The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-12
ON LAND AND WATER.
New York's Grand Naval and
Military Pageants
IN HONOR OF THE DIsoovERER.

Thousand Uniformed Men March
on Land. ....5-
New York, Oct. 12.-New York com
merce yesterday paid tribute to the men,
Ory Of Columbus. The vast husiness of
the second seaport of the world was
practically suspended, and more than
three hundred steamers and tugboats,
the smallest of them larger than the
75-ton Santa Maria and the 50-ton Pinta
or the 4O-ton Nina in which the great
discoverer and his Companions made
their adventurous voyage, dropped their
ordinary avocations, and formed in
majestic holiday parade to do him honor.
Not even the famous roadstead of Spit
head-England's great naval reviewing
ground-with all its surrounding pano-
rama of beautiful scenery, could surpass
It. From the green heights of Fort
Wadsworth, on the westward shore at
the entrance to the Narrows, eastward
to the shoals of Rockaway and the sandy
reaches of the Hook, southwark to the
highlands of the Navesink. and north
ward to the dim blue outlines of the pal
tsades and the grassy slopes of the river
side afar up the Hudson, the scene was
one of marvellous life and beauty.
A Novel Sight. ....
The naval parade was one of the most
novel sights ever witnessed. The series
of gigantic foats upon which were
shown shown scenes illustrative of the
remarkable advance in ship building
since Columbus discovered America, was
one of the best displays. The men-of-
war that participated were the Phila-
delphia, Atlanta, Dolphin, Vesuvius, St.
Mary's, the Italian cruiser Bausan, the
Spanish cruiser Infanta Ysabel, and the
Gushing.
The start was made at 1890 from tho
upper bay. The Philadelphia was the
flagship and headed the column as the
fleet advanced up the bay, on the star
board side.
The were three columns in the line as
they came mp the bay and North river,
and the distance between the columns
was about 800 yards. In the centre col
umn the foreign ships Of war came under
escort The Narrows were entered
about noon, and a salute of twenty
guns was fired from the ships and the
forts on the Staten Island and Long
Island shores.
Hades itself seemed to have broken
loose rs the fiotilla moved up the North
4NOL Il blb Vi lhtlOlO VI an tlt-
waited railroad or other engine possessing
steam whistle failed TO toot, and blew
1t in long screeching blasts until nearly
all its steam had been blown off. Add
TO this hundreds of thousands of people
lining the New York and Jersey shores,
who cheered themselves almost speech
less in their endeavor to do justice to the
occasion.
OF course there We're the usual little
disturbances natural to such an occasion.
There was some tall swearing between
colliding craft, some vessels would get
In other vessels way; but everything
Strengthened itself out eventually and
New York is satisfied that she has had a
naval parade she need not blush for.
The steamer Howard Carroll, with
Vice President Morton, Governor
Flower and other distinguished guests
on board, when returning to her pier
--s's:s Ss",s"aSsl iIl +otSvoon two barscs and
half a dozen steamers, so that she was
forced upon the steam yacht Noova,
smashing the lotter's bowsprit and tear
ing away portion of the Howard Car
rolls paddle box.
There we re %, 900 members of various
Catholic societies i'll line last night in
the parade of United Catholic societies,
Most of those in line carried swinging
colored lanterns, and the vast column
presented magnificent spectacle as it
moved along the street The sidewalks
were thronged with thousands of peo-
pie. The procession was almost contin-
uously cheered and applauded by the
spectators. Mayor Grant rode in car
riage at the head of the procession.
Tho display of fireworks from the
Brooklyn bridge last night was equal in
every respect to the Monday night dis.
play.
Today's Military Parade.
Today-the anniversary day proper-is
alegal holiday, and holiday that will be
long remembered Great guns saluted
the rising sun. Salyos of artillery, fired
in different parts of the city, greeted the
day flags We're hoistcd at the Battery and
on the old fort in Central park, church
bells were rung and regular old time
Fourth of July daybrcak racket were
indulged in. The great military parade,
with General Martin McAIahon as grand
marshal, started from the Battery at
10 o'clock. 1t marched up Broadway
% Fourth street, around Washington
sluare to Fifth avenue, to Fourteenth
street, to Fourth avenue, to Seventeenth
street, to Fifth avenue and disbanded
at Fifty-ninth street. All sorts of soldiers
took part-regulars, militia, private
military organizations and many
mounted men.
The pageant was the longest military
parade that ever passed up Broadway.
The rirst and Second brigades of the
state militia took part, with 1000 men
from New Jersey, 5000 from Pennsyl-
vania 1000 from Connecticut and 900
from Rhode Island, and some regiments
from Massachusetts. All of the regular
United States army troops available in
thls vicinity were in line, including q
: regiment Of cavalry. General Schofield
snd staff also participated. The city fire
department and police department were
well represented in the parade, and the
Grand Army of the Republic had thou
sands of veterans in the column. The
old fire laddies We're there, and uni
formed German, Italian, French and
American organization were there. too.
There were fully $4,000 uniformed men
Ia line.
Many Of these bodies, with knights
Templar, Knights of Pythias and kin
dred bodies will cooperate in the un-
yelling of the statue of Columbus at
Fifty-ninth street and Eighth avenue at
4 o'clock this afternoon.
All citizens are requested and expected
TO illuminate their houses tonight. Then
will occur the grand civic parade under
the management of Colonel John Gar
nett. The pageant will be called 1.-THE
Triumph of America" 1t is intended to
illustrate the progress of the country in
civilization, the arts and sciences from
the prehistoric period to the present
time.