The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-10-13


formed on Liberty street west Of Broad |
way and street south of it at 10:3O.
A small detachment of the Gate City |
Guard of Savannah, Ga, and other I
Georgian visitors made their rendezvous |
on Cedar street
The Connecticut militia 1000 of them,
Gov. Bulkley commanding, formed on
Liberty street east of Broadway They |
were followed into column by the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, and his staff.
After the Governor of Massachusetts
came the Fencibles of Washington city,
.he champion drill corps of the country.
The Grand Army posts, 1,75O strong,
were formed in line in Broome, Spring
and Prince streets, and got into position
vt II sharp.
The New York City and volunteer fire
departments - what would any civic
parade be in New York without the old
volunteer fire department. formed on
Dey Fulton, Vesey and Barclay streets
and Park Place.
The Italian countrymen of Columbus
marshaled their military organizations
in and around Beekman street.
The German uniformed societies, over
12, 900 strong, stretched all over the
street east of Beekmau and north of Park
row, with their right resting on Broad
way and Mail street, They formed the
ninth division Of the parade.
The French military organizations,
"Gardes Lafayette and "Grenadiers
Rochambeau,' very, limited in numbers
we're grouped with other independent
military organizations in the tenth and
last division.
The mere enumeration of the forces
making up the mighty host OF paraders
show how formidable was the task Mar
shal McMahon and his aides undertook.
1t is deemed good marching, under
favorable circumstances, to put from ten
to twelve thousand men an hour past
| given point The great two days review
| in Washington in 1865, at the close of the
war, when sixty thousand veterans
| swung past 1he reviewing stand in quick
step occupied six nours each day. The
! Grand Army parade i'm Washington City
! last month, when a like number Of vet
Grams passed in review, occupied the same
time.
The route of the procession was from
the Battery, at tie foot of Broadway, up
Broadway to Fourth street; then turn
ing west, passing round Washington
square to Fifth avenue; along Fifth ave
nue. from Seventeenth street to Fifty
ninth street Central Park and there to
disband.
The arrangements for disbanding were
as carefully and elaborately made before
hand as those for assembling.
There was no informal "peUering g out. "
Each division marched to iUs allotted sta
tion and there dispersed.
1t is estimated that fully 10000 men
were in line
The platoon of mounted police which
headed the procession. had great difficulty
in clearly the streets of lower Broadway.
Weuried somewhat by the long day,
observance Of the day before, the great
bulk Of the spectators had, however,
taken position furUher up town, 50 as to
view the parade ia its more advanced
stages at later hour in the day.
The fact that the last division was no
ordered to be ready to fall into line unit
1i:45,, an hour and three-quarters afte
the start, intimated that there was to be
a long day of it.
Marshal McMahon and his brilliant
staff were worthy of the day.
AT THE REVIEWING STAND
But here. breaking away from the fur
ther march of the great parade, AS tn,
other divisions, the military organiza
tions Of foreign citizens and the long lin
of GerInan-American societies fell in linD
it will tend to a greater intelligibility o
the scenes and incidents of the day t,
now take them up as they presented
themselves to your reporter stationed a
the Worth monument reviewing stanC
in Madison square, Immediately facing
Vice President Morton, Gov. Flower anC
the other notables.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the historic Ole
Guard in their white coats, blue and golC
! striped trousers and high bearskin hat
1 marched down the avenue fifteen abreast
followed by three open carriages in whic
were Governor Flower, General Porte
; and the rest OF his sUalf in full dress uni
> form.
q The Governors punctuality as b
alighted and took his place on the STAN
was greeted with a well-earned burst q
applause.
After the Governor had been seated tn
Guard of Honor marched down FifU
avenue to Fice-President Mortons hous
; on the corner Of Sixteenth street, an
from that point escorted the Yice-Presi
i dent and Mayor Grant in a carriage I
the reviewing station.
After the Connecticut troops had file
= past came Governor Russell OF Massachu
y setts, escorted by the Washington Fer
o ciDles, fully iustifying by their splendi
: marching the champion badge they hay
i twice won at National drill contests.
" Then the military men of the preser
! gave way to the soldiers of the past, an
New York's handsomely uniformed Gran
> Army posts, heading the Fourth Brigad
I, renewed in their own capital city the u
a umphs they gained in the great marc
past in Washington last September,
AT 1905 a modest little procession VIZ
, seen coming from the Fifth Avenue Hot
, end making straight for the grand stan
without accompanying music or otha
demonstration except scattering claI
u ping of hands
u AS it drew nearer it was seen that
q the head Of it was eX President Ruthe
d ford b. Hayes, on foot, leaning on Il
i arm of Gen. Anson q. McCook, Secretal
of the Senate and followed by Secretal
Al Chas Foster Of the Treasury, Secretar
o. of War Elkins, Secretary of Agricultu
y Rusk Maj. Gen. Sohodeid, Gen in Chi
g OF the Army of the United States, Ge
j, D. 0 Howard and Mai. VIM. Broadhea
Us Chief-of Marshal McMahou's staff.
The ex-President and his distinguish