The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-31

half past eight. A detail of Captain Nc
Nulty's police, under command of Ser
geant Charles Roberts. with their new
white helmets, marched ahead. Eighty
vets in blue under Commander Edwin
Sharp, were preceded by Keisow's Mill
tary Band, and followed by half a dozen
OF more decorated wagons, several coupeS
and VOlk'S new hearse with its sombre
but handsome decorations, bearing beau
tiful floral designs and drawn by pair of
black-netted grays.
The parade moved to Franklin street,
up Franklin to Sherman place to the Ger
man-American School, where Principal
Hauptner and pupils greeted the ex-
soldiers and presented their contribution
of flowers. Commander Edwin Sharp
made pretty little speech to the children.
AWAITED by 500 CHILDREN.
Then the line counter marched in the di
| rection of School No. s. Principal Hoyt,
with 500 pupils, each bearing a pot of
| flowers, stood awaiting along the sidewalk.
There are thirteen hundred pupils In
| School No. s, but the threatening weather
| doubtless prevented many from turning
| out on a holiday. The scholars sang
| Marching through Georgia." with band
boutonniere in his coat, greeted the Post
warmly, and the commander made an
other speech to the children.
WELCOMED IN GERMAN.
| The line then counterm@ched to
Franklin street, then to Central avenue,
stopping at Principal Charles Hagen's
| German-American school, where the
| Principal made an eloquent address IN
| German, which was responded to IN the
same tongue by E. Paul Reichheim. "A A
little boy and girl stood Just outside the
gate bearing floral bar of white and
green, with sc. A. R." neatly weaved in
| red
Central avenue was by this time
| thronged with spectators. Flags We're
displayed at halfmast on all sides. The
| sky began to clear The disagreeable
mist of the early morning had become
ashamed of itself, and after imparting
| tone of delicious freshness to the flowers
| let up and gave the sun show. The
children now let loose from the schools
the Post had visited, fiocked about the
| old defenders. The small boys in solid
phalanX, with arms entwined about each
| others necks, marched ahead as q crowd
opener, and the police had nothing to do
| but give an exhibition of fine marching
Hundreds of pert little misses, regardless
of the muddy condition of the cobbles,
ran by the side of the old vets. cheering
and waving their handkerchiefs. How
| the hearts of those gallant old soldiers
must have been stirred 1t was tri-
| umphal march
At School No. Z, however, the greatest
surprise was in store for them. The
streets in the vicinity of the school house
We're packed with citizens. A tremendous
| flag swayed in the morning breeze above
| the mass of potted plants and flowers
| banked about the front walls of the build
| ing The windows were filled with smil-
| ing "school marms," who waved their
handkerchiefs and applauded the entrance
of the Post, which filed through the yard
| and up into the main school room, across
| the front of which they stretched line,
and found themselves facing ,403 pupils
| (by actual COUNT, superintended by a
| small army of teachers.
THIRD GREETING.
| The band struck up "Suwanee River"
| and then from the musical throats of that
vast concourse of trained children, led by
| Principal A. P. Guilford, with piano ac-
| commitment by Miss Lillian Terrell,
| broke forth the sweet strains of Amer
| ica."
| School Director Pfngsten, on behalf OF
| the pupils, presented their offering OF
| flowers in an eloquent speech. He was
| glad they were flowers instead of bayonets.
/ He e,eemplimeated the heroism of the vets,
| and alluded to the efforts of Principal
| Guilford and his corps of efficient teachers
| to instill into the minds of these children
| how much they owe to the country which
| had been left them to take care of, and
| begged their offering would not be ac-
cepted for it's intrinsic value, but as a
| token of love and patriotism.
The Director was presented with hand
some bouquet of flowers by Miss Bertha
| Guilford one of the pupils.
| Commander Sharp responded elo-
| quently. He said he had not been so
| taken by surprise since the days of the
| Rebellion In subsequent speech he
| the spot where the school building now
stood and whistled to himself. It was
| then covered with woods.
e. Paul Reichhelm was not surprised.
| He knew it was ''the first time the chill
dren of Hudson City had been gathered
as they were yesterday"
A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.
! The school sang Columbia, the Gem of
the Ocean," during the singing of which
| the old vets eyes flash with JOY, then fill
with tears On either side of Color Bearer
| William Murtle stood one of the prettiest
| girls in the school-Ida Fletcher and
| Blanche Duncan-one typical American
| brunette, the other German blonde,
| both attiIed In Goddess of Liberty cos
! TUNES, and crossing flags in front of the
color bearer at the head of the main aisle.
| AS the last line of the song was reached,
''Three cheers for the red, white and
bluet"
every hand of the fifteen hundred pu-
! DIS ana GeacueTS Was tnIONu hlOlt, anu
| from each fiuttered a red, white or blu e
| handkerchief, waving and tossing like a
raging sea of the colors they love SO we'll y
| The old 'vets." shouted themselves
| hoarse for that school and the teachers.
And the cheers of the pupils fop the
| Post. for Principal Guilford and Dire tctor
| Pfingsten, and Commander Sharp ecEoed
| and re-echoed through the large hall like
| we'll ask any of the old ''vets. present if
| they do not hear the music of that cheer
| ing vet ringing in their ears?
| After the school sang Marching
| Through Georgia." the Post retired, and,
| filing their wagons with flowers, boarded
| the cars for Weehawken Cemetery.
| Over the graves of their honored dead
they performed the ceremonial rites of
| decoration and listened to addresses, one
| in German by Prof. A. Grauert and the
| other in English by the Rev. DR.. Meury
VAN HOUTEN AND WILSON POSTS.
| Van Houten and Henry Wilson Posts
formed ON Grand street, near Washing
ton, and marched from there to Greene
| street, to Montgomery street. to Newark
! avenue, to Grove street, to Eighth street,
| to Jersey avenue, to Newark avenue. AT
that point they exchanged courtesies, and
and Henry Wilson Post proceeded to the
| Jersey City and Catholic cemeteries,
where they decorated the graves of the
| dead comrades. Van Houten Post con
| tinued down Jersey avenue to Grand
| street, where cars were taken for the New
| York Bay Cemetery. When the ceme-
| tary was reached the beautiful and inn
Dressiye ceremony of the Grand Army