New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05
THE MARCH OF THE PROCESSION.

pm ,nr1puIA July 1.-The events OF yesterday
md to-day oyorlapped each other, for !ons before
.be struggling procession had forced It's way last
NIGHT tbronrh Chestnut-st the bells were ing
ING for the advent of July 4th the new liberty Dell
in the spire of Independence Hall leading the ciah9-
ing chorus Mingng with the brazen ala tndt was
t.len nm nv steeple after stcepc all over the city,
came the shrieks of thousand steam Whistles INC
roports OF artillery and small arms, ana the racket
of frecrackers let of by impatient Young america,
who couldn't wait till daylight to begin ms snare o.
the celebration. The multitude assembled IN lh0e-
pendence-square joined with chorus OF ooo voices
in singing the hymn "My Country, us OF thee'
Tins the dav of days of the Centennial Year began.
To rot home ,nd snatch few hours of rest was
what everybody wanted to do next, but the dong OF
II cost deal of effort and fatigue. Weary waiting
for the street cars, desperate struggles TO get on
them and keen ON them. or miles of walking through
the suiry streets was the price people had 10 pay
for their evenings diversion. Scarcely had sleep
come t. tho exhausted Teyeers wien the sunrise
bells and artillery woke them to new fatigues Can
non rosred from the nights Of Paramount Park fion
the Swedish, Brazilian, and American war vessels IN
the river, and from the navy-yards, and all the
steoples once more filled the air with their joyful
peals.
The day threatened from the first strcaks OF Is
TO be 1ercessly hot and as the sun rose toward the
uoridian the menace was amply and cruelty fulh!lcd
Philadelphia seemed destined to establish the JUS
lice Of her old reputation Of being the hottest city
IN the limited States How the fierce sunbeams beat
rnca the wide shadeless expanse of Broad-st, and
into the close high-walled lane of ChestDut-st only
the suffering soldiers who were in the parade and
the suffering multitude who stood for hours np0n
tic blisterng sidewalks, can fully realize They
will need 10 description TO revive thu memory oil
their fortunes Long will the poor volunteers mar
tvtiged in padded coats aud leather hats, remember
that torrid march over paveDents that felt To the
Feet ike heated iron, and under sky that seemed
TO rain tire. No doubt every man Of them, and
every boy Of the gallant young West Pointers, j.
glad of the part be played in the great Centennial
celebration OF tle nations birthday but question
ii many Of them would be willing to endure again
soon what they endured to-day
Tie soldiers were early astir in their camps in
FaiImount Park Most of them wero fortunate
enough 10 get transportation by the Reading Rail-
way into the heart of the city, at Broad and Calow
ll-sts 50 that they arrived az the rendezvous toll
eraby fresh for the fstgues of the day. Both they
and the multitude OF spectators along the line OF
march had reason TO be grateful for the pT0nptncss
with which the military part of the programme was
begun and the celebrity with which ii was carried
out The route over which the troops moved was,
by an exercise of good that is on ceremO
NAL occasions, made short one. Ii began ~ Broad
and Bainbridge-sts., and extended along Broad to
Chestnut, on Chestnut to Fourth and thence, Dy
way Of Pine-st., back to tho starting point-the
who'll distance being less than three miles. AT half
past the front of the column started, and little
before 8 it began to pass The TRIBUNE Office, on
CheStnut-st above Seventh. A few minutes later
it had turned the Fourthst. corner Of Independence
SQUARE At ter minutes before o the end of the lire
went by. Tae following was the order of process
SION:
Gov Ifartranft and aids.
MajcrGen Bankson, commanding the First Division
The Let Philadelphia City Troop.
Black HussaTG, with their mounted Cornet Band.
Brig. Gen Ikayer Second Brigade, First Division ~ G.
The Cadets from the Military Academy Of West Point
United states Marines from League Island.
81 Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. Balller
pa Regiment United Train Artillery Corps Of Providence
Col. William T. Clarke.
I'D Regiment OF Sew-York, with Gilinore's Band.
l0th Regiment Co 4, \; @? Pennsy lyania
Albany ZOuayc Corps Cadets, Capt Jos IL. Reynolds, jr
The Centennial Legion, commanded by Gen. Hcth and
composed OF the following organ zatons Rhode leand
~ the National Band Of Proyidence r. l.; Cinch Rifles
Of Georgia ,PhI Kearny Guards OF Elizabeth, N j.,
Capt w. H. Dedart, preceded by the Governors Iisnd
Baud; American Rifles OF Wilmington, Dol Capt s. NJ
liood detachment OF the 5th Maryland Regiment Col
Lo1cv Boston Light Infantry OF Boston, Mass, Capt NJ
: tlycs, preceded by the Medford Band Washington
j. 1T - antry OF Charleston s. C., capt. VI. O. Moore
~ ,JG Carolina, Major Hagh section of the lst
GeyHampshile Battery, dismOuated, and acting as i'll
fAniry; the hev-laven Grays OF EeY-Haycn, Conn.,
stale FeGcibes OF Philadelphia, Capt j. w Ryan Nor
folk Light Artillery Blues OF Norfolk, Va, Capt Hodges,
with gums and cassOns.
The 23d Regiment Of Brooklyn, n Y, Col Rodney c.
Ward and nne band.
First Virginia Regiment, Major Ordway commanding,
preceded by NOelker's Band OF Richmond.
West Augusta Guards Of 6taunton, Va, Capt. Bum
gardner.
First Vermont, two COMPANIES. under command of
Capt. J. ". Newton
Detachment Of Royal Spanish Engineers
a squad OF oicers and men in uniform representing
companies in Texas, Virginia and Ohio next.
Ss.nets t9r Northern Home for Soldiers Orphans.
Ghard college Cadets
III could scarcely be called an exceptionally i'm
posing parade. New-York City secs every year
much finer military demons tratiOns "a far as num-
bers and show are concerned But the representa-
tive character of the organizations in the ine-the
fact that every one Of the original 10 States had
picked corps present-gnve to the moving column
significance and an interest in the eyes of the spec
tatoS entirely apart from the display Of bright uni
forms and the bare of martial music. In military
point of view there too much brass band and too
little soldier IA the procession. Every military Or
ganzat!c even though 1t consisted of only 90 mus
kets, appeared TO have brought its own band along
and In some parts Of the line the musicians almost
outaumbered the soldiers. This was, Of course not
The case when the fine solid columns of the First
and Second Pennsylvania Brigades, and of the 9TH
I'D, and 23d New-York Regiments passed. will
not attempt to say which Of the organizations made
the finest appearance. Fron such q magnificent
body OF monthe flower Of the volunteer soldiery of