Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-13
GOTHAm,s CELEBRATION.

GOTHAM,S CELEBRATION.
| The Events of the Day Begin witt
| the Raising of the Stars and Stripe
Immense Crowds of Spectator
| Present a Picturesque Scene-Parad
| of the Nations-Brilliant Demon
STATIONS of the Nfght-The CeIebra
ton to Close With a Grand Ban
4uet.
NEW YORK, Dat. 12.-It might almost b
said that there was no break in the Colum
bus celebration, for the last remnants o
| the crowd which viewed the fireworks las
night had scarcely reached their homes be
fore the earliest of the holiday makers o
to-day had begun to stir in the streets
Almost with the first blush of dawn tn
church bells rang out welcome to the da,
and sleepers were aroused from their slum
bers by the laundering explosion of SOM
belated or premature bomb and the rever
beration of cannon, the first fruits of pub
lie enthusiasm. With patriotic punctualit,
the stars and stripes were raised at sunris'
on Liberty Island by G. R. Forbes, tn,
great grandson of John Van Arsdall, a.
the representatives of the veterans of 1912
with the Veteran association of the Ander
son Zouaves acting as escort. In attend
ance were Robert Anderson post, No. IS
of the Grand Army of the Republic, and
the Anderson camp of the Sons Of Veter-
ans. With this ceremony the events of
the day were fairly begun.
1t was not long after this that the entire
populations of the great twin cities seemed
to be astir, and the imposing phenomenon
began of the voluntary, almost uncon-
scious concentration of hundreds of thou
sands of men, women and children along
the central line of the parade. 1t is toler-
ably safe to say that never before in the
history of New York was there such rush
from the outlying suburbs upon the cir
cumference of the ever-growing circle
that includes the metropolitan area to
that one burning center of interest
Broadway.
As the hour of o'clock approached the
scene in the lower part of the city. espe-
cially near the terminals of the transpor-
tation companies, was exceedingly pictur-
esque and striking. The elevated roads,
the horse cars, the ferries, and the great
bridge poured out a succession of human
teuaHtS 10 sWel LILO Rteat uoou Lu6t uhu
gone before.
The military parade started soon after
10 o'clock, under command of General
Martin McMahon. The line of march was
from the battery up Broadway to Fourth
street, around Washington square to Fifth
avenue, thence to Fourteenth street, to
Fourth avenue, to Seventeenth street, to
Fifth avenue, and at Fifty-ninth street the
signal was given to disband. It is esti-
mated that over 80 900 were in line, and it
was the greatest military parade ever wit
messed in America. Soldiers of all sorts
participated. Over {, 0GO militiamen from
neighboring states were in line. There
was regiment of cavalry, Indian soldiers,
and the G. A. R. sent thousands of men.
There was no better marching in the
procession than that executed by the West
Point cadets. They used the new tactics,
and as they walked up Broadway in even
line, as if they were walking behind rope,
they elected cheer after cheer.
The sunburned boys from the navy
struck the popular fancy, and they were
admired most boisterously by the miles of
human walls in the streets. The Seventh,
Twenty second and all of the out of town
regiments were. cheered.
Governors Pattison of Pennsylvania, Alb
bolt of New Jersey and Buckley of Con-
neoticut rode abreast of their respective
divisions.
When the Grand Army men and veteran
fremen passed the big stand at the city
hall the structure shook with applause.
The Second regiment fire zouaves modest
ly saluted as the welcome applause greeted
their ears. This regiment was recruited
on three different occasions from the vol
unteer fire department, and took part in
thirty-fve engagements during the war.
The Italian organizations with olive
plumes waving in the breeze, the German
American society neatly uniformed, the
Polish military organizations and the hun
dreds of independent organizations added
to the magnificent ecene of the greatest
parade that ever swept through the streets
of New York.
It took five hours and ten minutes to
pass given point. The parade was over
fifteen miles long.
The civic parade in the evening was as
attractive as any feature of the celebra-
ton. There were twenty floats fantastic
ally illuminated. Preceding the parade
were 5000 wheelmen. Each wheel carried
a lantern and each rider had a small Chi
nese lantern suspended from light bam-
boo stick. All along the line there was a
continuous display of fireworks. The cit
liens obeyed the wishes of the committee
in Illuminating their houses, and some of
the streets looked as if they were burning
up. The order of the parade was as fol
lows:
Platoon Of Mounted Police.
Body Of cycling Clubs with Lanse ennc,no
the Triumph Of America.
Twelve Heralds Mounte1, Carrying Trumpets
Cappa'S Seventh Regiment Band, hlty pleceS
Grand Marshal, Colonel John d. Garnett
Car Of Fame "
Group of Indians.
Car of Prehistoric America.
Group Of Toltecs.
Float Homage to Columbus"
Fioat""santa Maria"
Mounted Cavalcade.
Float-"Car of Liberty" preceded by group o
a9oap of 6uaeh ooionists, Wiam Penn AM
Fourteenth q regiment esiai Band.
Mounted Chiefs q The Allied Inds s Tribes
Group of Veterans and Naval Cadets.
Mounted MaTsha e!S, Carr ing Banners.
Float-"Poetry and Romance"
Float-"Sclence''
| Float-"Supremacy of the American Woman.
Seventh Regiment Band detachment of fit.
Float-''The United States.'
Float-"Columbia' Car OF State.'
Battalion Of Progress
| Cappa'S Central Park Band, fifty pieces.
Float-"Car of Electra
Floau-'1talian."
Red Men.
The banquet tomorrow evening vii
| close the celebration. There will be abou
400 to partske of the good things at Leno
lyceum, the scene of the festival. Grove
cleveland, Vice President Morton, Davi
| B. Hill, the members of the cabinet, Gov
ernor Roswell P. Flower, Governor Ladd
Governor Albeit, and many other prom
nent officials of this city, state and othe
states will be present.
THE DAY ELSEWHERE.
FestIvilies fthe Italian Societies q
Paramount Park, Philadelphia-Th
| Genoese Sailor Commemorate 4
baltimore Enthusiastic ColleR
| Girls.
PHILADELPHIA's EXERCISES.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12.-Three thousan
members of italian societies of the cit
paraded through the principal streets {
noon to-day to the Columbus statue
Fairmount park where "Discovery Day
was appropriately commemorated. Flos
representing columbus Before Isabella