The Portland daily press., 1892-10-26
The NEW YORK CELEBRATION.
The Grand Parade of the Military as Seen
by Portlander-The Organizations in
Line-Generally Successful, But Not Free
From Mismanagement.
Especial Correspondence of the Press.

! Especial Correspondence OF the Press.]
New YORK, Oct. 1S92.-Soon after
eight o'clock on Wednesday morning the
stoops of all the houses on Fifth Ave
nue. not previously fenced in by their
| owners had been occupied, and people
had already begun to take their places
on the sidewalks From the And street
station came steady throng of people,
many of them bringing folding chairs
and luncheon boxes. Through all the
cross streets east and west the crowd
came, many Of them bringing boxes to
stand upon. On the avenue boys were
selling boxes for % cents each, and great
vans drove up loaded down with them,
and undersold the smaller dealers. By
nine o'clock the sidewalks were crowded,
and one could get along faster by walk
| ing in the street. At all the intersecting
streets drays with seats erected upon
them were drawn up, and being three
| abreast and two or three deep, they
effectually prevented the passage of
| teams.
lowed me, and having been invited by a
| former Portlander to view the parade
from the Manhattan Club took position
with him at ten o'clock on the stand
erected in front of that club house Be-
ing on the ascent of Murray Hill, we had
an exceptionally good view up and down
the avenue, and although the procession
| would not appear for some time, we en-
| ioyed ourselves much in watching the
crowd. The sidewalks and the intersect-
ing streets to the curb line of the avenue
were crowded with people who had taken
their places. Teams wereIsoon shut out
from the avenue, but people on foot were
allowed to walk up and down till just be-
fore the procession appeared. They
were a neatly dressed, orderly, well be-
haved crowd. There was no horse play
or guying, and the race of hoodlums
who are seen and heard at band concerts
in Portland was apparently unknown.
They were tenacious OF their rights to
positions that they had acquired, but
respected the rights of others and showed
proper consideration for other peoples
feelings. They were a credit to the civ
ilization of the nineteenth century and to
the influence of American institutions.
| The police were on their good behavior,
and by special orders wore their clubs in
their belts, with instructions to draw
them only as last resort. Not a
drunken man was to be seen, and al
though it. was estimated that 100000
people saw the procession, and there
we're less than 5000 policemen on duty,
there was no disorder in any part of the
| city Travel across the city. was effect
| ually closed on account of the impossi-
| bility of getting through the crowd and
side of the city to the other was to take
the elevated road to South Ferry and
come up on the other side
At twelve o'clock the head of the pro-
cession appeared. Behind an advance
guard of police came the
Grand Marshal of the Day,
fine looking man, handsomely mounted.
Following him came a brilliant staff, a
crowd of aids adorned withssashes of red
and yellow, and his escort, "Troop A, y
the swell cavalry company of New York
The first troops to appear were the regu-
lars, commanded by Col. Langdon, of the
list Artillery. The West Point Cadets, in
| their gray uniforms had the right of the
| line, and were followed by the engineer
battalion, the artillery, the infantry and
| two mounted batteries.
Allthese troops marched well, the West
Point Cadets as usual making the finest
| appearance. In command of one of the
| companies Of artillery recognized Lieut..
| Best, formerly stationed at Fort Preble.
Next came the naval battalion, consist
| ing of marines and seamen from the diff
| ferent ships of the squadron. The ma
| rines showed their fine discipline, and
| the blue jackets marched with their usu-
al steadiness. The latter paraded as
infantry, and did not drag the howitzers
and gatlings that they sometimes ap-
! pear with. Then came the pets of the
New York populace, the New York and
Brooklyn brigades of the National Guard
consisting of eleven regiments. As they
appeared a belated dealer below us who
had not disposed of his wares, called out,
'.Why will you stand struggling in the
crowd when for twenty-five cents you
can have a private box of your own and
get good view of the brave soldier boys
who went to Buffalo?n Most Of these
regiments appeared in the service uni
form. One regiment, however, paraded
in white coats, another in white helmets.
The crack It'll wore their old uniforms of
gray swallow-tail coats, white trousers,
white cross belts and shakos, and the
23rd Brooklynregiment, which was the
Best Marching Regiment
of them all, appeared in gray coats and
black helmets. This regiment had seen
service at Buffalo, and owing to the fail
ure of the state commissariat had rather
hard time there. AS they came to
parade rest in front of our stand, one
company of fine looking fellows favored
us with the call: We don't eat! We
don't sleep. BUFFALO.
Attached to these two brigades were
mounted batteries which made good
appearance, although they had old style
guns. The commanding officer of one
of them was mounted on dancing horse
which kept step with the music and at
tracted much attention, but seemed bet
ter suited for a circus ring. With the
first brigade were
The Naval Battalion