Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-05-09
THE NEW YORK SCHOOL BDYS.

THE NEW YORK SCHOOL BOl =.
F. u. Mu>>ey. in Cincinnati Commandments
In alluding for about the last time to
the Centennial Celebration. | can not help
reverting once more to the parade OF the
SchoOlboys of New York That viii live
in the memories of all present after the
rest has become faded dream. One may
forget the war ships and the soldiers and
the civic parade. but one can never forget
that appearance of four thousand school
BOYS of New York. 1t is still the talk on
every hand.
such perfection III marching was never
seen before. As the little fellows march
ed by in files as straight as a rule. from
curb to curb. their shoulders. backs and
chests thrown out. their cheeks flushed
with the proud pleasure of being review
ed by the President of the nited States
looking straight ahead. paving no atten
ton to calls OF proud fathers and friends
following the flag. and stepping with ac-
curate football to the music they produced
as they went past i'll seemingly endless ar
ray. they made tremendous impression.
Women waved their handkerchiefS. and
cried and laughed almost Historically. and
men felt lump in their thrOatS as they
watched the little fellows proudly march
| ing by in perfect time. department. and
alignment. No such perfect marching as
I that was ever seen on the streets of New
/ York before. Harrison himself was Wis
| iblv moved. and General Sherman was eX-
cited
What becomes of your Anarchists
now" shouts a voice from near the Pres
ident, and Amt you glad you are an
American shouts another.
/ | have previously said considerable
about this memorable feature of the par
I ade of "Wednesday. and close by quoting
/ from a long article on this feature which
the SIM has:
Hear this that a skilled soldier on the
grand stand near Harrison's box eXclaimS.
after watching for ten minutes in silence:
| II don't see how they do it: they step
/ like one man
/ And this from another veteran of the
war:
The Seventh can't beat EN-
And this from a Grand Army com
mandant:
THAT knocks soldiers all out.
so the compliments were spoken. and
so the wonderful spectacle passed by
/ But even when it had all gone men still
/ talked about the display. That night a
/ Jolly Wall street man began discussing
| the boys and their exploit. He told some
/ of the things noticed in them. and as he
/ went on in his narrative his voice became
/ chOked and his eyes got wet. He was at
a certain club up town, and in the group
! the Wall street man was addressing was
/ keen man with somewhat peSSimiStic
disposition. He half sneered at his friends
surrender to emotion. and commenced to
! talk himself about the boys. Not min
ute passed and he, too. had become silent
! He simply could not talk
! Many other similar instances have
been reported, and though it is strange
thing for men about town, and about such
town as this. to be affected thus, it may
be understood by all when the march of
the boys is considered not in the light of
an ordinary spectacle. but as an exhibit
| ton which was both moral and a prOph-
ecy. There were four thousand boys in
! line If there had been four thousand
soldiers. and they had marched Just as
well as the lads, there would never have
! been any emotion over the sight. The
! fact that there were on the march 50 many
youths youths innocent of all those signs
which Smirch men-Seemed to stand plain
before all the spectators. What could all
! the talk about political corruption and
! bribery and intemperance and lust mat
! ter now? Here, at any rate, was a pha-
| lanX of innocence. Here were boys whose
| lives had not been sullied, and surely that
was something that appealed to the emo
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