New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28

Centennial Committee will be attired in ancient
Dutch costumes and the members OF the New-fork
Californian Club will wear the picturesque High
land costume The Alexandria Fire Company, OF
Alexandria, Va. will have in line the hand-englne
which was the property OF the fire company OF
which George Washington was a member, and My
veteran fremen from Portland Ore. VIII also
bring an antique hand-engne. II would he lmpoS-
sible in a summarized enumeration of the principal
features TO give them adequate description. but II
may he depended upon that the superb iloats rep
resenting historical events and those containing
beautiful alegorical pictures will be well worth
seeing.
In order to make the handling of the great
paradp practicable Of the contingentS VIII ne
dismissed before reaching Canal-st. tire-enSlncS'
hosccarts and bands in the nrcmcns division VIII
move in double column, two engines ana two nose
carts abreast and two bands abreast ms us
posal will shorten the column some two or three
miles The finer floats viii be placed under the
spccjal escort of some Of the military and semi
military organizations marching abreast OF them.
These positions will he positions of special honor
to the commands receiving them.
To save all possible fatigue General Butteriield
announces that he will order divisions which are
not to be moved early in the day, nor 10 ci,fr NE
head Of the column has been started, to DC lrrnl'u
that much later than the hadlng DIVISIONS 80
that for instance, division that VIII hoU s''ru ~
enter the column until 2 o'clock VIII nov III r.
onired 70 he in position rs carly as those who
start AT the head of the column, thus saving all
possible fatigue to the men.
RFHDARs1NG FOR THE PARADE
Another means Of saving space has been otter
mined upon in allowing but one band or drum corps
N each section of from 400 TO 500 men. All OF
the organizations sent representatives to the l-'h
Regiment armory last evening who were instruct
cd as 70 marching regulations by General Butter
GoId and other officers The General has taken
eorv nrecaution 70 have the route Of the PROCESSION
cIoar from Fifty-ninth-st before the time arrives
for the column 10 move. and has insisted that only
mon able 10 march rapidly shall be permitted IN
tbc line. His arrangements are Such'
he saws. as TO warrant him in believing thlt
the procession will pass within reasonable Tune
An IDEA of the magnitude of the demonstration
NAV be gathered from the statement that ten mihs
of streets will be required for the Hroces,o4 s'n
ply TO stand in. while fourteen miles VIII p' llS
y nrth when the procession Is III marching ori'F.
This does not include the space needed ior mnuN
and floats Four large tloatN VIII MI bI0ck pc
tween streets and the apparatus OIL ire ire ~.
nartmcnt alone will occupy half a mlle. ~ Is
hopcd that the prizes offered by the Army Com
mittcc TO organizations taking part IN 'hr lhduS-
trial parad, will have tcndsncy 10 nN III I' thn
march we'll form quickly ana adhere T." an 'nc
rules which have been laid down for their guH-
oncc The civic societies will march sixteen or
twenty files front, the sem-mlltary ORGANIZATIONS
I'm close ord r. at least sixteen hleS 'front.'
The paradc will form in the street. bounded by
Fortv-thirI-st. Lexington-ave., SiXty-'evcnth-s'
and Eighthavc. all of which will be kept clear by
the policc while the column is forming. Inc h'a'i
NJ the column will rest on Fifih-ave. al Fifty
ninth-st The route OF the procession VIII be- the
reverse Of that of the military parade OF lucSday'