the procession reached Thirty-fourth Street, the sailors from the Admiral's flagship halted and drew up along the side of the Avenue.

The Admiral left his carriage and entered the reviewing stand at Madison Square.

Admiral Sampson was on his right.