Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-31
THE PARADE.
\ Very Fine Display Made BY the Turner's
Yesterday Morning.

y Very Fine Display Made BY the turner's
Yesterday Morning.
Larger paradeS have tramped the
streets of Wheeling than the column Of
Turner's which went over the prescribed
route yesterday morning, but never
was parade better handled, and never
did better drilled OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
perhaps, veteran SOldierS-Obey the or
derS of a commanding officer. Indeed,
few troops, no matter whence they
came, could have surpassed in Steadi-
ness Of marching, or 10 manly bearing,
the organizations of active Turner's
which headed the column, aud aS the
well aligned platOOnS Of sixteen men
each swept by they We're accorded uni
verSal praise. The same merit at
tached only in less degree to the pas
sive Turner's and the members Of the
Singing Societies, and all are To be con-
graduated on a splendid appearance
under conditions decidedly the reverse
OF favorable
The column was formed at and near
the intersection of Market and Ninth
streets. under the intelligent superVi-
sion of Chief Marshal 4. A. Franzheim
and his aides. about nine o'clock,
aud the composition of the col
umn was exactly As had been laid
down in the printed programme pre-
viOuSly prepared fact which OF itself
is sufficient TO entitle the commanding
officer and his assistants to distinction
and honorable mention. The hcadQuar-
terS OF the staff was in the saddle, at
the corner of Market and Ninth streets,
and the various divisions formed about
them within convenient reach. About
a quarter past nine, Marshal FranZheim
gave the command forward" and the
column was in motion.
At its head was Chief of Police Del
bruggc. and at his back detachment of
eighteen officers. in white gloves, ditto
chokers and bright fragrant bolttoRniers,
the men walking in platoOnS OF six, with
the easy grace characteristic OF the
force-when on parade.
Immediately behind came Chief Mar
shall Franzheim, Chief Of staff RieSter,
Adjutant Koch, and the staff, consisting
OF MeSSrS. A. A. Schramm, c. w. Krei-
ter. Charles ROhrig, Mozart: Charles
Appenzeller, Arion; ii. c. Meyer, Ger
mania: Albert NOlte, Mpnnerchor;
Henry Danenberg, Teutonia; Charles
Daub. Lawrence Heller, +. ii. LANCE,
James Nichols. \. NJ. Hamilton, DR..
Leon Refer, Henry Robrecht, George
Stamm. Milton MabiS, H. Yakel, Geo.
Schad. Louis Zoekler, Fred. Biedenbach,
Jos. Handlan and W. Schenck.
Next in order came the flags OF the
various Turner organizations, ten in
number, effectively grouped, and Illus
stratcd happy idea. The Opera House
band, eighteen members, heading the
splendid body OF the active Turner's,
two hundred strong. As these athletic
Young men swung down Main street
hill in platOOns OF sixteen, perfectly
aligned, and marching at good inter
walls, they presented as pretty sight aS
one often sees. and the admiration OF
the crowds Of spectators found vent In
frequent applause.
The first division was closed by the
class of little girls aud boys, in hand
Somely decorated wagon.
The second division was made up OF
about ninety carriages, containing
among others the officers Of the Pitts
burg Turn Bezirk, and the Executive
Committee of the Wheeling TURNER
Elm. Mayor c. w. Seabright, President;
{. Z. -Schambra, Vice President; J. NJ.
Schenck. Secretary; Henry BieberSon,
Treasurer: Geo. LOoS, Financial Secre-
tary: Jacob Nunge, Sr., Jul. LohSe, l..
RieSter. Jacob Straub. Joseph WeiSger-
Der. d. Roemer, \. Capple, aud d. NJ.
+. Krough, leader Of exercises and Tech
meal arrangements.
Other carriages contained veterans OF
the Wheeling Turnyerein, members Of
the local press. and the members of the
German Pioneer Society.
The third division was headed by the
McKcesport City Band, OF twenty-threc
pieces. aud was composed OF the passive
turner's and singers of MckeeSpOrt, and
the members of the six local singing so
cictieS. the Mozart. MaenuerchOr, Ger
mania. Beethoven, Ieutonia and Arion,
and after them came the Toronto ]. o,
O. r. band. heading the passive turner's
and singers OF the PittSbWg Oh Turn
Bezirk, to the number OF fifty, and the
fifth division, headed by the Mingo
band, closed no the column.
The parade moved over the following
route: Up Market street to Seventh.
seventh to Main, Main to Twenty-fourth,
Twenty-fourth to Chapline, Chapline to
Twenty-sccond To Mar
kct. Market TO Tenth and over the
bridge 10 the Fair Grounds, where the
column was dismissed for the picnic and
SommcrnachtSfcSt.