The morning news., 1889-05-07
TIE MILITARY PARADE.
Thousands Witness the Review at th'
Park.

| Thousands Witness the Review at the
Park.
The military parade in the afternoon was
the event of the day. The old rendezvous
on South Broad street was abandoned and
the innovation of forming the line on Lib
erty street was decided upon. Liberty
street residents appreciated it, and doors,
windows, stooDs and balconies were
| crowded, aud the double streets and side
| walks were one mass of people who began
| to assemble early.
The head of the line formed at Whitaker
and Liberty streets and extended westward
on the south side of Liberty street. At 5
| O'Clock the column moved in the following
| order:
Regimental band.
First Volunteer regiment
/ ish Jasner Greens.
German Volunteers.
Oglethorpe ishJ Infantry.
Republics Blues.
Savannah Cadets.
Savannah Busch Z)uaves.
Barlow Light Infantry.
Savannah Volunteer Guards Battalion
Company A.
| Company b.
Company C.
Chatham Artillery.
| Georgia HuSsars
! At Drayton and Liberty streets the mill
tary filed into Drayton street, marching
| north to Bay street, west on Bay to Bull,
sout1 10 congress, west TO Jefferson, south
to Broughton, east on Broughtoa to Dray-
ton and south to the northeastern entrance
to the park extens.o
| As the line marched from Liberty street
down Bull, Liberty street took on the ap-
| peara1ce of a Broad 5ay. There was q
| block of vehicles reaching from Drayton
| to Whitaker street. and the crowds of sight
seers was 50 dense that it was almost i'm
| possible to move through the throng, and
along the line of march the sama interest
was manifested in the parade.
But it was at the park that some conceD-
ton could be had Of the number of people
| Who were taking an af.eraoon outing.
| Every seat III the incosure was taken, the
walks were crowded, and wherever there
was grass plot tue tired promenaders ,t
or reclined, awaiting the arrival of the
| military. While in tho shadow of the park
trees that overhung the fence hundreds
were seated on the grass in the park ex-
| tension while others clustered about the
monument
There were many strangers in the crowd
and evidently a majority OF the u, princi-
| pally ladies, had never visited the park be-
fore. Exclamations of delight and pleasant
compliments Of the surroundings were com
mon,
The park was at its best. The trees in
their spring foliage of green, the pendant
moss and the bright blooming and fragrant
| 1owerS, which circled the fountain and we're
watered by the spray from It's man v -throated
| figures, and patJere1 on the floating water
| lily leaves, were charming to tho citizens,
and more than charming to the visitors.
| But il the para SO msd full of life before
the approach OF ths military, all at once
fairly swarmed with people, as the notes of
| the Rsgimantal band we're heard az the
head Of the line crossed CASTOR street.
| Then the park became 81 nive of pc ople, and
for nearly half an nour poured a continl-
Gus stream of people into the park extern
| tension. The ladies predo minated, and it is
doubtful if so large a number have ever
| been attracted to the park extension to wit
| ness military maneuyers as were on the
| ground yesterday eJeniag.
| TIE military exercises at the parade
| ground lasted about an hour, ending with a
review of the regiment. The Savannah
| Volunteer Guards were In their new uni
| form, and the Cadets wore the West Point
reglati)n summer white fatigue trousers,
and showed in the march how mnca more
| comfortable the uniforms were than the
heavy ia Irics worn by the other companies
| There was tine turn OUT of the regm snt,
and eighty eight uniformed men of the Sa-
vannah Volunteer Guards, and forty-oae of
| the Georgia HusSars, were in the parade.
| The prCficlsncy Of the two juvenile military
| companies was noticeable, and elicited
many complimentary re marks. the long,
| swinging steps Of Che busch Z1uaves show
| ing that in skirinlsh they could get over
| the ground like veterans