Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-13
GOTHAMiTEs on PARADE.
A Procession That Took Over Five Hours
to Pass a Given Point.

A Procession That Took Over Five Hours
to Pass Given Point.
NEW York, Oct. 13.-Eor five hours and
twenty minutes yesterday a column Of
men passed the reviewing stand in Nadi-
son square. The number of men in line.
the number of people who saw the parade
and went away wondering. and the deco
rations of the fourscore thousand build
ings exceeded by half that which had been
expected. Not since old Father Knicker-
booker settled on Manhattan island has
there been a crowd that compared in num-
bers with that of yesterday. There were
people here from every state in the union,
from every country on the globe As far
as the eye could reach up and down the big
thoroUChfares Were men and women. and
children, horses and wagons and street
cars and carts buggies and carriages. in
such a tumble of confusion that one was
prone to wonder how the police would ever
get the streets cleared for the parade
Composition of the Column.
The first body that passed the Madison
square reviewing stand, where stood Vice
President Morton, Governor Flower. and
other dignitaries, was n platoon of the
finest Then came Grand Marshal Gen
eral Martin 7. NcNIahon. with his staff.
and then. enter division No l. made up of
soldiers from the United States army, in
command of Colonel Loomis l.. Lang
don, the United States military band a
battalion of cadets from the United States
military academy at West Point. three bat
teries from Fort Hamilton, three from Fort
Wadsworth, two from Fort Columbus
Governors iSland). three from Fort Adams
(Rhode Island. and two from Fort Scuyier.
the First artillery from Fort Hamilton ard
light battery b from Fort Adams. This
division numbered about $500 men and six
bands.
Blue Jackets in the Line.
The second division was made up of the
United States naval brigade, in command
Lieutenant Commander Asa Walker. Bri ?
ade AdiUJant. =. b Briggs and aides There
We're nearly ]. 200 blue Jackets and marines
IN this division In the third division
there Were from 6,Oe0 TO 5000 men in com
mand of Brigadier General Louis Fitzpat-
rick from the National Guard of NJ
York; 300 men from the National Guard
OF New = cy, in command of Governor
Leon Abbctt and staff; 2.j00 men from tie
National Guard of Connecticut, in COM
mand of Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley
and staff; 1000 men from the National
Guard of Pennsylvania, in command O,
Governor Robert E. Pattison and staff
Eight Thousand Boys in Blue.
OF the fourth division David s. Brown
was marshal commanding. 1t was made
up of Grand Army men and mum
bered about 5000. There wer,
also 2 500 Sons of Veterans in command o
L. S. Obendorf The fifth division wa,
made up of letter carriers TO the number OF
about 1,500 in command of Lewis J. NJ. /
len In the sixth division were companie.
from the New York and visiting fire de
partments, Chief Hugh Bonner command
ing. In this division there were about
1000 men.
Firemcn by the Brigade.
There We're 1000 men in the seventh di
vision. 1t was composed of fifteen brigades
OF exempt volunteer and veteran firemen':
associations, under Grand Marshal Michael
Crane, including the Second regiment oi
lire zouaves; Seventy-third New York vol
unteers, which took part in thirty five en-
gagements in the war of the rebellion; the
Volunteer Firemen's association of New
York city, 800 men and engines; Veteran
Firemen's association of New London, II,
men and engine, and the Veteran Firemen', !,
association. OF. Utica. N. Y.