The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-21
The Peaceful Pageant Which Began
Chieago's Celebration.
A PROCESSION WHICH WAS TEN
MILES LONG.
1t Was Led by General Miles But the
Military Had Small Part In It-Instead
All Sorts of Organizations Were In
Line-Clans of Bonnie Scots, Thousands
of Hardy Mortimer and Many Sons of
Sunny Italy Were There.

of Hardy Mortimer and Many Sons of
Sunny Italy Were There.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, October 20.-No mere
dancing affair, no social function, how
ever magnificent. could signalize to the
great masses the Inauguration of the
Columbian week fetes. There must be
unending parade and band music to do
this. And today, in glittering sunshine
and bracing air, the people had both.
There was parade 10 miles long which
should, and did, impress the great and
earnest masses, as also the dignitaries of
other nations and the big wigs of our
own, that the Columbian Exposition was
a thing of the near future. A Major
General of the United States was the
Grand Marshal, because he knew how to
do it well, and not because it was
parade of troops. The people in town
were early astir, though the booming Of
the cannon to signal the start of the pro-
cession was not heard until II O. clock.
At the head of the parade came police
mounted. After them riding, from curb
to curb. came the detachment of
mounted police, under the command of
Lieut.. Healy, and then detachment on
foot under Capt. Hartigan. Directly be-
hind Hartigan's men came Sousa's
Marine Band, acting as escort for the
Mexican National Band. As quickly as
the last strains from one band died away
the other took it up, and from the begin
ming to the end of the march there was
Continuous Martial Music
at the head of the procession.
At the heels of the Mexican Band was
Major General Miles, the grand marshal
of the parade. Behind him clattered a
swarm Of aides de camp clothed in black
coats. Many of them were offic-
ers of the regular army, but the majority
were men in the peaceful walks of life.
The Chicago Hussars, headed by their
bugle corps. was the escort to the Mayor
of Chicago, the city council in carriages
and the governors of the different states,
each of whom was surrounded by a
brilliant staff. As governor after gov
ernor went by each was greeted with
cheers.
The second grand division was led by
the Independent Ordes of Foresters, 12,-
600 strong. The dark green of Italy
flowed in tidal wave behind the crimson
regalia of the Foresters, and the numer-
GUS Italian societies were cheered to the
echo as they went by. In their rear was
gigantic float representing Columbus
Discovering America" showing the
Santa Maria approaching rock-bound
coast upon which a number of Indians
stood, eagerly scanning the approaching
vessel. Behind the float tramped 800
Grecians wearing the decorations of their
nations f1ag-b1ue and white. Eight
thousand men of the Patriotic Order of
Sons of America were over an hour in
going past; their ranks were broken at
frequent intervals by bands, which
worked industriously at Americas ma
tional music.
Then, in Close even ranks, came the
descendants of the men who had
Won the Battle of the Boyne
their persons and banners bearing knots
of their favorite orange ribbons.
Three Thousand five hundred men of
the Chicago Turner's Society, headed by
the National Commission of their order,
looked exceedingly well in their neat
hats. They were followed by 100 men of
the Bohemian Turner societies, and
these by 500 German veterans.
There was strong reminder of the
heather as 1900 bonnie Scots hove in
sight every man in tartan. They were
decidedly feature of the parade, as
were the $50 men of the Royal Scots
Regiment, clad in the Royal Stuart plaid
Fifty men, wearing the uniform of the
famous Black Watch Regiment, who
were next in line, were followed by
seemingly endless string of plaids, rep
resenting every family of Macs between
Berwick and John o. Groat's. The black
and gold of the Sons of st. George fol-
lowed the Highlanders. Then came
rank after rank of Croatian and Polish
societies, containing in all about 1000
| men. After them came ten times as
many ranks, and with its proportionate
number of men, and every man Swede.
Then, in division after division, came
the organizations, religious, social and
political, which swelled the impressive
total to $4,000 marching men.