New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-31
UNVEILING A MONUMENT.
MOUNT VERNON HoNoRs ITS VETERANS

A pARApE OF FOUR THOUSAND MEN WITNESSED
BY MANY SPECTATORS.
alive had dedicated this monument twenty years
aao as we should have DONE there woulo nave u'o.
80 ~ nv old comrades take part In the deui-
-, Ia co1opeI Henry Huss to the ex-Postmaster-
c,oneral Thomas l. James, yesterday, Just before the
,.e storted preparatory to unveiling the SoFllers
Nonument AT sixth-ave. and Valentinest. Mount Ner
NON II was the completion OF The movement S'"'.''
year ago by Colonel Huss Charles IL. WILSON anu "
few others TO put mp suitable memorial 10 the Ne'ei"
soldiers and sailors of the late war. Inc monuiieh'
Itch has been described in The Tribune heretofore
il On triangular park at Valentine-s ana nA'naVo,
nd ,rresents n private soldier of infantry, clothed
ond eouipped at parade rest The figure Is Oh DOhHe'
ofcbt feet HIGH and stands upon handsome granite
pedestal. .,,o, 49,, overres
and streets through which the parade was 10 DO iaue
u,re tbronged with people. There was cohoiuu
enttering OF handkcrchiefs, clapping OF hands ana
heors along the eTrc line of march The procession
80 DoorIv a mile in length. containing about 4OOo
reonle and il marched for abont two hours through
the nrincipa avenues and streets 1t was ESQ p H.
before the Grand Marshal, Charles NJ hoseihah gave
the order TO march, His chief OF stan was Dr' 4. r
Brush The right of the line was held by fouce zap
tain Joseph Mary and bis force
contain + IT. Kinder marshal OF the flfst
D,,i-ion and Immediately behind the White Plains
Dord ~ twenty-five pieces came detachment OF the
cd Regiment New Jersey Artillery, the hrst battanon
nj infantry consisting Of detachments Oh the Sun anu
10Th REGIMENTS and the lCl Separate company Va
,,ona1 Ciuard under command of Captain T. NJ jarvis :
the second battalion, composed OF detachments nom
Tho 1ath REGIMENT Of Brooklyn, under command OF
cantain Charles A. Denike; the third battalion, com
nosed NJ attachments from the 9th and list Regiments
under command Of Captain Washington Wllcocks' ana
CORPS of cadets from Bauscher's Mount vernon
Military Academy.
Colonel John n. Farquharson was marshal OF the
second Division, about 900 strong, and composed Oh
the following Grand Army posts Iobbe, Of stamford
william G.. Mitchell Of Reno Charles Lawrence Oh
Flandreau and Oliver Tilden, OF New,lork ana Il
nrovisioua post made up OF scattering comrades The
division was preceded by the Union Band OIL staih'
ford Major Edison Lewis was MARSHAL VI inc
Third Division composed Of the Fire Patrol, Mount
yernsn Quartet Club. Alexander Hamilton Encamp-
ment Knights Of 81. John and Malta pioneers OF ue
village Of Mount Vernon anu "es' "oul' 'e'"0N' anu
minor organizations.
Retueen the first and second divisions came a long
line Of CARRIAGES In the first carriage was General
Thomas l. james, and Town Treasurer John Berry,
&C the specal guests Of Charles II. Wilson; in the
next carriage were the Rev. Dr. Oliver Dyer, presl-
DENT of the day and mastsr of ceremonies the Rev.
Charles : Lane pastor o. the Presbyterian Church;
,ba Rev DR. Ichabod simmons, pastor Of the Danbury
Methodist Church, and Lieutenant Henry E. Ifoades,
Of the Navy a member of the Polaris Search Expedi-
ton in 1873. In the third carriage were Judge
Isaac n. Mills, ex-Assembyman Bradford Rhoades
and Colonel Alfred Cooley, chairman Of the committee
on recepton In the fourth carriage were Jared sand
ford president Of the village and in the other car
riares village and town officers and citizens.
After the parade the ceremonies at the monument
hogan. Dr. simmons made the prayer, after which
was song by the Quartette Club John Berry de-
vered recitation. after which the orator Of the day
General James, made soul-stirring address. Then
little Miss Hildegarde whitaker daughter Of the late
CAPTAIN whitaker unveiled the monument, the band
playing sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer The pres
eniaftoS of the monument was made by Judge Mills.
and 10 was accepted by President sandford after which
the eTftlre assefnbage sang America" The parade
retormed and marched 10 the armOTy of the 18th
Separate Company, where the ladies' committee had
provided a bountlful luncheon.