St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-31
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The statues in the various parks
throughout the city were all profusely
decorated with flags and flowers. At
10 O'Clock the clouds broke away and
. the sun came out, the remainder of the
day being all that could be desired by
those participating in the ceremonies.
At : 80 the column began to move from
the Fifty-ninth street place of Central
Park. 1t
Swelled at Each Block,
as in each street. down to Ferty-seventh
street, were small armies Of veterans
waiting to fall in. The column was
headed by Gen. Fitzgerald and staff,
followed by Troop IL" Then came the
city's regiments with the Sixty-ninth in
front, followed by the Ninth, Seventy
first, Twelfth, Twenty-second, Seventh,
Second battery and First battery. Be-
and staff of nearly 100 men. The rest of
the parade, consisting of Grand Army
posts, Sons of Veterans, volunteer fire.
men and cadet companies, were divided
into eleven divisions. The tattered
flags of the veterans were most conSpic-
uOuS in the parade and evoked frequent
applause. The beautiful floral piers
which were carried at the head
of each Grand Army division
also drew from the spectators muir
murs of admiration. Nearly two hours
were occupied by the troops in passing
FOrty-secOnd street. Everybody who
saw the parade agreed that it was one
of the finest ever seen on Decoration
day. At the Worth monument the
principal reviewing stand had been
erected, and it was gaily decorated.
Right opposite, on the east side of Fifth
avenue, was a much larger stand christ
ened The Grand Army Stand" Many
soldiers, families were on it. The re-
viewing party arrived at 10 o'clock
under escort of the old guard and sec
ton of police. The horses of the first
carriage, which contained Judge Van
Hoesen, chairman of the committee;
Gen. A.ger, OF Michigan, and Hon. j.
I'll. Dolliver, of Iowa, ran away
at this point and rushed to-
wards Twenty-third street, where
they were caught by Policeman
Parker. The driver then managed to
get his horses back to the grand stand,
where his passengers alighted. The
parade was reviewed at the Worth mon
ument by Commander-in-C Chief Alger,
Mayor Grant, Recorder Smythe, Gems.
Siegel, Reyes, Carter and Hawkins;
Congressman Dolliver, of Iowa; eX-
Congressman Root,of Arkansas. of Gen,
Ayers staff, and number of promi-
nent city officials. There was another
review at Union square by the grand
marshal and the department commander
of the q. A. r. The parade was then
runaway horses attached to Gen. Alger'S
carriage. The services at
Gen. GRANTS Tomb,
in Riverside park. under the auspices
of u. S. Grant post, were attended by
Gov. Hill and Commander-in-Chlef
Alger. The United States steamers
Pensacola, Essex and Yantic were an
chored in the Hudson opposite, and
fired minute guns during the exercises.
The floral tributes were extremely
handsome. They consisted of wreath
of roses and lilies from the executive
mansion, a basket of red and white
roses from the Confederate camp of
New York city, and offerings from the
Loyal Legion, the Gen. Meade post of
Philadelphia and many other posts.
The Grafton was delivered by Gen.
Alger, and at the close of the services
the war Ships on the Hudson fired ma
tional salute of twenty-one guns. The
corner stone of the Washington memo
rial arch was laid this afternoon, with
appropriate exercises. The stone is
pier of pink Milford granite four feet
eight inches long, three feet six inches
wike, and twenty inches deep. .Graud
Master Vrooman laid the stone, using a
solid silver trowel presented by the
Washington Arch Memorial committee.
Addresses were made bV Henry :,
Marquand and George William Curtis