New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05


pinch their faces. But as the bands went by they
danced to the airs and beat time. On the sidewalk
| there was black peanut-pedler who recommended
| his wares on the ground that they were genoone
double onted peanuts; but Just he was on the
| point of making Scent sale. along came band,
and he must stop to cut double shuttle thereby los
| ing his bargain.
DAMP MEAN COLD.
All this while the people on the spectators stand
| were stamping their frozen heels on the boards in
the vain endeavor to get up circulation The wind
still blew swift and cold Ladies had wrapped them
selves in carriage rugs little boys crept underneath
their mothers shawls and wished Garfield had never
| been elected and some of the moro heroic young
ladies and gentlemen played Questions and An
swers" to while away the time. The day was much
like the Inauguration day of eight years ago. and
the crowds on the stands all along the avenue shly
cred and growled much as they did then. 1t was
| damp, mean cold, that had nothing honest or
| open about it. 1t chilled the bone and
| turned the feet into Jumps OF ice. But the
crowd had paid dollar a head and stood by their
| poss bravely. After long waiting their patience
was rewarded. About o'clock the glitter OF bayon-
cts was far off at the base of the Capitol hill
| and the cry They're coming" which had Deen
heard twenty times before, was true at last. In
| few moments the avenue presented beautiIul
|
soon be distinguished in the distance and as they
drew nearer the panorama unfolded itself, the blue
coats of the regular troops the scarlet Innings OF the
| cloaks thrown back over each shoulder; then the
| handsome yellow and black of the CleVe-
| land Chasseurs; then again bright nue.
| of blue or scarlet and so on, while
| overhead the many hutterinR flags fuinlieo
| literally the description of an army with
banners. The dark mass of the crowd when
| stretched all along the line of march was the pest
possible foil to these coOrs, and at the end Oh the
avenue the Capitol shut in the picture, the great
| dome shining when now and then the sun broke
out upon it, like white cloud in the sky "nen
| the Presidents carriage drew near the Treasury
there a forest of bayonets gttering III the sun
| as far away as the eye could reach.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE CROWDS
But now General Sherman is riding by at the head
of his staff dressed himself in plain black. with
gold cord about his hat; the crowd cheer
him and he sautes gracefully. There is
q roar of cheering further down the
avenue. and the Presidents carriage is seen
to be ct hand There is a halt for moment and the
| carriage breaks away from the line which wheels
here to pass along the Treasury, and starts for y
| short cut through the White House grounds to the
reviewing stand in front Of it. The crowd surge up
to the carriage and of the enthusiastic blacks
almost get under the wheels. There are hearty
| cheers from the street. from the stands that are
closely packed from the windows and even from the
| roof of the Treasury President Garfield, who sits
on the right. now waves his hat almost constantly.
and as the carriage is ready to pass through the
gate, rises gracefully and firmly on his feet and
makes parting salnte. The carriage passes IN by
the White House, followed by scurryng throng of
negroes, who are bound to the new President re-
view the nrocession made in his honor.
AT THE REVIEWING STAND.
General Hancock arrived at the Presidents re-
viewing stand an hour before the head of the pro-
cesslon reached that point Already several thou
sand people had in the streets and upon
the stand opposite. General HancOcRs arrival was
the first incident to break the mOnOtOny of waiting
in the raw and chilly atmosphere, and he was
greeted with hearty cheers. Then the crowd settled
down for another hour of patient waiting. When
the hoad of the column turned tue corner of Fiji
feminist the Presidential party emerged from the
White House and made it's way foot TO tho Gov
cred stand built for their accommodation.
| President Garfield and ex-President Hayes
| led the way. Among the ladies seated on
| the stand were the wife and the mother
of the President together with Mrs. Hayes. BY the
| time the Presidents guests were seated the crowd
had received such accessions that it was estimated
that from 10, 900 to 10000 persons witnessed the
review within the two squares bounded By sixteenth
and Seventeenth-sts. G eneral w. L. Sherman rode
at the head Of the column and barred his head as no
| passed before the President
| In the column commanded by General Sherman
to-day were many old soldiers of the army Of
| Georgia. who marched through this same street
| under the leadership of their old commander. in
| Nav 1875 That was the memOr able mill
tary spectacle of Washington. aud the
people of this city are wont to refer To
the "Grand Review" as basis of comparison
when they describe any military display. The pro-
cession Of to-day partOok largely Of the military
character and in that respect alone is entitled 10
high praise For two hours soldiers, uniformed and
armed and ex-soldiers. veterans Of the late war,
tramped by As rule the marching magnIfi-
| cent As Philadelphia citizen rganization filed
by with firm lines and military bearing, General
Hawley enthusiastically exclaimed: THAT is mag
nifcentl Those men march as well as British regu-
lators and far better than the French troops whom
| have seen at a grand review in France. Americans
take on military air easier than any other people,
and in month we could put million of men into
the field who would march well as these"
THE TROOPS AND THEIR COMMANDERS.
| A regiment which excelled in marching and
whose sodierly bearing elected very high praise
was the 9th Regiment n. g. $. n. Y. under the COM
mand of Colonel Oscar Ryder. The regiment did
not arrive until late hour, but took it's proper place
in the first division, commanded by General Il. B.
Avres. of the Regular Army. The first
troops in this division twelve COM
panies of regular artillery and four compa-
MES of marines, who presented fine appear
ance, and the Cleveland Company, which formed
General Gar6elds escort attracted much attention.
as also did the Army Signal Corps. which turned
| ont in full uniform accompanied by its parapher-
| malta of field telegraph. Several cOOred companies