The morning call., 1892-05-31
STREET PARADE.
Turnout of the Veterans with Escort of
the Military.

The six city posts Of the g. a. R., helped
out with the csc oTto of the police and the fed
eral ard State TROOPS, paraded as customary
in observance Of the day. There were no
features in the parade distinctive from pre-
vious years. The veterans of that war Of
30 wears ago are thinning out yearly, as
shown by the small number with the sew
eral posts, excepting always the Lincoln
Post, the pioneer In the State and George
II. Thomas Post, numerically the two
largest in the city, if not in the State.
The four city regiments Of the Second
Brigade, y. G. c., whose hardest line Of
service is escort duty on occasions OF this
character, turned out the skeleton organiza-
tiODs, which seem 10 be inseparable with
tn cir parades on general holidays. They
and the regulars formed two skeleton
brigades Of the three arms Of the service.
Notwithstanding the appeals at the recent
department convention at Fresno not TO
make the day one for merrymaking, not a
few picnics had been set tor Monday. and
on the very line Of march the veterans
passed under banners announcing some Of
these outings into the country. The start
from First and Market streets was made for
once with reasonable promptituCe ana the
march to the point of dismissal, at Y an Ness
avenue and Ellis street, with less haltS than
lie VI u
The streets on the line Of march were
clear for once. This was on account OF the
extraordinary turnout by the police The
tive battaliOns were commanded by Chief
Crowley, who was mounted, and aided by
seven policemen, also on horse. The rife
battalion paTaded four companies Of a nleS
front, in single rank, stretching almost
across the street The men OF the other
battalion wore the clubs at the side. The
police still form and drill under the old
tactics. The battaliOns made q fine appear
8nCe, consisting OF broad hOuldered, heavy
men, They marched well, also. Memorial
day is the one GA which the police appar
entity makes it a point to parade its strength.
THE GRAND MARSHAL.
Grand Marshal J. c. Courier came next,
attended by his aids. Next in line was
Maior-Geueral w. Il. DimOnd, \. O. c.,
attended by six Of his staff and two order
lies.
Then came the brigade OF United States
troops, commanded by the BreYet Brga-
dier-General W. L. Shafter. First Infantry.
His regimental band Of % pieces led the
brigade. The Irish Infantry paTaded four
companies Of 20 flies front double rank.
The four fOct batteries of the artillery,
BTevet BrigadieT-General W. NJ. Graham
paTaded 16 lies front, double rank, the two
light batteries, mbeTing eight guns, bring
lug up the left The platoon formation al
galiOp Of the first Of these batteries, as
the start was about 10 be made, was a Splen-
did exhibition. Three pat0Ons Of cavalry
Of y files front brought up the left Of this
brigade. PaTading in the city at most twice
In year, the regulars, lew as they were,
proved an attractive feature.
General John ii. Dickinson, commanding
the Second Brigade, had a numerous staff,
but tie battalion OF his brigade made poor
showing in numbers. The four largest
companies were c. and q of the First
Infantry and { of the Second Artillery,
each OF IS files front double rank The
others only pretended a formation of u
files front and with perhaps three Or four
exceptions did not have the rear rank full.
The Seconds band furnished the music for
this brigade.
The three regiments formed each two
OattaliOns. MAJOR Geary and Captain
Waters commanded those in the Second.
G, with its solid company, had the right Of
tie second battalion and the cadets, WHO
had the left numbered about 2. 1t was
their first appearance in a street parade.
The Light Battery was dismounted and
brought up the left Of this regiment, COM
manded by Colonel William Macdonald.
The otherwise good military appearance Of
the SGco d was marred by the rear ranks,
which looked ragged on account Of the
vacant files. the second marching company In
the second battalion having as many as six
vacant. This battalion also made a showing
Of top heaylness on account OF the solid
ranks OF 10 files OF Captain Huber's COM
pany
THE MARCHING
The marching of the First Infantry,
Colonel William z. Sullivan Jr., it was
thought had never been so good. This was
due to its field music, consisting in the pa
rade yesterday OF IS drummers aud the new
fife CORDS, Of whom there were TO- The
time was good and the playing almost con-
tinuOus. Major Burdick and Captain C. L.
Tilden commanded battali0ns Reversing
the order Of affairs regarding the second
haff linn oFs a-FfT 81,
First Infantry was bottom heavy, q, <
and parading, as stated, full ranks
OF 10 files TO Y files of the company on the
right Of the battalion. The cadets did not
parade aud were not missed.
The Third Infantry, under Colonel
Thomas T. Barry, who was attended by only
enc of bis STAFF. For field music it turned
out six buges and 10 drummers. Captain
Driscol, who commanded the second bat
TALON, gave up bis mount Not one Of the
four companies In the first battalion had full
ranks, while the company on the left was
IN single rank, though the uninitiated might
have taken the line Of six fle-clOsers for the
rear rank. THEE companies formed the
second battalion, the first marching com
pRDy having six vacant files in the rear
rank, the second Il men all told and the
third six vacant files in the rear.
The First Troop of Cavalry, Captain S.
z. Blumenberg, brought up the left of the
brigade aud made a good appearance,
UldAOUu5,
eQualiZed, however. The mounts were not
chosen with the care exhibited on previous
pal AIDES. This ended the military escort
Formations were under the new drill regula-
tons and the marching good because Of the
abundance Of good field music and because
Of the cleaned streets. The troops marched
at the right and left shoulder and port
arms, with bay0nets not fixed, Of course
The three regiments carried their new
eOlors.
VETERANS IN LINE.
Following the military came in carriages
veterans Of the war with Mexico, whose in
terest in Memorial day Is common with the
veterans Of that strife which came more
than quarter Of a century after they had
laid down hostile arms The Veteran
Guard, q. A r., In its nondescript but
snowy uniform paraded as escort to the g.
a. X. posts, namely Lincoln No. l, George
II. Thomas No. 2, James a Garfield No
81, Colonel Cass No. 46, General George c.
Meade No. 48 and Liberty No. 1873. march
ing in column Of fours, with Fair Oaks
Camp. S. v, bringing up the left
Lincoln Post was attended by its firing
party In fatigue uniform and carrying rifles
to fire over the grave the salute closing the
ceremonies at the cemetery. Some of the
posts wore memorial badges. Particularly
noticeable for this was George H. Thomas
Post. ''Old Glory" was TeYerentialy sa-
up by carriages containing disabled Veter-
ans. officers of the day and delegation of
the Krieger Verein, an organization Of the
veterans of the Franc0-German war.
Several wagons also bore floral tributes
to be placed on the graves OF the dead. One
of these represented ship made up Of
Gala lilies anS IVY. Boys Ia the garb OF
bIue Jackets surrounded the vessel Then
there was floral shield, the contribution
of Baker Post of Philadelphia and In