New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-29
DETAILS OF THE BIG PARADE.
HOW THE DIVISIONS WERE MADE UP.

The 10000 men who composed yesterdays
land parade In honor OF Bsrthod Day wero 90 sdmira
bly, handled that serious hitch occurred from
the time General Stone at the head OF his stan
started from Fty-ssvcntnst AMI Fifth ave. until ih'
last division was dismissed at tho Battery The process
SION was divided into ton sections, Of each OF which
DETAILED account IL given below. The6 divisions
formed early in tho morning In the side
streets on either side Of Fith.ave. and
wheeled into limo tho end OF the
procession passed them. The parade was growing In
size during the whole march down Ffth-ave The line
of march az hrs laid straight down Fifth ave-
from Fifty-sevenths to waverly plaoo The bad con-
dition OF tho roadway. no vever between rnrtie:hs
and Twenty-srtnst tds necessary 10 do this part
OF the journey In Msdson-sve From Twenty sixth-st
and Fifth-ave the line ofthe to WAveriy
place. to Broadway to the CITY Hail. Hero the process
sion turned across the park to Park Row aud thence
under The Worlds triumphsl arch back to Broadway
and TO the Battery.
FIRST DIVISION
The first contribution to the big parade, q
battalion OF engineer 265 strong. turned IN Fifth ave-
from Thirty second st. about o'clock They wsro the
crack corps In the service and they aonx with
an easy confident manner that only the steady drilling
which the regular soldier gets givo The battalion
came from wiiietts Point and at their head, on bay
steed, rode handsome man with = heavy black mus
tachs IL was their commander, Captain Y. ID. Knight
The elegant hit OF his dress sword proruded frou tue
right pocket Of his martial ovorcoat. His aides Leu
tenants Roesser all To xnsend aud Dr. Richard, rode
with tho captain.
Ftthavc. was nearly deserted at that hour. but tho
regular FOO as OF tho marching soldiers soon brought
ragged ans constantly increasing throng Of small boys
that hung the faux of the detachment besides pre-
cedns and following IT, cloud OF nurse girls ana
chdrens faces suddenly boomed at the spacious win
dows OF the brownstone mansions on the avenue aud
beamed on the troop IN the street below Captain
KpiU maj "a tgtu mini hat
on the south sidewalk with tho right resting on Fifth
ave. After remaining IN this position about twenty
minutes the detachment moved back and formed In
West FKsy-seventh-st They found this street
blockaded with pavingstonos and barricade OF
barrels and boards, which it was necessary
TO remove. Although the street contractor had been
ordered to clear away all distractions. he mad not done
ami both East and West Fftyseyenth ss had to DO
cleared away Ny the sold and sailors.
After the engineers had arrived incidents thickcned
about the vicinity. SO did tho people, VINO divided
thor attention between Secretary Whitneys house on
the ooruer behind tho closed blinds Of which tho Presi
dent was hi;cn. aud the steady incoming stream OF
soldiers salors and rumblng cannon. BY o'clock the
whole OF the First Division OF the parade was drawn up
waiting for the buge peal that WAS to send the column
down tho avenue toward tho roviowing-stand.
This division contained tho Naval aud Army
feature OF the parade. Captain ROBERT
Boyd, Of the Tennessee, paced up aud down the
ndewak OF Fifty seventhst. smoking cigarette, and
horseback. He had l. 100 marines, blue Jackets
aud artllerymen drawn up on the north walk OF
Flf,y-seventh-sL The marines from the Navy YARD
next to the They were under The direct
orders OF Colonel Haywood. Lieutenant Nazro was re-
sponsibe fertile First Battalion Of the DueJickets from
the Tennessee, Aanc, and Yautlc. Lioutenants Low
and Turner watched the apprentice lads OF the Second
Battalion from the training ships 5aratoxa Jamoown
ana Portsmouth, Lieutenant Commander Berry had
charge OF the sailor boys OF the Third Battalion VINO
came from tho Vermont and Atlanta, while Lieutenant
HosTcy directed tho movements OF the Naval artillery.
the Rssi Of aT@S Including
tbs battalion OF neers from Wllets Point and de-
stationed at For; Hamilton. Major Randoph's aids
were Iieutenants Romer. RiIey aud BlounI
Division lncu ed the % Regiment OF the New-Jcrsey
state National Guard, 300 strong, who we're drawn up
in East Fifty sixthst under their Colonel Edwin A.
Stevens. In the same street with the NewJersey Vol
untsors Company Is. ffty-Ono mcu. OF the ON
siAnod place vtn this division: The visitor. brought
their own bands With them. inc MassschuseTs moh
were commanded by Captain soushmayd and Leuten-
ants Mcdonald and Cords. 1900 -
o nssr Sooo Hs%
, ~Sre st% United states Hrtery Who mounted
nm sturdy bay horse. healed tho division ConiernSs
yafd na1sd for tho apprentice battalion, while the
hand OF tho Tenpessse, numbering nineteen pieces,
headed marines and baesokets and tue Navy Yard
General stone and iod the column. ,, a., ,,,
Tho blucj oken aud apprentices divided Win tne o,s
spectators Thor sturdy figures we're displayed with
coaSs and Tsov ss9ng. U.rrdse belts
were strapped about their waists aud cAn,eens. fitted
half with water and baf with coffee were sang over
panrs containing thirty mon and TWO sergeants 70
company The crows of the Naval guns consisted OF
TINS uniform OF the Engineers was tue reguaoh
Army blue hut the 1r tn az 'Is
effect BY back their cspes ana giving the red
men wore tho army uniform Of blue ami red The uni
form OF tho Mass Achusotts company was DARK snaao
Of army blue. That OF the NswJer'ey regiment was
Hight bluo
General Stone put himself at the head OF the process
sion ready to start 10 o'clock His stan consisted OF
Colonel Thomas c. Miles N G. s. N Y, Colonel Granville
P Mawes u. s. v, Captain James NJ. Wilder u s. w. COLO
Es "a ch y s1oF cS 'y
IL Ansoi aidss aayetie captain Henry sicsrd Colonel
diISc.sse7e. icassaan. " oBTien captain m
sep h0f FO Mss''f a. Captain aRTW A. copp T. w.
coonel e c syfSa McMiohaei. CIV e. s Y
SECOND DIVISION.
The Second Division was composed Of the First Bril-
gade National Guard ana the various French societies.
Tho National Guard regiments turned out with full
ranks, the 7th 22d, and G9th Regiments being especially
noticea0ls this respect All the soldiers wore ther
overcoas but thoy looked neat ana soldiory wlthai
Tho 9TH. With Coloael CLARK in command, marched uo"n
from Its armory 1t had twenty rlatoons OF eighteen
files front, preceded by Cappas band OF sixty pieces
total OF about $50 men II took its position ia
Fifty h'tn-s, Just west OF Fitth-ave All the regiments
formed tho side strecH with tue hoad OF the
column resting In Fiith-ave In East finJ hitn ST.
could be tho red and green pumos OF tho G9th keg
neDt Colonel Cavanagh commanding In East fliy-
tourthst tho 18th Regiment, Colonel Jones, anu
tho 7lst Regiment, Colonel McAIpn. TEE latter Or
ganLaon made hal dsoms display.
Tie 9Th Regiment Colonel Scott, and the eth Colonel
seward formed IN West Fifty folrthst Tue lltn'
Colonel Stewart, was formed IN Last Ffty-;hrdst.
and the 22d, Colonel Camp in East sFifty-tn st.
and along Madison With Glmore's band OF eighty
pieces. 1t had about 500 In Fifty e.. on
each side OF tho lat aud "a battores
respectively by Captains LOUIS WchusI ano
Ferdinand p. Earle Euch had . battery OF st guns,
ani avofaby In pout OF equipment snd uress
with tho regular army battery In tho Fist Dvison
The met OF the 20 Battery looked especially hoat III
their lark blue coats anu TRIMMINGS, "ith wbito
buckskiu breche At the head OF tho LIST BRIGADE was
General Louis Fitzgerald. with his stan mounted on
black horses. The brigade AZ wuolo never presoptcS
better appearance snc must have given TIC frrncu
visitors favorable opinion Of the American citizen
IL ilIlary. 49,
Tie OF the Second Division was composed OF the
various French Societies Of this and neiehbolng ctos'
under the command OF Captail A. George, as Msrsnai
They formed In East and West Fifty nrst-st Iho