Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-25
By the REV. Rlehnrd 8. storrs, D. D.

Depew, LII d an address by the Presi-
dent Of the United States, and the bane-
diotion by the Most Rev. Michael Angus
tine Oorrigan, Archbishop of New York.
THK BIG PARADE.
TX. At the conclusion OF the literary
exercises tho President and members of |
the cabinet, the chief Justice and associate |
! justices Of the United states will be driven
to the reviewing statid at Madison Square |
to review the parade Other guests will |
be carried TO the reviewing stands by q
| special trnin on the Third avenue elevated |
railroad, which will start OF Hanover
Square and run to Twenty third atreet
station.
y. While the literary exercises are TAX
ing place the military parade will start at
10 q. m. on April Both from Wall street
and Broadway, and proceed up Broadway
10 Waverly Place; through Wa7eriy Plaza
to Fifth avenue; up Fifth avenue TO Four
teenth street; through East Fourteenth
| street to the East side Of Union square;
thence along the east, north and west
| sides of Union Square TO Fifteenth street;
through Fifteenth street to Fifth avenue,
and thence up Fifth avenue to Fifty
seventh street.
Twenty one states maintaining National
Guard or volunteer militia establishments
forward figures of the strergth of their
respective contingents, ,aggregating 81 200
regularly organized and uniformed
troops. In numerical order these are as
follows Now York, 13,000 officers and
men; Pennsylvania, 5000; New Jersey,
$500; Ohio, $500; Massachusetts, i $40;
New Hampshire, 1,UU0; Delaware, 800;
Vermont, $50; District of Columbia, 700;
Connecticut, 600; Maryland, 500; Vir-
ginia, 500; Rhode Island, 450; Michigan,
AS South Carolina, 800; Kansas, 250
Kentucky, $50; North Carolina, 200; Mis-
souri,, 200; West Virginia, 200; Florida,
100; Georgia, SO.
To this total Of $1,000 is 10 be added
the regular forces OF the United States
army and navy, together with the corps
of cadets from West Point and Annapolis.
The government firoes, 1t ia estimated,
will not fall short of 5000 OF all ranks,
making grand aggregate OF 42 0DU
troops, forming the two leading divisions
of the parade.
In the third division, made up OF the
commandery of the Loyal Legion and the
posts of the Grand Army Of tue Re
public, 10 600 men, 1t is expected, will
be arrRyed. President Harrison will be
called upon to review at least So 900
men, mounted and on foot, not counting
the governors Of states and their staffs
and the marshals and their bodies OF
aides, the latter, in all probability, taking
up the space in column required for 12-
company regiment of infantry marching
of full distance.
XI. The centennial banquet will take
place OF the Metropolitan Opera House at
$50 p. m.
XII. At 8 o. m. there will be at the re-
viewing stand, Madison Square, free
opsn-air concert OF vocal and instru-
mental music, under the auspices OF the
Getman-Americsns of New York.
XIII. During the evening there will be
general illumination of the city snd
display of fireworks in the following
! localities,
Tompkins Square, Canal Street Park,
J Washington Square, Union Square, Fifty
} ninth street and Eighth avenue, Mount
: Morris Park, East River Park (Eightieth
) street), Washington Heights aud places
in Twenty third and Twenty fourth wards
) not yet determined.
: WEDNESDAY, MAY !.
XIV. The industrial parade will start
from Fifty. seventh street ana Fifth ave.
l nue. at 10 a. m. on May 1st, proceed down
a Fifth avenue to Fifteenth street, through
: Fifteenth street to Union Square, around
. Union Square on the north side Of Fourth
avenue, to Fourteenth street, through
. Fourteenth street 10 Fifth avenue, down
Fifth avenue to Waverley Place, through
Q Waverley Place to Broadway, thence
a down Broadway to Canal street. II has
: been deemed impracticable TO take the
industrial parade to the lower part of the
Q city, as 1t would be almoat impossible to
q disperse il without blocking the column.
4 WEDNESDAY, MAY 8.
CLOSE Of the Loan Exhibition Of HIS
: torical Portraits and Relics in the Assem-.
: bly, Rooms Of the Metropolitan Opera
|. House.
j Officers Of the army and navy and per.
sons occupying official positions are re-
Q quested to appear in full uniform.
/ 1t looks as though 1900 singers will
Q sing in the concert TO be given in Madi
d son Square on the evening of April Both.
= The singing will be led by Theodore
n Thomas and Il. schmeelt will conduct
the band which will consist OF rs to l0t
8 men. The concert will last from till II
II O'Clock, after which Fireworks will be
displayed.
y No tickets for the ball will be sold
10 after April goth.
= 1t is atated that the public stands alont
IT the line of the centennial parade vii
n accommodate, ali told, 1907 people
All the seats on the Worth Monument
stand have been besroken, with the ex
cep.ion of 400. There still remains to b'
~ sold 1900 tickets for the Washington
II Square stand and 1900 for the Forty
4 atu
S tickets are 50 each. The City Hall Plri
re stand will accommodate 5000 people
.. and tickets for this stand are at 20 cent
z each and are about half gone.
Il. O. Giiohrist, major commacdinE
y the Washington Light Intaatry o
" Charleston, s. c., writes that, rs buc'
'. commander, he is the custodian Of TN
'p William Washington batile-hag, the oni.
" Revolutionary standard in condition 10
u use on parade. The flag was in the t6h
10 OF the Oowpens and Eutaw Springs,
~ antedates tine Stars and Stripes and ha
been honored at all the centenniaiB, an
y will be brought on here BY Major Gil
10 christ for his company. 1t ID requested
.s le that this f4g shall be distinguished by
III post OF honor in the centennial parad
y. escorting the President from 81. Paul.
70 Churoh to the United States sub treaaur
N y, building and saiu ing him on the gfan'
~ stand at Madison Square.
40 Il ia announced that the students o
IN Columbia College and the College OF tn
g. Oity of New York, 400 strong, will hea
III an educational division In the secon
DAYS parade, and they will be foiiowe
by 3. QUO boys from the grammar school
of the city. A r4rreseatation from IN
girls schools will welcome the Presiden
on the steps OF city hail