Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-28
THE MILITARY PARADE.
A TURNOUT OF CITIZEN sOLDIERY.

A TURNOUT OF CITIZEN sOLDIERY,
Fifteen Thousand Mon In Line-;rand
CIimvx to tho Four.Dsy Series OF I'll
Centennial Pagesnts.
| Tue !oveliest of Indian summer suns had
scarcely shoue its rosy face above the
housetops Friday morning before Phila
delphia's streets were thrOnsed with
troops OF soldiers, preparing for the mill
tary parade, which so appropriately ended
the Bi Centennial celebration. The civic
display which opened the carnival; the
parade of the trades !; the illuminated his.
torical mysteries, and the big procession of
Knights Templar were all thrown in the
shade by the veterans, militiamen and
cadets who aroused the enthusiasm of the
multitude along the line of march Fri
day. Hours before the procession moved,
the struggle for standing room on Broad,
Chestnut and Market streets began, and
the perspiration which trickled down
the faces of tue policemen showed
how energetioally they were work
ing to keep the crowd behind the
curbstones. AS rule these efforts were
successful, but every now and then mob
would come rushing out of some cross
street, sweeping everything before it,
until the middle OF one of the more roomy
thOroughfares was reached. A more
chaotic scene than Broad street presented
at 0 o'clock would he difficult to imagine,
and for a time it looked as though the
military could not be straig ghtened out.
Regiments of soldiers marched and coun-
termarched through the spectators {;
pieces of artillery were drawn hither and
thither without any apparent reason ::
struggling cavalrymen were hemmed in
| by the crowd mounted officers gallOped
about, shouting incomprehensible orders,
and tuneful and untunetul brass bands
! rambled from place to place. increasing
the general racket.
Innumerable skirmishes took place
between citizens and the police and one
| cOmmunistic chap was arrested for begging
the popAlace to demolish the stand OF
the aristocrats on Broad street and by
that action get more standing room for
themselves. Although the horses used by
| the privatss in the parade we're as a rule
far from fiery, there was ono that mustered
| up enough of courage to run away and
clear a swath through the crowd in less
than it could have done by the entire
| police force. The rider, who was thrown,
is soldier and brave man under Ordi.
! nary circumstances, but he declined to
remount when his desperate Pegasus was
brought back. Just as the military COM
mands were getting into some sort o;
order the Baltimore cOlored IEvincibles.
followed by horde of wildly enthusiastic
friends, swept along like 4 cyclone, car
rying men. women aud children before
them and disordering everything. So
stunning was the appearance of the Balti-
more lnvincibles in their bearskin s'lakOs
and SO seductive were the strains Of " The
torpedo and whale" as played by the
band, that fourteen of tho cOlored walters
of a leading hotel rushed out as the Grays
passed. mingled with the crowd and to the
despair of their employer did not return
to work.
Although some of the regiments did not
turn out as strong as was expected the
companies We're fairly filed, aud what
was lacking in numbers was made up by
excellence Of movements and their sol
d;erly bcariug. The soldiers were all
kindly received by the spectators, but the
most frequent and generous bursts of ap-
plause were lavished on the First rcgi-
ment, the City troop and two or three fine
reg siments from the western part of the
| state. at some points however, the
| multitude were only enthusiastic OH the
| ambulance loads Of manned veterans and
stands cf tattered battie-tlags in the lines
Of the Graud Army Of the Republic.
The parade was seen at it's best ON
North Broad street, where the troops were
reviewed by Governor Hoyt from Il 3tall
at the intersection OF Girard avenue \
large number of distinguished PERSONS
We're on tha stand with the governor,
among them Governors LadIow, Of New
.ifr a. <,r Tuln
Hall. Of Delaware, whil: Col. Frtnk E>n.
le'nan, Of this city, was among the staff
officers. The stand and it's contents were
photographed, and then mild sensation
was caused by prophetic colored man
who, when ordered off the stand,
said, ''Gemmen, please sahs. doan put me
often de stage ;fo Use TUX dc gOverno's
| hand, kase nebbe de ole man'Il nebber
sot eyes on Publican govcrno' heah
after dis heall yeah" The pea was
| failure and as he passed out his move
iaents were accelerated By the storekeep-
ers. About this time the head Of the pro
cession came up, bHt the stand was so
crOw6es; that the officers in the procession
could not see the governor and many of
them did not salute him. His guidon was
placed near him on the street and after
that his excellency smiled compiacently
as each officer waved sword at him. A
few drops of rain fell and the sky
looked as though water would drop
in bucketsfull before long. Wouldn't
it be a good thing to get an um,
brella for the governor??' inquired col
ored mau, who evidently feared the ruin
Of his excellency's shining plug hat.
Umbrella be hanged replied the officer
addressed the governor is soldier
and water won't phaze him. This asscr-
tion proved true, for although the rain
patted on the gubernatorial tile until it
locked like plush stovepipe, its owner
sat in his corner until the last straggler Of
the grand army passed before him.
Tho procession, which was two hours
and thirty-five minutes passing a given
point, was composed of G 2j7 Pennsylva.
mia miiitiamen, 1862 members of the
National Guard of other states, 456 cadets
and G, 729 veterans of the Graud Army
of the Republic, making in all Il, 504 per
sous.
Funny Scramble.
The Th ird brigade, commanded by Gen
Siegfried, and in which Company c., o.
Columbia. marched thirty-Gve men, had
formed at an early hour at Broad and
Catharine streets, and it fell into line at II
O'Clock precisely. It was made up Of five
regiments and three batteries, and its totalf
strength is 2, 7S3 men, Of which number
1,715 marched in parade. Its appearance
was not varied by any bright or contrast
ing colors, as was that Of some of tho other
brigades All tho men turned out in their
simple blue uniforms. Company after
cO!ppapy moved mast all disnla vino r;y;d