The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-06
Bloomfield Was Joyous
Yesterday With Knights
and Ladies Fair.
COMPETITIONS IN DRILL.
Five Thousand Men in Line
Picnicking and Pyro-
technics.
Special to the Jersey city Ne,cs

village. mindful of the honor which
had been bestowed upon them, Wed with
each other in showing the Sir Knighis their
appreciation. The town was literally a
mass of gay colors. Ali the public build
ings were DrofuseIy decorated with bunt-
ing and patriotic devices. while the pri-
vate residences. particularly those along
the route of the procession were almost
hid from view by. the flags of al
nations and streamers of red, white and
biue with which they were ornamented.
The first thing which caught the eye af-
ter leaving the railroad station was huge
banner swung across the main street,
bearing the device welcome. Knights
and Sir Knights" Similar banners were
displayed in other portions of the town
and everything was done by the good peo.
ple of Bloomfield to make the knights
understand how welcome they were and
that they owned the town.
HOLIDAY FOR BLOOMFIELD.
The day MAS i sort of holiday aud many
OF the business houses closed al noon. 1t
was gala day tor the surrounding coun-
Try, aud the railroad company mad its
hands full in transporting the great
throngs which began to pour into the
town early in the day. The visitors from
distance began to arrive before noon,
and soon the streets were alive with
plume bedecked Knights, pretty women
and laughing children, wnlle the strains
of marital music and the shrill notes OF
the fife were heard on every hand, making
an animate aud picturesque scene the like
of which this sleepy little town had not
witnessed in many day.
A GRAND PROCESSION
Shortly after Que O'clock the various
divisions began to form on Bloomfield
avenue for the grand parade. aud
promptly at 1:30 O'Clock the process iop
Started. The Unto med Rank led and
C imposed the first and second division
They were esco ted 10y platoon of police
and moved in this order:-Vos>'s band,
Brigad'er-GeneraI George H Rhod 8 auu
stain OF seventeen men. Pa ostlns DIVISION
Of jersey Guy, Colonel Gnstave Steup
and staff OF twelve men. Colonel NJ. Reese
aud staff. Palestine Division of Jer ey
City, Capt. w. H. H. Banuister, ,commaud-
lug; Uniiy Division 8 of Elizabeth. Cap
tam Galrir G Gamer in command; Red
Cross Division 6, nth Anboy, Captain
Joe Wilson; Loug Brancn Division 8 of
Long Branch, CaWain H. Hackman;
Mon ouh Division If Red BlnK, Cap
tain H. Robinson; Excelsior Division IL
OF Trenton. Captain p. f. Margerum;
Florence Division H. Union Hill, Captain
James Darling; Grant Division is. Jersey
City. CAPTAIN w. W. Forstay
Secoud Divsion-Peun<ylvani Rail-
road hands; Myrile D vision 2, of Pater-
son, L. S. euger captain; Black Princ
Division 4. of Newark. Captain C. NJ.
Stimus; Friendship D vision, of Ne,
Brunswick. Cap ain John Pollard
Bloomfield Division z. Captain Phil o
Bickler: Oftygla Division 10, OF Philips
burg, CAPTAIN e. E. Carhart; Cresc-n
Division 13. of Plainfield, Captain j E
Fannery; Cnlanthe Division IA, of New
ark, Capl ain A. Loug; Damascus DIV
sion 16. of Newark, Captain L. H. Bald.
win.
GRAND MARSHALL DoNATH.
The unuait rnei Knigats followed
under command of Grand NJ sh Il Ra ph
Donath of Jer-ev City. joseph Locke.
also of Jersey CT y. aud Benjamin f.
CLARK of Newark were the Assistant
Grand Marshals. and William Bald : in of
Bloomfield was Adjutant. The Grand
Marshal WAS also al ended by these al les:
james r. Solomon of Jersey City, j P.
Dexhejner of Orange. J.eW. Erickson OF
Freehold, Frank K. Reilly OF Newark; R.
l.. Herbert of Englishtown. William Hui
of Bloomfield, W. E. Laure c. of New.
ark, and Harry E. Williams of Port Dram.
This divisioD was composed of the fol-
wing district lodges under command of
these District Deouties:-Bnriingfou w
c. Thorne: Newark, Ii ward Sweee; !;
Port Norris, John Broadwater; Alloway;
Charles Armstrong; Mullica Hill. Harry
Norm n. jersey City, John T.
Kent; Lamb rtville, W. F.. Hay
.tur t; Ocean City, j. E. Pryor:
Hipernia. W. F. Mathews; Hackers
town. A. c. Protzman; Elizabeth. Oscar
r. johnson; PERTH Amboy, c. P. Sweat b;
I1.k.
w Erickson; Silverton, Corsuu McKel-
vey: Som ervllle, John Wehrtz; Dorches-
ter. w. Stowman; Asbury Park, j.
Smith; Keyport. F. F. Armstrong; Jersey
City, 5. l.. Van Wait; Ocranport, Benz
min E bridge; Orange. w. NJ. Reese;
Morris own, Thomas Alexander.
The German district lodges were COM
August Lange of Hobuken, Fred Gumert,
Elizabeth, ard Robert Gaedo, Paterson.
TIE COMPETITIVE DRILL.
There We're over 5000 men IN line, and
as the proce Sion moved through the
streets, lined on eacn side with tnrong
of people, the various divisions ana lodges
were loudly cheered and a. planded. The
uniformed men were the more popular
and their excellent marching and general
soldierly appearance won the a probation
of the crow.ls. The procession moved
through the principal streets OF Bloom
field and then proceeded to Williamsou's
Field. where the exercises of the day
were held.
The main feature of these was COM
petition drill in which Black Prince Di-
vision of Newark. Unity Division OF
E izabeth and Oteja Division of Phillips
burg, contended. The Divisions were
retty-equally matched and executed the
various movements of their manual with
a promptness and preci ion worthy OF
vet rams Each Division marched unon
the drill grou d salutei the judges aud
broke ranks Then they reformed at tie
word of COMMAND and went through the
school OF the Kpight. This was followed
bv the School of the Seclian aud the
School of the Division. The sword manuel
brought the drill to a cl, Sc.
The work OF the men was exception bly,
fine and demonstrated the fact Il at tue
order i doing ang excellent work Ia per-
fecting such Il large body of en- in mill
tary move nents. The formation OF the
column, the alignmerts aud the w9eei8ig
which the men did were remarkable
The square fed was lued with .enthu-
siastic admirers of each division. who en-
couraged their favou ties with wells and
applause. The drill was Witnessed by i
number of ladies from a teuf pitched
upon the brow of a hill ovSr which the
wind swept in icy blasts VIII CHI made the
fair spectator shiver and draw their wraps
closely around them.
A, the conc u~ian of the drill the Divis-
ions d Lodges marched to a large