The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-11
In HONOR OF COLUMBUS.
4 GREAT Parade IN NEW FORK
Twonty-Five Thousand People In Line
Public School Day-Interesting Exer-
cises-Received by the Governor.

New Ork COlumDlan cclcbrauOn. Ic
suits of more than 80 years Of educa-
tional work were represented in the
parade.
Twenty regiments of grammar school
boys, of New York, Brooklyn, Long
Island and Jersey City, each regiment
at least 500 strong, marched with swing
ing step and perfect alignment in the pa
rade to-day, every boy proudly carrying
Il flag of his country. This was only one
division Of the parade. There were three
other divisions of equal patriotic pur-
pose. In the second division came tie
pupils Of the parochial schools, acade-
mics and colleges of the Catholic Church
in New York and adjoining cities, over
5000 strong each pupil also carrying
the national flag III connection with the
enbems and banrers Of the churches
and academies 10 which they belong
After them followed the uniformed
schools, and last the students OF ma
turer years from the different colleses
of law. medicine. engineering and OF the
arts, about 1900 strong.
TwENTY-FIyE THOUSAND IN LINZ.
In the third division of the procession
was Il medley composed of numerous
institutes 1t comprised Hebrew or
phan asyums, German, Italian anu
French institutions Of various characters
irtermiXed with trades schools, DusllirSS
colleges. military Institutes and mecAah-
les societies H.
Altogether il is probable that theie
were fully $4,000 scholars and students III
the procession The din of the different
bands was at times confusing ana us
cordant in the extreme, unaVOidaOly 30
from small intervals of sep ration me
girl scholars, who were denied parNOpd-
ton i'm the parade, were assigned u Pccn
liarly appropriate ana ornaHienlaI p"'J
in the nroceedings. Artisticaly grouped
on n stand in the Reservoir Square NJ
the iunction of Fifth avenue and torty-
second street. were nearly l,tOO pretty
faced school girls. each wearing liberty
can and costumed in red. white ana due
and ON the approach of the procession
the LOO sweet girl voices sang Inc
Star Spargcd Banner and other p5-
triotic sCrgs as the proc6 sslon pasSr"'
On the east side Of Union Square an
effective tableau was presented by l,hOO
school girls of the Catholic parochiu
schools. and on a ncighboring stand 800
tiuy little waits belonging To the Clil-
dren's Aid Society waved their miniature
American flags as the procession passed
by.
INDIAN SCHOOL DoYs.
But the feature Of the parade which
Iclhaps attracted more attention th1n
any other along the line, was the march
Of three hundred Indian boys from the
Carlisle Pa) Indian Industrial School,
acc omparied by their own band Of music
snd partly dressed in Indian costume and
partly i'm the uniform of their school. I'M
l.I bo ftar ut
that had been erected and waited pa
tiently for the approach of the parade.
At 1925 the first division came To The
waiting crowd. The carriage of Gov
ernor Roswell u. Flower, drawn by n
pair Of sparkling bays, drove up rapidly
to the reviewing stand and the Governor
alighted. accompanied by Adjutant-Gen-
eral Porter in full dress uniform, and
followed by other members Of the Gov
errors staff. The spectators choered the
Governor and renewed their cheering
when Immediately afterwards the guest
of the day Nice-Presdent Morton. repre-
senting President Harrison, drove up
and was received at the entrance to the
stand by Governor Flower, who con-
Quoted him TO the seat set apart for the
absent President.
Mr. Morton was accompanied by Mr.
Hugh X. Garden. president of the South
ern Society, and Mr.. Howard Carroll.
lie entered into a pleasant chat with
Governor Flower and those around him
/ and with a number of prominent poll
ticians who came up and shook hands
with the Governor and the NicePrcsi-
dent.
THE PROCESSION.
At II % the advance squad of mounted
police and the marshal and his aides,
wearing gorgeous sashes of the national
colOrS, rode past. The NicePresident
and Governor rose to receive them and
bowed as each of the well mounted aides
raised his hat. Next came Mayor Grant
and Commissioner Guggcnhcimer. sturd-
lily marching on foot ut the head of the
first division, and Justify cheered as they
came along. Then came the boys with
their own bands in uniform marching
twenty abreast. Looking up Fifth
avenue as far as the rising ground on
EOrty-seyenth nothing could be seen but
an undulating army of boys marching
rapidly on without a break. After half
an hour had elapsed thirteen of the
twenty regiments of the first division had
passed in review. and then the first com
pany Of little colored lads came in sight
marching as proudly and as deity as
fhclr white comrades. A cheer greeted
them. The boys Of st. Peters School,
700 III number, uncovered and held
thelr shak0s over their right breasts as
they marched past the stand
The second division occupied forty
minutes in marching past, and ut 12:4j
O'Clock the third division came by. head
ed ty thirty little mdgcts in uniform
from the Hebrew Orphan Asylum
The Indian scholars from Carlisle, Pa,
were yocilerously checrcd rs they un-
covered and marched silently by, wear
ing blue TUNES with blue trousers and
red stripes. IEey showed signs of care
full drilling. Quite as interesting was
the company Of Indian maidens which
followed them, WEARING dark blue
dresses, beted at the waist. aud march
ing as smoothly as the Indian lads lhem-
selves.
THE CADETS AND CoLLEGIANs
Then came the cadets in uniform. car
rying muskets and dragging Il miniature
cannon. The collegans of the College of
the City of New York. carrying a number
of beautiful siken banners, marched
past with matchless precision. The Co
lumbia College students were headed by
sixteen collegians wearing tall gray hats
tied up with blue ribbons. and each had
stamped upon his breast big letter.
They so manoeuvred in front of the
Nice-P President that their cvolutions
spelled the words columbia College"
The medical students with miniature
skeletons pinned TO their hats marched
past singing There are no flies on MS.
The art students carried painters pal
lettes and maui sticks.