The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-10

NEW YORK, April 3O.-At an early hour
this morning troops Of soldiers, veterans,
militiamen from out of town in smart
uniforms, squads of New York State
regiments and G. A. r. in vast numbers
began to make their way to their various
rendezvous up town to assemble for the
great parade. Detachments began march
ing down town long before the hour ap-
pointed for the start and during tn
services at st. Pauls chapel formed in
the streets on either side of Broadway in
the lower part of the city. By the time
the Presidential party left st. Paul's for
the Sub-Treasury most of the troops
which took part in the parade were
massed about Wall, Pine, Rector and
other streets in the vicinity. All the
troops, with the exception of the Grand
Army, were stationed so that they en-
tered Broadway below Pine street, thus
giving those who occupied points OF OBJ
servation down town an opportunity to
witness the entire parade. The route of
the procession was lined with such vast
crowds that passage along the streets
was impossible. From curbstOne
to the adjacent buildings the
muItitudes was packed in with
out regard to human comfort and ILL
betide the luckless mortal who was sick
or weak. Individual rights were not to be
thought of, and the weak went to the wall
literally to the wall of the houses and
away from the curb stone and the Center
of attraction. The lamp-pOsts were all
occupied by hardy street boys, and every
fence and railing that offered even.a pre-
carious foothold was at a premium. The
streets themselves were filed with peO
pie who, before the processiOn started,
were driven along and out Of the line of
march by platoon OF police.
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start at ten O'Clock, and as soon as the
President had passed the'cOrner of Wall
street and Broadway on his way to the
ub-Treas ury, officers began to give or
ders to their waiting men; horsemen
looked to their horses aud saw that all
was right, and the bands of music got
readyfOr The start. As soon as the liter
airy exercises began at the Sub Treasury
the word to start was given. and the great
parade, the principal feature Of the Sec
ond days celebration Of the Washington
centennial, began.
The route was: From Wall street up
Broadway to Waverly place; through
Waverly place to Fifthfavenue; up Fifth
avenue to Fourteenth street; through
Fourteenth street to the east side of
Union Square; around Union Square to
west side to Fifteenth street; Fifteenth
street to Fifth avenue; Fifth avenue to
Fifty seventh street.
Previous to the start the Grand Army
of the Republic he'd been formed by their
Grand Marshal, Colonel VIM. p. Walton,
on streets west of Fifth avenue and
moved, through East Fifteenth street 4,
Broadway, East Seventeenth street,
Fourth avenue, East Fourteenth street.
Fifth avenue, Waverly place and Broad
way to Duane street. On reaching that
point the line was formed through the en-
tire route enumerated in double rank
against the west curb of Broadway, the
south curb of W'averly place, the west
curb Of Fifth avenue, the north curb of
Fourteenth street, the west curb of
Fourth avenue, the south curb Of Seven
teenth street. the east curb OF Broadway
and the south curb of Fifteenth street,
the right resting on Fifth avenue, thus
fronting a solid line OF men on one side
Of the route as far as Seventeenth street.
The column moved from the head Of Wall
street there being between fifty and sixty
Thousand men in line.
The most impressive feature of the day
occurred when the literary exercises at
the Sub Treasury were over Tbs Presi-
Dental party, in eleven carriages, drove
over the route OF the procession up to the
reviewing stand in Madison Square be-
tween two lines Of troops drawn up at