The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-13
THE COLUMBUS CLIMAX
CAPPED NEW roRK rEsrERDAY.
Assembling. Movement and Disbandment
OF the Forces of the Army and Navy
and OF tho Various Societies.

New York. oct. 1.-THE military and
civic parade Of to-day capped the climax
Of the most successful series Of consecu-
tive public demonstrations in this wonder
ful week Of Columbian celebration.
To quote the official orders. the as
semli.ag, movement and disbandmeh' oi
the forces of the army, navy ana nauonai
guard. the organizations OF the "rahu
Army of she Republic aud of the Varl-
ous societies participating IN the mn
tary parade this morning. under tne mar
shalshp of General Martin l. McN"non'
IN celebration Of the four h1ndreu'n
orriy,,.s. rv of the discovery or America
eclipsed al the preceding events several
IL 1uJ collectively.
The Governors of five great states
Ne York New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Conrecdcuf and Massachusetts, the en-
fire State National Guard of New York
and powerful provisional brigades from
Pennsylvania. Connecticut and New Jer-
scr reinforced bv such q majestic civic
parade as only The great cosmopolitan
cip OF New York can produce all com
hiued to do honor to the occasion.
THE TROOPS IN LINZ.
Tho numerous staff of Grand Marshal
MrNahou met m Washington Square.
near Broadway. al $50 o'clock. Troop
\. of the New York National Guard, Sc
lctcd us tho escort of the grand mar
shal. formed on Whitehall street, with
lis right resting on Beaver street at 8
o'clock.
The First Division-2.OO troops of the
United States Army. commanded by Col
Onel Laugdon, Colonel Finley Anderson,
chief Of staff, formed on the battery and
moved up Whitehall street until the right
rested on Bowling Green, which point
they were timed to make Mt 9:45.
The Second DivisiOn-Selected men Of
the United States naval brigade. blue
jackets. from the warships Philadelphia
MiantonOmOh. Atlanta. Dolphin and We
suvius. under Lieutenant-CO Commander
Asa Walker. formed in Bridge street
with the right resting on Whitehall
street.
The First brigade, State National
Guard Of New l0ry. 5000 men, who
acted as escort TO the visiting troops,
assembled on Battery Place, State,
Greenwich and Washington streets. and
the Second brigade of New York State
troops gathered on Beaver street and
streets south of il at 10 A. NJ.
The Pennsylvania troops 5000 strong
under their cOmmander-in-chlet, Gov
cru0r Pattison, formed on Wall street
their right resting on the corner OF
Broadway and Wall. at 1920.
The New Jersey troops. 100 Of them
under the command of Governor Leon
Albeit formed on Liberty street, west
Of broadway and streets south OF 1t. at
1890. 4 small detachment of the Gate
City Guard. of Savannah, Ca, and
other Georgian visitors made their rem
deZyOuS on Cedar street.
The Connecticut militia 1000 Of them,
Governor Bulkley commanding. formed
on Liberty street east OF Broadway
They were followed into column by the
Governor of Massachusetts and his stan.
After the Governor of Massachusetts
came the Fenciblcs Of Washington city,
the champion drill corps of the country.
Thr Grand Army posts. LOU sTohS
were formed in line in BrOOme, Spring
and Prince streets, and got into position
az II o'clock sharp.
The New York city and volunteer IRE
dapartments-Vha would any civic pa
rade in New York be without the old
volunteer fire department?-were formed
on Cortlandt. Dey, Fulton. Nesey and
Barclay streets and Park Place.
The Italian cOuntrymen of Columbus
marshaled their military organizations
I'm and around Beekman street. The
German uniformed societies, 12.OOO strong.
stretched all over the streets east OF
Reekman and north of Park Row. with
their right resting ON Broadway ana Mall
street They formed the ninth division
of the parade.
The French military organizations,
Gardes Lafayette ard Grenaders foch-
umhrdu. very limited in numbers. were
grouped with otler independent military
organizations in the tenth and last dl-
vision.
The mere enumeration Of the forces
making up the mighty host of to-day
paradcrs shows how formidable was the
task Marshal McMahon and his aides
undertook.
The line of march was from the Bat
terry. at the foot of Broadway, up Broad
way 90 Fourth avenue, then passing
around Washington Square to fltth ave-
nue.. 10 Fourteenth street, 10 Fourth ave-
nue.. TO Seyel t,nth street. to Fifth ave
nue., to Central Park where the parade
disbundcd.
RfVIEwED BY THE vICF-PREs1DENT.
Tie official stands had a seating ca
pacity fer over 10000 guests. They were
located I'm front Of the Washington arch
in University Place, in Union Square, In
front of the Lafayette monument, at
Central Park, and chiefeSt OF all, III
Madison Square, where the procession
was reviewed 10y the wee president
Seats 10 these stands could be bought AT
prices ranging all the way from 81 up to
50. Complimentary stands, 10 which ad-
mission was held by invitation. were
erected for the mayor at the city han,
for the board Of aldermen at Lincoln
monument at Washington monument
and at the Worth monument for dlstin-
guishcd guests. These had a seating ca
pacity OF over 10000 more. To all these
methods of seeing the sight were added
irnumerable imprOyised stands placed at
the intersection of streets on the hne OF
parade. by special police PERMISSION,
formed of floats, on which dry goods
boxes and plank seats were pled uer
above tier. Prices Of admission 10 these
uncomfortable perches were matters Tor
private arrangement. Never was such
crowd seen i'm any American city before.
There were millions in 1t. 1t Is lm-
possible to adequately speak OF the uenn-
nnstration without seeming 10 indulge III
hyuerbole. Seas Of human faces ana
otkor hackneved forms of speech only
feeblv portray the immense outpourhg OF
people. Every point in the four long
miles Of march seethed with human De-
mgs as thiclly packed as ants on an aut-
hin All the finishing touches had Oech
given to the decorations. ana the clly III
Tie glorious sunlight WAS great qulNeI-
ine mass of beauty, life and ANIMATION
and Joyous music. ,..
Shortly after 10 o'clock the historic
"Old Guard in their white coats, Dlue
aud gold striped trousers and high bear
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