Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-01
yircinians on Parade.


The greatest military parade ever seen in
America marched up Broadway, New York,
Yesterday. It's men numbered nearly 81 900
and the line was twice as long as the route,
a matter OF eleven miles in all. Nearly
every State in the Uaion was represented,
and with surprising numbers. For i've hours
and halfthe soldiers marched, while dense
crowds filed every available nook aud cram
nv on the sidewalks, in the buildings, on
the roofs along the route, bowling with pa
triotic enthusiasm. The whole city was
decked as gaily as bride on her wedding
journey.
The Herald says: when the southern
troops swung along the greeting was not
only generous, it was spontaneous, Dixie
and Yankee Doodle swelling the grand
chorus, until the lockers On became frantic
and showered whatever they had on the
moving ranks of their brothers of the South.
Ladies kissed their hands and threw hand
kerchiefa and bits of ribbons; men tossed
cigars, oranges, sandwiches and in several
instances bottles of wine. Governor Fitz-
hugh Lee, of Virginia, rode in way that
evoked remarks about his horsemanship
and solderly bearing. He was vociferously
cheered for his own sake. too. Each one OF
the Governors was singled out for special
applause, but Governor Fiizhugh Lees ad
vent on the scene enthused the crowd as
that of the chief magistrate of no other State
except New York"
The SIN says: "Fitzhugh Lee, of princely
presence and noble southern lineage, was
cheered to the echo from Bowling Green to
Central Park. Stout, broad, bearded, sol
dierly by instinct and training glorious In
his uniform, he was the proudest of the
Governors. His appearance was the signal
for thunder of applause from one end OF
the line to the other. The Governor bowed
right and left in the most stately manner.
AS he passed the reviewing stand, President
Harrison eyed him with evident interest,
the band playing as it marched by the popu
lar southern tune, I'm Going Back to
Dixie"
OF ell the notable people who rode by the
| crowds at the east side of Union Square, the
Governor of Virginia appeared to be the
most welcome. From the moment Gov.
| Lees horse pranced in front OF the Wash
| ington equestrian statue on the Rialto, the
shouting began, and it swept along thestand
az the Governor wont By. 1t is fact that
ut this point Gov. Lte was more loudly ap
pauded, and npplauded longer, than either
the President of the United States or the
Governor Of the State. One of the reasons
for this was that Fitzbugh Lee knows how
to sit on the back of horse. He has ridden
before, and knows how to look picturesque
in cavalry boots. nice-fitting Prince Albert
and thick bnshy moustache. He is the typ
ical gallant cavalry officer, and, as such, the
crowds doubtless appreciated the pictur
esqneness of the figure.
Gov. Fizhugh Lee was the recipient Of
very 1attering reception, notable incident
OF which was the fervor with which the vet.
erans of the Grand Army of the Republic
saluted and cheered him. When President
| Harrison's carriage drove past be was given
respectful and enthusiastic greeting. but
! there was DO nistaking the fact that thu
great popular ou!burst was for eX President
Cleveland all along the line. and the crowds
yelled themselves hoarse at him. His hat
was off his head all the way uptown and
his smiling face showed the pleasure he felt
It would be tiresome to characterize the
bearing of each body OF soldiers, but the i'm
preston OF onlookers was that the marines
naval apprentices, seamen from the vessels
| 10 port and the West Point cadets made the
best showing Of the regular forces, and that
the Fifth Maryland, the Seventh New
York, the Virginians and tho Fifth Mas.
sachusetts will have to decide among them
selves as to who shall take the palm for the
best display OF the militia.
Virginia troops were marching across 23
street and Fifth avenue to the notes
of q military march, but the band, when the
stand was just on the rear, suddenly chang
ed its tune TO "Way Down on the Swanee
River" and started round ofhand- clapping
that ceased not for several minutes.