Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-01
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
The Civic and Industrial Parade.

Washington Centcnnial Celebration Dloke
clear and COOL The feature of the day
was the great civic aud industrial parade.
At the various railroad depots early in the
morning crowds of sight seers and industrial
organic itions were arriving to take part In
the parade. Visiting 6remen were coming
in on every train, many of them bringing
their gaily bedecked apparatus with them.
At the elevated railroad stations the scene
throughout the morning was one of a!most
Understandable confusion. The various bodies
of men which were to take part in the great
parade generally sought to avail themselves
of the trains to reach their destinations, and
conse quently the crush was great. Uptown
in the side streets the scene was q busy one,
though of course one of endless confu'
sion owing TO the difficulty of handling un-
drilled men. On account OF the unavoda'
BILE length of the pageant the start was made
at $50 1t will have to move more slowly
than that Of yesterday on account of the
number of tableaux and floats in the lice'
Grand Marshal Butterfed and his
staff of aides, numbering ITO. finely mount
ed headed the procession. All along the
line of march the sidewalks, stoops and
stands found eager occupants. The crowd
at Union Square was as if anything greater
than yesterday. The stands, every win
dow facing the square, the roofs ofsurround
ing buildings and the sidewalks were crowd
ed and packed with mass of humani-
ty. The seats on the Fourth avenue side Of
the square were free to women and children
and they were crowded. Many of the peo-
pie came rs early as 8 or o'clock ir order
to secure seats. On the reviewing stand
with President Harrison we're Vice Pres-
dent Morton, ex Presidents Hayes and Cleve
land, Secretaries Proctor. Tracy, Window
and Rusk, Gen. Sherman and Others AS
soon as the President had entered the plat
form Mayor Grant stepped forward and
presented him with an address, enclosed in
cylinder of repousse silver. The Mayor
then took his place on the stand beside the
President, and the big parade began to pass
by. A mammoth globe representing tie
New York IVorld'' drawn by two horses
attracted much attention. The ship joiners
association were in line with mammoth
model of ship. The Exempt Firemen's
Association of this city to the number Of 200
came next and after them the Tammany
Hall braves, q genuine Indian squaw and two
copper colored braves accompanied them
Then came the fremen's division.
Chief among these were 600 members OF the
New York Volunteer FIremens Association
There were about 4 900 men in this division'
the rear being brought up by the Brooklyn
Fire Department Battalion, who fairly gain
ed the houors of unstnted applause.
The Hoboken fire department brought
with them their Anticipated hook and ladder
truck Volunteer fremen from Brooklyn,
Philadelphia and other cities, were followed
by host OF fremen drawing their appara.
tu4. 400 Brooklyn police came along just
behind the fremen. Then came the Man
haitian ship joiners and floats. The plaster
ers society, the cloak and suit industry hard |
at it with scissors and needle. the marble |
cutters scattering chips, six hundred Brook.
Ign plumbers, 800 Brooklyn carpenters and
5000 members of the union OF carpenters. |
Next came the Italian division. One of
their floats was large boat on which were
represented Columbus and Washington. |
Another float represented Italy and Ameri-
ca. The Scandinavian societies also made
good showing. The German American
sharpshooters to the number of over 6.O0O |
men, followed. Then came the large
singing societies, nearly all present
ing great number of floats Al
most every trade known had its rep.
resentatives among the German population.
Following were the 400 Columbia College
boys. washington and his Generals"
mounted, were escorted by a company of
Brooklyn school boys, and close behind
them were eight baltaions, of 400 each. of
New York school boys escorting tableaux of
Washington Crossing the Delaware, ""Val.
ley Forge" and "Fsunces Tavern" Sew.
eral temperance societies aud Knights of
Pythias preceded "The Resignation of the
Commission" and the Yonkers Cadet Corps
escorted "The First Inauguration" Be-
tween the Washington Contnentals and
coo Sons of Veterans was the elaborate
tableaux 1.-THE State of Virginia" represent
ing a chip of the 16sh century, with adven-
turers in Eizabethan costumes crowding
the poop deck deserving the land, Cap
tain John Smith and the seven members
of the council standing in grcap
Then followed series of tableaux rep
resenting various States. After these
came Scotchmen in their kits and kirtles,
with bag pipes. The Swies associations fol.
lowed The Hibernians numbered 10000.
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